Across
- 2. any of various similar devices (as for igniting a rocket or producing an explosion
- 3. a tropism in which light is the orienting stimulus
- 5. a new convert : proselyte
- 7. the mass slaughter of European civilians and especially Jews by the Nazis during World War II
- 8. a lover of books especially for qualities of formata book collector
- 10. an ostentatious effort, display, or expenditure
- 11. represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the
- 13. a saprophytic organism
- 14. any diseased condition caused by light especially through overexposure
- 15. a cone-shaped device used to intensify or direct the voice
Down
- 1. a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment : scholar, thinker
- 4. capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive
- 6. a branch of biology concerned with the search for life outside the earth and with the effects of extraterrestrial environments on living organisms
- 9. a residence hall providing rooms for individuals or for groups usually without private baths
- 12. exclusive ownership through legal privilege, command of supply, or concerted action
- 14. a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by
- 16. the destruction of large areas of the natural environment as a consequence of human activity