Across
- 4. prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening
- 5. an apparatus for making fabric by weaving yarn or thread.
- 9. a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving
- 10. a liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain
- 11. a silky case spun by the larvae of many insects for protection in the pupal stage
- 12. the action of inventing something, typically a process or device
- 13. the active immature form of an insect, especially one that differs greatly from the adult and forms the stage between egg and pupa
- 14. the caterpillar of the silk moth that spins a protective cocoon made of a single, continuous silk thread
Down
- 1. a small deciduous berry with broad leaves, native to East Asia and long cultivated elsewhere
- 2. the production of silk and the rearing of silkworms for this purpose
- 3. the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity.
- 5. a machine for making fabric by weaving yarn or thread.
- 6. the larva of a butterfly or moth, having a segmented wormlike body with several legs
- 7. an important country in East Asia
- 8. a sleeping insect baby, especially of a butterfly.