Across
- 4. Hanging limply; noun a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
- 7. The hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
- 8. Indistinct or hazy in outline
- 9. Squeeze or press together; make more compact by or as if by pressing
- 10. Press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating; deliver a hard blow to; kiss lightly; have a distinctive or characteristic taste; have an element suggestive (of something)
- 13. Perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know); playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)
- 15. The act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something); verb push roughly; come into rough contact with while moving; press or force
- 16. Scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; cover by spraying with a liquid; be discharged in sprays of liquid
- 17. The act of making a noisy disturbance; a loud harsh or strident noise; verb instill (into a person) by constant repetition; make a resonant sound, like artillery
- 18. Move back and forth
- 19. A person who is of equal standing with another in a group; a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage; verb look searchingly
- 21. A coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism; a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; a number of birds hatched at the same time; a tense critical situation; the act of grasping; a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand; a collection of things or persons to be handled together; verb affect; take hold of; grab; hold firmly, usually with one's hands
- 24. The act of walking with a slow heavy gait; verb walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
- 25. A vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk; verb stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter; be agitated
- 26. Cut open
Down
- 1. A puddle where animals go to wallow; verb delight greatly in; devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure; be ecstatic with joy; roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"; rise up as if in waves
- 2. Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; to go stealthily or furtively; grow in such a way as to cover (a building); show submission or fear
- 3. A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers; a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves; usually inexpensive bar; verb strike, beat repeatedly; strike against forcefully
- 5. Abnormally high body temperature; sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer)
- 6. The act of drawing or hauling something; the quantity that was caught; verb transport in a vehicle; draw slowly or heavily
- 11. Search haphazardly
- 12. A macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
- 14. Throwing something heavy (with great effort)
- 16. Used especially of glances, directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; noun the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed; abnormal alignment of one or both eyes; verb cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light; be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
- 20. A narrow street with walls on both sides
- 22. The act of bending low with the limbs close to the body; verb bend one's back forward from the waist on down; sit on one's heels
- 23. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval
- 26. Medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught; the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs; an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker; verb issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise