Across
- 1. the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. The subject matter of physics includes mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms.
- 4. feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
- 5. characteristic of a particular person or thing.
- 10. each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins. For example, pole and pole. Compare with homograph, homophone.
- 11. a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language
- 12. a solid geometrical figure with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross section.
Down
- 2. having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.
- 3. a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.
- 6. a fictitious name, especially one used by an author.
- 7. a colourless fluid containing white blood cells, which bathes the tissues and drains through the lymphatic system into the bloodstream.
- 8. the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis.
- 9. expressing the writer's emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way.