Across
- 2. The quality of not being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other; a lack of symmetry.
- 4. The genetic process of passing on traits from parents to their offspring.
- 5. To make someone more likely or inclined to a specific condition or attitude without guaranteeing it.
- 8. Describing something in its most basic, undeveloped, or earliest form.
- 10. The specialization of function in one side of the brain or the other.
- 14. A biological trait that is controlled or influenced by more than one gene.
- 15. A powerful mark of social disgrace or shame attached to a particular circumstance or person.
- 18. A division or contrast between two things that are presented as being completely opposed.
- 19. A word for something that is highly detailed and complicated, with many interwoven parts.
Down
- 1. The physical appearance or embodiment of an abstract idea, quality, or feeling.
- 3. A proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
- 6. The rare ability to use both the left and the right hand with equal skill.
- 7. The physical act and particular style of a person's handwriting.
- 9. A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things, though not necessarily a causal one.
- 11. Not certain or fixed; describing a plan or conclusion that is provisional and subject to change.
- 12. A quality or habit that is so firmly established in a person or system that it's very difficult to change.
- 13. A word that now means evil or threatening, but originally came from the Latin word for "left."
- 14. The quality of being the main, strongest, or most influential element in a situation.
- 16. The act of combining a number of things into a single, more effective or coherent whole.
- 17. A person or thing that precipitates an event or change, speeding up a process.