Across
- 4. voluntarily leave a job or other position
- 5. the measurement from base to top
- 6. a cruel and oppressive ruler
- 7. a system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure
- 11. an outstanding part of an event or period of time
- 13. to understand clearly
- 15. to tell in written or spoken words
- 16. a manner of doing something
- 17. a cereal plant that tolerates poor soils and low temperatures
Down
- 1. to refuse to admit the truth
- 2. an arrangement of lines or shapes created to form a pattern or decoration
- 3. the power of seeing
- 5. the line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet
- 8. a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness.
- 9. a high explosive typically molded in sticks
- 10. a vehicle composed of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other
- 12. a hanging, tapering piece of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water
- 14. a machine or device for drying something, especially the hair or laundry