Four Letter Words

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs (4)
  2. 6. The specified day of the month (4)
  3. 7. Electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid (4)
  4. 9. A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water (4)
  5. 12. Plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper (4)
  6. 14. The act of rising upward into the air (4)
  7. 16. A perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (4)

Down

  1. 1. A sudden and decisive increase (4)
  2. 2. A movable barrier in a fence or wall (4)
  3. 4. An open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers (4)
  4. 5. An exchange of ideas via conversation (4)
  5. 8. A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines (4)
  6. 10. The middle of the day (4)
  7. 11. To move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody (4)
  8. 13. Strong metal used to make tools and nails (4)
  9. 15. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (4)