Spelling and Vocabulary Words

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon (plural) (5)
  2. 3. A steep high face of rock (5)
  3. 5. A United States coin worth one ___ (plural) (7)
  4. 6. Huge body of salt water (5)
  5. 7. A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain (5)
  6. 11. Two slices of bread with a filling between them (plural) (10)
  7. 12. A mark to indicate a direction or relation (plural) (6)
  8. 13. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government (plural) (5)
  9. 14. Playful animal that swings through trees (plural) (7)
  10. 16. How long something has existed (plural) (4)

Down

  1. 2. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong (plural) (6)
  2. 4. Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable (plural) (8)
  3. 8. A unit of measurement for advertising space (plural) (6)
  4. 9. A politically organized body of people under a single government (plural) (9)
  5. 10. Someone from whom you are descended (plural) (9)
  6. 15. Large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds (4)