Spelling/Vocabulary Words

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail (plural) (5)
  2. 5. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (3)
  3. 6. Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something (4)
  4. 7. A piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food (plural) (6)
  5. 11. The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds (plural) (8)
  6. 12. A language unit by which a person or thing is known (plural) (5)
  7. 14. A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events (5)
  8. 15. The child of your aunt or uncle (6)

Down

  1. 1. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck (plural) (5)
  2. 2. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (plural) (5)
  3. 4. A ceremonial dinner party for many people (7)
  4. 7. A one-piece garment for a woman (plural) (7)
  5. 8. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis (plural) (4)
  6. 9. The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed (7)
  7. 10. During an ___ stage (5)
  8. 13. A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee (plural) (6)