The Washington Monument Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Coins and bills used to buy things (5)
  2. 3. A tight-fitting headdress (3)
  3. 7. Constitution of the human body (5)
  4. 8. The airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend (8)
  5. 9. Descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy (10)
  6. 10. Ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length (6)
  7. 12. A garment size for a ___ person (4)
  8. 14. A framework of wood or metal that contains a glass ___ and is built into a wall or roof (plural) (7)
  9. 15. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design (4)

Down

  1. 1. A structure erected to commemorate persons or events (8)
  2. 4. Elected leader of a country (9)
  3. 5. A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter (plural) (6)
  4. 6. The capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca (10)
  5. 11. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal (plural) (5)
  6. 13. Christian martyr (6)