Halloween Words
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. alley
A. An agency that escapes control and destroys its creator
2. invisible
B. A lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
3. queen
C. Suggestive of the supernatural
4. bat
D. Electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid
5. jackolantern
E. A writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
6. candle
F. A dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
7. trickortreat
G. Female ruler of a kingdom
8. dracula
H. Impossible or nearly impossible to see
9. lantern
I. Stick of wax with a wick in the middle
10. ugly
J. Provoking horror
11. eerie
K. A mammal with wings formed from its forelimbs.
12. mummy
L. To follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
13. vampire
M. The month following September and preceding November
14. frankenstein
N. A large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks
15. night
O. A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
16. ghost
P. The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
17. october
Q. Informal terms for a mother
18. xray
R. A request by children on Halloween
19. haunted
S. Big orange squash carved at Halloween
20. pumpkin
T. Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having
21. zombie
U. Light in a transparent protective case