Piney Woods Missing Letters

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
b t n
An electrical switch operated by pressing
2.
c p
Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
3.
c a s
Tropical American thorny shrub or small tree
4.
c a
A geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of (plural)
5.
c v l w
6.
c o d a e
A supporter of the ___ States of America
7.
d r t e
8.
h e t
A mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War
9.
j b
French biochemist who studied regulatory processes in cells
10.
m y e
Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
11.
p l i
12.
r v e
Action taken in return for an injury or offense
13.
s o r
An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
14.
t i t
A dense growth of bushes
15.
w d
The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees (plural)
16.
y k e
An American who lives in the North