Printable Education Crosswords

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Famous Inventions

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  1. 2. Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
  2. 5. Adolphe's brassy woodwind hybrid
  3. 7. Edison's peephole into moving pictures
  4. 8. Seeing with echoes in the dark
  5. 9. A soft landing for a high flyer

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  1. 1. Bakeland's synthetic legacy of a thousand uses
  2. 3. A chesty listener that keeps the heart in check
  3. 4. The first time sound was etched in stone or wax
  4. 6. Otis gave this invention its ups and downs

Literature

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  1. 2. A short piece of writing on a particular subject
  2. 4. A long poem narrating the deeds of heroic figures
  3. 6. The main sequence of events in a story
  4. 9. Conversation between characters in a story
  5. 11. A long fictional story written in prose
  6. 12. Written or spoken language in its ordinary form
  7. 13. Words that have the same ending sound

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  1. 1. The brave main character of a tale
  2. 3. The use of humor or irony to criticize people's stupidity
  3. 5. An account of a real person's life written by someone else
  4. 7. A serious play with a sad or disastrous ending
  5. 8. A short story that teaches a moral lesson often with animals
  6. 10. An alphabetical list of names or subjects at the back of a book

Geography

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  1. 1. A flat-topped table where giants might dine
  2. 3. A hot-headed senior who blows off steam
  3. 7. Those standing exactly opposite on the other side of the ball
  4. 10. A river that pays its respects to a larger one
  5. 11. Eroded terrain that definitely needs a timeout

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  1. 1. Underground rock that is just venting its frustration
  2. 2. A grassy plain where one might find a girl and a city combined
  3. 4. The belt that holds the world together at its widest
  4. 5. A vast dry grassland that sounds like a single stair
  5. 6. Land that is almost an island but lacks commitment
  6. 8. A lonely hill that sounds like it has a reservation
  7. 9. A wet spot in a dry argument

World History

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  1. 1. A flowery substance that ignited a war of trade and addiction
  2. 3. Russian leader who lost his crown to a red tide
  3. 7. A living god who spent his life preparing for a tomb
  4. 8. A razor-sharp solution for the head of state
  5. 10. A city where the education was a real battle
  6. 11. Cross purposes that led to centuries of holy conflict

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  1. 2. A stony pointed reminder of a pharaoh's ego
  2. 4. The military shadow that stood behind the sun of Japan
  3. 5. A realm that promised a millennium but delivered a decade of ruin
  4. 6. A circular stage where the audience decided who lived or died
  5. 8. A cold system of labor where millions were frozen out of time
  6. 9. Empire that lacked the wheel but mastered the mountain road

Philosophy

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  1. 3. An imagined place where everything is perfect
  2. 4. Platonic allegory regarding perception and reality
  3. 6. Author of The Republic and founder of the Academy
  4. 8. Branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and art
  5. 10. Belief that life is without objective meaning or value
  6. 11. Descartes' famous first word of his foundational premise
  7. 12. The divine reason implicit in the cosmos

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  1. 1. A clever but false argument used to deceive
  2. 2. German thinker who wrote the Critique of Pure Reason
  3. 5. Theory that mind and body are distinct entities
  4. 7. The study of value and valuation
  5. 9. The study of moral principles and conduct

Human Body

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  1. 2. A specialized cell designed to transmit nerve impulses
  2. 4. Fibrous tissue that connects a muscle to a bone
  3. 7. Large gland behind the stomach that secretes digestive enzymes
  4. 9. The smallest type of blood vessel in the body
  5. 10. The main artery that carries blood away from the heart
  6. 11. The hardest substance in the human body covering the teeth

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  1. 1. The outer and thinner of the two bones in the lower leg
  2. 3. The shorter of the two bones in the human forearm
  3. 5. Spiral shaped cavity in the inner ear responsible for hearing
  4. 6. Natural pigment responsible for the color of skin and hair
  5. 8. Any of the eight small bones that make up the wrist

Physics

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  1. 4. Positively charged particle in an atom's nucleus
  2. 5. Curved piece of glass used to focus light
  3. 7. Push or a pull
  4. 9. Upward force exerted by a fluid
  5. 12. Intrinsic angular momentum of a particle
  6. 13. Object producing a magnetic field
  7. 14. Basic unit of matter

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  1. 1. Region where a force can be felt
  2. 2. Capacity to do work
  3. 3. Disturbance that transfers energy
  4. 6. Subatomic particle with very little mass
  5. 8. Space devoid of matter
  6. 10. Fundamental property of matter, either positive or negative
  7. 11. Curved path of a celestial body

Chemistry

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  1. 5. Positively charged subatomic particle
  2. 6. Substance with a pH less than 7
  3. 10. Substance formed from two or more elements
  4. 12. Smallest unit of matter
  5. 13. Subatomic particle with no charge
  6. 14. Alkaline compound

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  1. 1. Chemical connection
  2. 2. Negative electrode in an electrochemical cell
  3. 3. Charged particle
  4. 4. State of matter without fixed shape or volume
  5. 7. Atom with a different number of neutrons
  6. 8. Liquid doing the dissolving
  7. 9. Combining power of an element
  8. 11. Product of an acid-base reaction

World War II

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  1. 1. The southern part of a new allied duo
  2. 3. A slow parade of merchantmen shadowed by steel sharks
  3. 4. A fruit-named harbor that floated to France
  4. 8. A man of steel who governed by the red star
  5. 9. The Norwegian whose name became a synonym for traitor
  6. 11. Hunter-gatherers found in the Atlantic basement
  7. 15. A letter of guidance for a pathfinder in the dark
  8. 16. A fixed portion for a hungry home front
  9. 17. Early nickname for the jet engine's wet exhaust
  10. 18. Those from down under who stood together
  11. 19. A precious stone that brought a giant to its feet
  12. 20. Where the final act played out below the garden

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  1. 2. A riddle wrapped in a rotor machine
  2. 3. Sea battle where the ships never saw each other
  3. 4. A solid defense that was simply walked around
  4. 5. A wild horse that escorted bombers to Berlin
  5. 6. A heavy visitor to Nagasaki
  6. 7. A bulldog with a cigar and a V-sign
  7. 10. An urban project that ended with a flash
  8. 12. A divine wind that blew only one way
  9. 13. A cutting name for a German bird of prey
  10. 14. The time zone the planners used for the great invasion

World War II

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  1. 1. Invisible eyes that detected incoming Luftwaffe raids
  2. 5. Reinforced shelter for protection against shells
  3. 6. Where the Longest Day began on French soil
  4. 7. Tube-shaped weapon used to take out tanks
  5. 10. Submersible hunter lurking in the Atlantic

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  1. 1. Fixed allowance of sugar or butter for a civilian
  2. 2. Handheld explosive often called a pineapple
  3. 3. Statesman who promised nothing but blood, toil, tears, and sweat
  4. 4. Codename for the massive invasion of Europe
  5. 5. Precautionary darkness to confuse enemy pilots
  6. 8. The tripartite alliance of Berlin, Rome, and Tokyo
  7. 9. Anti-aircraft fire bursting in the night sky
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