Hard Crossword Puzzles

Hard Crosswords

These crosswords are intended to be pretty hard to complete. They are made up of more than 20 words of any size. To view or print a hard crossword puzzle click on its title.

Title	Subject	Instructions / Description	Sample Puzzle Hints
Lessor Known Figures of the Civil Rights Era	History		A political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party.His 1968 book Soul On Ice is a collection of essays, praised by The New York Times Book Review at the time of its publication as 'brilliant and revealing'.. Her efforts included the first successful civil rights campaign to integrate lunch counters (Nashville); the Freedom Riders, co-founding the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); and co-initiating the Alabama Voting Rights Project.. He is noted for being part of the defense team for 25 black men charged in attempted murder for the Columbia race riot of 1946 and winning acquittals for most. He was a lawyer in Nashville, Tennessee and taught at Fisk. . One of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century, perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement. A critic of professionalized, charismatic leadership and a promoter of grassroots organizing.. Helped found numerous civil rights organizations, including Vision, the National Anti-Klan Network and the Center for Democratic Renewal. In the words of Martin L. King Jr. 'the greatest preacher to ever live.”.
Let's Recall WORDS!	Spelling Lists	Complete the crossword puzzle below. Have fun and Enjoy!	It is an affix attached before a root word. . It is a word formation that takes the first letter or the two initial letters of words or phrases and makes a new word.. Chemistry may be clipped into this word. . What do you cal the emotional and imaginative association surrounding a word? . It is a word formation that consists of removing syllables from a word to leave a word with the same function..
Let's Roll	Society		what month did the flight crash happen?. Where did Todd and Lisa go to college?. how many hijackers were on the plane?. Who was the president during 9-11?. Todd and Lisa's daughter?.
Let's Tour China	World Geography		Southern architectuaral features of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Country in Asia. Leaning on the Jade Seal Mountain. Fortification against intruders. Naturally formed over 270 million year ago.
Levi Jordan Plantation	US History	Complete the crossword below	Name of the Nation of Texas before it became part of the U.S.. He was the most well known owner of this plantation. Crop most responsible for the plantation's wealth.. Stephen F. ________ is known as the 'Father of Texas'. Wrote a diary about life on the plantation.
Lewis and Clark	History		Name of the passage that was supposed to connect the east coast to the west. What month and year they returned home?. Where did they started their expedition?. Meriwether Lewis wrote about great herds of this animal. On a expedition Lewis Newfoundland Dog.
Liberty	Books		name of the dog in the story. tightly closed. guide on goat hunting expedition . small hill or mound. Author of the story.
Library	Business and Work		Where all of our new books appear first. Downloadable citation management tool. Send your documents to any of our ___ for retrieval. Service that allows students to checkout books from other libraries. Most common resource in a library.
Library of Functions	Math		A function whose value is a constant raised to the power of the argument, especially the function where the constant is e.. A function that maps the set of non-negative real numbers onto itself. Graphed as half of a parabola with a vertical directrix.. A function, the result of the division of two exponential functions. The graph has an S-shape. The inverse of an exponential function. A mathematical function of a single real variable that remains constant within each of a series of adjacent intervals but changes in value from one interval to the next. EX: y=[IxI].
Library Terms	Business and Work		Person who writes a book. A book about a person's life, written by another person. When a book is published. A set of books with iniformation on people, places, and things. The company that makes a book.
Life Around the Beaches in Carlsbad	Other		You go to the______to relax, read, play, or surf.. Someone who catches many waves and doesn't share with others.. Who was the first surfer?. This school has a surf club.. When it is cold you wear this in the water..
Life of a Star	Astronomy		The blue-white hot core of a star that is left behind after its outer layers have expanded and drifted out into space.. A large cloud of gas and dust in space, spread out in an immense volume.. A star system with two stars.. A huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust, and gas bound together by gravity.. A large, round, densely-packed grouping of older stars..
Life of Ancient India	World Geography	use the hints to fill in the blanks	the consequences of how a person lives in regards to their level in the caste.. to think deeply.. is a country in South Asia whose name come from the Indus River.. an Indian king or prince.. a divisio within India's..
Life of Christ	Bible		There must be some permanent tests available to all men, civilizations, and ages by which they can decide if any or all of these _____________ are justified in their claims.. How did the _______ of the East know of His coming? Through the many prophecies circulated through the world by the Jews as well as through the prophecy made to the Gentiles by Daniel centuries before His birth.. If God sent anyone from Himself, or if He came Himself with a vitally important message for all men, it would seem reasonable that He would let men know when His ______________ was coming and other details of His life.. Socrates, Confucius, Lao-tze and ___________ had no one to pre-announce them, their message, or any details of their lives.. This fact alone distinguishes Him from all other _________ leaders..
Life of Muhammad	Religion	Complete the puzzle below.	Khadija was the first _______ to Islam.. Meaning of the name Muhammad.. Muhammad received ________ from God.. Who delivered the message from God to Muhammad?. The pilgrimage to Makkah is known as the what?.
Life of Pi	Books		Incapable of being evaded; inescapable. Pleasantly calm or peaceful; serenely quiet or undisturbed. Characterized by a hypocritical concern with religious devotion; having or showing a dutiful reverence for God or a wish to fulfill religious obligations. Showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance. Out of place, inconsistent, lacking harmony of parts.
Life Science	Science		A system that allows the production of offspring.. A system that breaks down food into energy for the body.. A system that regulates the body’s response to stimuli.. A system of glands that make hormones to regulate the body.. A system that is the natural outer covering of an organism..
Life Science	Science	Solve.	Convert light energy into chemical energy called glucose. Organelle not found in all animal cells. Stores water and nutrients. Plays a role in repair. Controls functions of the cell (reproduction). Less efficient way of making atp, makes 2 - no oxygen use.
Life Science	Science		A chart or . made of a single cell . The passing of traits from parents to offsprings. A protein that speeds up chemical reactions in a living thing . An organism's genectic make-up, or allele combinations.
Lifeguard	Business and Work		Situation in which a lifeguard enters the water to aid a guest in distress . Rescue in witch you are able to maintain your 10/20 . Flow of oxygen is temporarily disrupted . Blood flow to the brain is disrupted due to blocked or ruptured arteries in the brain. The third stage of drowning.
Light	Science		___ happens when light waves enter a new medium at an ANGLE. this wave is used to make images of tissues and bones. these waves are used to cook food. Cell phones use this wave to transmit signal.. matter that does not transmit any light. You cannot see through this type of ______ objects. Ex: metal, wood, a stack of books.. During _____, light travels through an object.
Light Waves	Science		waves change their speed, causing them to bend. objects that reflect light . light is absorbed . spreads apart light waves . magenta, cyan and yellow .
Lighting	Technology		The light that fills shadows, aimed opposite a key light.. A device for joining cables to each other or to instruments.. Heavily insulated wire for joining instruments to electrical outlets or to a switchboard.. The dimming of one set of lighting instruments as another set comes up.. A document prepared after the light plot; indicates what lighting changes are to take place and when..
Lightning	Meteorology		Touching a lightning victim to give first aid won't ______ you. Don't finish outdoor sports before seeking ______. Lightning can strike without _____ overhead. This state has had the most lightning injuries and deaths. Always practice good ______ _____.
Like Water for Chocolate	Books		This dish makes everyone sick on Rosaura's wedding day.. Tita's family name.. Tita's favourite savory dish.. A set of instructions Tita gives to prepare a particular dish.. Chencha brings this dish to Tita after she leaves the ranch with John Brown..
Like Water for Chocolate	Books		Tita's main love interest who she cannot marry because of a cultural tradition.. Illegitimate child of Mama Elena. Runs away with a soldier and works at a brothel.. Second daughter of Mama Elena. Marries Pedro despite knowing about Tita's relationship with him.. a set of instructions Tita gives monthly for preparing a particular dish.. Youngest daughter of the De La Garza family. Main protagonist. .
Line and Angle	Math		four angles formed outside by a transversal and two parallel lines. two angles that have the same vertex, share a common side, and do not overlap. angles that together measure 180 degrees. a line that intersects two parallel lines and form eight angles. two lines in the same plane that do not intersect.
Linear Equations and Inequalites	Math		. all the y's. 0 is on top. parallel lines have the same y intercept. 0 is on bottom.
Linguist	Spelling Lists		Disgusting, revolting or repulsive. Incapable of being heard. To form by combining parts or elements. Generous in forgiving an insult or injury. To explode with a loud noise.
List 21	Spelling Lists		very upset. pleasant or enjoyable. small bunch of flowers. adjective from misery. sure to happen.
Literary	Literature and Writing		A writer’s use of hints or clues to indicate events and situations that happen later on in the story . a struggle between a character and an outside force. he substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive. used to imply that a statement or other production is humorously or otherwise not seriously intended. When the audience knows something about the story that the characters do not know..
Literary Devices	Literature and Writing	Solve each clue with the correct term	conflict between a character and an external force. indicates which character is speaking. Author gives hints of things to come. words spoken by the characters. the manner in which a character speaks.
Literary Elements	Literature and Writing		Word pictures that the author uses to evoke an emotional response in a reader. . The school day lasts an eternity!! . A conclusion abed on evidence given and your own personal experience. . When the narrator uses the word 'I' throughout the story, this is ________ ________. . If Ms. Horton says, 'I would study these terms! You never know when you'll have a quiz!' in a high pitched voice..
Literary Terms	Literature and Writing	Let's see how many terms you can remember!	this is where the problem starts leading to a resolution; also called 'denouement'. when two opposing forces go against one another; can be internal or external . vivid details and descriptions to help readers picture something; figurative language is a form of this. the sequence of events in a story and how they relate to each other. when a narrator recalls something from the past; they go 'back' to the past and then come to present tense .
Literary Terms	Literature and Writing	Romeo and Juliet	a composition in which a single person talks alone. making a comparison with out using like or as. hints about something that will happen in the future. lines of poetry that can be divided into symetric feet with alternatively stressed and unstressed syllables. metrical foot consisting of two syllables; a short followed by a long.
Literary Terms	Literature and Writing		repetition of consonant sounds not at the beginning of words. comparison that doesn't use 'like' or 'as'. poetry with no pattern of rhyme or meter. recurring image, word pattern, or character that supports the main theme. exaggeration for effect.
Literary Terms	Literature and Writing	put the correct words in the spaces	someone who wrote the story. literary technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be engaged. is anxiety or a state of uncertainty or excitement about the resolution of something. A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, . is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point. I.
Literary Terms	Literature and Writing	Use the hints to solve for each word.	a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics. a figure of speech, which presents a short story typically with a moral lesson at the end. language used by the people of a specific area, class, district or any other group of people. The term dialect involves the spelling, sounds, grammar and pronunciation used by a particular group of people and it distinguishes them from other people . describes a narrative that begins, not at the beginning of a story, but somewhere in the middle — usually at some crucial point in the action.. the type of art, literature or music characterized by a specific form, content and style.
Literary Terms	Literature and Writing		the use of clues to prepare readers for events that will happen later. Direct comparison . type of point of view when all characters thoughts are expressed; the storyteller is 'all knowing'. figuring something out by using what you already know. an object, person, place, or experiencet hat means more than what it is.
Literature of the Middle Ages	Literature and Writing		A type of play depicting the event's of Jesus' Crucifixtion. The code that knights lived by.. Parables or allegories structured as morality tales to resolve a moral conundrum. The Canterbury Tales were written by ______________.. These fables became allegories for teaching Christian ideals..
Little House on the Prairie	Books	by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Illustrated by Garth Williams.	How did Pa get meat for the family?. What did Pa buy Mary and Laura at Independence?. How did the story end?. Who is Laura's little sister?. What is the name of their dog?.
Living and Non Living Things	Science		A plant that grows in the dessert. Water lilies live in. The number of characteristics a living thing must have. A dog is a ......thing. Animals with a backbone.
Living in the Environment	Society		a possible and testable explanation of what they observe in nature or in the results of their experiments. new discoveries and new ideas that overthrow a well-accepted scientific theory or law. A sequence of organisms, each of which serves as a source of food or energy for the next. exist in a fixed quantity, or stock, in the earth’s crust.. a set of organisms interacting with one another and with their environment of nonliving matter and energy within a defined area or volume. .
Living Organisms In The Environment	Science		All living things, even the smallest bacteria, have _______. (10). Organ systems functioning together make up a living _______. (8). Each organism lives in a specialized regional environment within the ecosystem known as the____. (7). The parts of Earth inhabited by living organisms. (9). Living things ______ .(7).
Living Systems	Science		A group of specialized cells.. A system that allows the production of offspring.. A process by which a cell splits into two new cells.. A system that breaks down food into energy for the body.. Basic unit of life found in all living things..
Living Systems	Science		A group of specialized cells.. A system that allows the production of offspring.. A process by which a cell splits into two new cells.. A system that breaks down food into energy for the body.. Basic unit of life found in all living things..
Living Things	Biology		a young plant. a part of a of a plant that contains chlorophyll, the green pigment plants need to make their food. an animal without a backbone. the basic building block of life. a cell's control center.
Local and Provincial Government	Government and Politics		____________ Rights - Everyone has the right to fair and equal treatment and cannot be discriminated against. A bill that has been passed by the Legislative Assembly and signed by the Lieutenant Governor. This is also known as a law. A written request that contains the signatures of people who support its content. One of the 4 pillars of democracy - means elected representatives act on behalf of citizens. ____________ Rights - Citizens have the right to enter, remain in, or leave Canada. They can move to any province or territory and work there.
Locations in Africa	World Geography	Fill in the correct words based on the hints provided	Covers most of northern Africa and is the largest desert in the world.. These mountains are found in the country of South Africa.. The second longest river in Africa. Its source is in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and it forms part of the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean.. The longest river in the world. It flows north from Lake Victoria through Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea.. An arid region made up of grassland and savanna and is located at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert..
Logic of Geometry	Math		A two column table where on the left there is a statement and on the right the reason. Intersecting a system of lines. An if-then statement. In the same plane. Angles on the opposite sides of two intersecting lines that have the same degree.
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