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The Scottish Highlands

Easy · 7×7 · 7 words
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  1. 3. Green plant found in damp valleys
  2. 4. Famous distilled spirit from the region
  3. 6. Material used for ancient monuments

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  1. 1. A deep Scottish lake
  2. 2. The pointed top of a mountain
  3. 4. Moving air that sweeps across the peaks
  4. 5. A native of the country

history of United States

Medium · 7×7 · 7 words
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  1. 1. Direction of Lewis and Clark's trek
  2. 3. State of the Union between 1861 and 1865
  3. 6. Midnight rider of 1775
  4. 7. Boston Harbor beverage of 1773

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  1. 2. Person freed by the 13th Amendment
  2. 4. To change the Constitution
  3. 5. General who accepted Lee's surrender

Vocabulary

Hard · 15×15 · 25 words
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  1. 1. A racecar that looks the same coming and going
  2. 6. A picture worth a thousand words
  3. 7. A name that became a thing
  4. 9. The underground base of a word
  5. 13. Two words packed into one suitcase
  6. 16. The lowest form of wit that plays with fire
  7. 17. Short and not so sweet
  8. 18. A witty word on the tip of the tongue
  9. 19. The life of the sentence
  10. 20. A word that stands alone
  11. 21. A tail that wags the word
  12. 22. The total inventory of a mind
  13. 23. The part of a word that supports the leaves

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  1. 1. Speech without the bells and whistles of rhyme
  2. 2. A deafening silence in the dictionary
  3. 3. The dictionary makers university for short
  4. 4. A fresh start for any word
  5. 5. A borrowed term never returned
  6. 6. A language spoken by only one person
  7. 8. A million times better than a normal statement
  8. 10. A place for a person with a thing
  9. 11. Worn out by too much use
  10. 12. A polite mask for a harsh reality
  11. 14. The art of persuasion without the heart
  12. 15. A mistaken identity for a similar sound

Politcal Science

Easy · 7×7 · 6 words
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  1. 3. A proposed piece of legislation before it becomes a rule.
  2. 5. To command or impose an order authoritatively.
  3. 6. A government department or administrative office.

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  1. 1. A person who is qualified to participate in an election.
  2. 2. The ability to influence or control the behavior of others.
  3. 4. A rule established by a government authority.

Space and planets

Easy · 5×5 · 4 words
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  1. 1. The state of matter that makes up the giant planets like Jupiter.
  2. 3. The second planet from the sun.

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  1. 2. The star at the center of our solar system.
  2. 4. The region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the ground.

Literature

Easy · 7×7 · 6 words
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  1. 2. The underlying message or subject of a work
  2. 4. A work of art of recognized and established value
  3. 5. Literary work in which intensity is given to the expression of feelings

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  1. 1. Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm
  2. 2. A narrative or story
  3. 3. A person who corrects and refines a manuscript

Memoris

Easy · 7×7 · 7 words
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  1. 3. A signal for action.
  2. 6. A mark made by pressing something into a surface.

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  1. 1. To cause someone to remember something.
  2. 2. The study of past events.
  3. 4. A personal book for recording daily events.
  4. 5. The seat of human consciousness and thought.
  5. 7. The period of time that has already occurred.

biology

Easy · 7×7 · 6 words
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  1. 2. Living organism that typically produces its own food via photosynthesis
  2. 5. Organ that filters waste from the blood
  3. 6. The command center of the nervous system

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  1. 1. Protein that speeds up chemical reactions in the body
  2. 3. Organ used for breathing
  3. 4. Large organ that cleans the blood and produces bile

Astronomy

Easy · 7×7 · 7 words
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  1. 1. The physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere.
  2. 4. A small body of matter from outer space that enters the atmosphere and glows.
  3. 5. A completely empty area in the universe.
  4. 6. The star at the center of our solar system.

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  1. 2. A dwarf planet located in the Kuiper belt.
  2. 3. The curved path of a celestial object around a star or planet.
  3. 4. The fourth planet from the sun known as the Red Planet.

history

Easy · 7×7 · 7 words
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  1. 2. A person who is the legal property of another.
  2. 5. A group of nations ruled by a single supreme authority.
  3. 6. Small metal discs used as currency.

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  1. 1. A traditional story sometimes regarded as historical but not proven.
  2. 2. A large boat used for long voyages.
  3. 3. A long and distinct period of history.
  4. 4. A circular headpiece worn by a monarch.

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