Tortoise Word Search — Medium

Play a free online Tortoise word search puzzle. Difficulty: Medium. Find all 12 hidden words on the 11×11 grid below.

Words to find

• ZILLS
• PRION
• PIECERS
• YAMPY
• ENGRAVE
• PREIF
• UNSOD
• TENTERED

Plus 4 hidden bonus words.

Tortoise word list, defined

PRION /ˈpraɪɒn/ · noun

A small, infectious protein particle that can cause disease, especially a neurodegenerative disorder such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Prions are composed of a misfolded protein that can induce normal proteins to also misfold, leading to cell death and tissue damage. Related: protein particle, infectious agent, misfolded protein.

ENGRAVE /ɪnˈɡreɪv/ · verb

To cut or carve a design, letters, or text into a hard surface such as metal, wood, or stone. More broadly, to fix something firmly and permanently in the mind or memory. Related: carve, etch, inscribe, imprint.

TENTERED /ˈtɛntərd/ · verb

Tentered refers to the act of stretching or drying something, especially a piece of cloth or a skin, on a tentering frame. Related: stretched, dried, extended.

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