Biology Word Search — Medium

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

Words to find

ARBOREAL
CHROMATIC
BACKBONE
ANCESTOR
CHROMOSOME
BREATHE
ABSORPTION
COHESIVE

Plus 4 hidden bonus words.

Biology word list, defined

ARBOREAL /ɑːrˈbɔːriəl/ · adjective: Relating to or living in trees; of, relating to, or resembling a tree. Related: tree-dwelling, treetop, canopy-dwelling, sylvan.
CHROMATIC /krəˈmætɪk/ · adjective: Relating to or produced by colour, especially in a vivid, varied, or colourful way. In music, describing notes that lie outside the standard major or minor scale, moving in semitone (half-step) intervals. Related: colourful, vivid, prismatic, kaleidoscopic.
BACKBONE /ˈbækboʊn/ · noun: The series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the pelvis that encloses the spinal cord and supports the body; figuratively, firmness of character, courage, or resolve, or the main structural support of something. Related: spine, vertebral column, back, courage.
ANCESTOR /ˈænˌsɛstər/ · noun: A person from whom one is descended, typically one more remote than a grandparent; more broadly, an earlier form or precursor of something, such as a machine, idea, or language. Related: forebear, forefather, progenitor, predecessor.
CHROMOSOME /ˈkrəʊməsəʊm/ (UK); /ˈkroʊməsoʊm/ (US) · noun: A thread-like structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
BREATHE /briːð/ · verb: To draw air into and expel it from the lungs; to inhale and exhale as a necessary act of respiration. Related: respire, inhale, exhale, pant.
ABSORPTION /əbˈzɔːrpʃən/ · noun: The process by which one thing takes in or soaks up another, whether a liquid, gas, light, or information; also the state of being completely engrossed in something. Related: assimilation, uptake, soaking up, engrossment.
COHESIVE /koʊˈhiːsɪv/ · adjective: Tending to stick or hold together; forming a united, consistent whole. Related: unified, united, connected, integrated.

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