The Master of Ballantrae Word Search
This The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson (1889) word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — characters, settings, and objects from the book. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson · First published 1889 · Adventure.
Words to find: BALANTRAE, JANE, GROATS, ANNA, MARGIE, SHEARER, WELDON, DUNSTONE, MOSS, GRAVE, CASTLE, HEIR.
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The Master of Ballantrae word list, defined
- JANE /dʒeɪn/ · noun (feminine proper name)
- Jane is a traditional English feminine given name, related in origin to names such as Janet, Joan, and Joanna. The name has also had a dated generic use as a term for an ordinary woman, sometimes with a dismissive or disparaging connotation.
- GROATS /ɡrɑːts/ · plural noun
- Hulled oats, usually coarsely ground or cut into small pieces, used as food and especially for making porridge. Related: hulled oats, coarse oatmeal.
- ANNA /ˈɑːnə/ · noun
- A former coin of India and Pakistan, worth one sixteenth of a rupee, used until decimalization in the mid-20th century. Related: pice, pie.
- SHEARER /ˈʃɪərə/ (British); /ˈʃɪrər/ (US) · noun
- A shearer is a person who cuts or removes fleece, especially from sheep, or a machine used for shearing. The word most often refers to someone who shears sheep for a living. Related: sheep shearer, wool shearer, fleece shearer, shearing hand.
- MOSS /mɒs/ (British); /mɔːs/ (US) · noun
- A small, nonvascular plant that typically grows in dense, green cushions on damp soil, rocks, or tree trunks. Mosses reproduce by spores rather than seeds. Related: lichen, green growth, vegetation, greenery.
- GRAVE /ɡreɪv/ (adjective and verb); /ɡrɑːv/ (noun, British English); /ɡreɪv/ (noun, US English) · adjective (primary); noun; verb
- As an adjective, grave means serious, solemn, or of great importance. As a noun, it means a place where a dead person is buried; as a rare and archaic verb, it means to dig a grave for or to bury someone. Related: serious, solemn, earnest, somber.
- CASTLE /ˈkɑː.səl/ (UK), /ˈkæs.əl/ (US) · noun
- A large fortified building or group of buildings with thick walls, battlements, and often a moat, historically serving as a stronghold for royalty or nobility; in chess, an informal term for the rook. Related: fortress, citadel, stronghold, keep.
- HEIR /eər/ (British), /er/ (US) · noun
- A person who inherits or is entitled to inherit property, a title, a position, or another right. In a royal or aristocratic context, it refers to the next person in line to succeed to a title or estate. Related: successor, inheritor, beneficiary, legatee.
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