The Mill on the Floss Word Search
Play a The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860) word search free online. We built the 12-word list around characters, settings, and objects from the book, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Written by George Eliot · First published 1860 · Novel.
Words to find: TULLIVER, MARGERY, MAGGIE, DEANE, WESTON, STOGGS, MILL, LOOM, DUTY, DESIRE, RELIGION, POVERTY.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
The Mill on the Floss word list, defined
- MAGGIE /ˈmæɡi/ · proper noun
- Maggie is an informal diminutive of Margaret, used especially in Britain, Ireland, and other English-speaking communities as a given name. In Scottish usage, it can also be an affectionate term of address. Related: Margaret, Meg, Marget, Peg.
- MILL /mɪl/ · noun and verb
- A mill is a machine or building that grinds grain or other material into flour, meal, or powder; it can also refer more broadly to an industrial works where material is processed. As a verb, “mill” means to grind or process material in a mill, or to move around in a crowded, disorderly way. Related: grind, quern, works, factory.
- LOOM /luːm/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, a loom is a machine used for weaving threads into cloth. As a verb, loom means to appear indistinctly or menacingly, especially when something large, shadowy, or threatening comes into view. Related: menace, threaten, appear, emerge.
- DUTY /ˈdjuːti/ (British), /ˈduːti/ (US) · noun
- A moral or legal obligation to do something, or a task one is required to perform as part of a role or position. Related: obligation, responsibility, commitment, task.
- DESIRE /dɪˈzaɪə/ · noun, verb
- A strong feeling of wanting to have or do something; as a verb, to wish for or want something strongly. Related: wish, longing, craving, yearning.
- RELIGION /rɪˈlɪdʒən/ · noun
- Religion is belief in and reverence for a deity or deities, often expressed through worship, moral principles, and religious practices. The term can also refer to an organized system of faith or to religion as a general field of belief and practice. Related: faith, creed, worship, belief.
- POVERTY /ˈpɒvərti/ (British); /ˈpɑːvərti/ (US) · noun
- The state of having very little money or material resources. It may also refer to a severe lack of something essential, such as food, housing, or opportunity. Related: impoverishment, destitution, hardship, want.
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