Cambridge Word Search
Free Cambridge word search. We picked 12 themed words — landmarks, neighborhoods, and local flavor — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: GALT, PRESTON, HESPELER, BLAIR, GRAND, SPEED, MILLRACE, BUTTERFLY, RIVERSIDE, ROADRUNNERS, HAWKS, CYCLONES.
Every word on the list appears exactly once. Words can run forwards or backwards, so scan both directions before you move on.
Cambridge word list, defined
- GRAND /ɡrænd/ · adjective, noun, verb
- Grand means magnificent or impressive in appearance, scale, or style; important or distinguished; or large and elaborate. As a noun, it can refer to a person of high rank, and as a verb, it can mean to make something grand or more imposing. Related: magnificent, splendid, imposing, distinguished.
- SPEED /spiːd/ · noun, verb
- Speed is the rate at which something moves, operates, or is done. As a verb, it means to move or operate quickly, or to make something happen more quickly. Related: velocity, pace, rate, rapidity.
- MILLRACE /ˈmɪlreɪs/ · noun
- A channel or watercourse that carries a stream past or through a mill, usually supplying power to a millwheel. It can also refer to the stream or current in that channel. Related: race, leat, mill channel, millstream.
- BUTTERFLY /ˈbʌtərflaɪ/ (US) /ˈbʌtəflaɪ/ (UK) · noun
- An insect with two pairs of large, often brightly colored wings covered in tiny scales, typically active during the day and feeding on nectar through a long coiled proboscis. Related: moth-like insect is not a synonym; no precise single-word synonyms exist.
- RIVERSIDE /ˈrɪvərsaɪd/ · noun and adjective
- As a noun, riverside means the land, bank, or area alongside a river. As an adjective, it describes something situated beside a river or associated with such a location. Related: riverbank, waterfront, waterside, quayside.
- HAWKS British /hɔːks/; US /hɑːks/ · noun (plural); verb (third-person singular present)
- Hawks are birds of prey, especially those with broad wings and hooked bills, that hunt other animals. The word also refers to people who advocate aggressive military or political action, while the verb hawks means to sell or offer something aggressively. Related: raptors, birds of prey, hard-liners, militarists.
- CYCLONES /ˈsaɪ.kloʊnz/ (US); /ˈsaɪ.kləʊnz/ (UK) · noun (plural)
- The plural of cyclone: large-scale rotating storm systems with low atmospheric pressure at their center, spiraling inward, occurring as tropical cyclones (hurricanes/typhoons) or extratropical cyclones. Related: storms, hurricanes, typhoons, twisters.
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