New Zealand Dollar Word Search
A free New Zealand Dollar word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on its subunit, its metals, and the figures on its notes and coins, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: CENT, BRONZE, STEEL, NICKEL, COPPER, BRASS, ALUMINIUM, KIWI, KAKAPO, KOOKABURRA, HILLARY, RUTHERFORD.
Every word on the list appears exactly once. Words can run forwards or backwards, so scan both directions before you move on.
New Zealand Dollar word list, defined
- CENT /sɛnt/ · noun
- A monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a dollar, euro, or other decimal currency. It also appears in the phrase 'per cent' (or 'percent'), meaning one part in every hundred. Related: penny, pennies, centime, pence.
- BRONZE /brɒnz/ · noun, verb, adjective
- A reddish-brown alloy of copper, usually with tin, used historically and today for sculpture, tools, and ornaments; also a similar reddish-brown colour. Related: copper alloy, statuary metal, tan, russet.
- STEEL /ˈstiːl/ · noun
- A hard, silver-white, ductile, and malleable alloy of iron and carbon, widely used for making tools, machinery, and building materials. Related: iron, metal, alloy, steel alloy.
- NICKEL /ˈnɪkəl/ · noun
- A chemical element with the symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous, ductile, and ferromagnetic metal. Related: copper, silver, metal, element.
- COPPER /ˈkɒp.ər/ · noun, verb, adjective
- A reddish-brown metallic element (symbol Cu) prized for its excellent conductivity of electricity and heat, and by extension the reddish-brown color resembling it. Related: bronze, brass, reddish-brown, auburn.
- BRASS /bræs/ · noun
- A yellow alloy of copper and zinc, used widely for ornaments, instruments, fittings, and hardware; also, in informal British usage, money or cash. Related: bronze, copper, metal.
- ALUMINIUM /ˌæl.jʊˈmɪn.i.əm/ · noun
- A lightweight, silvery-white metallic element (symbol Al, atomic number 13), the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust, used widely in construction, packaging, transport, and electronics.
- KIWI /kiːwaɪ/ · noun
- A small, furry, flightless bird native to New Zealand, known for its bright orange beak and brown plumage. The kiwi is also a type of small, furry fruit that is native to South America. Related: bird, fowl, poultry, game bird.
- KAKAPO /kækəpoʊ/ · noun
- A large, flightless nocturnal bird native to New Zealand, known for its distinctive call and nocturnal habits. It is one of the rarest and most endangered birds in the world. Related: parrot, owl, nightjar, pigeon.
- KOOKABURRA /kʊkəˈbʊrə/ · noun
- A large kingfisher native to Australia, known for its distinctive laugh-like call. Related: kingfisher, Australian kingfisher, Dacelo, Laughing kingfisher.
- RUTHERFORD /ˈrʌðərfəld/ · noun
- A Scottish surname, also the name of a unit of radioactivity, the rutherford, and a crater on the Moon. Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand-born British physicist. Related: Rutherfordian, Rutherford's, rutherfordium.
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