Mars Word Search
This Mars word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — the gods, heroes, and creatures of a mythology. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: MARS, JUPITER, VENUS, NEPTUNE, PLUTO, MERCURY, APOLLO, DIANA, MINERVA, CERES, VULCAN, ROMULUS.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Mars word list, defined
- MARS /mɑːrz/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, mars is the plural of mar. As a verb, it is the third-person singular present form of mar, meaning to damage the appearance or quality of something.
- VENUS /ˈviːnəs/ · noun
- As a common noun, venus denotes a score of zero in tennis; in older or literary use, it can mean a sexually attractive woman. Venus also names the Roman goddess of love and beauty and the second planet from the Sun. Related: Aphrodite, love goddess, goddess of love.
- PLUTO /ˈpluːtəʊ/ · noun
- An informal British term for a pound sterling, especially one pound of money. Related: quid, pound sterling, pound.
- MERCURY /ˈmɜːrkjəri/ (British); /ˈmɝːkəri/ (US) · noun
- Mercury is the chemical element represented by Hg, a silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature and formerly used in thermometers and other instruments. The name also refers to the Roman messenger god and to the innermost planet of the Solar System. Related: quicksilver, the element Hg.
- APOLLO /əˈpɒl.oʊ/ · noun
- Apollo is the ancient Greek and Roman god of music, poetry, prophecy, healing, and light, one of the twelve Olympians. The name is also used for NASA's Apollo program, the series of crewed lunar missions that landed humans on the Moon between 1968 and 1972.
- CERES /ˈsɪəriːz/ · noun
- The Roman goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility, and motherly relationships; equivalently the largest object in the asteroid belt, a dwarf planet discovered in 1801. Related: goddess of the harvest, grain goddess, Demeter.
- VULCAN /ˈvʌlkən/ · noun
- Vulcan is a proper name with several established meanings: a member of the fictional Vulcan people or their homeworld in science fiction, a hypothetical planet once proposed between Mercury and the Sun, and the Roman god of fire, forging, and metalworking.
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