Cradle Mountain Word Search
A free Cradle Mountain word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on its landforms, its wildlife, and the habitats inside it, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: CRADLE, DOLERITE, TARN, STCLAIR, RAVINE, CIRQUE, FERN, MOSS, SNOWGUM, ALPINEASH, STRINGYBARK, MYRTLE.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Cradle Mountain word list, defined
- CRADLE /ˈkreɪ.dəl/ · noun
- A small bed for a baby, typically mounted on rockers so it can be swung gently; more broadly, the place where something begins or is nurtured. Related: bassinet, crib, cot.
- DOLERITE /ˈdɒləraɪt/ · noun
- A dark, medium- to coarse-grained igneous rock of composition similar to basalt, typically occurring as dykes and sills. In North American usage the same rock is usually called diabase. Related: diabase, microgabbro, traprock.
- TARN /tɑːrn/ · noun
- A small mountain lake, typically formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier. A tarn may be a source of a river or stream. Related: lake, pool, pond, loch.
- RAVINE /rævɪn/ · noun
- A deep, narrow valley with steep sides, typically with a stream or river flowing through it. A deep or narrow opening in the ground, especially one made by erosion. Related: gully, chasm, gorge, canyon.
- CIRQUE /sɜːrk/ · noun
- A steep-walled, bowl-shaped hollow or amphitheater at the head of a mountain valley, formed by glacial erosion; also, in older usage borrowed from French, a circular arena such as that of a Roman circus. Related: corrie, cwm, amphitheater, hollow.
- FERN /fɜːrn/ · noun
- A flowerless plant of the division Pteridophyta, with feathery green fronds and spores rather than seeds for reproduction, typically growing in damp, shaded habitats. Related: bracken, frond, plant.
- MOSS /mɒs/ · noun
- A small non-vascular plant that grows in dense green clumps or mats, typically in damp or shady locations. It is often found on trees, rocks, and soil. Related: lichen, algae, mold, fungus.
- STRINGYBARK /strɪŋˈɡɑːbɑːrk/ · noun
- A type of eucalyptus tree, particularly the Eucalyptus obliqua, characterized by its stringy bark. Related: stringy gum, eucalyptus, gum tree.
- MYRTLE /ˈmɜːrtəl/ · noun
- A small evergreen tree or shrub with fragrant leaves, or a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumery. Related: bay, laurel, rosemary, thyme.
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