Allergy Season Word Search
Allergy Season, as a word search. 12 words drawn from the holidays, weather, and activities of a season sit hidden in a 15×15 letter grid, running in every direction. Drag across a word to claim it, and clear the board to finish.
Words to find: SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, FALL, POLLEN, ALLERGY, ASTHMA, SNEEZE, RAIN, SNOW, WIND, CLOUD.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Allergy Season word list, defined
General dictionary meanings, not specific to this puzzle's theme.
- SPRING /sprɪŋ/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, spring refers to the season between winter and summer, a coiled mechanical device, or a natural source of flowing water. As a verb, it means to leap or bound, or to develop or emerge rapidly. Related: season, coil, source, fountain.
- SUMMER /ˈsʌmə(r)/ · noun and adjective
- The warmest season of the year, following spring and preceding autumn. As an adjective, it means relating to or occurring during this season. Related: summertime, summer season, warm season.
- AUTUMN /ˈɔːtəm/ (US also /ˈɑːtəm/) · noun
- The season between summer and winter, during which temperatures cool and deciduous trees shed their leaves; in the Northern Hemisphere it spans roughly September to November. It is chiefly British usage, with 'fall' being the standard North American equivalent. Related: fall, harvest time.
- FALL /fɔːl/ · verb, noun
- As a verb, to move downward from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control; as a noun, an act of falling, a defeat or loss of power, or (in American usage) the season of autumn. Related: drop, descend, plunge, tumble.
- POLLEN /ˈpɒlən/ (British); /ˈpɑːlən/ (US) · noun
- Pollen is the fine powdery substance produced by flowering plants, consisting of microscopic grains that contain the male reproductive cells. It is transferred by wind, insects, birds, and other animals during pollination. Related: pollen grains, male spores.
- ALLERGY /ˈælərdʒi/ · noun
- A condition in which the immune system reacts abnormally to a usually harmless substance, such as pollen, certain foods, or animal dander, causing symptoms like sneezing, itching, or swelling. More generally, a strong dislike or aversion to something. Related: hypersensitivity, sensitivity, intolerance, aversion.
- ASTHMA /ˈæzmə/ (US); /ˈæsmə/ also heard · noun
- A chronic respiratory condition in which the airways of the lungs become narrowed and inflamed, causing recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing.
- SNEEZE /sniːz/ · verb and noun
- To sneeze is to expel air suddenly through the nose and mouth, usually as an involuntary reflex. As a noun, a sneeze is the sudden, explosive act or sound that produces this expulsion.
- RAIN /reɪn/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, rain is water that falls from clouds in drops, or the weather condition that produces it. As a verb, rain means to fall as rain, and it can also mean to give or direct something in large amounts, as in “to rain abuse.” Related: precipitation, drizzle, downpour, shower.
- SNOW /snoʊ/ · noun, verb
- Snow is atmospheric water frozen into ice crystals that falls to the ground as flakes or accumulates as a white covering. As a verb, snow means to fall as snow or to cover or obscure something with snow. Related: snowfall, snowflake, snowstorm, flurry.
- WIND /wɪnd/ · noun, verb
- As a noun, wind is the natural movement of air, usually caused by differences in atmospheric pressure. As a verb, wind means to twist or coil something, especially around a core or spindle; it also appears in the phrasal verbs wind up and wind down. Related: breeze, gust, current, blast.
- CLOUD /klaʊd/ · noun
- A visible mass of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere; more broadly, any hazy or indistinct mass, whether literal or figurative. Related: mass, bank, veil, haze.
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