The Dry Season Word Search
This The Dry Season word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — the holidays, weather, and activities of a season. 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: SUNSHINE, DROUGHT, HEAT, WARM, SWELTER, CLOUDLESS, BLUE, WIND, BREEZE, DUST, PARCHED, THIRSTY.
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The Dry Season word list, defined
General dictionary meanings, not specific to this puzzle's theme.
- SUNSHINE /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/ · noun
- The light and warmth that come directly from the sun, especially when experienced outdoors. By extension, it can refer to a happy, bright, or hopeful mood or experience. Related: sunlight, sunbeam, sunshade, sunlit warmth.
- DROUGHT /draʊt/ · noun
- A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall leading to a shortage of water. More broadly, any extended scarcity or deficiency of something essential. Related: dry spell, drouth, aridity, water shortage.
- HEAT /hiːt/ · noun and verb
- Heat is the degree or quality of being hot, especially a measurable temperature. By extension, it can denote intense emotion, a cooking setting, intense pressure or activity, or a preliminary round of a competition; as a verb, it means to make something hot or to become hot. Related: warmth, hotness, intensity, passion.
- WARM /wɔːrm/ (US); /wɔːm/ (British) · adjective, verb, adverb, noun
- Warm means having a moderately high temperature, or pleasantly or comfortably warm. It can also describe a person, place, or manner that is friendly, welcoming, affectionate, or emotionally encouraging. Related: hot, heated, mild, cordial.
- SWELTER /ˈsweltər/ · verb, noun
- To sweat heavily, especially because of great heat. As a noun, swelter refers to oppressive heat or the condition of sweating intensely. Related: sweat, bake, boil, singe.
- CLOUDLESS /ˈklaʊdləs/ · adjective
- Completely free of clouds; describing a sky that is entirely clear and unobscured. Related: clear, unclouded, sunny, bright.
- BLUE /bluː/ · adjective, noun, verb
- Of the colour intermediate between green and violet in the visible spectrum, like that of a clear daytime sky. As a noun, the colour itself; as a verb (informal, chiefly British), to squander money. Related: azure, cobalt, sapphire, navy.
- 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.
- BREEZE /briːz/ · noun
- A light, gentle wind. Figuratively, something done with ease, requiring little effort. Related: wind, gust, draft, waft.
- DUST /dʌst/ · noun (also verb)
- A fine, dry powder consisting of tiny particles of earth, organic matter, or other material that settles on surfaces or is carried in the air. Related: grime, powder, soot, dirt.
- PARCHED /pɑːrtʃt/ (US); /pɑːtʃt/ (UK) · adjective; verb
- Adjective: extremely dry, especially from heat or lack of water; thirsty. Verb: to make or become extremely dry. Related: dry, arid, parched-out, thirsty.
- THIRSTY /ˈθɜːsti/ (British); /ˈθɝsti/ (US) · adjective
- Needing to drink, or causing a feeling of need for drink. Figuratively, having a strong desire for something. Related: parched, dry, dehydrated, hirst.
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