St. Petersburg Word Search
St. Petersburg, as a word search. 12 words drawn from landmarks, neighborhoods, and local flavor 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: VINOY, DALI, PIER, RAYS, ROWDIES, PINELLAS, KENWOOD, SUNKEN, GARDENS, GROUPER, CUBAN, WATERFRONT.
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St. Petersburg word list, defined
- DALI /dɑːˈliː/ · proper noun
- Dalí is best known as the surname of Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), the Spanish Surrealist painter celebrated for his striking, dreamlike images such as The Persistence of Memory. It is not an established common English word.
- PIER /pɪər/ (British); /pɪr/ (US) · noun
- A structure projecting from the shore into a body of water, used for walking, docking boats, fishing, or recreation. A pier may be built of wood, stone, concrete, or metal and can extend either perpendicular to the shoreline or parallel to it. Related: jetty, wharf, quay, dock.
- RAYS /reɪz/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, rays are beams of light or other radiant energy, as well as the plural name for flat-bodied cartilaginous fish with winglike fins. As a verb, rays means emits or sends out rays. Related: beams, shafts, streaks, glints.
- ROWDIES /ˈroʊdiz/ (US); /ˈrəʊdiz/ (British) · plural noun
- The plural form of rowdy, referring to a group of people who are noisy, unruly, or disorderly in their behavior. Related: hooligans, ruffians, delinquents, disorderly crowd.
- SUNKEN /ˈsʌŋkən/ · adjective; verb (past participle)
- Adjective: lying or situated beneath the surface of water or another liquid; lowered below the surrounding level. Also used figuratively for a person or place that appears diminished, isolated, or defeated. As a verb form, it is the past participle of “sink.” Related: submerged, underwater, below, low.
- GARDENS /ˈɡɑːrdənz/ · noun, verb
- An area of ground planted with flowers, vegetables, or other plants. The word can also refer to landscaped grounds, especially public or ornamental gardens. Related: yards, plots, grounds, green spaces.
- GROUPER /ˈɡruːpər/ · noun
- Grouper chiefly denotes any of various large, mostly predatory marine fishes of the family Serranidae, found in warm waters and valued as food. In informal use, it can also mean a person who associates closely with, or gravitates toward, an established group. Related: sea bass, reef cod, hind.
- WATERFRONT /ˈwɔːtə(r)frʌnt/ · noun; also a rare transitive verb
- The land immediately adjoining a body of water, especially a river, lake, harbor, or sea; by extension, a district or development occupying such a shore. Related: waterside, shore, shoreline, bank.
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