The Arctic Word Search
Play a The Arctic word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: ARCTIC, TUNDRA, POLAR, GLACIER, ICEBERG, PERMAFROST, WALRUS, SEAL, AURORA, BOREALIS, NORTHPOLE, GREENLAND.
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The Arctic word list, defined
- ARCTIC /ˈɑːrktɪk/ · noun and adjective
- As a noun, the Arctic is the polar region surrounding the North Pole. As an adjective, it describes things relating to that region or, figuratively, extreme cold. Related: polar, northern, frigid, glacial.
- TUNDRA /ˈtʌndrə/ · noun
- A vast, treeless region of cold, Arctic or sub-Arctic climate, typically with low vegetation and permafrost. Related: taiga, steppes, grasslands, moor.
- POLAR /ˈpoʊlər/ · adjective, noun
- Relating to or situated at one of the extremes of the Earth, especially the North or South Pole. A person or thing that is at one extreme of a range of values. Related: extreme, far, distant, northern.
- GLACIER /ˈɡleɪsiər/ · noun
- A large, slowly moving river of ice formed from compacted snow on land, typically in high latitudes or at high elevations. A glacier can be several kilometers wide and hundreds of meters thick. Related: ice sheet, ice field, frost, ice cap.
- ICEBERG /ˈaɪsbɜːrɡ/ · noun
- A large piece of ice floating in the sea or a large mass of ice in a glacier, typically with a small portion of it visible above the water. Related: ice floe, iceberg calving, glacier, ice mass.
- PERMAFROST /ˈpɜːrməfrɒst/ · noun
- Permafrost is a type of soil or rock that remains frozen for two or more consecutive years. It is typically found in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions and is composed of a mixture of soil, sand, and rock that has been frozen for an extended period. Related: frozen soil, perennially frozen ground, Arctic soil.
- WALRUS /wɔːlrəs/ · noun
- A large, carnivorous mammal with a distinctive set of tusks and a blubbery body, found in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. It is also known as the sea walrus or simply walrus. Related: seal, otter, beaver, muskrat.
- SEAL /ˈsiːl/ · noun, verb
- A seal is a type of marine mammal that lives in the ocean and has a thick layer of fat to keep warm. To seal something means to make it secure or to close it tightly. Related: lock, fasten, secure, close.
- AURORA /əˈrɔːrə/ · noun
- A natural light display in the sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions, caused by charged particles from the sun interacting with the upper atmosphere. Also, in Roman mythology, the goddess of dawn. Related: northern lights, southern lights, polar lights.
- BOREALIS /bəˈreɪlɪs/ — stress on the second syllable; the vowel of the first syllable is reduced in careful speech. · adjective
- Of the north or northern; relating to the north. The word is used almost exclusively in the fixed phrase 'aurora borealis', denoting the northern lights, and is rarely employed as a general standalone adjective. Related: northern, northward, arctic.
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