The Five Senses Word Search
The Five Senses, as a word search. 12 words drawn from the terms and ideas of a school subject 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: SIGHT, HEARING, TASTE, SMELL, TOUCH, TONGUE, NOSTRIL, EARDRUM, RETINA, COCHLEA, RECEPTOR, SENSATION.
Diagonals are where most players stall. Once you are down to the last word or two, sweep the diagonals deliberately.
The Five Senses word list, defined
- SIGHT /saɪt/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, sight means the faculty or ability of seeing, a thing that is seen, or an opportunity to see or be seen. As a verb, it means to see or observe something, especially something unexpected or noteworthy. Related: vision, view, glimpse, eyesight.
- HEARING /ˈhɪərɪŋ/ (British); /ˈhɪrɪŋ/ (American) · noun; verb (present participle of hear)
- The faculty or process of perceiving sound, or the range within which a sound can be heard. As a noun, it can also denote a formal legal, administrative, or committee session at which evidence or argument is presented; as a verb, it is the present participle of hear. Related: listening, audition, ear.
- TASTE /teɪst/ (noun and stressed verb); /təst/ (verb when unstressed) · noun, verb
- As a noun, taste is the particular flavor or quality perceived by the sense of taste, or the ability to distinguish flavors. As a verb, it means to perceive flavor, try a small amount of something, or briefly experience a quality or situation. Related: flavor, flavour, savor, savour.
- SMELL /smɛl/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, smell means an odor or scent, or the sense used to perceive odors. As a verb, it means to perceive an odor, to give off an odor, or, figuratively, to detect or suspect something. Related: odor, scent, aroma, stink.
- TOUCH /tʌtʃ/ · noun and verb
- To make physical contact with something, especially by means of a body part, or to feel or handle it. Touch can also mean to affect someone emotionally, communicate with a brief contact, deal with a subject, or reach a comparable level. Related: feel, contact, tap, pat.
- TONGUE /tʌŋ/ · noun
- The muscular organ in the mouth, used in tasting, chewing, and speech. By extension, a tongue can mean a person's language or speech, or a projecting part of an object such as a shoe or musical instrument. Related: language, speech, dialect, vernacular.
- NOSTRIL /ˈnɒstrəl/ (British); /ˈnɑːstrəl/ (American) · noun
- Either of the two external openings in the nose through which air is breathed. The nostrils also help filter, warm, and moisten inhaled air.
- EARDRUM /ˈɪərdrʌm/ (British), /ˈɪrdrʌm/ (US) · noun
- The thin, oval membrane separating the outer ear from the middle ear, which vibrates in response to sound waves and transmits these vibrations to the tiny bones of the middle ear. Related: tympanic membrane, tympanum.
- RETINA /ˈrɛtɪnə/ · noun
- The retina is the light-sensitive layer of tissue lining the inner part of the eye, containing the rods and cones that convert light into nerve signals.
- COCHLEA /ˈkɒk.li.ə/ — British; US /ˈkoʊ.kli.ə/ · noun
- The spiral-shaped, fluid-filled part of the inner ear that converts sound vibrations into nerve impulses sent to the brain. Related: inner ear, organ of hearing, auditory organ, spiral organ.
- RECEPTOR /rɪˈsɛptər/ · noun
- A specialized cell, protein, or molecule that receives and responds to a signal, such as a hormone, neurotransmitter, or antigen. The term can also refer more generally to a structure that receives a stimulus or transmits an impulse to another structure. Related: sensor, receiver, binding site, receptive structure.
- SENSATION /sɛnˈseɪʃən/ · noun
- A physical feeling or experience produced by the senses, such as heat, pain, taste, or touch. By extension, a sensation may mean a striking emotional or social effect, or a person who causes a particularly strong impression. Related: feeling, perception, impression, sensory experience.
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