Aachen Cathedral Word Search
A free Aachen Cathedral word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on its architecture, its landscape, and the people who built it, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: CHARLEMAGNE, FRANKS, CAROLINGIAN, IMPERIAL, GOTHIC, ROMANESQUE, BYZANTINE, BAROQUE, DOME, TOWER, SPIRE, CHAPEL.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Aachen Cathedral word list, defined
- IMPERIAL /ɪmˈpɪərəl/ · adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of an empire or emperor; having supreme power or authority. Related: regal, majestic, monarchic, sovereign.
- GOTHIC /ˈɡɒtɪk/ · adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of the Gothic style, especially in architecture, art, or literature. In the UK, also describing a style of music that originated in the late 1970s, characterized by its dark and introspective sound. Related: Gothic, Medieval, Baroque, Renaissance.
- BYZANTINE /ˈbɪzəntaɪn/ (US); /bɪˈzæntaɪn, ˈbɪzəntiːn/ (UK) · adjective
- Excessively complicated, intricate, and often secretive or devious in structure — typically describing systems, rules, or bureaucracies that are hard to navigate. Also relating to Byzantium (the Eastern Roman Empire) or its art and architecture. Related: convoluted, intricate, labyrinthine, complicated.
- BAROQUE /bəˈrɒk/ (British) ; /bəˈroʊk/ (US) · adjective (also noun)
- Relating to or characteristic of the Baroque style of art, architecture, and music prevalent in Europe from the early 17th to the mid-18th century, marked by elaborate ornamentation, dramatic movement, and rich detail; by extension, extravagantly ornate, convoluted, or grotesque in style. Related: ornate, elaborate, flamboyant, florid.
- DOME /doʊm/ · noun
- A rounded roof or ceiling with a roughly hemispherical shape, especially one crowning a building or room; by extension, any object or structure shaped like such a vault. Related: vault, cupola, rotunda, arch.
- TOWER /ˈtaʊər/ · noun, verb
- A tall, narrow structure, typically made of stone, brick, or steel, used as a fortification, observation post, or for other purposes. To rise or stand upright, especially in a proud or impressive manner. Related: spire, minaret, obelisk, pillar.
- SPIRE /ˈspaɪər/ · noun
- A tall, narrow tower or pinnacle, typically at the top of a building, especially a church or cathedral. A pointed or tapering structure, such as a rock formation. Related: tower, pinnacle, minaret, obelisk.
- CHAPEL /ˈtʃæpəl/ · noun
- A chapel is a small building or room used for Christian worship, typically one that is separate from a main church or attached to a larger institution such as a school, hospital, prison, or private residence. It also denotes a place of worship belonging to a Nonconformist denomination such as Methodists or Baptists, especially in British usage. Related: church, sanctuary, shrine, oratory.
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