Cultural Landscape of Sintra Word Search
A free Cultural Landscape of Sintra 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: SINTRA, PENA, REGALEIRA, MONSERRATE, SETEAIS, CASTELO, MOUROS, MOORISH, MANUELINE, GRANITE, TILE, MARBLE.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Cultural Landscape of Sintra word list, defined
- MOORISH /mɔːrɪʃ/ · adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of the Moors, a Muslim people of North Africa and Spain, or suggesting the style of Moorish architecture, which is characterized by the use of arches, domes, and intricate stone carvings. Related: Moorish-style, Islamic, Arabic, North African.
- GRANITE /ˈɡrænɪt/ · noun
- A coarse-grained, light-colored, and extremely hard igneous rock, composed primarily of quartz and feldspar. Related: rock, stone, marble, limestone.
- TILE /tʌɪl/ · noun, verb
- A flat, usually square or rectangular piece of material, such as ceramic, stone, or glass, used for covering or facing walls, floors, and roofs. To cover or face with tiles. Related: slab, brick, panel, plank.
- MARBLE /ˈmɑrbəl/ · noun
- A small, rounded mass of metamorphic rock, typically composed of calcium carbonate, often used in sculpture and architecture. A game played on a board with pieces made of this material. Related: stone, rock, agate, onyx.
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