Hard Crossword Puzzles

Hard Crosswords

These crosswords are intended to be pretty hard to complete. They are made up of more than 20 words of any size. To view or print a hard crossword puzzle click on its title.

Title	Subject	Instructions / Description	Sample Puzzle Hints
Places to See in China	World Geography		The ________ is the largest contiguous land empire in history.. ________ is the largest lake in China.. The ________ has over 8'000 life size statues.. The largest ancient palace in the world is the ________.. Its highest peak is named Shanzidou..
Planet Earth	Earth Sciences	Solve the clues to find the correct scientific term to complete the puzzle	Deep underwater valleys. When tectonic plates are moving toward each other . Alfred Wegener's theory. When a mineral breaks into rough, jagged pieces. The building blocks of rocks.
Plant	Botany		The study of plants. What types of parts are for a male flower. The function of xylem vessels. A method to verify the age of a tree is to count the ________________.. What types of stems store lots of water.
Plant and Animal Cell	Biology		Organelles that capture energy from sunlight to produce food for the cell. Sac that stores water, food, waste products, and other materials. Membrane that surrounds the nucleus. Self-replicating organelle that breaks down substances. Where microtubules are made; when divided, the two parts move to opposite sides of the dividing cell .
Plant and Animal Cell Crossword Puzzle	Science	Fill in the blanks using the descriptions below	Does photosynthesis and uses up the sun's rays. Stores nutrients and water for cell. Controls what goes in and out of the cell. Creates proteins that the cell needs. Packages things in Vesicles.
Plant and Animal Cell Parts	Science		a green structure in a plant cell where food is produced.. a sac-like storing space for materials such as food or waste.. a cell that contains a nucleus.. a living thing that can carry out its life activities.. a small organelle composed of cytoplasmic granules..
Plant and Animal Cells	Science		captures the light energy from the sun to make food. stores food, water, waste. information and control center of the cell. a protein builder of the cell. thin layer that surrounds and holds a cell together.
Plant and Animal Cells	Science	Figure out the name related to Plant and Animal Cells	A group of similar cells working together.. What makes the cells protein?. Within the cytoplasm are structures called __________.. All organisms are made up of one or more cells. That came from the __________.. This has Cells walls and Chloroplasts..
Plant Cell	Science		This gets energy from the sun and use it to make food and gives the plant it's green color. . This stores food, water, waste products and other materials.. These give protein to the nucleus. . This is the distribution and shipping department for the cell's chemical products.. This helps maintain the structure of the cell. .
Plant Form and Function	Earth Sciences		Is the innermost tissue layer. Is slightly thickened part where the leaves and buds are attached and where the branches originate. Is the green tissue located between the upper and lower epidermis. Is the region between 2 successive nodes. Stems that grow below the ground.
Plant Hormones	Botany		Plants which produce seeds after 2 years. Seedless fruit. Can induce the production of amylase in barley seeds. Non directional response due to a stimulus. Hormones produced at the tip of the shoot inhibit growth of lateral shoots lower down the plant.
Plant Hormones and Signal Pathways	Botany		Ethylene is the only hormone that is __________.. A double mutant (gid1a/gid1b) will have defective ______.. Direction of travel from shoot toward the base. Brassinosteroids promote differentiation of the ______ and suppresses that of the phloem. . The structure of Abscisic acid resembles these other plant molecules....
Plant Kingdom	Botany		response to length of light exposure. growth response to light. layer with closely packed, tall, thin cells. chemicals that control growth. outermost tissue of leaves.
Plant Processes	Science		a plant's response to the number of hours of daylight and darkness it receives. Keeps seeds from sprouting. a plant that needs 12 hours or more of darkness to flower. a hormone that helps fruit ripen. a response of a plant to an external simulus.
Plant Reproduction	Earth Sciences	crossword puzzle	marks the attachment of the ovule to the ovary. a food storage tissue. male reproductive structure. union ofthe sperm and egg cell. pollen producing organ of the flower.
Plant Structures	Botany		Male Flower part. Grows below or along the ground. When a leaf/plant 'turns' to face the sun. Root that is often used for eating. Thickened, compact stems.
Plant Tissue	Botany		Parenchma which stores food . Scelerids are also called. Meristem responsible for secondary growth. Xylem is also called. Type of tissue provides both mechanical strength and elasticity.
Plant Types	Botany		purple flowers. stickery evergreen. skinny stems. minus 20. brownish green broadleaf.
Plant Vocabulary	Science	Find all the words using the hints given.	Cells that work together to do a specific action. A tissue that has a lot of air in it, allowing gases to exchange easily. Opening pores that allow gas exchange. A sugar produced by plants. A protective layer of the leaf.
Plants	Botany	Characteristics, Structures and Processes	also known as the baby plant. a complex group of plants that has true roots,stems and leaves. produced by a cone bearing or flowering plant. the vascular tissue that transports water from the roots. the plant structure that hold the leaves up to the light.
Plasma Knowledge Power	Body		What does UCN stand for?. The center is graded every month through this?. Rupturing of Red Blood Cells.. How many venipunctures are you allowed to perform to complete a procedure?. What is the life span of frozen plasma?.
Plate Dancing	Earth Sciences	Use the hint to guess the word	dance on a volcano. two close palte that motion in opposite direction. the region where magma breaks and forms a new sea floor. a lively entertainment spot. the study of the Earth's magnetic field.
Plate Tectonics	Science		A rift joining Pangea together.. A place where volcanic regions occur or will occur.. A submarine mountain above the seafloor.. What is the geological term used for when the continents are moved due to oceanic currents.. Plate Tectonics slidding by eachother..
Plate Tectonics	Science		Once magma reaches Earth's surface it is called _______.. A _________ is a break or crack in the rock of the lithosphere along which movements take place.. A stationary location in the mantle where magma melts through a tectonic plate.. A mountain range is formed at a ______ boundary.. The theory that explains how continents move is called _____..
Plate Tectonics	Science		It generally forms alomg a subduction zone?. An undersea mountain range with a steep, narrow valley running down it's center is?. Material on the ocean floor forms?. Descirbes continental movement also it proposes a possible explanation of why and how the continents move. This theory is called?. Alfred Wegener proposed a hypothesis called?.
Playing the Piano	Entertainment		play briskly. usually equal to one beat. a person who writes music. 5 black lines for notes. a scale with no flats.
Playwriting	Literature and Writing		The reason the actor is saying a line. God that is ordered to bound Prometheus to a rock. A division or a unit of a drama. A long speech by one actor. The recorded conversation of two or more persons as an element of drama.
Plumbing	Business and Work		Found in a direct cylinder to heat the water . The device used to control the Immersion Heater . What is the name of the device to protect from overheating. Found in an indirect cylinder to heat the water . The material of a cold water storage cistern .
Poems	Literature and Writing	Can you name the poet?	The Land of Nod. The Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Sonnet 71. Ulysses. Ode to Beauty.
Poetic Devices	Literature and Writing		repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowel sounds. a comparison using as or like . comparison of unlike things . an object or action that means more than its literal meaning. sounding words .
Poetic Devices and Literary Terms	Literature and Writing		Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase. This repetition often takes place in quick succession . A___________________ is a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics. . A figure of speech, which involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.. A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes.. Defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly..
Poetic Terminology	Literature and Writing		comparison that gives one item the qualities of another. five meters of iambic rhythm. continuation of a phrase or clause beyond the end of the line of poetry. repeated word or phrase at the beginning of a line or clause. repeated 's' sound.
Poetry	Literature and Writing		Combining senses or mixing senses together. A figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity. An object which carries more meaning. Exaggeration. When one line of verse continues onto the next line.
Poetry	Literature and Writing		repetition of rhyming consonant sounds. Compares two different ideas without using 'like' or 'as'. A poem without a specific rhyme scheme or syllable count. Animals, objects, or ideas are given human qualities. A word that sounds like the noise it describes.
Poetry	Literature and Writing		Home, Came and Time: with the emphasis of the 'm' sound at the end of the words employs which device?. 'He drowned in a sea of grief' employs which literary device?. Poetry which has no set meter or rhyme scheme.. 'The river swallowed the earth' illustrates which literary device?. A prepositional phrase which describes a verb, adjective, or an adverb. They flew to the moon....
Poetry	Literature and Writing		1914-1918. famous Australian poem. bushranger. big rock. place Australians fought in WWI.
Poetry	Literature and Writing		CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER CHARACTER, NATURE, OR SOCIETY. TYPE OF NONFICTON BASED ON TRUE LIFE EVENTS ON SOMEONS LIFE. THE FOOTBALL PLAYER WAS REALLY STRONG. HE IS AN OX. . CONVERSATION BETWEEN CHARACTERS. AN OBJECT THAT MEANS OR REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE.
Poetry Terms	Literature and Writing		repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of nonrhyming words. lines repeated at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of the stanza. basic unit in the measurement of rhythm in poetry. musical narrative poem that in most cases recounts a single dramatic episode. 14 line poem in iambic pentameter.
Poetry Terms	Literature and Writing		A figure of speech in which things or abstract ideas are given human attributes: dead leaves dance in the wind, blind justice.. A line or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza.. A figure of speech in which two things are compared using the word 'like' or 'as.'. The principles and ideals of the movement in literature and the arts during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, which favored feeling over reason and placed great e. A short Japanese poem that is similar to a haiku in structure but treats human beings rather than nature, often in a humorous or satiric way..
Poetry Words	Literature and Writing		describes on thing as if it were something else. language that is not ment to be taken litteraly. gives human qualities to a nonhuman subject. the use of words that imitate sounds like Splat, hiss, and gurgle. a line or group of lines in a poem that is repeated at regular intervals.
Political Deadlock	Government and Politics	Read the questions and put the correct word in the boxes.	Alliances between political parties e.g Baldwin of Canada West and LA Fontaine in Canada East.. School not connected with any religious denomination e.g public schools.. The ideas and policies of a political party e.g clear grit party of late 1850s believed in rep by pop, taking over the Northwest, and a public school system in Canada West. . The survival of the French- Canadian culture. . Organization of people with similar ideas who unite to get their ideas adopted by the general population e.g Reform Party..
Politics	Society		a political party whose policies are based on concern for the environment. noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform. a place where you vote. an organization to gain political power; 'in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level'. 2nd in command to the president.
Politics & Goverment	Government and Politics		A Prime Minister and his cabinet is responsible to legislative branch . The President is directly responsible to the people . Supreme power of the state to command and enforce obedience to its inhabitants. Rule by the church.. A system of government in which virtually all power is held a small number of wealthy people who shape policy to benefit themselves..
Politics of the gilded age	Government and Politics		Supported the patronage system. In 1883 cpmgress passed this act. Requiring that some jobs be filled by writing exams . This system made the government innefficient and corrupt. The government jobs that are handed out following an election victory. an increase in the value of money and a decrease in prices.
Pollution	Earth Sciences		Solid particles and gases that are released into the air. Resources that cannot be replaced once they are used up. Caused by moisture in the atmosphere mixing with other chemicals to form a weak acid. Rubbish we make at home,school,hospitals,and work places. A layer of warm air traps polluted air near the surface.
Pollution	Science		Soil Pollution. Is any form of precipitation that is acidic.. Things that cause pollution.. A stable and intensive supercoolant used in air conditioning systems, refrigerators, aerosol sprays, and cleaning salients . This can change the environment..
POLY WORDS	Spelling Lists		THE BELIEF IN MANY DIFFERENT GODS. HAVING MANY SYLLABLES. HOSPITAL THAT TREATS MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF DISEASES. A CLOSED PLANE FIGURE WITH MANY STRAIGHT LINES THAT CONNECT. A PERSON WHO KNOWS HOW TO SPEAK WRITE OR READ MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
Polyatomic Ions	Science		Contains two carbon atoms, three hydrogen atoms, and two oxygen atoms. Contains carbon and nitrogen. Contains two carbon atoms and four oxygen atoms. Contains oxygen and hydrogen and has a -1 charge. Contains one nitrogen atom and three oxygen atoms.
Polygons and Quadrilaterals	Math		A 6 sided polygon. A closed figure with line segments as its sides. A 10 sided polygon. A 7 sided polygon. A 5 sided polygon.
Polynomials	Math		parabola is symmetric about the axis. so it is also called the. the curve obtained by representing the graph of aby polynomial . if the pair of lines intersect at a point then we say that the pair is . foe any polynomial p (x) the value of x foe which p (x)=0 is called. an equation containing a single variable of degree 2.
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