Geometry Definitions #4
A Puzzle by David Pleacher



Definitions play an important role in mathematics.   Determine the answer to each of the definitions below and fill in the crossword puzzle with your answers.



ACROSS

1. A toilet being flushed in an airplane.

4. Dashing Dan, the movie hero, straight-forwardly accused the crooked gambler of being a _____.

6. An ice cream container.

8. A place where criminals are sent.

10. How the poet wrote his love.

11. A gauge that won't take nickels.

12. Why doesn’t the girl run a 4-minute mile?

13. What do you say when you see an empty parrot cage?

14. The amount of food one of the Washington Redskins eats at a meal.

15. Latin American dances.

16. Three-timer Tim, notable convict-poet, cleverly called his latest book, "_____."



DOWN

1. When Sleeping Beauty was awakened from the witch's spell by the kiss of the handsome prince, she sighed, "_____."

2. After Bill returned from his Florida vacation, people turned and said as he walked by, "My, what a ______."

3. How you make a sweater.

5. While trick-or-treating on Halloween night, one little boy told his friend, "Let's not go near the ______."

6. A group of notes.

7. When farmer Jones met his friend at the country store, he mumbled, "_____."

9. A song in an opera.

12. A sharp weapon.

17. Bob told his friend, "That new girl in school is really _____ girl."

18. A highway divider.



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