1985
Snow Words
February 1985

“Snow Words,” Friend, Feb. 1985, 23

Snow Words

Susan Horak

Use the definitions to fill in the blanks of these snow terms. If you score 19–20 correct, you must live in the far north; with 16–18 right, you dwell in the temperate zone; if you score 15 or below, you must inhabit a tropical clime!

  1. SNOW __ __ __ __ __ (particle of snow)

  2. SNOW__ __ __ __ (outdoor winter outfit)

  3. SNOW__ __ __ __ __ (racket-like footwear)

  4. SNOW__ __ __ __ __ __ (topped by snow)

  5. SNOW __ __ __ __ __ __ (motorized vehicle)

  6. SNOW__ __ __ (humanlike figure made of snow)

  7. SNOW__ __ __ __ (slate-colored junco)

  8. SNOW__ __ __ __ __ (shut in by snow)

  9. SNOW __ __ __ __ __ __ (figures made by lying in the snow)

  10. SNOW__ __ __ __ __ (large honking bird)

  11. SNOW__ __ __ __ __ (device that prevents snow drifting onto roads)

  12. SNOW-__ __ __ __ __ (temporarily unable to see because of glare from snow)

  13. SNOW__ __ __ __ (machine that pushes snow aside)

  14. SNOW__ __ __ __ __ (small, round missiles)

  15. SNOW__ __ __ __ __ (strong wind and snow condition)

  16. SNOW__ __ __ __ (mound or slope of snow)

  17. SNOW__ __ __ __ (snow coming down)

  18. SNOW__ __ __ __ __ __ (machine using blasts of air to remove snow)

  19. SNOW__ __ __ __ __ (snow piled up by wind)

  20. SNOW__ __ __ __ __ (beginning skier)

Answers:

  • (1) snowflake, (2) snowsuit, (3) snowshoes, (4) snowcapped, (5) snowmobile, (6) snowman, (7) snowbird, (8) snowbound, (9) snow angels, (10) snow goose, (11) snow fence, (12) snow-blind, (13) snowplow (14) snowballs, (15) snowstorm, (16) snowbank, (17) snowfall, (18) snowblower, (19) snowdrift, (20) snow bunny.