Crossword – Hawai’i-Pacific Islands

(a kyə rət): (1) Free from error especially as the result of care; (2) conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.

(ə lō (h)ä): Hawaiian word meaning love, compassion, peace, mercy, or connection and can be used at a meeting or parting; there is no exact equivalent word in English.

(dē fȯr əst): To clear (an area) of forests; to remove trees from (an area).

(dī vǝrs): Differing from one another.

(ē kə lä ji kəl): Of or relating to the environments of living things or to the relationships between living things and their environments.

(e lǝ vā shǝn): The height above sea level.

(en de mik): Originating or growing or found especially and often only in a certain locality or region.

(nā tiv): Living or growing naturally in a particular region.

(re fyüj): A place that provides shelter or protection.

(ri stȯr): To bring back to or put back into a former or original state.

(spē sēz or spē shēz): A category of living things that ranks below a genus, is made up of related individuals able to produce fertile offspring, and is identified by a two-part scientific name.

(sǝ sep tǝ bǝl): (1) Having little resistance to something, like a disease or infection; (2) easily affected.

(träp iks): The region that surrounds the equator and goes from 23.5 degrees north latitude to 23.5 degrees south latitude.