Technology Word Search With Robot, Gadget and Online Life Lists

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Technology Word Search

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SEOFSTREAMELTIH

AONWIRELESSSRCH

OILVBEZREUTTCIP

XGALLUSATELLITE

LASMUYINVENTRRN

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EMDZRLBINXRTIBN

SGENILPODCASTIX

ENGINEEROCKETTK

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SatelliteSATELLITE
DeviceDEVICE
WirelessWIRELESS
RobotROBOT
CircuitCIRCUIT
InventINVENT
BlueprintBLUEPRINT
PatentPATENT
EngineerENGINEER
PulleyPULLEY
RocketROCKET
LaserLASER
HashtagHASHTAG
StreamSTREAM
EmojiEMOJI
PodcastPODCAST

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Answer key: Technology Word Search

SEOFSTREAMELTIH

AONWIRELESSSRCH

OILVBEZREUTTCIP

XGALLUSATELLITE

LASMUYINVENTRRN

EOENEPATENTNCNG

UCRGPUPJUUEUUYW

EMDZRLBINXRTIBN

SGENILPODCASTIX

ENGINEEROCKETTK

ROBOTYTSYSSCPPR

HASHTAGLPDIGEAW

ROIEMOJIHTHJTTF

SDIGAMDEVICERIW

BYHIQYCCLNORMEE

SATELLITE, DEVICE, WIRELESS, ROBOT, CIRCUIT, INVENT, BLUEPRINT, PATENT, ENGINEER, PULLEY, ROCKET, LASER, HASHTAG, STREAM, EMOJI, PODCAST

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Gadgets and Devices 25

Calculator A small machine that adds, subtracts, multiplies and divides for you.
Camera It takes photographs or records video through a lens.
Charger It plugs into the wall to refill a drained battery.
Device Any machine or tool built for a purpose, from a toaster to a phone.
Drone An aircraft with no pilot on board, flown by remote control or by itself.
E-reader A handheld screen made for books in digital form.
Earbud A tiny speaker that sits inside the ear. They usually come in pairs.
Flashlight A handheld lamp that runs on batteries.
Gadget A small, clever tool or machine made for one handy job.
Headset Headphones with a microphone attached, worn for calls and games.
Lens A curved piece of glass that bends light to focus a picture.
Radio It picks up sound sent through the air as invisible waves.
Remote A handheld clicker that works a machine from across the room.
Satellite A machine that circles Earth in space. The first one went up on 4 October 1957.
Sensor A part that notices light, heat, sound or movement and reports it.
Smartphone A pocket phone that also runs apps, takes photos and goes online.

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Gadgets and Devices, continued

Smartwatch A small computer worn on the wrist that also tells the time.
Tablet A flat computer about the size of a book, worked by touching its display.
Television A set that shows programs with moving pictures and sound.
Thermostat It turns the heating on and off to keep a room at a set temperature.
Touchscreen A display you tap, swipe or pinch with your fingers to give orders.
Tripod A three-legged stand that holds a camera steady.
Walkie-talkie A handheld two-way radio for speaking over short distances.
Wearable A gadget made to go on the body, such as a fitness band.
Wireless Working by radio waves, with no cable between the two ends.

Robots 24

Actuator A part that makes another part move when it gets a signal.
Arm The long reaching part of a factory machine, with a tool at its end.
Automation Having machines do jobs that people once did by hand.
Autonomous Able to work by itself, with no person steering.
Bionic Having a body part replaced by an electronic or mechanical one.
Chassis The frame that every other part of a vehicle or machine is fixed to.
Circuit The closed path that electricity follows around a machine.
Claw A pincer on the end of a machine, used for grabbing and lifting.
Command An order given to a machine that starts it on a job.
Cyborg A being that is part human and part machine. The name joins cybernetic and organism.
Factory A building where machines and workers make goods in large numbers.
Gripper The hand of a machine, built to close around an object and hold it.
Gyroscope A spinning wheel that helps a machine keep its balance and direction.
Humanoid Shaped like a person, with a head, a body, two hands and two legs.
Joint The place where two parts meet and can bend, as at an elbow.
Lidar It maps what is nearby by bouncing laser light. The name joins light and radar.
Motor It turns electricity into spinning motion.
Navigate To find a way from one place to another.
Obstacle Something in the way that a moving machine must steer around.
Robot A machine that senses, decides and moves. Its name is from a Czech word for forced work.
Rover A vehicle that explores another planet's ground. The first to work on Mars landed in 1997.
Servo A small motor that moves a part to just the right position.
Task One job that a machine is set to do.
Tread The grooved part of a tire or track that grips the ground.

Inventing and Engineering 30

Blueprint A detailed plan for a builder, once drawn as white lines on a blue sheet.
Brainstorm To list every idea a group can think of, with none judged yet.
Build To put parts together to make something.
Constraint A limit on a design, such as cost, time, size or materials.
Criteria The goals a finished design must meet to count as a success.
Design To work out how a thing will look and work before making it.
Diagram A labeled drawing that shows the parts of a thing and how they fit.
Engineer A person who uses science and math to design machines, bridges and more.
Evaluate To judge how well a design did its job.
Failure A try that does not work, and a chance to learn why.
Feedback What users tell a maker about how a thing works for them.
Idea A thought about something new to make or try.
Imagine To picture in your mind something that is not there yet.
Improve To make something work better than before.
Innovate To bring in a new way of doing something.
Invent To make something that has never existed before.
Material What a thing is made of, such as wood, metal, plastic or cloth.
Measure To find the size, weight or amount of something.
Model A small copy of a thing, made to show how it will look or work.
Patent A government grant that lets only the inventor make and sell an invention for a set time.
Plan The steps you decide on before you start making.
Problem The thing that needs fixing. Every new machine starts with one.
Prototype A first working version of a new product, made to try it out.
Robotics The science of designing, making and using machines that act by themselves.
Sketch A quick, rough drawing of an idea.
Solution The answer that fixes what was wrong.
Technology Using science to make tools and machines that solve problems.
Test To try a thing out and see how well it works.
Tinker To fiddle with a machine's parts, trying to fix or better it.
Workshop A room with benches and tools where things are made and mended.

Tools and Simple Machines 26

Axle The rod through the middle of a wheel, on which it turns.
Bolt A threaded metal pin that is held tight by a nut.
Cog One tooth on the rim of a gear.
Crank A bent handle that you turn to make a shaft spin.
Drill A tool with a spinning bit for making holes.
Fulcrum The point on which a lever pivots.
Gear A toothed wheel that turns another toothed wheel.
Hammer A tool with a heavy head for driving nails.
Hinge The folding joint that lets a door or lid swing.
Inclined plane The simple machine that is a flat sloping surface, used to raise loads with less force.
Lever A bar that pivots on a point to lift a load. One of the six simple machines.
Magnet A piece of metal that pulls iron toward it.
Piston A solid plug that slides up and down inside an engine's cylinder.
Pliers A tool with two jaws for gripping, bending and cutting wire.
Pulley A grooved wheel with a rope over it, for lifting. One of the six simple machines.
Ramp A sloping surface that joins a low place to a high one.
Rivet A metal pin hammered flat at the end to join two plates for good.
Screw A metal rod with a spiral thread that holds things tight. A simple machine.
Solder Soft metal melted to join wires on a circuit board.
Spring A metal coil that bounces back after being squeezed or stretched.
Sprocket A toothed wheel whose teeth fit the links of a chain, as on a bicycle.
Valve A part that opens and shuts to control the flow of a liquid or gas.
Wedge Thick at one end and sharp at the other, it splits things. A simple machine.
Weld To join two pieces of metal by melting them together.
Wheel A disk that turns on a rod at its center. With the rod, it is a simple machine.
Wrench A tool that grips and turns nuts.

Great Inventions 29

Abacus A frame of sliding beads used for counting.
Airplane A winged flying machine. The first powered flight, in 1903, lasted 12 seconds.
Automobile A car: a passenger vehicle that moves under its own power.
Compass Its magnetic needle swings to point north.
Elevator A cabin that carries people up and down between floors.
Engine A machine that burns fuel to make motion.
Generator A machine that turns motion into electricity.
Helicopter It flies with spinning blades on top. Its name comes from Greek for spiral wing.
Hovercraft A vehicle that rides over land or water on a cushion of air.
Laser A narrow, powerful beam of light. Its name started as a set of initials.
Light bulb A glass globe with a wire inside that glows when electricity passes.
Locomotive The engine that pulls a train.
Loom A frame for weaving thread into cloth.
Microchip A sliver of silicon smaller than a fingernail, packed with tiny circuits.
Microscope It uses lenses to make tiny things look big.
Pacemaker A tiny device placed in the chest to keep a heartbeat steady.
Phonograph A machine that plays sound from a groove. Thomas Edison invented it in 1877.
Plow A farm tool that cuts and turns over the soil.
Radar It finds faraway objects by bouncing radio waves off them.
Rocket A vehicle pushed upward by burning gases shooting out of its tail.
Sonar It finds things under water by bouncing sound off them.
Submarine A ship that can travel under the sea.
Telegraph It sent messages down a wire as coded clicks.
Telephone Bell was granted the first United States patent for it in 1876. Greek for far voice.
Telescope It makes far things look near. The oldest record of one is a Dutch patent application of 1608.
Turbine A wheel with blades that is spun by wind, water or steam.
Typewriter A machine with keys that press inked letters onto paper.
Windmill A tower with sails or blades that the breeze turns to grind grain or pump water.
X-ray A beam that passes through skin to picture the bones. It was discovered in 1895.

Online Life 30

Avatar The picture or figure that stands for you in a game or forum.
Blog A website where a writer adds dated entries, one after another.
Channel One maker's own page of videos.
Chat To swap typed messages with someone in real time.
Comment A remark typed under a picture, video or story.
Creator A person who makes videos, art or stories for others to enjoy online.
Emoji A tiny picture typed into a message, such as a smiling face. The word is Japanese.
Follow To sign up to see what a person or group puts online.
Handle The made-up name a person goes by online.
Hashtag A word with the # sign in front that groups messages by topic. The idea dates from 2007.
Influencer A person with many followers whose choices others copy.
Like A tap on a heart or thumbs-up that tells someone you enjoyed it.
Meme A joke picture or phrase copied and changed as it spreads online.
Netiquette Good manners online. The word blends internet and etiquette.
Playlist Songs or videos lined up to run one after another.
Podcast A talk show you download or play online, episode by episode.
Post To put words, a picture or a video up where others can see it online.
Profile The page that tells others who you are, with a name and a picture.
Reply An answer to someone's message or comment.
Selfie A photo you take of yourself, often with a phone.
Share To pass something you found along to your friends or followers.
Stream To watch or listen over the internet as it arrives, without saving a copy.
Subscribe To sign up so that each new episode or video comes to you.
Text message A short typed note sent from one phone to another.
Thread A chain of messages that all answer one first message.
Trend A topic that many people are suddenly talking about.
Video call A talk in which you see the other person on screen as you speak.
Viral Spreading fast from person to person online.
Virtual reality A computer-made world you seem to stand inside, seen through a headset.
Vlog A diary kept as videos. The word joins video and blog.

Power and Signals 25

Amplifier It makes a weak sound or message stronger and louder.
Analog Showing amounts with a moving hand or a wave, not with digits.
Antenna A metal rod or dish that sends out or catches radio waves.
Beam A narrow ray of light or radio waves.
Broadcast To send a program out to many radios or sets at once.
Current The flow of charge through a wire, measured in amps.
Dial A round knob or face that you turn to choose a station or number.
Digital Stored or sent as numbers, the way computers handle sound and pictures.
Dish A bowl-shaped antenna that collects messages from space.
Electric Run by power from a socket or from stored cells.
Fiber optics Hair-thin glass threads that carry messages as flashes of light.
Frequency How many waves pass each second. It sets a station's place on the dial.
Fuse A safety strip that melts and breaks the circuit when too much power flows.
Infrared Light just past red that eyes cannot see. It carries the orders from a remote.
Microwave A very short radio wave, used to send messages and to heat food.
Outlet The wall socket where a plug goes in.
Pulse One short burst of light, sound or power.
Receive To pick up a message that has been sent.
Relay To pass a message along from one station to the next.
Signal A message carried by waves or pulses of electricity.
Solar panel A flat board of cells that turns sunlight into electricity.
Switch It opens or closes a circuit to turn something off or on.
Transmit To send a message out by wire or by waves.
Voltage The push that drives charge around a loop, measured in volts.
Wire A thin metal strand that carries power or messages.

How this list was compiled: 189 technology words chosen and defined for this site, in seven themed lists plus a key terms list, an easy list and a hard list. Every spelling and the sense behind every clue was looked up in the American Heritage Dictionary, https://www.ahdictionary.com/, on 2026-09-19. Smartwatch, Video call and the posting senses of Follow, Like and Share, which the dictionary does not enter, follow English Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/, where the dated facts in the clues, such as the first satellite in 1957 and the first powered flight in 1903, were checked the same day; the Telescope clue was checked again on 2026-09-20. No company, product, platform, app, operating system or trademarked standard is named. Licence: own work

How it works

This technology word search runs from the workshop to the phone: 189 words in ten lists, with gears and levers, robots, dated inventions and online life. The puzzle already made hides 16 core terms, such as Robot, Blueprint and Hashtag, across and down.

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One list makes it a robot or a social media puzzle

Under the puzzle, Start from a list holds a list for each topic, so one page makes ten technology word search puzzles. Robots gives a robot word search of 25 words, from Servo and Gripper to Cyborg and Lidar. Online Life gives a social media word search of 30 posting words, such as Hashtag, Selfie and Netiquette.

A vocabulary sheet for a technology or STEM class

For a technology terms word search that tests meanings, tick Show clues, not words. Pupils read "A first working version of a new product, made to try it out" and hunt for Prototype. Inventing and Engineering follows a design unit step by step: Brainstorm, Sketch, Build, Test, Improve.

For younger classes, make a tech word search from Easy Tech Words: 44 words of 3 to 5 letters.
Video call and 9 more entries with a space or hyphen are hidden as one run: VIDEOCALL, XRAY, LIGHTBULB.
Great Inventions carries dates in its clues, from a telescope patent application of 1608 to a 12-second flight in 1903. Next: the science word search.

Questions and answers

Does the social media word find name any app?

No. Online Life holds 30 words for what people do online, such as Hashtag, Selfie and Netiquette, and no app, platform or company is named on any list. Add the names your class uses at the end of the word list if your school allows them.

What are the six simple machines?

The lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge and the screw. All six are in Tools and Simple Machines, a list of 26 words that adds Gear, Fulcrum and Sprocket. The count follows Wikipedia's Simple machine article, read September 2026.

Which technology words are on the list?

The 189 words cover gadgets, robots, inventing, simple machines, inventions, online life and signals. Computer parts such as Keyboard are on the computer word search. Spellings follow the American Heritage Dictionary, or Wikipedia for Smartwatch and Video call.

All 189 words

Gadgets and Devices 25

Gadgets and Devices, continued

Robots 24

Inventing and Engineering 30

Tools and Simple Machines 26

Great Inventions 29

Online Life 30

Power and Signals 25

How it works

One list makes it a robot or a social media puzzle

A vocabulary sheet for a technology or STEM class

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