Fun Words with Paige 30

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  1. 3. IN OCCULT STUDIES, THE CONCEPT THAT SMALL EVENTS OR COINCIDENCES HAVE GREATER HIDDEN OR ESOTERIC SIGNIFICANCE, COULD BE CONSIDERED A TYPE OF POSTMODERN ANIMISM AND IS OFTEN REFERRED TO IN CHAOS MAGIC
  2. 9. NAMED FOR A TEASDALE LINE, THIS BRADBURY SHORT STORY INVOLVES AN AUTOMATED HOUSE IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC SETTING
  3. 11. A POOL OR CISTERN IN A HOUSE OF ANCIENT ROME DESIGNED TO RECEIVE RAIN OR FALLING WATER THROUGH AN ATRIUM
  4. 13. A BIBLICAL QUEEN WHOSE STORY RELATES TO THE RELIGIOUS SIGNFICANCE OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAY PURIM
  5. 14. A ROWED OR SAILED RACE OF WATERCRAFT, ORIGINATING FROM A VENETIAN TERM FOR "CONTENTION FOR MASTERY"
  6. 15. THIS FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES WAS KNOWN FOR HER SUPPORT OF THE HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION ACT AND OTHER CONSERVATIONIST EFFORTS
  7. 17. A THUMBNAIL-SIZED ART PIECE WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SIX IMPORTANT ARTISTS WHICH WAS ALLEGEDLY ATTACHED TO A LUNAR MODULE AND IS THE FIRST SPACE ART OBJECT
  8. 18. THIS TYPE OF FABRIC IS MADE FROM TWO DIFFERENT COLOR YARNS WHOSE WARP AND WEFT ARE INTERWOVEN IN A WAY TO MAKE IT SEEM IRIDESCENT
  9. 20. NAMED AND STYLED FOR A WATER-SPOUTING DRAGON OF MYTH, THIS STONE SCULPTURE FAMOUSLY GUARDS THE ROOF OF NOTRE DAME
  10. 23. A TYPE OF HAT USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH CHEFS
  11. 24. IN THE BAHAMAS AND JAMAICA, THIS IS A FESTIVAL AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME INVOLVING MASQUING AND WEST AFRICAN STYLE DRUMMING
  12. 25. THE SACRED PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA WHICH EACH MUSLIM MUST UNDERTAKE ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME
  13. 27. A PRELUDE TO THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, THIS WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO A SERIES OF VIOLENT CONFRONTATIONS AMONG CIVILIANS IN KANSAS TERRITORY OVER IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES CONCERNING SLAVERY IN THE PROPOSED STATE
  14. 28. A TYPE OF INDUSTRIAL OR SCIENTIFIC DYE USED FOR HISTOLOGICAL STAINING IN BIOLOGY PREPARATIONS TO DISTINGUISH ACIDS AND NEUTRAL LIPIDS
  15. 29. A BUSINESS ENGAGED IN TRADE OR COMMERCE OF GOODS AND MERCHANDISE, TRADITIONALLY ALSO A PROPONENT OF BULLIONISM
  16. 30. COMMON JARGON IN THE IT WORLD, THIS REFERS TO AN ERROR OCCURRING DUE TO USER MALFUNCTION RATHER THAN A HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE ISSUE
  17. 31. A TOWN IN NEW MEXICO KNOWN FOR ITS CONNECTION WITH THE 1954 TRINITY TEST AND THE WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, BUT ALSO BECAUSE ATARI BURIED 700K OF ITS GAMES IN THE TOWN'S LANDFILL IN 1983
  18. 33. A WILD OR FERAL HORSE WHICH POPULATES QUEENSLAND AND OTHER REGIONS OF THE CONTINENT FROM WHICH IT ORIGINATES
  19. 36. IN THE FOLKLORE OF TWILIGHT, THIS WAS A QUILEUTE SPIRIT WARRIOR WHOSE UNNAMED THIRD WIFE SACRIFICED HERSELF SO HE COULD DEFEAT A VAMPIRE
  20. 40. A HARD SHELL OF A CRUSTACEAN, TURTLE, OR ARACHNID
  21. 44. PACKAGING MATERIAL MADE OF FINE CURLED WOOD SHAVINGS, ALSO THE MOTTO OF STAN LEE AND THE INFORMAL NICKNAME FOR NY STATE
  22. 45. A SPANISH SURREALIST PAINTER NAMED FOR THE VIRGIN OF ANGLES (HER HOMETOWN)
  23. 46. A CONTROVERSIAL TREATMENT FOR A RABIES INFECTION IN HUMANS, THIS INVOLVES A MEDICALLY-INDUCED COMA AND A POTENT ANTIVIRAL COCKTAIL, OF WHICH VERY FEW SUCCESSES HAVE BEEN RECORDED
  24. 47. A THIN SPIRE OF ROCK FORMED BY EROSION, NAMED DUE TO INDIGENOUS BELIEF THAT SPIRITS INHABITED THESE NATURAL FORMS
  25. 50. SOMETHING WHICH IS MARKED BY, APPEALING TO, OR OVERCOME BY, SEXUAL DESIRE
  26. 51. THE FIRST LABOR ORGANIZATION LED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS TO RECEIVE A CHARTER FROM THE AFL
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  1. 1. A WOODEN PLATFORM USED FOR TRANSPORT OF LARGE, BULKY, OR HEAVY ITEMS
  2. 2. IN A TRADITIONAL OFFICE SETTING, A GROUP OF EMPLOYEES AVAILABLE TO TAKE NOTES IN SHORTHAND FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE OR DEPARTMENTS AS NEEDED
  3. 4. A TYPE OF SMALL JAPANESE MUSHROOMS KNOWN FOR PALLID, LONG STEMS AND SMALL CAPS
  4. 5. A FILIPINO-STYLE COCONUT DOUGHNUT USUALLY SERVED IN MULTIPLES STAKED TOGETHER
  5. 6. ALSO KNOWN AS A DRUPE, THIS CATEGORY OF EDIBLE PLANTS CONTAINS A HARD PIT IN THE CENTER, A TOUGH RIND OR SKIN, AND A FLESHY OR JUICY PULP OR MEAT
  6. 7. A STRING OF DRIED CHILE PEPPERS, GARLIC, OR OTHER VEGETABLES FOR LATER CONSUMPTION, SOMETIMES ALSO USED AS DECORATION
  7. 8. A VENT IN THE SURFACE OF A PLANET FROM WHICH VOLCANIC GASSES OR HYDROTHERMAL STEAM IS RELEASED
  8. 10. THE US AMBASSADOR TO BELIZE, FORMERLY AN OLYMPIC SKATER
  9. 12. THIS TYPE OF ROLL MAY BE NAMED FOR ITS ALLEGED HUGUENOT CREATOR, SOLANGE LUYON, OR MAY BE NAMED FOR THE FRENCH "SOLEIL ET LUNE" TO REPRESENT ITS COLORATION
  10. 15. A LOOPED CORD WORN ABOUT THE NECK IN ORDER TO HANG ITEMS FOR CONVENIENCE, SUCH AS ID BADGES OR KEYS
  11. 16. A SHORT JACKET WORN IN SPAIN BY MEN BUT TYPICALLY BY WOMEN ELSEWHERE, NAMED FOR A TRADITIONAL DANCE
  12. 19. THE UPPER PART OR ROOF OF THE MOUTH, ALSO USED TO REFER TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S SENSE OF TASTE
  13. 21. IN MIDDLE EARTH BETWEEN ROHAN AND THE DEAD MARSHES, THIS IS A CRAGGY AND LABYRINTHINE BOULDER FIELD WHOSE CONTENTS ARE RAZOR SHARP
  14. 22. A TYPE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER WHEREIN TWO INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE IN ONE OR MORE SHARED DELUSIONS
  15. 25. SOMETHING WHICH EXERCISES POLITICAL OR SOCIAL POWER OVER OTHERS, SUCH AS A DOMINANT COUNTRY OR STATE
  16. 26. AN ARTIST'S PAINT-MIXING BOARD, OR A PARTICULAR COLOR SCHEME
  17. 32. AN ABORIGINAL CONCEPT FROM THE PASTORAL ERA WHEREIN THEY WOULD RETURN TO TRADITIONAL LIFE DURING THE OFF SEASON, USUALLY IN A NOMADIC AND REFLECTIVE MANNER
  18. 33. A TOWN KNOWN AS THE "CAPITAL OF NORTH ICELAND" AND IS A SIGNIFICANT HUB OF FISHING AND PORT COMMERCE DUE TO ITS ICE-FREE HARBOR AND RELATIVELY MILD CLIMATE
  19. 34. THIS COLORFUL YET POISONOUS FLOWER'S LATIN NAME IS PAPAVER NUDICAULE, AND IT IS NATIVE TO SUBPOLAR REGIONS OF ASIA AND NORTH AMERICA
  20. 35. IN THE UK, A COMMON TERM FOR A BALLPOINT PEN, NAMED FOR NOT ITS INVENTOR BUT THE GENTLEMAN WHO POPULARIZED ITS USE
  21. 37. THE STUDY OF CURRENCY, ESPECIALLY OF COINS AND OTHER SMALL TOKENS, BUT CAN ALSO INCLUDE PAPER MONEY AND OTHER, LARGER TYPES OF CURRENCY OBJECTS
  22. 38. A TYPE OF INDUSTRIAL OR SCIENTIFIC DYE WHICH FLUORESCES IN A LIPID-RICH ENVIRONMENT AND IS USED IN CELL BIOLOGY AS WELL AS TO DETECT MICROPLASTICS IN BOTTLED WATER
  23. 39. THE NICKNAME FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL LECTERN WHERE WHITE HOUSE ADDRESSES ARE GIVEN
  24. 41. A HUNGARIAN-BORN FRENCH ARTIST KNOWN FOR HIS NIGHTTIME PHOTOGRAPHS OF PARIS
  25. 42. SOMEONE WHO HAILS FROM OR RESIDES IN THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN
  26. 43. THE INFAMOUS CASE STUDY BASED ON ONE OF SIGMUND FREUD'S OWN DREAMS AND WHICH FORMED HIS THEORY THAT DREAMS ARE WISH FULFILLMENT
  27. 47. THE NATIVE TRIBE WHICH POPULATES THE GRAND CANYON'S RIM AND THE CANYON ITSELF, WHOSE NAME TRANSLATES AS "THE PEOPLE OF THE BLUE GREEN WATERS"
  28. 48. A VASCULAR AND DERMATIC STRUCTURE WHICH CREATES THE HOOF HORN IN ANIMALS LIKE HORSES AND COWS
  29. 49. IN MADAGASCAR, THIS IS A FESTIVAL CELEBRATING THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF AMBATOHARANANA, INVOLVING BATHING IN SACRED CAVES AND YOUNG MEN CLIMBING GREASED POLES