Fun Words with Paige 40

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  1. 2. SHORT STORY BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE ABOUT A POISONOUS GARDENER MAIDEN
  2. 4. AN ART ROCK BAND FROM THE 1960S, KNOWN FOR THEIR ANTI-VIETNAM WAR SENTIMENTS AND SCATOLOGICAL LYRICS
  3. 10. IN ICELANDIC LORE, THESE "NECROPANTS" MADE OF HUMAN SKIN WOULD GRANT ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF MONEY
  4. 11. A CANADIAN PASTRY MADE WITH AN EGG AND SYRUP FILLING
  5. 15. THE STATE FRUIT OF IDAHO AND MONTANA, AND IN AN OLD AMERICAN IDIOM SAYING SOMETHING WAS ONE OF THESE ABOVE YOUR PERSIMMON MEANT "A BIT BEYOND MY ABILITIES"
  6. 17. A SWING-STYLE DANCE POPULAR IN THE 1950S AND 60S, SOMETIMES BANNED DUE TO BRUISING OCCURRING FROM THE DANCERS' HIGH HEELS HITTING OTHER PARTICIPANTS
  7. 18. MYTHICAL INSTRUMENT BLOWN BY HEIMDALL TO SIGNIFY THE BEGINNING OF RAGNAROK
  8. 21. A MAID, ATTENDANT, OR CONCUBINE OF A HAREM, PARTICULARLY AS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
  9. 22. AN ASTERISM WHICH REFERENCES SEVEN MYTHOLOGICAL SISTERS AND WHICH EXISTS WITHIN THE CONSTELLATION OF TAURUS
  10. 23. GODZILLA'S ENEMY, INSPIRED BY SILKWORMS AND OFTEN SURROUNDED BY TWINS
  11. 25. TO GIVE IN TO A NEGATIVE FORCE OR THE COURSE OF A DISEASE
  12. 26. A MACHINE WITH ONE OR MORE DRUMS THAT IS USED TO ADJUST TENSION IN WIRE OR ROPE, OR TO HAUL THINGS
  13. 28. THE SEEING-STONES OF THE ELVES OF VALINOR, WHICH COULD BE USED TO VIEW EVENTS BOTH PAST AND FUTURE AS WELL AS CONTEMPORANEOUS, BUT CAN ALSO BE USED TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS (AND DECEIVE THEM) OVER GREAT DISTANCES
  14. 29. A STYLE OF ART USING A STAINING TECHNIQUE WHEN APPLYING INITIAL COLORS TO A SKETCH, AND ALSO A SERIES OF GLASSWORK BY CHIHULY BASED ON HIS WORK IN VENICE AT THE MURANO WORKSHOP
  15. 33. IN HINDUISM, THIS IS AN HONORIFIC TITLE GIVEN TO MEN WHO HAVE CHOSEN THE PATH OF RENUNCIATION
  16. 34. A SMALL, ORANGE CITRUS FRUIT, RELATED TO THE MANDARIN, AND NAMED FOR A CITY IN MOROCCO FROM WHICH IT WAS EXPORTED
  17. 37. A GERMAN-AMERICAN EXPRESSIONIST ARTIST KNOWN FOR HIS USE OF OVERLAPPING TRANSPARENT PRISMS, AND WHO WAS ALSO A CARICATURIST AND FUGUE COMPOSER
  18. 38. A OAXACAN FOLK ART OF WHIMSICAL AND BRIGHTLY COLORED COPAL WOOD CARVINGS, TYPICALLY OF ANIMALS OR CREATURES, DATING FROM THE 1940S
  19. 41. DEATH'S HOOD
  20. 43. A FEMALE HUMAN COMIC BOOK CHARACTER WHO MANAGED TO LIVE AMONG THE PREDATOR ALIENS AND ADAPT TO THEIR BRUTAL CULTURE
  21. 45. IN THE VERNACULAR, TO IDENTIFY SOMEONE AS THE PERPETRATOR OF A CRIME
  22. 47. A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS ABOUT A PERSON, SUBJECT, OR EVENT
  23. 49. A SWEET PEPPER FROM ITALY AND GREECE THAT IS OFTEN PICKLED AND WHOSE PROPER NAME IS ACTUALLY FRIGGITELLO
  24. 53. TO CONSCIENTIOUSLY AVOID, OFTEN AS PART OF A POLITICAL OR MORAL STATEMENT
  25. 55. BOTH VILLAIN AND PROTAGONIST OF REANIMATOR, DEPENDING ON ONE'S PERSPECTIVE
  26. 57. AN OAT BAR OR PANCAKE, DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE OF THE POND YOU ARE ON
  27. 60. THE MOUNTAINOUS REGION OF GERMANY WHERE THE NUTCRACKER, AMONG OTHER WOODEN CARVED FOLK ART OBJECTS, ORIGINATED
  28. 63. MEANT TO BE A SORT OF MATA HARI FIGURE, THIS CHARACTER WAS CREATED TO SOW DISSENT IN THE VILLAGE OF HER SMALL BLUE COMPATRIOTS
  29. 65. A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WHICH USES A GOLDBEATER'S SKIN OR OTHER MATERIAL TO CREATE A BUZZING, TIMBRAL NOISE, POPULAR AMONG CHILDREN AND ALSO KNOWN AS THE ONION FLUTE
  30. 66. AN INFAMOUS DWARF CAT BURGLAR AND SOMETIME ALLY OF ARTEMIS FOWL
  31. 69. LARGE OR TALL CLOUD TYPE THAT USUALLY PRECIPITATES HIGH AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL AND CAN CAUSE POTENT THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, PARTICULARLY IN THE SUMMER SEASON
  32. 70. DEAR ABBY OR MISS MANNERS, FOR SOME, BUT MAKE IT BRITISH
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  1. 1. A RARE FOLK ART STYLE OF THE PHILIPPINES WHICH COMBINED ASIAN AND EUROPEAN TECHNIQUES TO CREATE THE ILLUSION OF GREAT DEPTH, PRACTICED BETWEEN 1600 AND 1800 A.D.
  2. 3. INFAMOUS DAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY WHICH OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY OF 1959
  3. 5. CHINOOKAN PICTOGRAPH STYLE OF A FACE INVOLVING ALMOND EYES, A STRONG BROW, AND A GRIN WITH A TONGUE OR TEETH
  4. 6. THE FICTIONAL LARGEST TRUCK STOP IN QUEBEC FROM DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE, THE THIRD ENTRY IN THE SERIES
  5. 7. WOODBORING INSECT WHOSE DISTINCTIVE MATING NOISE IS CONSIDERED TO BE AN OMEN OF ILL FORTUNE
  6. 8. AN ANIMAL'S SEASONAL OVEREATING IN PREPARATION FOR HIBERNATION
  7. 9. FINNISH CULTURAL PRACTICE OF STEAMING IN A SMALL STRUCTURE BUILT FOR THAT PURPOSE
  8. 12. TO HAVE A MASS OF SMALL BUBBLES ON TOP, OR IN CONVERSATION, SOMETHING LIGHT AND ENTERTAINING BUT OF LITTLE SUBSTANCE
  9. 13. COMPULSIVE LYING
  10. 14. A CAT FROM AN EPISODE OF HOUSE, M.D., WHO INHABITANTS OF THE NURSING HOME BELIEVED COULD PREDICT DEATH, BASED ON SIMILAR REAL-LIFE INCIDENTS
  11. 16. THE ADDAMS FAMILY'S BUTLER
  12. 19. STILLNESS IN ORDER TO FIND ENLIGHTENMENT BY UNINTERRUPTED REPEATING OF "JESUS PRAYER"
  13. 20. DOCUMENTARIAN WHOSE SHORT FILM TOPICS INCLUDE GAPPED TEETH, GARLIC, AND BLUES MUSICIANS
  14. 24. KNOWN FOR HER EXQUISITE BEAUTY, THIS MISTRESS OF LOUIS XIV, THE COUNTESS MAZARIN, WAS ALSO KNOWN FOR HER PENCHANT FOR CROSSDRESSING
  15. 27. TO DRENCH OR EXTINGUISH
  16. 30. THE PATIENT IN THE SAD CLOWN PARADOX
  17. 31. 1970S UK SUBGENRE OF PUNK THAT DEALT WITH WORKING-CLASS THEMES AND WAS CONTROVERSIAL DUE TO SOME BANDS' MEMBERS' ASSOCIATION WITH FAR-RIGHT ORGANIZATIIONS
  18. 32. A VENGEFUL JEWISH CHARACTER IN THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, HIS NAME HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH "LOAN SHARK" IN SOME CIRCLES
  19. 35. THE PEN NAME OF GEORGES BATAILLE WHEN HE FIRST BEGAN TO PUBLISH HIS "LITERATURE OF TRANGRESSION"
  20. 36. BLUISH-GREEN COLOR NAMED AFTER AN EURASIAN BIRD WITH A STRIPE ON ITS HEAD OF THE SHADE
  21. 39. AN ALT-ROCK BAND FROM SACRAMENTO WHICH IS KNOWN FOR ITS DEADPAN VOCALS AND WIDE-RANGING MUSICAL INFLUENCES
  22. 40. IMAGINARY FRIEND CARTOON CHARACTER
  23. 42. EMILY THE STRANGE'S CAT WHO HAS A WHITE CHEMICALLY-INDUCED STRIPE ON HIS TAIL, SIX-TOED PAWS (GREAT FOR LOCK PICKING) AND IS NAMED FOR A FAMOUS GERMAN PHILOSPHER
  24. 44. SHOWY SPECTACLE MEANT TO IMPRESS, USUALLY IN A VULGAR OR TACKY WAY
  25. 46. A GIN COCKTAIL INVOLVING LIME AND SPARKLING WATER, SERVED IN A HIGHBALL GLASS
  26. 48. A SONG OR POEM WRITTEN FOR A BRIDE ON HER WAY TO THE MARITAL CHAMBER
  27. 50. A 1973 PLAY WHICH INVOLVES PATHOLOGIZED RELIGIOUS AND SEXUAL ISSUES SURROUNDING HORSES BEING TREATED BY A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST, ONE OF THE PLAY'S CENTRAL FIGURES
  28. 51. A PEG OR SPIKE DRIVEN INTO A FLAT SURFACE WITH A HAMMER AS A CLIMBING AID
  29. 52. TO TRAVEL SMOOTHLY AT A MODERATE SPEED, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT A PARTICULAR DESTINATION IN MIND
  30. 54. TOWN IN VERMONT WHICH STILL HAS A LAW ON THE BOOKS FORBIDDING "MODERN FARM MACHINERY OF ANY KIND"
  31. 56. A TOWN IN ALASKA NAMED FOR A TLINGIT IDIOM REFERENCING THE CHOPPY SEAS OF ITS INLET CAUSED BY ROUGH MOUNTAIN WINDS, REFERENCED BY BOTH JACK LONDON AND THE THREE STOOGES
  32. 58. AMERICAN ARTIST WHO FOUND HER AUDIENCE IN PARIS, KNOWN FOR HER PORTRAITURE, A SKILL SHE HONED WHILE IMPRISONED IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP
  33. 59. ITALIAN COFFEE DRINK NAMED FOR ITS LEATHER-BROWN COLOR, CONSISTING OF ESPRESSO, COCOA POWDER, AND MILK FROTH, AND IN SOME REGIONS, THICK HOT COCOA AS WELL
  34. 61. JAPANESE ART OF WOOD CARVING AND ASSEMBLING IN SUCH A WAY THAT INDEPENDENT PIECES CAN FIT TOGETHER WITHOUT NEED OF NAILS OR OTHER FASTENERS
  35. 62. A UNICORN-LIKE CREATURE FROM CHINESE LEGEND, IT LIKED TO FIGHT TIGERS AND BEARS AND ITS VOICE SOUNDED LIKE THUNDEROUS DRUMROLLS
  36. 63. A WERECAT IN THE INHERITANCE SAGA THAT GIVES PROTAGONIST ERAGON SOME CRYPTIC ADVICE
  37. 64. TO MAKE A NARROW GROOVE OR DEEP TRENCH, AS OF BROWS OR PLOWS
  38. 67. A 17TH CENTURY RUSSIAN FOLK ART STYLE OF TABLEWARE OR FURNITURE WHEREIN FRUIT, VEGETABLE, OR FLORAL THEMES IN RED, GOLD, AND GREEN ARE PAINTED ON A BLACK BACKGROUND
  39. 68. A TRADITIONAL NEW ENGLAND OUTDOOR COOKING EVENT