Fun Words with Paige 41

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  1. 3. SOMETHING GROTESQUE AND DEFORMED, OR A PERSON WHOSE IS SIMPLE-MINDED, ORIGINALLY USED TO DESCRIBE AN ABORTIVE LIVESTOCK FETUS
  2. 5. A RELIC THAT WAS ALLEGEDLY USED TO WIPE SWEAT AND BLOOD FROM THE BROW OF JESUS AS HE CARRIED THE CROSS TO GOLGOTHA
  3. 7. A SMALL ROOM LEADING TO A LARGER, MAIN ROOM, SIMILAR TO A VESTIBULE OR LOBBY
  4. 8. MEAGER
  5. 12. THE ITALIAN NAME FOR A CURSE FROM THE EVIL EYE
  6. 13. THIS TYPE OF JACKET IS HIP-LENGTH, BUTTON-DOWN, TAILORED, AND NAMED FOR A PREVIOUS PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
  7. 15. MOUNTAIN RANGE AND TEMPERATE RAINFOREST IN NEW YORK STATE, NAMED BY THE DUTCH DUE TO THE MOUNTAIN LIONS IN THE AREA, AND KNOWN FOR ITS POPULARITY AMONG THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL PAINTERS, MANY FILM LOCATIONS, AND THE "BORSCHT BELT," A SUCCESSION OF POPULAR JEWISH RESORTS
  8. 16. FORMLESS, RUDIMENTARY, OR INCIPIENT
  9. 20. ARGENTINE TALL COCKTAIL CONSISTING OF A BITTER ITALIAN LIQUEUR AND A SODA MIXER
  10. 21. AN OPTICAL REFLECTANCE EFFECT IN GEMOLOGY WHICH RESEMBLES METALLIC GLITTER, SUCH AS THAT FOUND IN SUNSTONE
  11. 25. SMALL VEHICLE USED IN MANY COUNTRIES FOR TAXI SERVICE, MAY BE MOTORIZED OR FOOT-PEDALLED, AND PARTICULARLY PREVALENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
  12. 27. DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, MILITARY PRESS BRIEFINGS GAINED THIS SOBRIQUET AS THEY WERE KNOWN FOR CYNICAL JOKES AND GAPS IN CREDULITY
  13. 30. UTTER CATASTROPHE, AND ALSO, ODDLY, A ROUND-BOTTOM GLASS FLASK FOR WINE THAT REQUIRES A RAFFIA BASKET SURROUNDING IT TO REMAIN UPRIGHT
  14. 31. A VENERATED GRAYHOUND IN 13TH CENTURY FRANCE WHO WAS PRAYED TO FOR INTERCESSION WHEN A CHILD WAS SICK, DESPITE THE WIDER CHURCH'S DISAPPROVAL
  15. 34. A TYPE OF SEA FOG THAT IS OFTEN BLOWN INLAND BY BREEZES; ITS NAME IS OF SCOTS ORIGIN
  16. 37. STONE THRONE FOR A KAMI IN SHINTOIST GARDENS
  17. 40. AN AMERICAN DESSERT POPULARIZED BY A DOLE CONTEST IN THE 1920S, CONSISTING OF AN INVERTED BUTTER CAKE AND FRUIT TOPPINGS
  18. 42. IN GEMOLOGY, THIS WORD DESCRIBES A NARROW BAND OF WHITE LIGHT WITHIN WHICH THE COLOR OR LUSTER OF THE STONE CHANGES
  19. 43. SKULL IN HAMLET THAT PREVIOUSLY BELONGED TO THE COURT JESTER
  20. 44. THE AZTECAN GOD OF RAIN
  21. 45. GREEK GODDESS OF THE EVENING
  22. 46. A SIMPLE SLED WITH NO RUNNERS WHOSE NAME IS A LOANWORD FROM ALGONQUIN
  23. 47. A FRENCH-ORIGIN APPLE VARIETY NAMED FOR THE ANIMAL ORGAN WHICH IT RESEMBLES AND WHICH IS PRIZED FOR ITS USE IN DESSERTS
  24. 48. A SCOTS TERM FOR UNMARRIED INTERCOURSE
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  1. 1. GREEK SAINT NICHOLAS THE PILGRIM REPEATED THIS HOLY PHRASE OVER AND OVER
  2. 2. PRINCESS MIA'S CAT, MUCH BELOVED BY AUDIENCES
  3. 3. KOI-LIKE POKEMON WHICH EVOLVES TO A MUCH MORE POWERFUL DRAGONLIKE FORM
  4. 4. OSCAR THE GROUCH'S CONSTANT COMPANION
  5. 6. A WHITE FLOWER KNOWN AS A SYMBOL OF ALPINISM AND EMPRESS SISI, WHOSE OTHER NAMES INCLUDE NIVALE, CAT'S-PAWS, AND CLIFFHANGER'S FLOWER
  6. 9. A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE GRAPHIC AND SCULPTURAL WORKS LEFT ON GEOGRAPHICAL LANDMARKS DATING BACK TO THE UPPER PALEOLITHIC PERIOD IN CHILE, THOUGH IT MAY BE USED GENERALLY FOR ANYTHING INSCRIBED ON ROCK
  7. 10. DANCE CRAZE IN THE 1950S AND '60S, VERY SIMILAR TO A BOOGALOO
  8. 11. TO MAKE DIRTY OR DAMAGE THE PURITY OF SOMETHING
  9. 12. THIS HISTORICAL-REFERENCING NICKNAME MAKES A COMMON SICKNESS AMONG TRAVELERS SOUND MUCH MORE MALEVOLENT
  10. 14. UNCLE-LIKE, ESPECIALLY AS PERTAINS TO PERSONALITY OR ADVICE-GIVING
  11. 17. ONE OF THE FEW WOMEN TO BECOME SIGNIFICANT IN THE MODERNIST MOVEMENT OF THE 1940S AND '50S, SHE WAS A CANADIAN POET
  12. 18. AN EARTHEN OVEN USED IN MOROCCO TO SLOW-COOK LAMB ROASTS ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS
  13. 19. SATED OR WELL-SUPPLIED
  14. 22. TO STEAL, USUALLY SOMETHING FOR ONE'S OWN PURPOSES
  15. 23. SYSTEM OF WEDGE-SHAPED WRITING IN ANCIENT SUMERIA AND MESOPOTAMIA
  16. 24. A PARODIC AND SURREAL '90S CARTOON NETWORK TALK SHOW WHICH HELPED LAUNCH ADULT SWIM IN THE SUCCEEDING YEARS
  17. 26. THIS BAND USED THEIR OWN BLOOD IN THE INK OF THEIR MARVEL COMICS RUN
  18. 28. THE BASSIST AND CO-VOCALIST OF THE PIXIES AND THE FRONTWOMAN OF THE BREEDERS
  19. 29. WITH GREAT SPEED OR IMMEDIACY
  20. 32. FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN SKATER TO LAND A TRIPLE AXEL AT THE OLYMPICS, AND THIRD-EVER WOMAN FROM ANY COUNTRY TO DO SO
  21. 33. TERM FOR AN ACTOR, NAMED SO AFTER THE FIRST ANCIENT GREEK TO STEP OUT FROM THE CHORUS AND RECITE ALONE
  22. 34. A GERMAN TITLE EQUIVALENT TO DUKE
  23. 35. C.O.D. FOR MANY VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME
  24. 36. THE SCOTTISH CHIVALRIC AWARD NAMED FOR ITS NATIONAL PLANT, EQUIVALENT TO THE GARTER IN ENGLAND
  25. 38. SITE IN ROHAN OF AN IMMENSE SIEGE AND BATTLE DURING THE SECOND WAR OF THE RING
  26. 39. MISTRESS OF LOUIS XV AND MODEL FOR THE NOTORIOUS "RESTING GIRL" BOUCHER PAINTING, SHE WAS OF IRISH ANCESTRY
  27. 41. JAPANESE EMBROIDERY ART WHOSE NAME TRANSLATES LITERALLY AS "LITTLE STABS," INVOLVING WHITE OR RED THREAD IN INDIGO-DYED FABRIC AND WHICH IS USED TO BOLSTER DURABILITY OF THE PIECE
  28. 42. THE 21ST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, FORMER CUSTOMS COLLECTOR OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK, AND KNOWN FOR HIS CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS AND LOVE OF LUXURY