Fun Words with Paige 72
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- 3. AMULETS FROM A SHINTO TEMPLE WHICH ARE INTENDED TO WARD OFF ILL INTENT OR BAD LUCK OR SUMMON PROSPERITY, GOOD HEALTH, ETC.
- 4. BEFORE-BED SNACK IN SCANDINAVIA, USUALLY CONSISTING OF A SLICE OF BREAD WITH CHEESE, JAM, OR OTHER TOPPINGS
- 5. ALGERIAN ARTIST WHO AT AGE SIXTEEN MASSIVELY INFLUENCED BOTH PICASSO AND MATISSE WITH HER GOUACHE PAINTINGS
- 8. SECOND-LARGEST OF THIS TYPE OF BODY OF WATER IN TURKEY, NOTABLE FOR BEING WHERE FLAMINGOS CONGREGATE TO WINTER AND BREED
- 14. BLUE SOAP USED FOR MEDIUMSHIP RITUAL PURPOSES OR TO MAKE OFFERINGS FOR ORISHA IN THE CARIBBEAN
- 15. A SUBSPECIES OF WILD CANINE ENDEMIC TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND WHICH IS NOTED FOR THE MAJORITY OF ITS DIET CONSISTING OF SEAFOOD, UNIQUE IN COMPARISON TO ITS RELATIVES
- 16. MILITARY FORMATION WHICH INSPIRED THE NAME OF A PHONY "CURE" FOR THE ZOMBIE VIRUS IN "WORLD WAR Z"
- 17. MEXICAN SLOW-SIMMERED SAUCE KNOWN FOR ITS COMBINATION OF SPICES, NUTS AND FRUITS, AND LATER ON, THE ADDITION OF CHOCOLATE
- 18. 1980S HORROR B-FILM THAT IS MORE FUTURISTIC THAN THE TITLE SUGGESTS
- 19. RUNNER'S KNEE
- 20. A MYTHICAL COPPER-GOLD METAL SUPPOSEDLY MINED IN ATLANTIS AS DESCRIBED BY PLATO
- 24. A SUBSPECIES OF THE GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN THAT IS EXTINCT AS OF 1932 AND MAY HAVE BEEN WHAT THE FIRST THANKSGIVING CELEBRANTS ATE INSTEAD OF THE ASSUMED TURKEY
- 26. A SOMEWHAT OLD-FASHIONED TERM FOR A SHOWY TRIFLE DESIGNED FOR DECORATION RATHER THAN UTILITY
- 27. OUTDOOR LEISURE AREA OF AN ESTATE, WHICH MAY INCLUDE WALKING PATHS, CULTIVATED GARDENS, PICTURESQUE WOODLAND, OR SPORTING LAWNS
- 30. SEEKING CHANGE IN ONE'S BEHAVIORS OR LIFESTYLE
- 32. ENTERTAINMENTS AND PUBLIC WORKS IN ANCIENT ROME, FUNDED BY WEALTHY PRIVATE CITIZENS RATHER THAN THE STATE, AND WHICH COULD REFER TO ANYTHING FROM LAVISH FOUNTAINS TO GLADIATORIAL COMBAT
- 33. IN D&D, THIS IS A MEMBER OF A BRUTISH FROG PEOPLE WHO PROCLAIMED THEMSELVES "LORDS OF THE SWAMP"
- 35. TRUE NAME FOR THE DEMON ALSO KNOWN AS "CAPTAIN HOWDY"
- 36. A VENEZUELAN CHEESE COMMONLY USED AS A FILLING, MADE FROM A COMBINATION OF COW AND EWE'S MILK, AND WHICH RESEMBLES FRESH MOZZARELLA IN THE ITALIAN STYLE
- 37. CLAY MATERIAL USED IN POTTERY WITH A DISTINCTIVE COLORATION
- 38. BEARLIKE PSYCHIC POKEMON WHICH PRODUCES ITS OWN HONEY
- 39. RADIO WORD WHICH CALLS FOR ATTENTION, BUT IS NOT AS URGENT AS MAYDAY OR PANPAN AND WHICH NORMALLY INDICATES IMPORTANT SAFETY OR METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION IS ABOUT TO BE CONVEYED
- 42. THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OCCUPIED SCOTTISH CASTLE
- 43. FOOT OR HAND BONE
- 44. TRANSITION FROM WAKEFULNESS TO SLEEP
- 45. COMMON BELIEF AMONG KNITTERS THAT IS BLAMED FOR CAUSING BREAK-UPS
- 46. STRONG-SMELLING RESIN THAT WHEN COOKED IS REMINISCENT OF LEEK OR ONION AND DURING THE RENAISSANCE WAS USED IN EXORCISM RITES
- 48. THE ORIGINAL NAME FOR A POPULAR CHINESE-AMERICAN CUISINE DISH OF RICE, VEGGIES, AND CHICKEN, WHICH TRANSLATES AS "MISCELLANEOUS LEFTOVERS"
- 49. MOUNTAIN IN IDAHO NAMED FROM NEZ PERCE FOLKLORE AND WHICH IS PART OF A NOTABLE SEVEN-PEAK SECTION OF THE ROCKIES
- 51. MILITARY-STYLE FUR-TRIMMED JACKET ALSO POPULAR AMONG WOMEN OF THE 19TH CENTURY
- 52. GENRE OF NOVELTY FOLK MUSIC FROM ENGLAND'S WEST COUNTRY WHOSE NAME REFERENCES A TYPE OF CIDER POPULAR IN THAT AREA
- 53. SHIELD, OR CIRCLE OF PROTECTION, METAPHORICALLY
- 54. PRESTIGIOUS MILITARY ACADEMY IN THE US
- 60. DECORATIVE NARROW PLEAT OR FOLD IN CLOTHING
- 61. RITE UNDERGONE BY UNWITTING SLAYERS TO PROVE THEIR METTLE UPON REACHING THEIR 18TH BIRTHDAY
- 62. POPULAR SYSTEM OF A DOWN SINGLE FROM 2001
- 63. A NORTHEASTERN-AMERICAN DIALECT TERM FOR HAVING A CASE OF THE FIDGETS
- 65. SOMBER, GLUM, OR SARDONIC, SUCH AS A GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD AND THE DEAD MIGHT BE
- 70. CONTINUOUSLY INHABITED CITY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD, SITE OF THE TIMURID RENAISSANCE, AND TODAY THE THIRD-LARGEST CITY IN UZBEKISTAN
- 71. UPSIDE DOWN
- 72. FORMAL FOOTWEAR WORN OVER SOCKS AND SHOES TO PROTECT THEM FROM MUD OR RAIN
- 73. PANTONE COLOR OF THE YEAR IN 2015
- 74. BODY OF WATER WHICH IS THE 35TH LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, CONTAINS THE NORTHWESTERNMOST POINT OF THE US WITHIN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA BUT ALSO LAYS SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE BORDER INTO CANADA
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- 1. SINCLAIR LEWIS'S 1922 SATIRICAL NOVEL WHOSE CONTROVERSIAL RECEPTION BY THE PUBLIC WAS ONE FACTOR IN THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE BEING AWARDED TO ITS AUTHOR
- 2. DARK EYE MAKEUP NOTABLY USED IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT AND BELIEVED TO WARD OFF EVIL
- 6. AN ANIMAL WHICH PRIMARILY EATS FRUIT, USUALLY DESCRIBING BIRDS OR CERTAIN TYPES OF MAMMALS
- 7. A SHADE OF DARK BLUE IN ANCIENT GREECE, ESPECIALLY AS ASCRIBED TO ARMOR OR CERTAIN MINERALS LIKE LAPIS
- 9. APPEALING-LOOKING FUNGUS OF THE GENUS GUEPINIA, ALSO KNOWN AS SALMON SALAD FUNGUS AND WHICH CAN BE PICKLED, CANDIED, OR CONSUMED RAW, THOUGH A BIT RUBBERY AND BLAND
- 10. IMPORTANT EARLY PREDECESSOR OF THE PROJECTOR CREATED BY EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE IN 1880
- 11. HEALTHY AND ROBUST, TO A SCOTSMAN
- 12. OBLONG SPRINKLES TYPICALLY EATEN IN THE NETHERLANDS ATOP BUTTERED BREAD SLICES
- 13. TRINKET OR JEWEL
- 18. THE LEGENDARY DAGGER OF KING ARTHUR IN THE WELSH TRADITION (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH EXCALIBUR, HIS SWORD)
- 21. THIS TYPE OF SUNDAE INVOLVES FIGS AND DATES, VANILLA OR CHOCOLATE SYRUP, WALNUTS, AND CRISPY CHOW MEIN NOODLES OVER VANILLA ICE CREAM, THOUGH OTHER VARIANTS EXIST
- 22. CHINESE ARTIST KNOWN FOR WORKING WITH INK CONCEPTS OF PSEUDO-LANGUAGE AND INCORPORATING BODILY ITEMS SUCH AS USED SANITARY NAPKINS AND HUMAN HAIR
- 23. THE BELOWDECKS FORWARD PART OF A SHIP OFTEN USED FOR CREWMATES' LIVING QUARTERS
- 25. CANADIAN TATTOOIST OF THE LOWBROW SURREALIST AND TIKI REVIVAL MOVEMENTS WHO IS CREDITED WITH BRINGING AMERICAN OLD-STYLE TATTOOING TO FRANCE
- 28. IN THE 1904 SUMMER OLYMPICS, THIS AMERICAN GAME OF MALLETS, BALLS, AND WICKETS REPLACED THE MORE TRADITIONAL VERSION
- 29. EATING OF RAW FLESH, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF DIONYSIAN WORSHIP
- 31. A FICTIONAL AUSTRALIAN POISON WHICH IS TASTELESS AND ODORLESS
- 34. BOOK REGARDED AS AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF WESTERN HISTORICAL FICTION, PUBLISHED ANONYMOUSLY IN 1678 AND SET IN THE COURT OF HENRI II
- 39. EXCELLENCE OF CHARACTER AND SOUNDNESS OF MIND, EXHIBITED BY ONE'S PRUDENCE, DECORUM, AND SELF-CONTROL
- 40. FOOLISHNESS OR NONSENSICAL THOUGHTS, ESPECIALLY IN SPEECH
- 41. COMMON TYPE OF TROPICAL MOIST FOREST/JUNGLE VINE WHICH IS PARASITIC BUT ENJOYED BY LEMURS AND GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE
- 47. MARTIN BUBER'S 1923 PHILOSOPHY TREATISE EXAMINING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HUMANS, GOD, AND EACH OTHER AND WHICH WAS REFERENCED IN DR. KING'S "A LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL"
- 49. A PERIOD OF THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE RISE OF THE STAR SIRIUS, ASSOCIATED BY THE GREEKS WITH BAD LUCK AND THUNDERSTORMS AND BY NORDIC PEOPLES WITH ROTTING OF FOOD AND WOUNDS
- 50. ANCIENT GREEK VERSION OF A FRETLESS ZITHER
- 55. NOISE MADE BY AN INSECT, SAY
- 56. MUSIC GENRE FROM THE UK YOUR NEIGHBORS MAY HATE, CHARACTERIZED BY FAST BREAKBEATS, SAMPLING, AND SYNTHS
- 57. CHEAPO OR TIGHT-FISTED, TO AN ITALIAN-AMERICAN
- 58. TO PARTY HEARTILY OR JOYOUSLY MOVE ABOUT
- 59. A WOMAN'S TRIANGULAR SHAWL WHICH WAS USED TO OBSCURE A LOWER NECKLINE IN A BODICE
- 64. LIGHTHOLDER FOR PASSERSBY IN THE DAYS BEFORE WIDESPREAD ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS, OFTEN TO THE TUNE OF ONE FARTHING
- 66. BARRIER MADE OF PIECES OF RUBBLE, ROCKS, OR CONCRETE TETRAPODS PLACED TO COMBAT EROSION ALONG SHORELINES OR IN DRAINAGE AREAS
- 67. THE SIDE-LINING PART OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF A DOOR
- 68. ENCLOSED-CAB VEHICLE DESIGNED FOR DRIVING IN WINTERTIME DESPITE CONDITIONS
- 69. ASPECT OF AUDIO/VIDEO PRODUCTION WHERE INTENTIONAL NOISE IS APPLIED TO PREVENT QUANTIZATION ERROR, OFTEN USED WHEN MASTERING CDS