Fun Words with Paige 56

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  1. 4. FAMOUS CEMETERY LOCATED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF PARIS, HOUSING THE GRAVES OF MANY NOTABLES INCLUDING OSCAR WILDE, SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, AND AT ONE TIME, JIM MORRISON, AND WHICH IS THE MOST-VISITED NECROPOLIS IN THE WORLD
  2. 5. GERMAN POET AND PLAYWRIGHT WHO IS PARTIALLY CREDITED WITH THE INFLUENTIAL "ESTRANGEMENT EFFECT" IN THEATRE, WHICH ALLOWS THE AUDIENCE TO EMOTIONALLY DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM THE ART IN ORDER TO MAKE RATIONAL AND CRITICAL CONCLUSIONS, BASED ON METHODOLOGIES FROM TRADITIONAL CHINESE OPERA
  3. 8. TYPE OF CLOUD PRODUCED BY INTENSE WILDFIRE DUE TO THERMAL BUOYANCY WITHIN THE SMOKE PLUMES, WHICH RESEMBLE THUNDERCLOUDS BUT ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH PRECIPITATION AND WERE NOTABLY PRESENT IN HIGH NUMBERS DURING AUSTRALIA'S "BLACK SUMMER"
  4. 9. A CARNIVOROUS, TREE-DWELLING, NOCTURNAL AND SOLITARY MAMMAL FOUND IN SOUTHERN ASIA AND KNOWN FOR ITS SLIM, FERRETLIKE APPEARANCE, THOUGH IT IS MORE CLOSELY RELATED TO A CAT
  5. 14. COSMIC BEING PRESENT IN BELIEFS OF HINDUS, CHINESE FOLK RELIGION, AND SEVERAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WHO BEARS THE COSMOS UPON ITS LARGE, FLAT BACK, ALSO NAMED GREAT A'TUIN BY PRATCHETT IN HIS DISCWORLD SERIES
  6. 15. ORDERING A "BOWL OF CHINA" IN A TRADITIONAL DINER WILL GET YOU THIS DESSERT SERVED
  7. 18. GLASS VESSEL USED TO CONTAIN ELECTRICAL CHARGES, AN EARLY VERSION OF A CAPACITOR
  8. 22. MANY NATIVE AMERICAN AND FIRST NATIONS TRIBES WEAR THIS TYPE OF REGALIA DURING SPECIAL EVENTS WHICH INVOLVE TRADITIONAL DANCES OR CHANTS, ORIGINALLY FOR HEALING PURPOSES
  9. 28. SAINT OF LOST THINGS IN THE CATHOLIC CANON, ALSO KNOWN FOR PREACHING TO FISHES AND PROVING CHRIST'S PRESENCE IN THE EUCHARIST
  10. 31. MIXED BREED CANINE THAT IS HALF A DOGGY ANCESTOR AND HALF A BREED OF DOG THAT WAS ORIGINALLY BRED AS A WATERPROOF BIRD RETRIEVER BUT IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN NOW FOR ITS DISTINCTIVE HAIRCUTS
  11. 33. ANCIENT ROYAL HOUSE IN ENGLAND, FROM WHICH THE TWO CADET LINES OF LANCASTER AND YORK, AND ALL REIGNING MONARCHS, HAVE BEEN DESCENDED, AND WHO RULED THE COUNTRY DIRECTLY FROM 1145 TO 1485, UNTIL CEDING POWER TO THE CADETS AFTER DEFEAT OF RICHARD III AT THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD
  12. 36. IN GALVANIC CORROSION, THIS CAN FORM WHEN CERTAIN SALTY AND MOIST FOODS ARE STORED IN A STEEL PAN AND COVERED WITH ALUMINIUM FOIL
  13. 42. IN ECONOMICS, THIS IS THE PRACTICE OF BUYING SOMETHING FROM ONE MARKET AT A LOW PRICE AND SELLING IT IN A DIFFERENT MARKET AT A HIGHER PRICE, SO THAT ONLY POSITIVE CASH FLOW AND NO NEGATIVE FLOW RESULTS, IN THEORY (THOUGH NOT IN PRACTICE) CONSIDERED A "RISK-FREE" TRANSACTION
  14. 43. ABDOMINAL FLAP ON THE BELLY OF A CAT WHICH HELPS PROTECT THEIR VITAL ORGANS AND HELPS WITH MID-AIR FLEXIBILITY
  15. 45. MOUNTAIN RANGE KNOWN IN MEXICO AS "THE SPINE OF THE DEVIL"
  16. 47. NICKNAME FOR NOTED JAZZ MUSICIAN LOUIS ARMSTRONG
  17. 49. THE FAMOUS GIANT THURIBLE OF THE SANTIAGO DE CAMPOSTELA CATHEDRAL IN SPAIN
  18. 52. THIS PLANT, SIMILAR TO BROOM, IS HARDY AND FIRE-RESISTANT, USEFUL FOR LAND RECLAMATION AND FODDER FOR STOCK, BUT ALSO INVASIVE IN MANY AREAS WHERE IT WAS INTRODUCED ORNAMENTALLY, AND NOTABLY BLOOMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR LEADING TO A COMMON FOLK SAYING, RELATING THE PLANT'S SEASONABILITY TO KISSING
  19. 53. WYETH'S SON, ALSO A PAINTER OF SOME RENOWN
  20. 54. GERMAN GARDENING TECHNIQUE WHEREBY A MOUND OF DECAYING WOOD AND OTHER COMPOSTABLE BIOMASS IS USED AS A RAISED BED FOR PLANTING
  21. 56. NEWER TYPE OF DOG BREED RECOGNIZED BY THE AKC, IT IS THE STATE DOG OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, BRED FOR SLED DOG WORK
  22. 57. MAGAZINE FOCUSED ON THE PRETEEN AND TEENAGE GIRL DEMOGRAPHIC PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1988 AND 1996 AS A MORE GRITTY AND FEMINIST COUNTERPOINT TO OTHER SIMILAR PUBLICATIONS
  23. 58. A SMALL AND ORNAMENTAL BOTTLE, TRADITIONALLY USED TO CONTAIN SMELLING SALTS
  24. 60. BELOVED STREET FOOD OF MEXICAN ORIGIN
  25. 62. HIGH-RISE ARCHITECT WHOSE BEEF WITH IAN FLEMING (HIS NEIGHBOR) WAS SO BAD, IAN NAMED ONE OF HIS NOVEL'S VILLAINS AFTER HIM
  26. 63. SOMETHING WHICH PROHIBITS ONE FROM EXPERIENCING PLEASURE DURING TYPICALLY ENJOYABLE ACTIVITIES
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  1. 1. PHOTOGRAPHY PIONEER WHO WORKED PRIMARILY IN NEW YORK, LA, AND PARIS, AND WHO CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO SURREALISM AND DADAISM WITH HIS PHOTOGRAMS, SCULPTURES, AND AVANT-GARDE SHORT FILMS
  2. 2. CLUB IN SWITZERLAND DESIGNED BY THE ICONIC H.R. (AND SWISS NATIVE SON) WHO IS KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON FILMS SUCH AS "ALIEN" AS WELL AS COLLABORATIONS WITH MANY MUSICAL ACTS FOR ALBUM ART, SUCH AS THE "OBSCENE" LANDSCAPE XX POSTER CREATED FOR THE DEAD KENNEDYS
  3. 3. SLIMY, OR UNPLEASANTLY MOIST AND VISCOUS
  4. 6. ENGLISH POET KNOWN FOR HIS WAR SONNETS, SUCH AS "THE SOLDIER," AND WHO TRAGICALLY DIED AT AGE 27 DUE TO A MOSQUITO BITE
  5. 7. A RELIGIOUS SECT OF PERSIAN SHI'A MUSLIMS WHO BECAME KNOWN AS POLITICAL ASSASSINS DURING THE CRUSADES, NOT ONLY OF CHRISTIANS BUT OF MUSLIM LEADERS WHO WERE BELIEVED TO BE WEAK IN THEIR DEFENSE AGAINST THE CRUSADERS
  6. 10. GARDEN IN PROVENCE NOTED AS ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE IN FRANCE, IT WAS DESIGNED IN A MEDITERRANEAN STYLE WITH JAPANESE INFLUENCES BY NICOLE DE VESIAN; ITS NAME MEANS "SHE-WOLF"
  7. 11. DEVICE USED TO MEASURE THE DARKNESS OF BLACK DYES OR PAINTS
  8. 12. THE 22ND TALLEST NORWEGIAN MOUNTAIN
  9. 13. A WEDGE-SHAPED SUPPORT BY WHICH A ROPE CAN BE HELD FAST, ESPECIALLY AS ON A BOAT
  10. 16. A METAL, SPIKED TETRAHEDRON WHICH IS LAID TO SLOW OR STOP THE CHARGE OF CAVALRY, OR IN MODERN USAGE, TO BLOW OUT TIRES
  11. 17. A TYPE OF HEADGEAR DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE FACIAL EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS IN ORDER TO KEEP WARM, POPULAR WITH CYCLISTS, SKIERS, AND THE LIKE, BUT ALSO USED TO CONCEAL IDENTITIES BY BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINALS
  12. 19. SCULPTURE BY RACHEL FENNER IN CASTLE PARK, BRISTOL, CONSTRUCTED OF NORMANDY LIMESTONE TO REPRESENT THE BUILDERS OF THE NEARBY CASTLE
  13. 20. PAST PARTICIPLE OF THE VERB MEANING "TO WALK FURTIVELY"
  14. 21. IN BAKING,THIS IS A SWEET DOUGH USED TO CREATE A SPECIFIC, FRAGMENTED TOPPING ON OTHER BAKED GOODS
  15. 22. SUCCULENT WATERMELON ONCE GROWN IN PALESTINE AS A RAINFED CROP, BUT IS DISAPPEARING DUE TO THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION
  16. 23. SOMETHING WHICH FAILS TO FUNCTION IN THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED, AND IN A MILITARY CONTEXT, MEANS A ROUND OF AMMO OR EXPLOSIVE DEVICE THAT DOES NOT FIRE OR DETONATE CORRECTLY
  17. 24. POKEMON KNOWN FOR ITS MANY ELEMENT-BASED EVOLUTIONS
  18. 25. BRITISH-AMERICAN FASHION DESIGNER KNOWN FOR THEIR GENDERFLUIDITY AND "DEMI-COUTURE" DESIGNS
  19. 26. 1970S ANIMATOR OF THE HOBBIT, LORD OF THE RINGS, WIZARDS, AMONG OTHER THINGS
  20. 27. SWISS ARTIST WHOSE WORK ON COLOR THEORY GREATLY INFLUENCED MODERN ART, AND WHO WAS KNOWN FOR WORKING IN MANY DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS AND MEDIA
  21. 29. ICE CREAM PARLOR CHAIN IN CUBA NAMED AFTER A BALLET, ITS UFO-SHAPED ORIGINAL HAVANA LOCATION IS A SPECTACULAR EXAMPLE OF MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE
  22. 30. ALSO KNOWN AS THE GREAT COMET OF 1996, THIS VERY BRIGHT COMET WAS NAMED AFTER ITS DISCOVERER, AN AMATEUR JAPANESE ASTRONOMER SEARCHING DARK SKIES WITH BINOCULARS
  23. 32. NICKNAME GIVEN TO PRINCE ZUKO BY AVATAR AANG, MUCH TO ZUKO'S CHAGRIN
  24. 34. YOKAI WHICH TENDS TO BE A BIT GOOFY AND IS KNOWN FOR APPEARING BEFORE PEOPLE DRINKING ALONE TO PERFORM A "BELLY DANCE," SINCE THEY HAVE FACES ON THEIR STOMACHS
  25. 35. A TYPE OF FOB MADE OF SIX PYRAMIDS THAT CAN UNFOLD TO FORM A CROSS, CRAFTED WITH THE SYMBOLISM OF A CERTAIN ANCIENT GROUP
  26. 37. A STYLE OF GREEK ENGRAVED WRITING ON A GRID WHERE EVERYTHING IS READABLE BOTH VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY DUE TO EACH LETTERS' ALIGNMENT
  27. 38. ARGUE OVER PRICE
  28. 39. CZECHOSLOVAKIAN ANIMATED TV SERIES CREATED IN THE 1970S, CENTERED AROUND A FOREST NYMPH'S ADVENTURES
  29. 40. A DRY, COLD WIND BLOWING FROM THE SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST DIRECTION ACROSS THE GRASSLANDS OF SOUTH AMERICA
  30. 41. TRADITIONAL BRAZILIAN STEW INVOLVING BEEF, BEANS, SALTED PORK OR BACON, SLOW-COOKED OVER A WOOD FIRE
  31. 44. THE LATIN NAME FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLLY PLANT
  32. 46. IMPORTANT IN THE PRODUCTION OF FERTILIZER, THIS IS A GROUP OF MINERALS AND CHEMICALS THAT PRODUCE POTASSIUM, MUCH OF WHICH IS EXPORTED FROM CANADA'S NATURAL RESERVES OF IT
  33. 48. A PERFUME POPULAR IN THE EASTERN WORLD, CREATED FROM THE FUNGUS-INFECTED HEART OF THE AGARWOOD TREE, IT IS EARTHY, SENSUAL, AND DUE TO ITS RARITY, INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE
  34. 50. INSTRUMENT FROM APPALACHIA THAT IS PLAYED BY PLUCKING WITH ONE HAND AND HOLDING DOWN THE STRINGS WITH A DOWEL IN THE OTHER WHILE THE INSTRUMENT IS SEATED IN THE PLAYER'S LAP
  35. 51. PARADE IN TYROLEAN AUSTRIA WHEREIN UGLY AND BEAUTIFUL CREATURES FIGHT EACH OTHER, SYMBOLICALLY, IN ORDER TO DRIVE AWAY FEAR IN WINTER AND TO PROMOTE FERTILITY OF CROPS IN THE SPRING
  36. 55. LONG-RUNNING COMIC STRIP BY ARTIST GUISEWITE, WHO USED HER OWN FIRST NAME AND LIFE AS INSPIRATION FOR HER PROTAGONIST'S ANGST AND EMPOWERMENT (BY TURNS)
  37. 59. A RECORDED MUSIC DIRECTORY THAT USED TO BE KEPT IN RECORD STORES, LABELS, LIBRARIES, AND RADIO STATIONS FOR REFERENCING ARTISTS, ALBUMS, OR SONG TITLES
  38. 61. ABANDONED BLUE-AND-WHITE DOG MASCOT OF A CITY IN JAPAN