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Add "Y" to the kind of clock with hands & numbers to get this type of comparison.
Analogy.
This word borrowed from the French can mean "access" as well as "main course."
Entree.
The giant variety of this, Tridacna gigas, is the largest living bivalve mollusk & can grow to 4 feet across & 500 pounds.
A clam.
Japanese,
silver,
sugar
Maple.
Plain
____
Doe
Jane.
An idioticon is a dictionary of this "D" word, a form of a language spoken in a particular region.
A dialect.
It often means a lavish country residence, but in Britain can also mean a housing development.
An estate.
Aside from the Sun & the Moon, this is the brightest natural object in the night sky.
Venus.
Windmill,
sago,
date
Palm.
Saving
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period
Grace.
To talk without preparation is to ad-lib or to speak this "sleeve-oriented" way.
Off the cuff.
Synonym for a posse--a rapper's or an actor's, not a sheriff's.
An entourage.
After sulfur is removed, this has no odor; mercaptan is added to it so that leaks can be detected.
Natural gas.
Norway,
Serbian,
Sitka
Spruce.
Round
____
Hood
Robin.
It's a dramatic monologue or speech made to oneself.
A soliloquy.
This word for a perfect example doesn't rhyme with "home."
Epitome.
Studying flares & the corona, in 2019 U.K. astronomers determined that this field is 10 times stronger than previously thought.
The Sun's magnetic field.
Mission,
Manzanillo,
Kalamata
Olive tree.
Rambling
____
hip
Rose.
Lapsus linguae is literally Latin for this kind of mistake.
A slip of the tongue.
This 9-letter word is a less common synonym for "former."
Erstwhile.
Butterflies emerge as adults not from a cocoon but from one of these structures whose name is from the Greek for "gold."
A chrysalis.
Rainbow,
yellow gum,
Tasmanian blue gum
Eucalyptus.
Pretty
____
dreadful
Penny.