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This word can be used to describe the final stage of a star and one of Snow White's seven little friends
Dwarf
Known as the bread basket of Europe, Ukraine is responsible for nearly 1/5th of the world's supply of this golden crop
Wheat
Discovered in 1922 at a German asylum after a failed suicide attempt, Anna Anderson claimed she was this dead daughter of the deceased Tsar of Russia
Anastasia Romanov
"We choose to go to the moon" and "Ich bin Berliner" were both speeches made by this first catholic president before his assassination in 1963
JFK
This is an example of an evolutionary defense mechanism developed by certain plants such as roses to prevent themselves from being eaten by animals
Thorn(s)
This state is known as the sooner state because when it's territory was opened for white settlement in 1889, thousands race to take the best plots of land from indigenous communities, all trying to be 'sooner' than the others
Oklahoma
This Kingdom was established in 882 by the Rurikid dynasty in Kiev, a family that would later rule in Moscow until the rise of the Romanovs in the 17th century
Kieven Rus
Louis XVIII became the dauphin of France and the head of this royal house after the death of his young nephew in prison in 1795, returning to the throne in 1814
house of Bourbon
"A message to the grassroots" and "the ballot or the bullet" were speeches made by this black nationalist leader who left the Nation of Islam leading to his FBI assisted murder in 1965
Malcom X
this is a store of valuable or delightful things, often pared with the word 'Treasure'
Trove
Lepidopterology is a branch of entomology focusing on this insect, known for it's obsessions with flames and felt
Moths
These horse warriors and ethic group originate in Ukraine, and were employed by the Russian Empire to serve as the Tsar's personal guard and elite members of the military
The Cossacks
after the deposition of the house of stuart in the glorious revolution of 1683, loyal "Jacobites" waged an insurgency in this British region, the setting of outlander
Scottish Highlands
"Black Man In A White Man's Court" and "An ideal I am prepared to die for" are speeches by this ANC militant turned president who was imprisoned for three decades on Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town
Nelson Mandela
Deriving from the Sanskrit word for a silver coin, this is the name of India's national currency and the fictional diamond shape gems in Legend of Zelda
Rupees
This city whose name ends with an A was a railroad hub for the confederacy, which garnered a big band song named after it in the 40s, "{the town name} choo choo!"
Chattanooga
This soviet leader was born in Ukraine and was ethnically Ukrainian, and is most well known for going toe to toe with Kennedy, ordering the Invasion of Hungary in 1956, his policy of de-stalinization, and overseeing the Cuban missal crisis
Khrushchev
After the accession to the Spanish throne of queen isabel in 1833, this traditionalist movement was founded with the intention of putting her uncle on the throne, remaining an influential political faction all the way through the spanish civil war
Carlists
"the liberation of Auschwitz" and "the perils of indifference" were speeches by this Romanian Holocaust survivor and author of night who received a noble peace prize in 1986
Ellie Wiesel
this is to wash or rinse out (an area or container) by pouring large amounts of water or other liquid over or into it.
Swill
Thoreau wrote essays about a river with this name in Massachusetts, which is also the name of the Union iron clad which battled it's confederate counterpart, the monitor, in the 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads
Merrimack
This horrific manufactured famine ravaged Ukraine between 1933 and 1934 as a part of Stalin's "dekulakization" process, resulting in the death of 4 million ethnic Ukrainians
The Holodomor
During this period of Russian history, which lasted from 1598-1613, three men claimed to be the dead boy prince of Russia, Dimitry, it shares its name with an Irish civil conflict
the Time of Troubles
"Against imperialism" and "cross of gold" were speeches by this populist politician who was the democratic party's presidential candidate three times at the turn of the 20th century, loosing all three times to republicans
William Jennings Bryan
this a waterproof filler and sealant, used in building work and repairs, often used on bathroom tiles with water damage
Caulk