DRY PLACES
Its name is a Mongolian word that means "waterless place"; it averages less than 8 inches of rain a year, so... nailed it
gobi
Endodontists swear that this procedure to remove infected pulp doesn't deserve its painful rep, but floss & brush to avoid needing it!
A Root Canal
Colorful term for writing that's overly ornate
Purple prose
The Robertson family endured for 38 days largely on onions & turtle blood after one of these "lethal" beasts sank their yacht
An orca (or killer whale)
The name of this Greek philosopher who espoused simple pleasure & friendship lives on as a lover of fine food & drink
Epicurus
Sections of land blocked from moist air by mountain ranges are called rain these areas of darkness
Shadows
In this disease of the central nervous system, fatty tissue called myelin is destroyed & forms the disease's namesake scar tissue
MS (multiple sclerosis)
Containing precious metals, this device that reduces harmful emissions from your car is a big target for thieves
A catalytic converter
Including Conwy, Caerphilly & Caldicot, Wales is said to have more of these structures per square mile than any European nation
Castles
The last name of this French physicist is a unit of electric current equal to one coulomb of charge per second
Ampère
Since it's near this line of latitude, 23 degrees, 27 minutes north of the equator, Aswan is hot & dry nearly all the time
The Tropic of Cancer
Bring Jennings & Gilbert LLP your claim of this cancer from asbestos exposure, named for a layer of tissue over internal organs
Mesothelioma
Greenland forms this body of water's eastern shore
Baffin Bay
9 days before JFK died, he gave a whale's tooth to this reclusive actress at a White House dinner
Garbo
Who's the good dog? This breed that was a symbol of the 18th century Dutch Patriots Party
A keeshond
The Wadi Rum desert near Aqaba in this nation was a filming location for "Dune: Part One" & "Part Two"
Newer research suggests that cutting calories doesn't actually ease symptoms of PCOS, short for this syndrome
polycystic ovary syndrome
Used since ancient times for jewelry & to adorn sacred objects, its name literally means "stone of blue"
Lapis lazuli
One of these annual Welsh competitions of bards & minstrels attracts more than 6,000 competitors & includes dance, drama & art
An eisteddfod
A man who died in 1825 gave us this word for what's often done with the best intentions to books like "Huckleberry Finn"
Bowdlerize
This dry place partly in Pakistan's southeast is also called the Great Indian Desert
The Thar Desert
A hallmark of osteoporosis is a Dowager's hump, a forward rounding of the back with this medical name from the Greek
kyphosis
In 1897 twin brothers Francis & Freelan built their first one of these early cars
A Stanley Steamer
This traditional instrument resembling a violin has a 5-letter name & like other Welsh words, seemingly no vowels
"CROOTH", with a "W".)
This type of sleeve that extends to the neckline is named for a field marshal who lost an arm at the Battle of Waterloo
A raglan sleeve