(All of the answers begin with the letters A, B or C.)
This relative of the grey wolf, once found only in the North American plains and western regions, is now found throughout North America, and is largely considered a pest that preys on pets and livestock.
Coyote
"Home, home on the range, where" these play
the deer and the antelope
Short periods in the sun provide this vitamin AKA cholecalciferol
D
Ira Gershwin wrote, "Summertime and the livin' is" this
easy
Roman Catholics believe if you're too good for hell but not yet pure enough for heaven, you'll spend time here
purgatory
This second-largest rodent in the world (after the capybara) is responsible for changing the shape of many North American forests and rivers by felling trees and damming rivers as a protection against predators.
Beaver
"O beautiful for spacious skies..."
for amber waves of grain
Regular exercise can raise this "good" type of cholesterol
HDL
According to playwright William Congreve, "You must not" do this "and tell"
kiss
The ner tamid is the "eternal light" that burns near the Ark of the Law in these houses of worship
synagogues
The two types of this mammal are the dromedary and the bactrian.
Camel
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when..."
skies are gray
Abbreviated O.T., it's designed to maintain &/or improve a patient's living skills
occupational therapy
Milton Friedman said, "There's only one place where inflation is made: that's in" this city
Washington (D.C.)
These tall structures, used to call worshippers to prayer, are a feature of all mosques
minarets
With reference to an 18th-century poem by Coleridge, a person who is bearing a heavy burden is said to have this large seabird “around his neck.”
Albatross. (In the poem, an albatross around the neck was the punishment given to the mariner who killed the albatross. There is a widespread myth that sailors believed it was bad luck to harm an albatross. In truth, sailors regularly killed and ate them.)
"Doe, a deer, a female deer; ray, a drop of golden sun; me..."
a name I call myself
In public showers you're advised to wear shower shoes to prevent this condition, tinea pedis
athlete's foot
17th century poet Jean de la Fontaine said, "A hungry" one of these organs "cannot hear"
a stomach
This belief sees God as creator who set the world in motion & refuses to intervene in its actions
deism
This digging and tunneling mammal, whose brownish-grey fur was used for centuries to make shaving brushes, is the official state animal of Wisconsin and the mascot for the athletic teams at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Badger
"Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine..."
you are lost and gone forever, oh my darling Clementine
Sudden fever & neck stiffness could signal this serious inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain & spinal cord
meningitis
In "The People, Yes" this poet wrote, "Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come"
Carl Sandburg
Figure often called the paraclete
the Holy Spirit