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A very hot green chili pepper, used especially in Mexican-style cooking
What is Jalapeño
A tall, rounded vase with a base, and often a stem, especially one used for storing the ashes of a cremated person
What is Urn
The letter Z
What is Zed
a) Knobbly, rough, and twisted, especially with age
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b) Difficult, dangerous, or challenging
What is Gnarly
A period of time equal to a twenty-fourth part of a day and night and divided into 60 minutes
What is Hour
What or which person or people.
What is Who
A domesticated pack animal of the camel family found in the Andes, valued for its soft wooly fleece
What is Llama
Irritate; annoy
What is Irk
A small short-winged songbird found chiefly in the New World
What is Wren
A passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theater, an airplane, or a train
What is Aisle
A small worthless object, especially a household ornament
What is Knick-Knack
A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance
What is Tsunami
A river flowing from the Vosges Mountains, NE France, north into the Moselle River, SW Germany
What is Saar
A pterosaur of the late Jurassic period, with a long slender head and neck and a very short tail; literal translation is “wing fingers”
What is Pterodactyl
A severe mental condition in which thought and emotions are so affected that contact is lost with external reality
What is Psychosis
A device consisting of a small board, or planchette, on legs that rest on a larger board marked with words, letters of the alphabet, etc., and that by moving over the larger board and touching the words, letters, etc., while the fingers of spiritualists, mediums, or others rest lightly upon it, is employed to answer questions, give messages, etc
What is Ouija Board
This word does not start with R, but it is a pattern composed of diamonds of various colors on a plain background, used in knitted garments such as sweaters and socks
What is Argyle
A warm dry wind developing in the lee of any mountain range
What is foehn
A city in and the capital of Shaanxi province, in central China: capital of the ancient Chinese Empire
What is Xian
Having many lines or folds
What is Wrinkly
(In Arabian and Muslim mythology) An intelligent spirit of lower rank than the angels, able to appear in human and animal forms and to possess humans
What is Djinn
Lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid
What is Pneumonia
An emperor of Russia before 1917
What is Czar
(in East Africa) A dance; a night of dancing and music
What is Ngoma
A device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something, for example Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain for the colors of the spectrum (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet)
What is Mnemonic
A fragrant resin produced by a number of trees related to myrrh, used in perfumes
What is Bdellium
A river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia
What is Euphrates
A synonym for Mustard Gas
What is Yperite
The French word for the artistic illusion of truth, usually known in English as verisimilitude
What is Vreisemblance
A flowering shrub native to eastern and southern Africa, the leaves of which are chewed as a stimulant
What is Qat