5-Letter Words
This mallet used by a judge can also mean “to call a meeting to order”
Gavel
Everything from Charmin to Duracell: This company named for 2 guys.
Procter & Gamble
It was always a beautiful day in Mr. Rogers’
Neighborhood
A jardiniere is a large decorative stand or receptacle for these.
Flowers/Plants (trees accepted)
The San Diego zoo says this ursine carnivore can smell prey on ice 20 miles away.
A polar bear
An instrument such as the guiro is made from this type of plant that’s hollowed out.
Gourd
Uncle Ben’s, M&M’s & fittingly, Orbit gum
Mars
Comprehended
Understood
The Pembroke, a light, drop-leaf type of this, was probably named for the Earl of Pembroke, an amateur architect.
A Table
Badger and Toad could hand with the star-nosed this.
Mole
As you have 2 feet, you’re one of these.
Biped
Cheerios & Wheaties: This “military” corporation
General Mills
A disposition to kindness & compassion, or a place to donate clothes
Goodwill
Many dens have recliners from this 12-letter brand founded in 1940.
Barcalounger
As if it’s not freaky enough, a male duckbilled this has spurs behind each ankle that are connected to poison glands.
Platypus
Meaning “to dispense with”, this word sounds like a gesture of hello.
Waive
Dasani & Sprite: This soft drink concern
Coca-Cola
I’ve spotted a great spotted one of these birds
Woodpecker
Mies Van Der Rohe designed tubular types of these & said it’s almost harder than designing a building.
Chairs
The mud puppy, a type of this amphibian, breathes through gills even though it has lungs.
Salamander
A U.S. O-1 visa is for this type of foreign person “of extraordinary ability”
Alien
Xanax & Lipitor (don’t get them mixed up): This pharmaceutical giant
Pfizer
Cinematically speaking, it’s Mumbai
Bollywood
In his will, Shakespeare left “my wife my second best” this “with the furniture”.
Bed
This bloodsucking eel-like fish arrived in Lake Erie around 1920; within 25 years all the Great Lakes were infested.
Lamprey