Abstract Nouns
16-Letter Words
5, 5
Rhyme Time
Crossword Clues "Y"
400
Some people might take this "lap" to celebrate this, the successful ending of a struggle or contest
Victory
400
Anything that excludes you from consideration for a job
Disqualification
400
Wonder bakes loaves of this, also an adjective meaning bland
White Bread
400
A nursery rhyme pumpkin eater's units of measure
Peter's Meter
400
Sing like an Alpine mountaineer
(5)
Yodel
800
In baseball, it's an out that still advances a runner; in life, it's giving up something for something more important
Sacrifice
800
Adjective meaning working the opposite way from what instinct suggests
Counterintiutive
800
Mus musculus--it's the rhyming name of the rodent seen here
House Mouse
800
Paddy grain cost
Rice Price
800
It can precede fever, jacket & pages
(6)
Yellow
1200
Daily Double!!
This study of past events taken as a whole has been defined as a set of lies that are mutually agreed upon
1200
The paper bag method is no longer widely recommended if you find yourself doing this--learn controlled breathing
Hyperventilating
1200
Traffic signal term that also means permission to proceed on a project
Green Light
1200
An overconfident thoroughbred rider
Cocky Jockey
1200
A fungus for fermentation & leavening
(5)
Yeast
1600
Also a British name for Solitaire, it's a quality you need when caught in a traffic jam
Patience
1600
Adjective for the part of the life & career of George W. Bush that began in January 2009
Postpresidential
1600
Daily Double!!
It's the smart-sounding name for a group of experts who serve unofficially as advisers; FDR had his own
1600
A tin pot for cooking or boiling water
Metal Kettle
1600
School for future rabbis
(7)
Yeshiva
2000
Have this religious belief; per the King James version, it "without works is dead"
Faith
2000
Look at a map of the contiguous U.S. & you'll see that this 16-letter superlative adjective applies to Maine
Northeasternmost
2000
This software program for formatting movie & TV scripts has been around since 1990
Final Draft
2000
Ms. Doe without her makeup
Plain Jane
2000
Brute in "Gulliver's Travels"
(5)
A Yahoo