5-LETTER WORDS
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TV SHOWS BY CHARACTER
-ISMs
STATE CAPITAL IDEAS
200
'As an adjective, this 5-letter word can mean "exorbitant"; as a verb, "to soak in water", like tea'
steep
200
'"This will be pure H-E double L for me, oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E", sang this woman'
Tammy Wynette
200
'Lucy Ewing,
Ellie Ewing,
Pam Ewing'
Dallas
200
'It can refer to activism for better products, or to a passion for purchasing'
consumerism
200
'It served as the gateway to the 1849 California Gold Rush'
Sacramento
400
'This term for a high-spirited horse comes from an Old English word that means "stallion"'
steed
400
'This classic 1843 story character was the child of a clerk'
Tiny Tim
400
'Valene Ewing,
Gary Ewing,
Abby Cunningham Ewing Sumner'
Knots Landing
400
'An Italian law banning this political -ism is named for 1950s Premier Mario Scelba'
Fascism
400
'It shares its name with a Massachusetts city famous for trials'
Salem (Oregon)
600
'This metallic word can precede "blue", "drum" or "-faced"'
steel
600
'It's a perennial grass of the family Poaceae, widely cultivated as a hay grass'
timothy
600
'Krystle Carrington,
Alexis Carrington Colby,
Amanda Carrington'
Dynasty
600
'Said to Fan Chi around 500 B.C., "Love men" is a basic tenet of this philosophy'
Confucianism
600
'Washington famously crossed the Delaware River just north of it'
Trenton (New Jersey)
800
'5-letter body part that's a synonym for hitchhike'
thumb
800
'This native of Blowing Rock, N.C. penned "Still Life with Woodpecker"'
Tom Robbins
800
'Dr. Michael Mancini,
Jane Mancini,
Jennifer Mancini'
Melrose Place
800
'Saint-Simon was a founder of the "Christian" type of this, also a movement to redistribute property'
Socialism
800
'Originally Le Fleur's Bluff, it was renamed for a war hero who would become president'
Jackson (Mississippi)
1000
'To steal game or cook eggs'
poach
1000
'The first collection of this author's short stories was 1898's "Der Kleine Herr Friedemann"'
Thomas Mann
1000
'Jessica, Chester & Billy Tate'
Soap
1000
'Mascagni's operas use the technique of "Verismo", which in English is this -ism'
Realism
1000
'The first Christmas mass celebrated in the U.S. took place in this capital in 1539 during De Soto's explorations'
Tallahassee (Florida)
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