WORD WORDS
Add "Y" to the kind of clock with hands & numbers to get this type of comparison
Analogy
This word borrowed from the French can mean "access" as well as "main course"
Entree
This pair of antonyms is used when using a coin to make a decision
Heads and Tails
In 2010 the Air Force Research Lab built one of the world's fastest computers using more than 1,700 of these Sony game systems
Playstation
This Michigan industrial city bears the name of a river named for a "fire stone"
Flint
An idioticon is a dictionary of this "D" word, a form of a language spoken in a particular region
Dialect
It often means a lavish country residence, but in Britain can also mean a housing development
Estate
From the Latin for "draw together", it's the opposite of expand
Contract
This nail-filing powder is traditionally crushed corundum, whether or not it's on a "board"
Emery
It's a compound of the element with symbol Te; it's also a Colorado ski town
Telluride
To talk without preparation is to ad-lib or to speak this "sleeve-oriented" way
Off the Cuff
Synonym for a posse--a rapper's or an actor's, not a sheriff's
Entourage
Like a certain "walk" in baseball, something not accidental is this
Intentional
This man whose first name means "brave lion" designed a lion automaton in the 16th century
Leonardo Da Vinci
"U" oughta know that this city in Saskatchewan got its name from ore deposits of a radioactive element
Uranium City
It's a dramatic monologue or speech made to oneself
soliliquy
This word for a perfect example doesn't rhyme with "home"
Epitome
This pair of antonyms refers to a style of angling that helps conserve the local fauna
Catch & Release
In 1932 Brazil's Olympic team had to sell bags of this crop while sailing to Los Angeles in order to pay for the trip
Coffee
This alliterative Maryland place is named for the color of the mica flakes found in the local water
Silver Spring
Lapsus linguae is literally Latin for this kind of mistake
Slip of the tongue
This 9-letter word is a less common synonym for "former"
Erstwhile
Heterodox, meaning having unusual or minority views, has this antonym that ends with the same 4 letters
Orthodox
HBO's "John Adams" depicted an actual administration of this sticky 2-part punishment
Tarring and Feathering
An area of Lebanon County in this state is called Anthracite
Pennslvania