ON THE GO
This live form of transportation is sometimes called the "ship of the desert"
Camel
These 4-letter soft feathers are used to stuff pillows
Down
Used in Hawaii both when greeting & parting, this word means "affection"
Aloha
A bar mitzvah traditionally celebrates the coming of age of a boy who is this many years old
13
In the Kalmar War of 1611-1613, Denmark beat up on this rival to the north
Sweden
Almost 100 years old, the Delta Queen is this kind of river steamboat, named for a feature 28 feet in diameter
Paddlewheel
Used in lotions, lanolin generally comes from the body grease of these shearable creatures
Sheep
This nautical greeting to get the attention of another ship is often followed by "there"
Ahoy
The not so fun game of cleaning up after a disgruntled card player has this number in its name
52
In England Lord Hardwicke's Act of 1753 banned this informal type of marriage without civil or religious ceremony
Common Law
Ride the track from one end of the Las Vegas Strip to the other in about 15 minutes via this, similar to the one at Disneyland
Monorail
Seth Boyden never got a patent for the process to manufacture the "patent" type of this
Leather
"ALV" is texting shorthand for goodbye, from the pronunciation of this 3-word Spanish expression
Hasta La Vista
In baseball, the sum of balls & strikes represented by a full count
5
German King Henry VII invaded Rome in 1312 & while he was there, picked up this title
Holy Roman Emperor
Competitors in this flat-on-your-back Winter Olympic sport can reach 90 miles per hour
Luge
This alliterative type of bristle used in brushes comes from a wild pig relative
Boar Bristle
It sounds like it's about divine velocity, but it's really an expression of good wishes for someone leaving on a journey
Godspeed
This number follows "Section" in the name of a housing voucher program for those with low income
8
Meaning "hammer", it was the byname of Frankish king Charles, who hammered a Muslim army at the 732 Battle of Tours
Martel
In 1960 this nuclear sub bearing the name of Poseidon's son became the first to circumnavigate the globe underwater
Triton
The red pigment carmine comes from cochineal, this type of animal
Insects
This respectful greeting from Hindi means "I bow to you"
Namaste
The word myriad can refer to any large number of things, or specifically to this big number
10,000
Helped by Lord Byron, in 1830 it became the first of the Ottoman Empire's subject nations to achieve independence
Greece