90 degrees is the highest temperature ever recorded in this state capital
Juneau
2003:
Locating the captain of the Nautilus
Finding Nemo
"Its book by a judge don't cover"
don't judge a book by its cover
When it comes to Latin prefixes, 3 letters = this one meaning "one"
Uni-
In John 1:32 the spirit of God is described as descending like one of these peaceful birds upon Jesus
A dove
The Deccan this forms most of the southern peninsula of India
A plateau
2012:
Destroy that thing, Mr. Nader
Wreck-it Ralph
"To cleanliness godliness is next"
cleanliness is next to godliness
Vincent van Gogh's brother knows this 4-letter combining form is built like a Greek "god"
Theo-
Ships in King Solomon's navy return home with some of these bright-feathered iridescent bird
Peacocks
Traditionally, a bride kept this collection of items that she was bringing into her marriage in a cedar hope chest
A trousseau
2006:
Jubilant tootsies
Happy Feet
"And soon a fool are his parted money"
a fool and his money are soon parted
From the Latin for "around", it can precede -navigation & -locution
Circum-
This bulky warrior boasts that he'll feed David's body to the birds; oops!
Goliath
Inspired by a palace in France, Ben & Bernice Novack built this iconic Miami hotel
the Fontainebleau
1999:
The ferrous leviathan
The Iron Giant
"Desperate desperate measures for call times"
desperate times call for desperate measures
Mal- is from Latin for "bad"; the Greeks used this prefix to indicate something bad, like when used before -function
Dys-
Psalms 84 says this bird built "a nest for herself" near the temple altar, not Capistrano
A swallow
At the beginning of "The Invisible Man", the stranger, walking from a railway station, was carrying a black one of these
A portmanteau
1989:
Every canine shows up in Elysium
All Dogs Go To Heaven
"Brain workshop is the devil's an idle"
an idle brain is the devil's workshop
This near-the-end-of-the-alphabet prefix often paired with "phobia" is from the Greek for "alien"
Exodus chapter 16 recounts how flocks of these birds appeared one evening at sunset & fed the hungry Israelites
Quail