that used to be a trademark
A company of the same name trademarked this term for solid carbon dioxide in 1925
Dry Ice
Calcium +
iron
cafe
This Egyptian city is the most populous in Africa & the Middle East
Cairo
To pull an entire plant out of the ground
uproot
Mouselike boy in an E.B. White story traveling through the heavens as Ursa Minor
Stuart Little Dipper
In 1950 the Otis Company lost its trademark on this word derived from the Latin scala, "ladder"
an escalator
Titanium + Phosphorus + Sulfur
Tips
A monument at St. John's Church in this Indian city remembers the victims of the "black hole"
Calcutta
The stuffing & covering of furniture
upholstery
A landmark Louisiana area featuring Bourbon Street gets a classic burger from McDonald's
French Quarter Pounder
In a 1965 case that swung from a district court to an appeals court, Donald F. Duncan lost a trademark on the name of this toy
yo-yo
Lithium + nitrogen + potassium
Link
When Vietnam was reunified in 1976, Saigon was renamed this
Ho Chi Minh City
The parts of a football goal post: 1 post, 1 crossbar, 2 of these
upright
Santa Clause exclamation to the first president of Vietnam
Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh
Westinghouse first trademarked this word as the name of a washing machine; now it refers to an establishment
laundromat
Tungsten + argon + phosphorus
warp
More diamonds are cut and traded in this Belgian port city than anywhere else in the world
Antwerp
Your elegible for one of these every couple of years with your phone carrier
upgrade
A French landmark becomes a Biblical spot where language comprehension breaks down
Eiffel Tower of Babel
B.F. Goodrich once owned this word for the "hookless slide fastener" on its rubber boots
zipper
Silver + nobelium + sulfur + titanium + carbon
agnostic
This capital of New South Wales is Australia's oldest British settlement
Sydney
process involves transforming old or discarded materials into new products of higher value or quality.
upcycle
Margaret Mitchell's magnum opus soars with a Bette Midler smash
Gone with the Wind Beneath My Wings