IT COMES FROM ANIMALS
These 4-letter soft feathers are used to stuff pillows
Down
This live form of transportation is sometimes called the "ship of the desert"
A camel
Used in Hawaii both when greeting & parting, this word means "affection"
Aloha
The ruins of the Temple of Jupiter in Pompeii with this volcano lurking innocently in the background
Mount Vesuvius
Tracy Chevalier's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" imagines the young woman who inspired a masterpiece by this Dutch painter
Vermeer
Used in lotions, lanolin generally comes from the body grease of these shearable creatures
Sheep
Almost 100 years old, the Delta Queen is this kind of river steamboat, named for a feature 28 feet in diameter
A paddlewheel
This nautical greeting to get the attention of another ship is often followed by "there"
Ahoy
Beneath this U.S. national park isn't just a volcano, but a supervolcano that has had 3 super eruptions & could blow again
Yellowstone
Lisbeth Salander has a Chinese symbol inked on her hip & a wasp on her neck as well as the design mentioned in the title of this novel
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Seth Boyden never got a patent for the process to manufacture the "patent" type of this
Leather
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
A monorail
"ALV" is texting shorthand for goodbye, from the pronunciation of this 3-word Spanish expression
Hasta la vista
In December 2019 a tourist excursion turned deadly when a volcano erupted on this country's White Island
New Zealand
"The Final Days" was Woodward & Bernstein's sequel to this nonfiction bestseller
All the President's Men
This alliterative type of bristle used in brushes comes from a wild pig relative
Boar Bristle
Competitors in this flat-on-your-back Winter Olympic sport can reach 90 miles per hour
Luge
It sounds like it's about divine velocity, but it's really an expression of good wishes for someone leaving on a journey
Godspeed
Mount Erebus, the most southerly active volcano, is located on this Antarctic island that shares its name with an ice shelf
Ross
He followed up "The Underground Railroad" with "The Nickel Boys"
Colson Whitehead
The red pigment carmine comes from cochineal, this type of animal
Insects
In 1960 this nuclear sub bearing the name of Poseidon's son became the first to circumnavigate the globe underwater
Triton
This respectful greeting from Hindi means "I bow to you"
Namaste
In 1883 an explosive eruption of this volcano in the Sunda Strait could be heard nearly 3,000 miles away
Krakatoa
Dubbed the "Queen of Suspense" for such novels as "You Belong to Me", this beloved author passed away in 2020 at age 92
Higgins Clark