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A _______ is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans.
Bank
A ________ is a tool, most often a hand tool, consisting of a weighted "head" fixed to a long handle that is swung to deliver an impact to a small area of an object.
Hammer
In basketball, a __________ foul is any infraction of the rules penalized as a foul which does not involve physical contact during the course of play between opposing players on the court, or is a foul by a non-player.
Tech(nical)
__________ is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. __________ is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth.
Sculpture
____________ are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. ____________ can be generally classified as tropical ____________ or temperate ____________ , but other types have been described.
Rainforest
_________, political ________, or simply ________ is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums.
Double for both blanks!
Suffrage / Franchise
A __________ is a case or cupboard with shelves or drawers for storing or displaying items.
Cabinet
In literary theory, a ______ is any object that can be "read", whether this object is a work of literature, a street sign, an arrangement of buildings on a city block, or styles of clothing.
Text
An _____ is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.
Ion
A _______ is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, growing where it conflicts with human preferences, needs, or goals.
Weed
_________ is electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves. The _________ spectral band begins with the waves that are just longer than those of red light (the longest waves in the visible spectrum), so _________ is invisible to the human eye.
Infrared
An ___________ is an accumulation of historical records or materials, in any medium, or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archive
The thoracic _________, or simply the _________, is a sheet of internal skeletal muscle in humans and other mammals that extends across the bottom of the thoracic cavity. The _________ is the most important muscle of respiration, and separates the thoracic cavity, containing the heart and lungs, from the abdominal cavity
Diaphragm
In cosmetology, __________ is the removal of the surface skin cells and built-up dirt from the skin's surface.
Exfoliation
___________ is the excavation of material from a water environment.
Dredging
A __________ is a wheel on an axle or shaft enabling a taut cable or belt passing over the wheel to move and change direction, or transfer power between itself and a shaft.
Pulley
The _______ _______ lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north.
North Sea
____________ is a fruit preserve made from the juice and peel of citrus fruits boiled with sugar and water. The well-known version is made from bitter orange.
Marmalade
__________ are insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described arthropods and 25% of all known animal species; new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species.
Beetles
The __________s or __________ Mountains are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending c. 1,200 km (750 mi) the length of peninsular Italy.
Apennine
______ is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, a ______ is more than a teacher: traditionally, the ______ is a reverential figure to the disciple or student, with the ______ serving as a "counsellor, who helps mold values, shares experiential knowledge as much as literal knowledge, an exemplar in life, an inspirational source and who helps in the spiritual evolution of a student"
Guru
________ing is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. The objective of the game is for players to use an ash wood stick called a _____ to hit a small ball called a sliotar between the opponent's goalposts either over the crossbar for one point or under the crossbar into a net guarded by a goalkeeper for three points.
Hurl(ing)
A ________ is the load-bearing framework of a manufactured object, which structurally supports the object in its construction and function. An example of a ________ is a vehicle frame, the underpart of a motor vehicle, on which the body is mounted
Chassis
_________, officially _________ Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak. _________ is the only sovereign state entirely on Borneo; the remainder of the island is divided between its multi-landmass neighbors of Malaysia and Indonesia. The government of _________ is an absolute monarchy ruled by the Sultan.
Brunei
_______ is a malleable metal alloy consisting of tin (85–99%), antimony (approximately 5–10%), copper (2%), bismuth, and sometimes silver. In the past, it was an alloy of tin and lead, but most modern _______, in order to prevent lead poisoning, is not made with lead. _______ was a leading material for producing plates, cups, and bowls before the wide adoption of porcelain.
Pewter