____ & ____ BUSINESS
On its website, it boasts of being "the Internet's largest bookstore"
Barnes and noble
It controls the temperature in your house
Thermostat
The "black" type of this, Africa's biggest venomous snake, hunts birds & rodents & can raise its head over a yard to strike
Mamba
The word embassy comes from this job of working in an embassy
Ambassador
"They're the world's most fearsome fighting team... they're heroes in the half shell & they're green"
Tmnt
This root beer has been around since 1919 & offers "float how-tos" & "float recipes"
A&w
A small piece of food, or a small juicy piece of gossip
Tidbit
Some hold out hope that the ivory-billed species of this hole-making bird is not extinct
Woodpecker
It's the absence of any form of political authority
Anarchy
"Here he comes... he's a demon on wheels"
Speed racer
This company's dizzying array of brands includes Old Spice, Pepto Bismol, Gillette & Cascade
Proctor and gamble.
Some runners favor this ensemble seen as well as the gangsters on the sopranos and Russians.
Track suit
Simba was kind to Pumbaa, but in real life, lions have been known to hunt these creatures, braving their tusks
Warthog
These insects, also known as plant lice, are captured & milked by many ants for the honeydew liquid they produce
Aphids
"I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was, to catch them is my real test, to train them is my cause"
Pokemon
The Black Eyed Peas song "My Humps" mentions this upscale fashion brand, then Fendi & Donna Karan
Dolce and Gabbana
This violent windstorm is sometimes found "in a teacup"
Tempest
This fish with the significant species name Gladius doesn't impale its prey (how would it then eat them?); it uses its long bill as a club
Sword fish
The name of this refractive defect of the eye comes from the Greek
Astigmatism
"Long tails and ears for hats"
Josie and the pussycats
This jeweler bears the last names of a married couple, the son of a diamond broker & the daughter of a dealer in precious stones
Van cleef and arples
Joel Osteen's résumé includes author, pastor & this 13-letter word
Televangelist
Named for our neighbors to the north, they can weigh 15 pounds & ruin a lawn fast by pecking & other activities
Canada geese
You can control light entering a camera by varying the diameter of this, which acts like the iris in the human eye
Aperture
"We're zany to the max, there's baloney in our slacks"
Animaniacs