5-LETTER PALINDROMES
SCIENCE
Pop Culture
BEFORE & AFTER
U.S. Geography
400

Short for the numerical records kept on players in sports

stats

400

Some people seem to learn by this process, the flow of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane

osmosis

400

In a 1982 film a trail of Reese's Pieces draws this marooned title character out from hiding

E.T.

400

Horse racing's biggest trio of events that the queen only wears on special occasions

the Triple Crown Jewels

400

It isn't just for skiers; Sun Valley in this western state also has some great trails for mountain bikers

Idaho

800

A principle of belief, especially of religion or philosophy

tenet

800

This neurotransmitter is the second "S" in the class of drugs known as SSRIs

serotonin

800

Shinnok is one of the evil characters in this fighting video game franchise from NetherRealm studios

Mortal Kombat

800

Shakespeare comedy that's cooked until all the red in the steak is gone & the meat is 170 degrees internally

All's Well That Ends Well Done

800

The site for this capital was chosen for its location halfway between Pensacola & St. Augustine

Tallahassee

1200

Used operationally by the Brits beginning in 1935, it helped against German air attacks

radar

1200

It's the point in the orbit of the Moon when it is farthest from the Earth

apogee or apex

1200

 Directed by Stanley Kubrick, this epic film was inspired by the short story "The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke

2001: A Space Odyssey

1200

Snoopy's owner who's a large forest-dwelling ursine creature

Charlie Brown bear

1200

This Texas island with a national seashore was named for Father Nicolas Balli, a Spanish priest

Padre Island

1600

Verb meaning to pass a matter on to another

refer

1600

The stamen, the male reproductive organ of a flowering plant, produces pollen in this terminal structure of sacs

the anther

1600

In 2019, those who made the pilgrimage to the Pilgrimage Festival in Franklin, Tennessee included this band led by Dave Grohl

the Foo Fighters

1600

Celestial body of extremely intense gravity that scores an ace in golf

a black hole in one

1600

The Eisenhower National Historic Site is just a stone's throw from this battlefield

Gettysburg

2000

This Amharic word for "flower" is a girl's name & part of a world capital's name

Ababa

2000

F can stand for this unit of electrical capacitance

a farad

2000

In 2012 this Oscar-winning actress & humanitarian became a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency

Angelina Jolie

2000

A historic "Cross of Gold" orator decides to make a meth of things as a "Breaking Bad" star

William Jennings Bryan Cranston

2000

Rome & this city, whose name was drawn from a hat, form a metropolitan area in New York state

Utica