COMPOUND WORDS
The monarch & the viceroy are both species of this arthropod
butterfly
Popular in the South, chess pie is basically this pie without those big brown nuts
pecan pie
The hardest tissue in your body, this tooth-topper predominately contains calcium & phosphate
enamel
This word with "moral" in the middle can mean to corrupt as well as to discourage & is the only word Noah Webster coined
demoralize
To suspend an object over something
to dangle
16 of these measures equal a cup
a tablespoon
This Spanish dessert with a 4-letter name is custard with a layer of caramel sauce
flan
Known for its hardness, durability & capacity to take a high polish, this heavy, black wood is big in cabinets & knife handles
ebony
Of the highest importance, or a movie studio founded in 1912
Paramount
To round up cattle
wrangle
Second by second, it precedes a rocket launch
a countdown
A line from "The Godfather": "Leave the gun, take" this dessert
a cannoli
This brand with a biblical character in its name offers hardside luggage with a polycarbonate composite shell
Samsonite
Norwegian gave us this word for a ski race with plenty of zigs & zags
slalom
You do this to your keys to make a harsh sound
jangle
Get some extra sun in your home with this, perhaps manufactured by Sun-Tek
a skylight
Marshmallows, almonds & chocolate ice cream pave the way to make this classic flavor
Rocky Road
Rubies & sapphires rate a 9 on this scale of hardness named for a German mineralogist
the Mohs scale
The Cambridge Dictionary insists, "We imply something by what we say. We "do this" from what somebody else says"
infer
An ornamental bracelet
bangle
Slang for a diploma; important documents were once written on it
a sheepskin
What the French call an omelette norvégienne is what Americans call this dessert
a baked Alaska
This white substance in the outer skeleton of crabs is used to bind dyes & as a strengthening agent for paper
chitin
The name of this job that provides child care is a French phrase meaning "equal"
an au pair
In addition to being a verb meaning to mutilate, it's also a word for an old-timey machine to iron laundry
mangle