CITY HOMOPHONES
Beaten in battle, or a town paired with Lexington
conquered/Concord
Physical & cultural are branches of this "study of humans"
anthropology
Johnny Mercer wrote the lyric "I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you, come" these 2 opposites
rain & shine
National Weather Service danger signs of this impending phenomenon include a dark, often greenish sky & a roaring noise
a tornado
fake
Your brother's daughter, or a town on the French Riviera
niece/Nice
Odontology deals with the structure & development of these
teeth
Starbucks sells a tea drink called London this
Fog
Waves can create a current moving away from the shore, properly called this type of current & much stronger than an undertow
a riptide
An Armada
(5 letters)
a fleet
Spooky, or a Pennsylvania Great Lake city
eerie/Erie
They're the largest of the creatures that are studied in cetology
(blue) whales
A Joyce story ends with this falling "upon all the living and the dead"
the snow
You can sleep all night & work all day, but Time magazine listed this outdoor job as the USA's most dangerous
a lumberjack
Countertop laminate, 1960s style
(7 letters)
Formica
A person's animating spirit, or city that's headquarters to Hyundai
soul/Seoul
Bacteria & protozoa are of special interest in this field, literally the scientific study of small living things
microbiology
A book about the underworld says Al Capone's rival Joe Aiello died in this type of storm "of lead"
a hail
This U.S. government department issues regular travel advisories on the level of danger in countries to which you might journey
the State Department
A vestibule (5 letters)
foyer
4-letter low-carb diet, or Andean capital
keto/Quito
The history of words & the study of them, its own goes back to Greek for "true meanings"
etymology
The EPA says keep this below 60% to prevent mold
humidity
Eating certain fish can be dangerous for pregnant women due to this heavy metal; the FDA calls out king mackerel & swordfish
mercury
A Davenport or a lowboy, for example (9 letters)
furniture