Mountain High
The tallest peak in the world, it has a name meaning "goddess mother of the world" in Tibetan
Everest
This Founding Father received zero patents, content to freely give the world the lightning rod, a variety of stove & bifocals
Ben Franklin
Add "it" in the Spanish word for donkey & you'll cook up this Mexican food
a burrito (from burro)
Microsoft introduced this spelling feature in 1993; we still use it today, even though sometimes it drives us nits
autocorrect
I'm a proud non-smoker, but why are these "ships of the desert" in a caravan when a pack of them would have been spot on?
camels
Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano found here, also known as "the Big Island"
Hawaii
A boy in Maine sold "Greenwood's champion ear protectors" after patenting this type of winter headgear in 1877
earmuffs
Add "it" in another word for the brim of a baseball cap & you'll see this person who pops by for a bit
visitor (from visor)
It's a feeling of elation or well-being; some feel it in nature or at the gym, others while watching Zendaya on TV
euphoria
A bunch of turkeys seems perfect, but they collectivize as a this, a group gathered by a sheriff to go after Old West bad guys
a posse
In 1970 Swiss-made Toblerone chocolate bars began featuring this peak on their packaging
The Matterhorn
Nearly 50 years after the metal can was invented, Ezra Warner patented the first one of these kitchen gadgets (finally!)
a can opener
Add "it" in a thing Olympic athletes use to "vault" & create this adjective describing a courteous person, pretty please
polite (from pole)
You can clean a wound with a tincture made from this element, but it's gonna sting, so put on your big-kid pants
Iodine
A neck of these African beasts would have almost been as appropriate as a tower of them is
a giraffe
Not much of a hot-shot in recent times, this volcano looms over the Bay of Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Originally marketed under the name "Chemgrass", it was patented in 1967 & pro athletes have been playing on it ever since
AstroTurf
Add "it" in a light shade of brown & you'll discover this moon of Saturn, or an NFL player from Tennessee
titan (from tan)
Sometimes confused with an anteater, this nocturnal mammal is also known as an earth pig
an aardvark
A hypnosis of cobras would have been pretty cool to say, but the slitherers group as a this, a long case that holds arrows
a quiver
Site of a famed observatory, this mountain wasn't named for WNBA MVP A'ja, but rather for the man who summited it
Mount Wilson
In 1989, AMC theatres patented a design that combined a chair's armrest with this amenity
a cupholder
Add "it" in a show that takes place under the big top & you get these complete paths that electricity flows through
circuits (from circus)
It's a gooey medicine for your skin, but be careful--sometimes there's a fly in it
ointment
Damon Albarn led a band of them that ends with a "Z"; these primates band together as well, but we'd go with a magilla
gorillas