Metals
In Italian this metal is called alluminio
Aluminum
The conger variety of this fish spawns only once before it dies
An eel
A brief swim, or something you serve with chips
A dip
In pool the cue ball is white & this number ball is black
8-ball
Joy of Cooking's Ghanian groundnut soup recipe calls for 1 cup of the smooth type of this spread
Peanut butter
Gilding is the art of decorating objects with this metal
Gold
A domesticated pig weighing 120 pounds or more is usually referred to by this term
A hog
Cleopatra's downfall
Asp
Five-card draw & five-card stud are variations of this card game
Poker
Diced hard-boiled eggs & croutons are popular garnishes for this cold Andalusian soup
Gazpacho
Zinc does this at 419.58° C.; it boils at 907° C.
Melts
Special folds of skin act as a parachute when this rodent glides through the air
Flying squirrel
Ignited or illuminated
Lit
TV's "Wheel of Fortune" is based on this pencil & paper game
Hangman
All good gumbos begin with a dark roux, which is a long-cooked mixture of shortening & this
Flour
This liquid metal weighs 13.6 times as much as an equal volume of water
Mercury
It's also known as a silvertip bear
A grizzly
It's a play on words
Pun
It's the company that introduced the video games Donkey Kong & Super Mario Brothers
Nintendo
She-crab soup is a springtime specialty of this "Palmetto State"
South Carolina
In moist air this metal, symbol Cu, gradually becomes covered with a green patina
Copper
The mud dauber is classified as a solitary type of this insect
A wasp
To insert dialog in a soundtrack, or to bestow a new rank or title
Dub
In Monopoly the name of this yellow property is actually misspelled
Marvin Gardens
The name of this chicken or lamb soup comes from the Tamil milaku tannir
Mulligatawny