Religion
3 Letter words
Gardening
In the Dictionary
Mind your "P"s and "Q"s
100

The dome of the rock, an Islamic shrine, is in this city.

Jerusalem

100

Next in sequence: One, Two, Six,.....

Ten

100

Collect this when it falls and store it in a tank outside your greenhouse; it's just right for orchids

Rainwater

100
The back of your neck is referred to as the nuque or as this

nape

100

It's an untrained person pretending to have medical knowledge

Quack

200

The man with this title is the immediate spiritual father to a Benedictine monastery

Abbot

200

tongues and tails do it

wag

200

One way to grow big ones of these "love apples" is to pick a variety that normally grow big, like beefsteak

Tomatoes

200

If you do this in your sleep, you are a somniloquist

Talk

200

In 1912, a reticulated one of these animals was measured at 32' feet 9 1/2" inches long

Python Snake

300

It is the number of books in the torah

5

300

When it precedes off, it means to fall asleep

Nod

300
Thrips are types of these, and gardeners don't like them

Insects

300

This noun that means prolonged applause sounds like it refers to eggs

Ovation

300

The first free-fall jump using one of these devices was from a damaged airplane in 1912

Parachute

400

The Mandir Mahotsav, which opened in England in August of 1995, is this religion's largest temple outside India.

Hinduism

400

It describes a bomb that falls down and doesn't go boom

Dud

400

"Dancing" varieties of roses include disco dancer and this one that would feel at home in Bolshoi

Ballerina

400

Numismatists know the adjective "nummular" means shaped like one of these.

Coin

400

Today most of this medicine comes from cinchona trees in Java

Quinine

500

The Bodhi tree, a type of Indian fig tree, is sacred to followers of this religion

Buddhism

500

It's the only zodiac sign that fits the category

Leo

500
To pollinate a bearded iris, take the anther from the first flower and wipe its pollen onto these in the second.

Pistils/stigmas

500

Sphragistic means of or relating to seals or to these rings

Signet rings

500

Used in jellies and compotes, this fruit of the rose family puckers the mouth when tasted raw.

Quince