STARTS WITH...
W:
To rouse someone from sleep, or a vigil over someone unrouseable
a wake
Garlic bulbs are broken up into segments called these for cooking
cloves
In 1987 the album "Ride the Lightning" by Metallica achieved this status of 500,000 copies sold
gold
This London landmark is the final resting place of 17 monarchs
Westminster Abbey
It's a long rope with a loop on one end, used to rope cattle
a lasso
K:
Term for a German emperor
a Kaiser
Slaughterhouses don't have to ask & pay for USDA grades for this meat, be it in chop, loin or rib form
pork
Champagne is generally fermented in vats of this alliterative alloy
stainless steel
The Great War was a most unpleasant disruption for the Crawley family & their servants on this PBS show
Downton Abbey
How low can you go? Perhaps to this place on the border of heaven or hell
limbo
Z:
Ardently devoted or diligent
zealous
Cook boneless this fowl until the internal temp is 165 degrees; that's a rough day for a capon
a hen (chicken)
This metal was discovered in 1789; it took until 1896 to find out that it was radioactive
uranium
St. Mary's Abbey in this city lent part of its name to a theatre that W.B. Yeats co-founded
Dublin
The opposite of staccato, it's a direction to play music smoothly
legato
V:
8-letter term for a nomad
a vagabond
To really like something, or a finely chopped sweet pickle on a hot dog
relish
Zr is the symbol for this chemical element used as a structural material in nuclear reactors
zirconium
The legend of this liqueur says a monk invented it in 1510 at the Abbey of Fécamp
Benedictine
W.S. Gilbert wrote it for "The Mikado"
libretto
U:
The noun you "take" when you feel offended
umbrage
Gray & red-legged are 2 varieties of this game bird that can be roasted, broiled or braised; you, in the pear tree! Hide!
a partridge
A policeman could tell you the U.S. half dollar today is about 92% this metal
copper
Catherine Morland is way into goth in this Jane Austen novel
Northanger Abbey
If you run into this word on a menu, relax, it's just Spanish for "prawn"
langostino