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HERBS & SPICES
7-Letter Words
100

1 of the most powerful strokes of this ever recorded could have lit 600,000 60-watt light bulbs

Lightning

100

He gained fame as a portrait painter before inventing the telegraph and its code

Samuel Morse

100

Native Americans called this mountain southeast of Tacoma, Washington "big white mountain"

Mount Rainier

100

It can be found in jelly & juleps

Mint

100

It can refer to an arithmetic mean, or median, or just the typical guy

Average

200

Though found worldwide, most tornados occur in this country

The United States

200

The kind of paintings jokingly said to "fetch a much better price than old mistresses"

The Old Masters

200

It's said Columbus named this West Indian island for the Trinity after sighting three peaks in the southeast

Trinidad

200

The World Encyclopedia of Food calls it the most popular garnish in the U.S. for fish, meat & poultry dishes

Parsley

200

In his 1964 State of the Union Address Lyndon Johnson declared war on it

Poverty

300

The presence of this delayed discovery of San Francisco Bay for 200 years

Fog

300

During Napoleonic Wars, French soldiers used this Da Vinci fresco for target practice

The Last Supper

300

The world's highest waterfall is on this continent

South America

300

It takes about 900,000 of these grayish-blue seeds found on Kaiser rolls to make a pound

Poppy seeds

300

A siren who lured sailors to their death or a role played by Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"

Lorelei

400

About 80% of the Earth's fresh water is in these 2 forms

Snow & Ice

400

Ancient Chinese artists were forbidden from depicting these appendages when painting women

The Feet

400

Although this island contains only 7% of Indonesia's area, it has about 3/5s of the population

Java

400

The region of Szeged in this country is known for producing & exporting paprika

Hungary

400

1 of 2 months of the year that fit the category

October or January
500

Most devastating hurricane in American history killed 6000 people in this southern city in 1900

Galveston, Texas

500

Transparent & gouache are major techniques using this medium

Watercolors

500

Maori art is featured in the War Memorial Museum in this city, New Zealand's largest

Auckland

500

It's known as the herb of remembrance as "Hamlet"s Ophelia could tell you

Rosemary

500

The name of the Greek letter psi is found within the name of these 2 Greek letters

Epsilon & Upsilon