Sh-!
To open an oyster shell or to remove a corn husk
Shuck
A mania for one of 8 repeating lunar states
Phase Craze
Diamond, Heart, Spade, Club
Suits of Playing Cards
The first Indian Nobel Peace Prize winner was this Albania-born Indian citizen in 1979
Mother Teresa
Aka graphology, analyzing this, whether cursive or print, can tell you a lot about people
Handwriting
This fictional British detective lives on Baker Street and is known for solving mysteries with sharp deduction
Sherlock
A naked runner carrying a wide-mouthed lab vessel
Streaker Beaker
Locusts, Hail, Frogs, Darkness
Plagues
Construction on this city designed by 2 British architects began in 1912 but was delayed during World War I
New Delhi
Logically, one of these is used as the symbol of each biennial International Congress of Vexillology
A Flag
It's the two-word name of this Japanese dog breed
Shiba Inu
The study of the religious faith of the science of Earth
Theology Geology
Echo, Dot, Show, Studio
Amazon Alexa Devices
Not to put down the honey buzzard & hog deer, but the big attraction at Kaziranga National Park is the Indian one-horned this
Rhinoceroses
Dating from the early 20th century, this 2-word phrase refers to a suggestion intended to get someone to do the opposite
Reverse Psychology
This is what you might do with a Polaroid before you put it in your wallet, according to OutKast
Shake it
Wicked and corrupt behavior by a force of attraction between large objects
Gravity Depravity
Gambit, Sicilian, Ruy Lopez, Queen's Indian
Chess Openings
In 1615 Sir Thomas Roe reached the court of Mughal Emperor Jahangir & was granted trading rights for this firm
British East India Company
The modern history of this -ology dates to a vast book published by French scholars accompanying Napoleon during his conquests in Northern Africa
Egyptology
Really thin French fries can be matchsticks or these laces
Shoestring
A Copenhagen-born physicist's duty to take out the trash or empty the dishwasher
Bohr's Chores
The Lovers, The Chariot, The Hierophant, The Fool
Tarot Cards
In 2004 economist Manmohan Singh became the first of this religion to become India's Prime Minister
Sikh
Boston bike paths are named for Dr. Paul Dudley White, a founder of preventive this -ology
Cardiology