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This term applied to many female activists of the early century is from Latin for "right of voting"

suffragette

200

It can mean a pupil or a follower of anyone, not just of Jesus

a disciple

200

Yum! tries to live up to its name, owning Taco Bell & this chain that boasts "Pepperoni Lover's" slices

Pizza Hut

200

It includes the pharynx & parts of the trachea & the esophagus

the throat

200

Baseball players call an unhittable pitch this adjective also found before "rich"

filthy

400

This predecessor to the U.N. met for the first time in November 1920

The League of Nations

400

This word ends the first line of Shakespeare's "Richard III"

discontent

400

This oil company wants to be "a net-zero energy emissions business by 2050 or sooner", & become one "of its former self"

Shell

400

Named for its shape, it spans from the heel to the ball of the foot

the arch

400

Maggot farmer was one of the options Mike Rowe explored as the host of this Discovery Channel TV show

Dirty Jobs

600

Announced in a 1947 speech, this president's "Doctrine" provided the basis for U.S. Cold War policy

Truman

600

To protect sensitive information, you may be asked to sign an NDA, a non-this agreement

a disclosure 

600

"We are" this insurance company with a shield logo, bum pa-dum, etc.

Farmers

600

It's one of the layers of cartilage seen here

a disc

600

Synonymous with handheld vacuum for many, it's been picking up spilled cat litter & coffee grounds since 1979

Dust Buster

800

The 1998 Good Friday Agreement helped quell decades of violence in this U.K. country

Northern Ireland

800

It can be a break or interruption, or the boundary between the Earth's crust & the mantle called the Moho, or Mohorovicic this

a discontinuity

800

Talk about making a connection! In 2020 T-Mobile ran some numbers by this competitor, which agreed to a $26 billion merger

Sprint

800

The occipital one in the brain processes visual information

lobe

800

"The Seven Dirty Words You Can Never Say on Television" was a routine by this late, great humorist

George Carlin

1000

Ford's 1913 adoption of this continuous workflow process reduced the time to build a car from 12-plus hours to 1 1/2

the assembly line

1000

Disturbing the peace & loitering can be part of the crime known as this type of "conduct"

disorderly

1000

In 2020 Lululemon spent $500 million to buy this fitness company whose wall-mounted device streams exercise classes

Mirror

1000

Macrophages destroy old or damaged cells when blood passes through this organ

the spleen

1000

For a traditional Cajun dish, add chicken liver or gizzards to this, making it "dirty"

rice