World Capitals
This Kenyan metropolis outdoes Denver by a few hundred feet in the mile high capital city club
Nairobi
This fourth state of matter occurs when atoms in a gas are ionized
Plasma
The road to hell is proverbially paved with these, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to be nice
Good intentions
Mercury:
Just over 4 times each Earth year
Revolves around the sun
Poet Robert stops by the woods on a snowy evening to chomp on a synonym for chomp & develops this chilly condition
Frostbite
It was the capital of Gran Colombia before it was the capital of (regular) Colombia
Bogota
A key to quantum mechanics is the notion that both radiation & matter can act as either particles or these
Waves
Now an idiom for any sort of adventurous path, this colorful route in a 1900 novel was "very uneven" at times
the Yellow Brick Road
Billy Bob Thornton:
6 times, most recently in October 2014
Been married
An auto picks up golfer Nicklaus to become this crime
Carjack
It's not just the capital--it's also one of Morocco's 4 imperial cities
Rabat
Most snapping turtles are this type of equal-opportunity eater, happy to eat any old animal or vegetable for brunch
Omnivore
Ray Charles started off a song with these 4 words; now it means scram!
Hit the road, Jack
Sir John Gielgud:
More than 500 times
Played Hamlet
To bound or leap drinks Macallan to play this kids' playground game
Hopscotch
This capital of Cambodia is at the junction of the Mekong & the Tonlé Sap
Phnom Penh
Chloroplasts are where this energy conversion process takes place in plants
A child's game fronts this phrase used in politics for postponing a needed action
To kick the can down the road
Jimmy Connors & Novak Djokovic just before serving a big point:
As many as 30 times or more
Bounce the ball
A set of squares like our game board adds a fastener to get nothing done politically
Gridlock
Climbing up on Medvednica Hill, I could see this end-of-the-alphabet city's light & pictured its 13th c. invasion by Mongols
This 12-letter word describes the richness of life forms in a given environment
Biodiversity
You may have an enlightening moment on the "road to" this city, like Saul did in the Bible
Damascus
Ohio's Sherrod Brown:
3 times, starting in 2006
A harbor for a ship docks with a loose coat or robe to be this type of word, like spork or mockumentary