Crypto-Math
Insects & Animals
FOOD
The -IZE Have It
Contranyms
100

The number of consonants in the alphabet PLUS the number of zeroes in one million, DIVIDED BY the number of primary colors.

9  (21+6=27; 27/3=9)

100

A group of this animal is very appropriately called a "tower."

Giraffes

100

"Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame-seed bun" was the new jingle for this fast food chain in 1974.

McDonalds

100

To provide or complement a garment with adornment or decoration.

Accessorize

100

This word can mean recurring every year, OR lasting only a single year.

Annual

200

The number of stomachs in a cow, PLUS the number of playing pieces on one side of a chessboard, MINUS the number of red stripes on the America flag.

13 (4+16=20; 20-7=13)

200

This desert ungulate can drink over 10 gallons of water at a time.

The Camel

200

According to a recent Harris Poll, while pizza was voted the number one comfort food in the US by folks under the age of 70, those above 70 didn't even put it in their top three, overwhelmingly voting this dessert and party dish the best for lifting a sagging mood.

Ice Cream

200

To burn the skin or flesh of a wound with a heated instrument or caustic substance to stop bleeding or prevent infection.

Cauterize

200

This two-word phrase can mean to retreat, OR to give support.

Back Up

300

The highest number under G on a BINGO card, DIVIDED BY the number of day God created man, PLUS the number of interior corners on a quadrilateral. 

14 (60/6=10; 10+4=14)

300

Johnathan, the world's oldest-known, living land animal, celebrated his 190th birthday last week, and is of this species.

Seychelles Giant Tortoise

300

With nearly 4000 locations in the US, this American fast food chain icon was the first to open in China.

Kentucky Fried Chicken

300

To describe or draw attention to a product, service, or event in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance.

Advertise

300

This word can mean becoming progressively easier, OR becoming progressively worse.

Downhill

400

The number of seats in the US Senate, DIVIDED BY the number of annual equinoxes, PLUS the number of degrees in a semi-circle. 

230 (100/2=50; 50+180=230)

400

Like its larger cousin, the dragonfly, these gauzy, brightly colored fliers can work their wing pairs independently, making them excellent fliers.

The Damselfly

400

This frozen potato brand's name is a syllabic abbreviation of the two states where their potato fields are located.

Ore-Ida

400

To make attitudes or behavior part of one's nature by learning or unconscious assimilation; to embody or incorporate.

Internalize

400

This word can mean having more power than expected or needed, OR to have been defeated by a greater power.

Overpowered

500

The number of burrows that comprise New York City, PLUS the number of Prime Numbers between 1 and 10, PLUS the total number of seconds in an in-game timeout in the NFL.

129 (5+4=9; 9+120=129)

500

The fastest tongue in the animal world belongs to this arboreal reptile, is roughly twice the length of its body, and is capable of exceeding accelerations of 41g, making it virtually impossible for its prey to escape.

The Chameleon

500

Ignacio García, maître d' of the Victory Club in Piedras Negras, Mexico, invented this widely popular Tex-Mex dish in 1943, which led to him being promoted to head chef, and eventually opening his own restaurant.

Nachos

500

To attribute human characteristics or behavior to an animal or object.

Anthropomorphize

500

This word can mean one or the other of two, OR both of the two.

Either