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"Atomic" & this word describing the central region of an atom are both found before "power" & "fission" |
nuclear
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On winning top female vocalist at the 2007 ACM Awards, she thanked God, her fans & "American Idol" |
Carrie Underwood
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Chicago gangster Dion O'Banion had this civilian trade & started the practice of lavish arrangements at mob funerals |
(Kathleen: What is an undertaker?)
a florist
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We'll start our trip east on Route E-90 in this chief seaport of Portugal |
Lisbon
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Mindy's up on her slang & knows you can "bring home" this porky term -- or if you're in trouble, you can "save" yours |
bacon
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It's a ballroom dance or the music for the dance, like the "Blue Danube" one |
a waltz
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Because they're most active after dark, opossums are described by this adjective |
nocturnal
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This Dolly Parton song recently topped CMT's list of the 100 greatest love songs of country music |
"I Will Always Love You"
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Competition from the new Chevrolet spurred Henry Ford to introduce this new model in 1927 |
the Model A
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Let's head to this Spanish coastal city to shop along its Rambla de Catalunya |
Barcelona
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Mindy's not overacting but is livin' on this meat from the hind leg of the hog; it's rich in thiamine & iron |
ham
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It can be a braid or plait of hair worn hanging down one's back |
(Pat: What is a plait?)
a queue
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(Cheryl makes some stone soup.) Pumice, which floats on water because of little air pockets is described as this, meaning "full of holes" and derives from the Greek for "passage" |
porous
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His first No. 1 country hit & first Top 40 pop hit was 1975's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" |
Willie Nelson
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In the 1923 photo seen here, a woman lights her stove with cash due to rampaging inflation in this country |
Germany
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My cat wants me to look up its relatives in this capital of Turkey |
Ankara
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On vacation, Mindy saw a '95 film about this title porker, known in Taiwan as "I am not Stupid, I have Something to Say" |
Babe
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It's the organic material, such as straw or compost, on the ground around plants used to enrich the soil |
(Pat: What is peat?)
mulch
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A medical condition that was present at birth is described by this 10-letter adjective |
congenital
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At his wedding reception in 2006, he serenaded his movie star bride with the song "Making Memories of Us" |
(Kathleen: Who is Chesney?) (Pat: Who is Garth Brooks?)
Keith Urban
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On Jan. 7, 1927 transatlantic phone service began as the president of this company called London |
AT&T
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Hope our stop in Thessaloniki goes better than Greece's George I in 1913; this happened to him there |
assassination
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Multi-tasking Mindy knows this term for a type of pig can also apply to a stove |
potbelly
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Sarcasm aside, this word from the Greek for "burning" describes a substance that causes corrosion |
caustic
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It's never too early for happy hour in this "timely" tune by Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett |
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"
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This evangelist made plenty of headlines in the 1920s, like in 1926 when she claimed to have been kidnapped |
Aimee Semple McPherson
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E-90 goes through Brindisi; this famous ancient Roman road ended there |
the Appian Way
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Mindy goes semiwild hog with the Arkansas football team to name this type of pig |
the razorbacks
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A follower of the philosopher Diogenes was called this, from the Greek for "doglike" |
(Paul: What is... canine?)
a cynic
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