bravado, cactus, saddle 27 words

any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines

a seat for the rider of a horse or camel

a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock)

a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)

a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519

a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily

(Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively)

the 4th largest of Jupiter's satellites; covered with a smooth shell of frozen water

Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642)

a person who has general authority over others

United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917)

edge tool used in shaving

castrated male horse

uncastrated adult male horse

any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries

an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security

one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620

sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates

a man who serves as a sailor

a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor

an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks

issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise

diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight