A Drop Of

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Angel

Angels come from heaven and are tall but don’t wear top hats.  

Animal Legs

Pictograph. (Always below primitive)

Animal Tracks

I'm not following animal tracks, I'm following the dropped rice.  

Antique

The antique vase is a top the glass hood, even though it is very old.

Apron

The cook wears his apron like a crown, even if its just a towel.

Arm

Pictograph of a dangling arm, can also mean tucked under the arm.

Arrow

Pictograph

Assembly Line

This is a two person assembly line

Awl

At the tanner’s meeting, the mouthy person was skewered with the awl.  (Pointed tool for putting holes in leather)

Banner

The banner provides directions to a place where you can lie down.  

Belt

Pictograph.  (Unlike hood, belt crosses other elements)

Birdhouse

The vulture landed atop the house, knocked off the chimney and claimed it as a birdhouse.  

Bone

Pictograph of a bone with flesh attached.

Bonsai

A bonsai is like a mini bush.

Bound Up

Pictograph.  (Enclosure type)

Box

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Broom

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Brush

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Bushel Basket / Rook

The sweetest tool on the chess board is the rook.

Bushes

He beats around three bushes with a walking stick.

By One's Side

Stoke bends to the left, like one’s hand that falls by one’s side.  

Cabbage

Tell the kids cabbage will become a flower in their mouth, at least until they grow up.

Calling Card

The calling card with his family name is on the floor.

Cave

Pictograph of a cliff with a drop

Caverns

The cave has twenty caverns.  

Celery

One celery stick atop the salad.

Chop-Seal

The chop-seal of approval.

Christmas Tree

The Christmas tree is strung up with two strands of lights.

Great Wall of China (GWOC) / City Walls

The GWOC defends on the left.  (Resembles Pride Rock but appears on the left of the element)

Cliff

Pictograph

Clothes Hanger / Hanger

No more wire hanger! (enclosure, left)

Cocoon

Both elbows are bent by the mad-man cocooned in the straight jacket.  

Comb

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Condor

A condor is a vulture and king of the mountain.  (King's last stroke doubles up with mountain)

Cornstalk

There are two bits of corn on one cornstalk

Cornucopia

Pictograph, a cornucopia (abundant supply) is more than 4.

Crown

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Devil

A horned teenager is devilish.

Divining Rod / Magic Wand

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Dog Tag

Drop it.  Zero in ten owners utilize dog tags.

Dollar Sign

Resembles a dollar sign ($).

Double Back

To double back is to lie down after a day’s journey and rest weary walking legs.

Drag

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Drum

The samurai bangs the table top like a drum.  (Samurai and table strokes double up)

Earthworm

Drop the shovel and put the earthworm on the fishhook already.

Elbow

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Fenceposts

Grandpa always said, “No man wants to sleep between fenceposts”.  (Enclosure)

Fiesta

The tasseled arrow is used as decoration for the fiesta, not a weapon.  

Finger

Pictorgraph

Fingerprint

Spiral of a fingerprint.

Flag

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Fledgling

Vultures circle above fledgling vampire children because they can die at anytime.

Float

Dual platform floats ride all over the fiesta.

Flower

Bloom of a tulip perhaps.

Funnel

The celery has clogged the funnel of the juicer again.  (Last stroke of celery doubles up with 1st stroke of again)

Eros / Golden Calf

Eros is the horny fellow in the heavens.

Grass Skirt

During the hula dance, I fashioned a grass skirt with six celery sticks that I tied with a scarf to my waist.  

Graveyard

This pleasant graveyard contains flowers, sun light and a large dog.  

Grow Up

They grow up so fast don’t they?  This one vine grows across the soil.

Guilotine

The guillotine only works if a key is put in the large slot

Gully

The gully enters at the mouth of the rivulet.  

Hairpin

She has one pretty hairpin to keep the scarf in place.  

Haystack

I search for the needle in the haystack with two hands.

Hood

Any shape used to cover.  Glass cover, glass canopy, monk’s cowl, helmet.

Horns

Pictograph

House

Pictograph.  This crowning element depicts a chimney and roof.

Human Legs

Pictograph

Ice

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Infant

The top hat wearing man hold the infant in the crook of his elbow.  

Jawbone

Why is the joint of your jawbone above your hoodie and mouth.

Kazoo

A kazoo is the sound of a fiesta

Ketchup

The flag of surrender is over my mouth, I can’t handle the spicy ketchup.

Key

ユ (Yu) held the key to Goa’uld domination.  

Lidded Crock Pot

The lid of the lidded crock pot is made from soil/clay which cover the mouth of the container.

Lock Of Hair

A lock of hair is one strand less than fur. 

Locket

The was the one to the locket that was lost when I was punched in the mouth and the sunglasses with one lens popped out.

Maestro

Tuxedo clad maestro Streseman waves his baton.  

Mailbox

In the evening I dust the mailbox for fingerprints.  

Mandala

The mandala was worn by the pervert who spent all day with his cylon eye on crotches.  

March

The students were told not to parade themselves, but to march in a single file line.

Meeting

A meeting is a massive gathering of people under one umbrella.

Mending

Imagine a sock with a patch mending the hole.

Migrating Ducks

The vultures and the migrating ducks are two avian friends.  

Mirror

The evil sorceress stands with a wagging tongue in her mouth on human legs asking who is the fairest of them all.

Miss Universe / Paper Punch

Miss. Universe is a crown with human legs.  

Missile

The cuban missile crisis was nothing but government blowing the wind up my crotch.  

Mist

Mist falls like needles in the early morning to ensure sunflowers grow.

Mop

A mop is a broom with a curved handle

Mosaic / Pacman

Resembles a toppled sun with a tail or Pacman. 

Mountain Goat

It may resemble horns over a mountain (w/ a tail) but its actually a mountain goat.  (tail will disappear with nothing under element)

Muzzle

A muzzle is something that stands on the mouth.

Outhouse

There is a little roof and a window on the outhouse.

Owl

An owl's three toed claw lands atop its victims.

Parade

The parade lead to a fiesta under the cliff.

Pegasus

Pegasus is a flying horse with the wings of a turkey.  

Pent In

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Piggybank

Each day, I place a penny in my piglet piggy bank.

Piglets

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Plow

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Pop Tent / Big Top Tent

A circus big top tent is like a large teepee that lets sun light in a little near the bottom.  (Large and teepee strokes combine)

Porter

A porter is a samurai with a dot represent the load he carries.

Potato

Potato chips are dry, but you can get hooked on them.

Pride Rock / Pinnacle

Reminiscent of Pride Rock from Lion King.

Purse

Inside my purse is the one place you cannot look!

Puzzle

The puzzle was solved by the demon with horns atop his two hands.

Quarter

Half is spread into a quarter.  

Quiver

Its a nifty thing used to put all of your arrows in one place

Rake

The rake handle passes through the broom.  

Receipt

The hooker gives out receipts.

Reclining

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Resin / Amber

There is a drop of amber on the wooden pole. 

Rice Seedlings

Below the soil, human leg work plants rice seedlings.  

Rising Cloud

Those two rising clouds resemble an elbow.  

Road

Pictograph

Salad

A flower rests atop one bowl of salad

Saw

Pictograph

Scarecrow

You can make a scarecrow by twisting the bottom of a cabbage into animal legs. (Final Stroke of the cabbage becomes animal legs)

Schoolhouse

Above the crown of the schoolhouse, we learn our ‘A-B-Cs’.

Scissors

The husband carries two pairs of scissors.  

Scorpion

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Shape

The barber shapes three hairs on my chiny chin chin chin ...

Sheaf

Pictograph

Shelf

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Shovel

Pictograph (Enclosure)

Shredder

Little belted bunches of paper were hacked into little scraps by the taskmistress’ shredder.  

Sickness

They became cave-dwellers to avoid sickness during the ice age.  (Enclosure type)

Siesta

The sun is high over the poncho bound muchacho sitting on the ground.  

Sieve

Rake the grains of rice with the sieve.  

Silage

Pictograph of silage or pig slop.  ( Vertical stroke always doubles up with another primitive element)

Silver

Pictograph

Skunk

Pictograph - Pepe Le Pew

Slingshot

Dennis the menace's slingshot.  

Snare

Pictograph of a vine and a bent twig.  

Sow

Pictograph

Sparkler

Pictograph - 4th of July Sparkler

Spear

Pictograph

Spool

There is enough string hanging from the crotch of my pants and dragging on the ground to fill a spool.

Stamp / Postage Stamp

Pictograph

Staples

Three pronged staples work best.

Straw Man

The haystack was given human legs to make a straw man.

Scrapbook

Grams took a picture of the glass hooded flower to put in her scrapbook.

Stretch

Reminiscent of a stretch of road.

Sunglasses / Sunglasses With One Lens Popped Out

Pictograph

Tail Feathers

Pictograph - Under the hanger are 4 drops of sequins on the tail feathers of the showgirl.  

Teepee

Pictograph

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is actually a land fiesta.

Tool

Pictograph

Top Hat

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Towel

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Turkey

Pictograph of head and plumage

Two Hands

Pictograph.  (When at the bottom of the element, top line is omitted, whether a horizontal line is there to replace it or not).

Umbrella

Pictograph

Waitress

The waitress manages to carry sales receipts on 1/2 the human legs.

Walking Legs

Pictograph of legs in motion.

Walking Stick

Pictograph.  (Rarely lain on side, but when occurs, runs through middle of primitive).

Wall

The ax murderer hung an elbow from the ceiling and painted the walls with blood.  

Wealth

One mouth devours all in the rice field.

Wheat / Wheaties

Pictograph

Whirlwind

A top hat is caught in the whirlwind and spins like a top

Wind / Weather Vain

Pictograph.  (Enclosure type)

Wool

Pulling the tail of the sheep reveals its wool.

Zoo

Captain Hook is mending his ship in the aquatic exhibit of the zoo.