The Crypto-Analogies Test by Daryl Inman

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Problem

                 The Crypto-Analogies Test by Daryl Inman

Write the word that best completes each analogy.  For example, in the
analogy AMERICAN: (is to) ASTRONAUT:: (as) RUSSIAN: (is to) ?, the
best answer would be COSMONAUT.

 1. STEEL BALL: BRINELL:: FINGERNAIL, COPPER PENNY, PENKNIFE,
    STEELFILE: ?
 2. SLING: DAVID:: JAWBONE: ?
 3. DARK: DIM:: NOCTURNAL: ?
 4. 51: 50:: ULTIMATE: ?
 5. SEX: LOVE:: APHRODISIAC: ?
 6. CENTRIPETAL: CENTRIFUGAL:: MAGNETISM: ?
 7. FEAR OF VEHICLES: OCHOPHOBE:: LOVE OF TRAVEL: ?
 8. 10^30: NONILLION:: 10^100:: ?
 9. ENERGY CONTENT: ENTHALPY:: DEGREE OF DISORDER: ?
10. VEGETARIAN: HERBIVOROUS:: DIETER: ?
11. CHURCH THINGS: ECCLESIOLOGY:: LAST THINGS: ?
12. PRENATAL: POSTNATAL:: EUGENICS: ?
13. MACHINE: ANDROID:: MAN AND MACHINE: ?
14. AZTEC: INCA:: CORTEZ: ?
15. HOLMES: DOYLE:: DUPIN: ?
16. 5,880,000,000: LIGHT-YEAR:: 19,200,000,000,000: ?
17. VERTICAL: HORIZONTAL:: DYSPNEA: ?
18. MOZART: BACH:: CLASSICAL: ?
19. HANDS: ARMS:: SIGN LANGUAGE: ?
20. STRETCH: RACK:: DROP: ?
21. GALLON: BUSHEL:: BATH: ?
22. COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD: NECROMANCY:: DISCOVERING WATER: ?
23. PICTURE: HIEROGLYPHIC:: WEDGE: ?
24. MOSES AND ROCK: WATER:: JESUS AND WATER: ?
25. HELIUM: LEAD:: AERONAUT: ?
26. HEART: SYSTOLE:: ALIMENTARY CANAL: ?

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 1. STEEL BALL: BRINELL:: FINGERNAIL, COPPER PENNY, PENKNIFE,
    STEELFILE: ?
mhos
 2. SLING: DAVID:: JAWBONE: ?
Samson
 3. DARK: DIM:: NOCTURNAL: ?
crepuscular
 4. 51: 50:: ULTIMATE: ?
penultimate
 5. SEX: LOVE:: APHRODISIAC: ?
philter
 6. CENTRIPETAL: CENTRIFUGAL:: MAGNETISM: ?
diamagnetism
 7. FEAR OF VEHICLES: OCHOPHOBE:: LOVE OF TRAVEL: ?
hodophile
 8. 10^30: NONILLION:: 10^100:: ?
googol
 9. ENERGY CONTENT: ENTHALPY:: DEGREE OF DISORDER: ?
entropy
10. VEGETARIAN: HERBIVOROUS:: DIETER: ?
oligophagous
11. CHURCH THINGS: ECCLESIOLOGY:: LAST THINGS: ?
eschatology
12. PRENATAL: POSTNATAL:: EUGENICS: ?
euthenics
13. MACHINE: ANDROID:: MAN AND MACHINE: ?
cyborg
14. AZTEC: INCA:: CORTEZ: ?
Pizarro
15. HOLMES: DOYLE:: DUPIN: ?
Poe
16. 5,880,000,000: LIGHT-YEAR:: 19,200,000,000,000: ?
parsec
17. VERTICAL: HORIZONTAL:: DYSPNEA: ?
orthopnea
18. MOZART: BACH:: CLASSICAL: ?
baroque
19. HANDS: ARMS:: SIGN LANGUAGE: ?
semaphore
20. STRETCH: RACK:: DROP: ?
strappado
21. GALLON: BUSHEL:: BATH: ?
ephah
2. COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD: NECROMANCY:: DISCOVERING WATER: ?
rhabdomancy
23. PICTURE: HIEROGLYPHIC:: WEDGE: ?
cuneiform
24. MOSES AND ROCK: WATER:: JESUS AND WATER: ?
wine
25. HELIUM: LEAD:: AERONAUT: ?
aquanaut
26. HEART: SYSTOLE:: ALIMENTARY CANAL: ?
peristalsis