One Word Wonder

Does anyone know what the first picture is supposed to be?

I'm afraid that's the $64,000 question. (Salt, but not for epaz.)

[1] The only one I'm 100% sure of is the last...

[1] No . . . and I can't think of anything it could be that would have an "S" to take away!

Found it by trying everything in a list. Apparently she is scowling.

[5] Thank you! (I skipped that one!)

PS- That's a specific type of soup (that you have to pronounce the Anglo/American way).

[5] Thank you!

[5] Thanks, that's what I needed.
[7] Thank you. Never heard of it, but I figured out what it should be from the last pic and back-googled to make sure.

BTW, if you get all the parts and google them together, it will provide the answer word, even though it's not spelled the same as the parts.

I just can't come up with the soup

[10] I'm in the same place as you are.

[11] Me too. But then I can't come up with clearly definitive answers for the 1st or 2nd pictures either. (Monday-morning stupidity is lasting particularly long today...) Even though the answer for the first picture was more or less given, I can't figure out if it's "cowling" or just "cowl". Nothing seems to fit...

[10],[11] It's popular in Ho Chi Minh City.

[13] THAT'S what I needed.

I feel like such a Bozo today. Scary isn't it?

If you get the letters for the last pic, think what common word that is the end of. Then think what sound should go in front of it. Google that for the name of the soup.

[12] It's the noun not the action verb for the expression.

[13]That got it. Thanks

I think the picture of the soup without any other clue as to the culture, name, type, etc, is just a bit sadistic.

Thanks for the help, once again, soccer_ref. :)

On a completely non-puzzle-related note, does anyone but me ever wonder about the background on some of the pictures used in the puzzles? That first picture has me completely entranced/befuddled. Those girls look like they must be bridesmaids. What exactly happened to make that girl look that way right at that moment? Where was this picture found? Did the puzzlemaker know these girls? Just pointless musing.....

Having eaten the relevant soup, I found it quite clear from the image. Especially give-away was the side-dish with bean sprouts and other stuff to throw in.

But the first picture? No clue.

[19] Along those lines - who would let their baby out in what looks to be a scull constructed of PVC - without a life vest?

The strained picture for "scowl" (why not just use http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/cowl460.jpg , say?), the strained picture for the last syllable, and the uncommon nature of the word, all make this a subpar puzzle, IMHO.

[14] Thanks, that turned the whole thing on for me

Thanks for the various good hints.

Picture is making me hungry, especially after all the work it took to solve the puzzle. Couldn't done it without the salt on picture 1.

I know picture 3 because there a few cheap Vietnamese places in Berkeley, and being a grad student, you eat what there is. It's a good meal for a good price, especially on a cold winter's day. But I can see how it can be hard to decode without clues.

Never heard of the answer. Never heard of the soup, either!

[20] That was my first impression of the soup as well. That was the first picture I able to figure out.

so whats the answer?