Countries, US States, Capitals, Elements, 100 Most Common Words: Up then Down the alphabet

Find answers at least 5 letters long such that when you look at the single letters in their order you change direction at most once: so you either start by going up the alphabet and then go down or viceversa (eg ABCDECA would be ok as you first go up 3 times and then down 2 times)
Under DIR you are shown the directions you have to take starting from the first letter
Note on most common words: conjugations count as the same word (eg swam, swum and swimming all count as "swim")
Try by Starting Letter: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
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Last updated: February 13, 2015
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DIR
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3↑, 1↓
About
2↑, 2↓
Abuja
4↑, 1↓
Beirut
2↑, 2↓
Boron
3↑, 2↓
Boston
1↑, 3↓
Burma
3↑, 1↓
Chile
3↑, 1↓
China
2↑, 2↓
Could
2↑, 4↓
Estonia
4↑
First
3↑, 3↓
Florida
2↓, 2↑
Idaho
2↑, 3↓
Moroni
3↓, 1↑
Niger
2↓, 2↑
Spain
1↑, 3↓
Syria
2↓, 2↑
Their
4↓
Tonga
1↓, 3↑
Vaduz
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Level 86
Feb 13, 2015
I ran out of time before I could understand the instructions :-)