ADD A TREE
Add a type of tree to a "D" & you get this sprinting race
Dash
Total digits on all my hands & feet
20
Assembled from dead bodies, the monster in this Mary Shelley book turns against his creator
Frankenstein
At 18 feet in height, this tallest mammal could easily peek in a second-story window
a giraffe
Not 7th & not 9th, but the ordinal one in between
E-I-G-H-T-H
Put a tree after "H" & you get this nautical wheel
Helm
You've got 24 of these in the front of your chest, protecting your inner organs
ribs
Title monsters in this skin-crawling R.L. Stine series include a mummy, a scarecrow & a snowman
Goosebumps
Makes me itch just thinking about it, but the longest & highest jump compared to body size is made by this pet pest
a flea
The element we need to breathe to survive
O-X-Y-G-E-N
Add a fruit tree to an "S" & you get this long, sharp weapon
A Spear
Of 106, 206 or 506, the approximate number of bones in the human body
206
In a Jules Verne work, the Nautilus has to deal with a big one of these, referred to as a devilfish
a squid
The largest primate is the male eastern lowland this
a gorilla
The second month of the year
F-E-B-R-U-A-R-Y
Put a tree after "S" & you get this part of a book or a man
Spine
There are about 700 of these in the human body, including biceps & triceps
muscles
This offspring of a woman & a bull is one of the monsters in the Percy Jackson books
the minotaur
The longest tail of any feline, over 3 1/2 feet, belongs to the snow species of this
a leopard
The written note from a doctor to a pharmacist telling what medicine you need
P-R-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N
Add a tree to an "S" & you get this wet word
Soak
These are the largest of the 6 major pairs of joints in the human body
knees
In a Barbara Jean Hicks story, monsters are tricked into eating these veggies when told they're giant trees
broccoli
Growing more than 10 feet long & weighing more than 350 pounds, this Asiatic monster is the world's largest lizard
a komodo dragon
It sounds exactly like the name of a great lake, but it means weird or uncanny
E-E-R-I-E