13-LETTER WORDS
Bodybuilding includes a fair amount of this activity, using barbells & other resistance training devices
weightlifting
Let's turn our winter into mega-winter in this region that's about 75% of Russia's area; we love a brisk -80ยบ day!
siberia
This complex organic compound is found in many plants & is used as a sweetening agent
sucrose
It can mean to measure body heat but idiomatically, it means to survey the attitudes of a group of people
take the temperature
They're eared seals that roar & (except the California type) have manes
sea lion
The formula for this measure of a circle is pi times the diameter
circumference
...But not too far abroad! This border city about 15 miles south of San Diego will keep us close to the good ol' USA
tijuana
It's the second most abundant element in the earth's crust
silicon
Someone being treated the way he has treated others is "getting" this
taste of their own medicine
It's also known as the Cape anteater & it earns that name by eating tens of thousands a night
aardvark
It's the term for repetitive echoing
reverberation
We'll add ourselves to the 2.6 million in this most populous city in Canada; West Queen West is a happening area
toronto
It functions as a junction with the help of neurotransmitters
synapse
A blow to one's reputation, or bruising around the organ of sight
a black eye
The Sumatran species of this ape is much more endangered than the Bornean
orangutan
13-letter adjective for the fluid that surrounds the brain & other parts of the nervous system
cerebrospinal
As this city hosted the Olympics in '92 & Hans Christian Andersen called it the "Paris of Spain", I say we give it a shot
barcelona
This species name is also the title of a bestselling history of humanity by Yuval Noah Hariri
sapiens
An unpleasant fact that one must accept
a bitter pill
The 350 or so species of these include the numbat
marsupial
This adjective with a meaning similar to "rebellious" refers to one who won't accept the authority of a superio
insubordinate
With salons of Armani & Versace & the super-ritzy "Golden Rectangle" of fashion in the center of this Italian city...ciao!
Milan
In geology it's the normally hidden mineral-rich layer just above bedrock
subsoil
A medical professional is mentioned in this phrase for exactly the thing needed
just what the doctor ordered
Ballena asesina is a Spanish name for this swimmer
killer whale or orca