Legal "E"s
In English law, it's a title above a gentleman and below a knight; in the U.S., it's usually added to the name of an attorney
Esquire
Some hedgehogs enter periods of torpor; the Western European species spends the winter in this dormant condition
You just need a nap! You don't have this sleep disorder that can make suffers nod off while standing off
Narcolepsy
Sprechen Sie Plattdeutsch? If you do, you speak the Low variety of this language
German
This person is appointed by a testator to carry out the directions and requests in the will
Executor
There are about 50 species of the hedgehog type of this plant, so named for its spiny fruit
Cactus
You just need a little more sun! You don't have this hereditary lack of pigment
Albinism
Vedic, dating back at least 4,000 years, is the earliest dialect of this classical language of India
This 2-word phrase means the power to take private property for public use; it's OK as long as there is just compensation
Eminent domain
Leo Tolstoy
You're just a little stiff! You don't have this painful mosquito-borne joint illness with a Swahili name
Dengue fever
While Maltese borrows many words from Italian, it developed from a dialect of this Semitic language
Arabic
This clause in a union contract says that wages will rise or fall depending on a standard such as cost of living
Escalator
Hedgehogs are covered with quills or spines, which are hollow hairs made stiff by this protein
Keratin
It's just acne! You don't have this skin infection also known as Hansen's disease
Leprosy
Aeolic, spoken in ancient times, was a dialect of this
Ancient Greek