12-LETTER WORDS
The person who usually answers the phone at an office
Receptionist
Blood pumper
Heart
Fused together in adults, the Ilium, pubis & ischium form the hip bone & the 2 hip bones form this girdle
the pelvis
It's the element
Hg
& it's a god
mercury
Using this word is the chess version of a mic drop; it means escape for your opponent's king has become impossible
Checkmate
Something needed before you can do something else, like a course you must take before enrolling in a more advanced one
prerequisite
Small, slender missile thrown at a board in a game
Dart
On either side of the neck, you should be able to feel the pulse above this artery that supplies blood to the head
the carotid
Traces of Pb, this element, are found in everyday substances like old house paint, where they can be dangerous
Lead
This chess piece often looks like a horse but it's named after the chivalrous guy who might ride one
Knight
I'll take a pastrami on rye from one of these shops that sell ready-to-eat foods like meats & salads
Delicatessen
It can be a separating line in your hair or a role in a play
Part
This area of the brain involved in speech was named for a French surgeon
Broca's area
Most of what we call this elemental foil is actually made with aluminum
Tin
Often shortened to "GM", it's the highest title conferred on players by the International Chess Federation
Grandmaster
It's an adjective meaning cancer-causing
Carcinogenic
A graphic representation of information
Chart
In the lungs, gas exchange takes place in the hundreds of millions of tiny air sacs called these
the alveoli
Consuming too much of this element, atomic number 11, can lead to high blood pressure
Sodium
This Emmy-winning series about a chess prodigy took its name from one of the game's oldest & best-known openings
The Queens Gambit
DAILY DOUBLE
An archaeologist who specializes in the land of the pharaohs & its artifacts
Egyptologist
Composer Wolfgang
Mozart
While the uvula is a soft flap at the back of the throat, this similar word is the pigmented middle layer of the eye
the uvea
Time to find out who's got the big mo, & this big Mo helps stimulate chemical reactions that get rid of sulfur in petroleum
Molybdenum
Feeling bouncy? Try this special strategic move; it's the only time a player can move two pieces at once
Castling