The masseter muscle closes the mouth by elevating this jawbone
Mandible
Beast,
conch,
the,
Piggy,
asthma
Lord of the Flies
In 2015 CNN reported 30% of teens have broken up or been broken up with this way
Text
Chionophobia is an extreme fear of this cold substance
Snow
A bomb that fails to explode
Dud
Types of bone fractures include simple (aka closed) or this (aka open)
Compound
Thirteen,
cabbage
watching,
Julia,
Brother
1984
Passing this No. 4 on I-80 East in Utah, you might want to be aware that No. 41, the upcoming one, is 37 miles away
Exit
Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is the scientific term for this sensation when you consume something very cold & wish you hadn't
Brain Freeze
This short word comes before "economy" in the name of the transitory workforce world
Gig
To reduce the risk of broken bones, do weight-bearing exercises & take calcium with this vitamin that's also a hormone
Vitamin D
Kerosene,
once,
if,
books,
Beatty
Fahrenheit 451
Someone who brings nothing but bad luck might be called a this; it's also in the title of a docuseries about Robert Durst
Jinx
The winter sport biathlon combines these 2 activities into one event
Skiing and Shooting
A female Merino (sheep)
Ewe
There are red & yellow types of this fatty tissue that lines the medullary canals of long bones
Marrow
A Pulitzer winner: Maycomb,
Calpurnia,
reckon,
were,
shotgun
To Kill a Mockingbird
If you miss the ferry on Fire Island, you can get where you need to go on a "water" this; there's no meter, though
(Water) Taxi
A word from the Sámi language gives us this name for the zone of cold, treeless ground found north of the Arctic Circle
Tundra
Horizontal, or to make something flat
Level
There are five of these bones between the wrist & the fingers; they are numbered 1 through 5, with 1 corresponding to the thumb
The Metacarpals
phonies,
crumby,
school,
Phoebe,
at
The Catcher in the Rye
Casually mentioning to the deli meat guy at Costco that you made it on "Jeopardy!" might be this, slang for bragging
Flex
This movie theater candy staple combines semi-sweet chocolate chips covered with white nonpareils
Sno-Caps
It's found before "cuff" in your shoulder
Rotator