IN MOTHER WORDS
This is a maternal title for our planet
Mother Earth
Her hit songs: “Memory” and “People”
Barbra Streisand
Language spoken by Plato and Socrates.
Greek
The outside layer of a tree; or, the sound a dog makes
Bark
In 1958, at age 15, this American became the youngest chess player in history to achieve the title of Grandmaster.
Bobby Fischer
Necessity is the mother of this
Invention
Her hit songs: “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” and “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”
Aretha Franklin
A small, hand-thrown bomb.
Grenade
Correct; or, the direction opposite left
Right
In 1425, at age 13, she led the French army in a major victory against the English during the Hundred Years War. At age 19, she was captured by the English and burned at the stake, making her a French national hero.
Joan of Arc.
Nacre, speaking in gem terms
Mother of Pearl
Her hit songs: “I Will Always Love You” and “9 to 5”
Dolly Parton
Having an intense and selfish desire for more than your share, especially wealth.
Greedy
Grassy area behind a house; or, a unit of measurement equal to three feet.
Yard
A music prodigy from childhood, he was composing operas at 14
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mother tongue
Her hit songs: “Do You Know Where You’re Going To?” and “Touch Me in the Morning”
Diana Ross
a thick oily substance, especially as used as a lubricant.
Trash; or, several babies born to an animal at one time
Litter
At age 15, he developed a system of raised dots on paper that enabled the blind to read.
Louis Braille
Three-word slang term for a tranquilizer, particularly Valium.
Mother's Little Helper
Her hit songs: “All By Myself” and “My Heart Will Go On”
Celine Dion
Another sort-of nickname for vegetables
Generic term for the media; or, to iron out wrinkles
Press
At 18, she wrote Frankenstein (although it was not published until she was 21).
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley