A Harry Potter Bestiary
Hagrid buys this pet as a birthday present for Harry at Eeylops Owl Emporium
Hedwig
This adjective can refer to a word of praise or to something you get for free
complimentary
This winged creature was spawned when Perseus decapitated Medusa
Pegasus
The "local" variety is used on a limited area of the body; the "general" type involves the loss of consciousness
anesthesia
The permanent Bureau of this, which enumerates the population, was established in 1902
census
Scabbers is this character's pet rat
Ron Weasley
A trip with all your friends jammed into your car, or an all-inclusive scholarship
a full ride
The constellation Sagittarius is depicted as one of these mythic half-breeds
centaur
In 2015 the U.N. reported the good news that improvements in care over the last 25 years have led to a nearly 50% worldwide drop in this type of mortality, from Latin for "new born"
neonatal
It's the "E" in FEMA, an agency that's there when we need it
emergency
Varieties of these include the Ukrainian Ironbelly & the Antipodean Opaleye
Dragons
This 3-word phrase describes roof singles or free stuff at a restaurant
on the house
Delphyne was a female dragon whose job it was to guard this person at Delphi
the oracle
From the Latin for "slide back", it's the return of a disease after an apparent recovery
relapse
It says it's "connecting America through coins"
the Mint
Slightly misleading name of the scary giant 3-headed canine who guards the Philosopher's Stone & falls asleep to music
Fluffy
Combine 2 rhyming words to get this term for a freebie computer program
shareware
The ravens Hugin & Munin gave this Norse top guy the scoop on far-flung developments
Odin
In 1900 Karl Landsteiner developed a system for classifying blood into these 3 major letter groups
A, B, and O
DAILY DOUBLE
This service goes back to 1862, when we needed a way to fund the Civil War
the IRS
A sort of combination bird & horse, Buckbeak is one of these magical creatures
Hippogriff
Free things are said to be given this way, from Latin for "grace"
gratis
Hercules had to deal with the quickness of the Ceryneian hind, a type of this animal
a deer
In 1753 Naval surgeon James Lind published a study showing that citrus fruit prevented this disease
scurvy
This Cabinet department runs a meat & poultry hotline
The Department of Agriculture