Dangerous Words
In movie titles this kind of threat has been "Red" & "Phantom"
Menace
A provider of medical services: HMO
Health Maintenance Organization
A-line, mini & peasant are 3 types
Skirts
To make this labor-intensive Italian dish, you must constantly stir stock into rice 1/2 cup at a time
Risotto
A small, folded pastry with a sealed edge
A turnover
It describes the fight in "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Perilous
A cause of tension & moodiness: PMS
Pre-Menstrual Syndrome
An acted-out segment on "Saturday Night Live"
Skit
This catch-all stew of meat, potatoes & vegetables is said to have originated in the hobo camps of the early 1900s
Mulligan
From the Old Norse for "having one's eyes closed", it's a serious mistake or oversight typically used in chess
Blunder
Referring to an unsuspected danger, the Latin phrase "anguis in herba" literally means this
A Snake In The Grass
An ambulance worker: EMT
Emergency Medical Technician
Underwear, at one time a trademark
Skivvies
This steak used for fajitas, also called the Romanian tenderloin, is the diaphragm muscle
Skirt Steak
You're this if a judge disallows your objection
Overruled
DD: The federal "Office of" this type of "Materials Safety" bans sending anhydrous ammonia by passenger plane
Hazardous
A fat & cholesterol-carrying molecule: LDL
Low Density Lipoprotein
When driving in the rain, remember to "steer into" it
Skid
This type of quahog clam is named for a Long Island bay, not its anatomy
Littleneck
DD: To disguise the illegal source of money by routing it through banks or intermediaries
Laundering
This adjective for the position you're in teetering on the edge of a cliff comes from the same root as "prayer"
Precarious
Of interest to Pavlov: CR
Conditioned Response/Reflex
Proficiency
Skill
For Marcel Proust the "vicissitudes of life had become indifferent" after eating these small French cakes
Madeleines
It was also known to the pioneers as a prairie schooner
Covered Wagon