Massachusetts' Barnstable County mostly consists of this hook-shaped cape
Cape Cod
It means a vacation that is spent at or near home
Staycation
The USA's first sign using this gaseous element was over a Packard dealership in Los Angeles
Neon
A part in a film or play
A role
K-9 refers to a police dog; K-12, this through 12th grade
Kindergarten
Saginaw Bay on the east coast of Michigan's Lower Peninsula is an inlet of this Great Lake
Lake Huron
Change 1 letter in "blog" to get this if the blog includes footage
Vlog
Trick candles relight after being snuffed because this element, Mg, has a low ignition temperature; you can see flecks of it going off & igniting the paraffin vapor
A fleshy ear bit
A lobe
Tasty pellets for pups
Kibble
This river rises in Northern Pennsylvania, runs into Southwest New York & then flows into Pittsburgh
The Allegheny River
"Pulley attached to cable" doesn't capture the sensation like this term that includes a synonym for "zero"
A zip line
It occurs in more different forms than any other element on the periodic table-- more than 10 million
Carbon
The body of facts & beliefs about a particular subject
A lore
Thrown with as little spin as possible, this baseball pitch is famous for being easy on the arm
A knuckleball
El Paso, Texas was named because it was a major ford, or pass, across this river
The Rio Grande
10-letter word for a person who has an abnormal fear of bacterial or viral infection
Germaphobe
A cesium-beam type of this has given us the most accurate realization of a unit man has achieved
A clock
An engine supercharger
Turbo
This type of doll represents a Hopi ancestral spirit
A kachina doll
This waterfall in Yosemite National Park is the highest continuous fall in North America at 1,612 feet
Ribbon Falls
A group of people emailed or texted to show up at a particular spot for a group performance
Flash mob
Bauxite is where you'll find this element, the most abundant metal in the earth's crust
Aluminum
A swollen underground plant stem
A tuber
This bone is also a verb meaning to cripple someone with a bullet to the leg
Kneecap