3-Letter Words
A play on words, usually in a humorous way
Pun
To measure temperature, you can put one of these under your arm or under your tongue
Thermometer
To make this, take a flour tortilla, fold it in half over a cheese filling & cook lightly in an ungreased skillet
Quesadilla
Whether it's from heredity or aging, it's a clear case of alopecia, a loss of this
Hair
Poinsettia Day & most of Kwanzaa
December
A female deer
Doe
A spirometer isn't a drawing toy; it measures the capacity of these body organs that expand & contract
Lungs
This egg & cheese pie with a geographic name contains chopped bacon
Quiche Lorraine
Food poisoning--the eggs in your Caesar dressing gave you this form, like a million others in the U.S. every year
Salmonella
International Children's Book Day & Earth Day
April
It's any of the bench-like seats with a fixed back arranged in rows in churches
Pew
It's the line that divides a circle into 2 equal parts
Diameter
This fruit has an aroma similar to an under-ripe pear
Quince
Little Katie's barking cough is this 5-letter inflammation of the upper airways; a vaporizer might help
Croup
Freedom of Information Day & National Pi Day (the math kind)
March
In tennis, when a serve hits the net & drops into the proper court, it's called this & is replayed
Let
Musicians know a rhythmometer is another name for this device
Metronome
Some of the finest of these hard-shell clams come from the waters around Rhode Island
Quahogs
Your redness & flushing are characteristic of this skin disease sometimes inaccurately called adult acne
Rosacea
Moon Day & Stay Out of the Sun Day
July
To confer knighthood upon, or to insert new dialogue into a movie
Dub
From the Latin for "foot measure", it's a device that measures how far you've walked
Pedometer
Not for writing, also known as a stick it's the curled up cylinder of inner bark of cinnamon
Quill
It appears you have hyperthyroidism resulting from this serious-sounding disease, its most common cause
Grave's Disease
Wear Red Day & National Cherry Pie Day
February