MEATY LANGUAGE
To run around like one of these means to do things without thinking
A CHICKEN WITH HIS HEAD CUT OFF
John MacAdam was the Scottish-born chemist for whom this nut is named
THE MACADAMIA
The winner of the battle for survival per Darwin
THE FITTEST
It's a short dramatic audition filmed to show your acting potential (or lack thereof)
A SCREEN TEST
Schulz alter ego
CHARLIE BROWN
When used before up it means to make something bigger or bulkier
BEEF
Pistachios are rich in this bone-building mineral that also helps with muscle contraction
CALCIUM
A short half-suppressed laugh or giggle
TITTER
By definition these occur about 50% of the way through a semester & can be a big part of your final grade
A MIDTERM
First name of 1940s ESP-gifted heroine Ms. Voyant
CLAIRE
Don't be sheepish in your response determining this hairy facial feature
MUTTONCHOPS
Miss Manners is an expert on this standard of appropriate behavior in social settings
ETIQUETTE
In use since 1916 the Stanford-Binet test is commonly used to evaluate this in children
IQ
6-year-old boy created by Bill Watterson
CALVIN
If you complete a rescue of someone you save his this meat
BACON
2 types of this nut are English & black; when buying ones in the shell avoid shells with holes or cracks
WALNUTS
This women's underskirt has been worn since the Middle Ages
A PETTICOAT
After a controlled period of strenuous exercise a stress test might include one of these an EKG
AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
Thin Thighs in Thirty Years is a collection about her from Ms. Guisewite
CATHY
Term for a government project designed merely to benefit a politician's constituents
PORK
Grown in Georgia this hickory family nut is a prime ingredient in Tanya Holland's chocolate bourbon pie recipe
PECANS
Crenels are the empty parts & merlons are the solid parts in this structure, a type of parapet
A BATTLEMENT
The litmus in a litmus test is a reactive dye obtained from these symbiotic plants that grow on rocks or trees
LICHEN
It's about a grumpy bus driver
CRANKSHAFT