Sodium hydroxide, aka lye, is traditionally used to create the brown coating on these twisted German snacks
Pretzels
I tried soft, I tried rigid gas permeable, my eyes still don't feel right with these
Contact Lenses
Remember
Verb
In the 2010s LoL, this multiplayer game, surpassed WoW as the world's most popular video game
League of Legends
Collective term for the workers on a ship or a television show
Crew
Around 10,000 years ago, human adults gained the ability to digest this milk sugar
Lactose
Maybe taking on this burrowing animal & mascot of the University of Wisconsin as a house pet was not my finest idea
Badger
Thou
Pronoun
The functions of a liver cell can be split into 5 major categories, one of which is changing fat & protein into this
Glucose
At any given time Google has hundreds of jobs open in I.T., short for this
Information Technology
Pressure is needed to pop each popcorn kernel; the pressure comes from steam, created when this white carbohydrate is heated to around 400 degrees
Starch
Ah, man, I got to replace this device that mixes air with fuel to generate combustion in my truck's engine
Carburetor
Splendiferous
Adjective
About 98% of Iran's people are Muslims & about 90% belong to this branch of Islam, Iran's state religion
Shiite
A pilot is the person controlling an aircraft, or this water vessel
A Steamboat
One theory for why tomatoes were thought to be poisonous--their acidity leached this toxic metal out of pewter plates
Lead
We overpaid & never got the vacation weeks we wanted--where's that Kiplinger's article "How to Get Rid of" this
Time Share
Already
Adverb
Don't struggle clumsily in naming this flatfish, be it European or starry
Flounder
It's a medical practitioner who specializes in the treatment & prevention of diseases of the foot
Podiatrist
Mustard can act as one of these agents that allow oil & water to stay blended
Emulsifier
I'm playing this "Othello" villain in an hour?! I know Roderigo helps him & he frames Cassio, but I don't know his lines
Lago
Although
Conjuction
In 1968 US Congress passed the Fair this act, a word also in the name of a then 3-year-old cabinet department
Housing
Not taking risks, but calculating risks & setting premiums is the job of actuaries, who mostly work in this industry
Insurance