THEATER RHYME TIME
A swift complement of actors in a play
fast cast
A veggie that comes in spears, or the genus it belongs to
asparagus
The representation of a number in the decimal system is called its decimal expansion; for 1/4, it's this
.25
A Biblical woman's name, it means pity but is usually found before "-less" to mean pitiless
ruth
In 2000 Albert Sabin's oral vaccine for this was discontinued in the U.S.
polio
A place to sell stage objects
prop shops
In most U.S. grocery stores, you should assume you are purchasing these, even if the sign says
"yams"
sweet potatoes
Each numeral from 0 to 9 is a decimal one of these, from a word meaning "finger"
a digit
This word for a person with a big appetite often precedes "for punishment"
a glutton
While this chilly region makes up about 75% of Russia's territory, only 25% of the people live there
siberia
A short snooze inside an opening in a stage floor
nap trap
The fruit sold under this name, from that of an Italian estate, is a muskmelon
cantalope
Though not required, "trailing" these to the right of a decimal point are often used to show levels of accuracy
zeros
This word for the animals of a particular region is from the Latin
fauna
Formed in 1980, it's the largest animal rights organization in the world
peta
Electrifying" movements & positions of actors on the stage
a shock block
Almost all California raisins are produced from this seedless grape named for an English immigrant
Thomson seedless grapes
In continental Europe, this punctuation mark, not a dot, is used to represent a decimal point
a comma
It's defined as any substance with the tendency to produce a cancer
carcinogen
It's "the Pine Tree State"
maine
A proscenium month
march arch
Pickled pods of this have been called "a standard hors d'oeuvre at... every Southern cocktail party"
okra
When it's expressed as a decimal, pi never repeats or terminates, so it's one of these numbers that sound like they could use a little therapy
Irrational numbers (no I'M NOT the irrational number ..YOU ARE!)
The entry before a synonym for the Abominable Snowman is this word meaning "so far"
yet
The first person born in the Americas to be canonized was this woman of Lima
st rose of lima