Parts of a book
A protection for a book’s binding, if you’re a coward you could be said to lack one of these.
Spine
A day when many families receive and wear matching PJs. (But not this family.)
Christmas Eve
Located just north of Lake Turkana, at a point bordering Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and South Sudan, this isolated ethnic group has recently been studied extensively by researchers (including Stan Lee) interested in local religious cults involving the panther goddess, Bast.
Wakanda
Abel, a keeper of sheep
Cain
This man was let go from his job at Insuricare for throwing his boss, Mr. Gilbert Huph, through a wall. (But don’t worry. He also ranks number 5 in IGN's list of the Top 10 Pixar Characters.)
Robert Parr/Mr. Incredible
A protective covering perfect for the storms Southern Plains region of The U.S. in the 1930’s.
Dust jacket/dust cover
Rumor has it, kooky classes were taught at BYU underwater to teach this container-making technique.
Basket weave
Indigenous peoples of Canada (of which half of the 634 recognized groups are located in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia) are known by this term.
The First Nations
Judas Iscariot, according to the Gospel of Matthew
Judas/himself
Alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord transmit signals at 268 mph, the fastest such transmission in the human body. Sensory receptors in the skin, which lack this speed-boosting insulating layer, are among the slowest, at 1 mph.
Myelin sheath
The rear piece of hard covering, or something to avoid if you’re shooting for “nothing but net.”
Backboard
The largest city and financial center of Israel; located in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
Tel Aviv
The Malay peoples migrated south around 1300 AD and formed this kingdom, named for a derivation of Sanskrit meaning “Lion City”.
The Kingdom of Singapora/Singapore
Gideon, in the first year of the judges
Nehor
This potent mix of sulfur and charcoal (fuels), and potassium nitrate (oxidizer) was first used for warfare about 904 AD.
Gunpowder/black powder
Regis Philbin, Michael Eisner, Ted Koppel, and Aubrey Plaza began their careers working as these, for a 12-month paid fellowship at the NBCUniversal's studios in New York City and Universal City, California.
Pages
Hermione Granger is prone to doing this, just like other Type A perfectionists who go above and beyond.
Overachieve
This border city was named for Mexico’s 26th president, a lawyer of Zapotec origins who weathered civil war, thwarted French invasion, and stood at 4’ 6”.
Juárez
Uriah, a Hittite
King David
This West Indie country hosted the 2017 luxury music festival which ended in chaos, a class action lawsuit for more than $100 million USD, and two hit documentaries from Netflix and Hulu.
The Bahamas
This term describes the fat cap on a ribeye steak or the roughly cut edges on a book.
Deckle
Verb. To be deprived of a loved one through a profound absence, especially due to the loved one's death.
To bereave
This mountainous island country is the most ethnically diverse in the world, with 851 distinct languages and 700+ officially recognized ethnic groups, many of which stem from the same group whose ancestors arrived by boat tens of thousands of years ago.
Papua New Guinea
Shiz, in the Book of Ether
Coriantumr
This Japanese-inspired type of ceramics is formed as items are taken red-hot from the kiln, placed in a barrel filled with combustible material, such as horsehair, covered, and allowed to smoke, resulting in great variety of colors and surface effects.
Raku pottery