OCCUPATIONAL VERBS
To sip a drink slowly, making it last longer
What is to nurse?
The Virgin ____ Poppins
What is Mary?
Very, very small, or invisible without the aid of a certain scientific instrument
What is microscopic?
En francais, this "beaucoup" means thank you very much
What is merci beaucoup?
The aptly named Cryogenian Period, ending about 635 million years ago, included several of these harsh ages
What are ice ages?
To alter something in a tricky way; it may be done to a baseball or to a photo
What is to doctor?
Green-eyed ____ truck
What is monster?
"P" on a dress size tag stands for this
What is petite?
"Asante" is the way to say "thank you" in this official language of Kenya
What is Swahili?
This fossilized tree resin can yield very ancient lizards trapped in it with their soft tissue intact
What is amber?
TV cops get frustrated when a suspect in custody does this 2-word slang phrase meaning "get an attorney"
What is to lawyer up?
Kick the ____ brigade
What is bucket?
A very small painting, or a very short game of chess
What is a miniature?
This town in Honduras was the 16th century capital of all Spanish-conquered Central America, "thank you"!
What is gracias?
As best we can tell, 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit this peninsula, wiping out the dinosaurs
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
To steer, as a captain may steer a ship through rough waters
What is pilot?
Dress ____ of silence
What is code?
Of course 6'6", 336-lb. University of Tennessee lineman Antonio Richardson got this 4-letter nickname
What is Tiny?
This 6-letter Hawaiian word means "thank you"; you can use 5 of those 6 to say "hello"
What is maholo?
Some of these gems are billions of years older than the South African kimberlite in which they're found
What are diamonds?
As a noun it means a clergyman; as a verb it's to attend to another's needs
What is minister?
Rack-&-pinion ____ committee
What is steering?
This word comes before "element" to indicate an element present in only minute amounts in a sample
A 1983 hit by Styx helped America learn this way to say thank you in Japanese
What is domo arigato?
Discovered in 2014, the baby skull dubbed "Alesi" has human-life ear tubes but a small snout like this lesser ape
What is the gibbon?