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To calm someone by giving him a drug
Sedate
While not as common today, throughout the 1800s, these women attended births & helped deliver the babies
Midwives
Many would combine hot water & this condiment to make tomato soup
Ketchup
A gecko that only shows up during a fierce winter snowstorm
Blizzard Lizard
On a historic day in 1877, Edison spoke "Mary had a little lamb" into this device; he later recalled his surprise at its instant success, saying, "I was always afraid of things that worked the first time"
a phonograph
To coerce someone into an action by threats
Intimidate
Due to the smell, this person who cured animal hides into leather usually had his business on the outskirts of town
A tanner
Emeril Lagasse has brought back the desperation pie, which uses the apple cider type of this instead of lemons
Vinegar
The price of thin ice crystals forming on the ground or other surfaces
Frost Cost
Thomas Edison regularly worked 80-hour weeks & punched his own time clock, making him a living example of his familiar dictum: "Genius is 1% inspiration, 99%" this
Perspiration
To flood an area, or to overwhelm someone with information
Inundate
He was the 5-letter guy laying the bricks
Mason
In 1937 Kraft changed everything by combining these 2 ingredients in a box
Macaroni and Cheese
Eating utensil for use during the seasonal rainy period of southeast Asia
Monsoon Spoon
in 1894 Edison filmed members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, including this trick-shot artist in action
Annie Oakley
The authority of an elected official to do the things she promised to do before an election
Mandate
A common last name, it was one who made & repaired casks & barrels
Cooper
Even tobacco & lint were ingredients in mulligan stew, eaten by this type of 4-letter itinerant
Hobo
A daily record of the pollution in L.A. or Beijing
Smog Log
In 1875 Edison invented an electric needle pen for copying documents, but the pen was a failure--but in 1891, it was adapted into the needle pen still used today for this body modification process
Tattooing
Shall I do this? Make something easier to understand
Elucidate
Women's hats were all the rage & it was this person's job to make & sell them
a milliner
These weeds went into salads for many people during the Depression--they grow and blow everywhere
Dandelion
A brief rush of wind carrying fine, powdery earth
Written after a 1914 fire damaged the labs, a letter offering Edison best wishes for continuing health & success shows that the rivalry between Edison & this European electrical genius was not as bitter as it's sometimes made out to be