Richard
In December 1732 Benjamin Franklin published his first edition of this, for the coming year
Poor Richard's Almanack
It's a canvas bag for hikers to carry supplies
knapsack
This synonym for horrible is often used to describe the creature also known as the Yeti
Abominable
It's half of the globe, or half of the cerebrum
a hemisphere
Proverbially, you can have "one foot in" it or "turn over in" it
the grave
This real "Superstar" brother/sister act beat the less-than-real Partridge Family as "Best New Artist" in 1971
Richard and Karen Carpenter (or the Carpenters)
A slow, tricky pitch on the baseball diamond
knuckleball
Described as up to 15' tall & a likely nightmare at the local shoe store, this legend is basically North America's Yeti
Bigfoot
In Hindu myth, it's the incarnation of a god; on the internet, it's a graphic image that represents you
avatar
Not intoxicated, perhaps while you're calm in demeanor, too
sober
Under this name J.P. Richardson had a hit with "Chantilly Lace"
the Big Bopper
Machirology is the study of these, perhaps a boning one
knife
Rhyming description of a perspiring abominable snowman
Sweaty Yeti
Diglot means the same as this adjective
bilingual
Said one way, it means to think carefully; another, what a jury does to decide one's fate
deliberate
Richard Dawkins coined this word for an idea that is easily copied, & said it should rhyme with "cream"
meme
Often following the word "death", it's a special tolling of a bell to signal a funeral
knell
The Salish language gives us this other name for Bigfoot
Sasquatch
From an Old English word for "tenth", it's the act of giving one-tenth of your income to a church
tithing
"A-U"! It's a 7-letter word meaning severe or barely decorated
austere
To recite these in order, just recall "Richard of York gave battle in vain"
the colors of the rainbow
The "Marble City" on the Tennessee River
Knoxville
Nation where Yeti Airlines and
Buddha Air are located
Nepal
One of the last entries in the dictionary is this enzyme in yeast that promotes fermentation
zymase
Marked by lack of expression, this "lifeless" term describes Steven Wright's style of humor
deadpan