The closest red giant star to Earth is this Crucis, the third-brightest star in the Southern Cross
Gamma Crucis
1 syllable:
In the languages department, this one also called Nederlands
Dutch
The tertiary parrot that you listened to
third bird heard
Idaho shares this national park with 2 other states
Yellowstone
Add a letter to the smallest pig in a litter to get the sound it might make
grunt & runt
This sweet 16th letter is also truly a transcendental number
pi
4 syllables:
This course on the art & technique of building & design
Extreme happiness at the home of the Slurpee
7-Eleven heaven
A 1,600 square mile national park in Montana & one three times bigger in Alaska both have this feature in their names
glacier
Add a letter to the end of a tiny speck & it becomes a roadside place to stay
mote & motel
These 3 letters symbolize a fraternity founded in 1998, one of the few that uses its third letter
ΑΙΟ
Alpha Iota Omicron
[DD]
3 syllables:
This type of small, in-depth class, with a name from Latin
seminar
To practice saying over & over again the magic hex that will affect a handbag
rehearse purse curse
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park includes 2 of the world's most active volcanoes, Mauna Loa & this one with a 1-word name
Kilauea
[DD]
Drop a letter from a word meaning uninvolved or indifferent to get an adjective meaning relating to a nerve
neutral & neural
It sounds like it should be the last letter, but it's 6th in the batting order
zeta
2 syllables:
This double-talk art history course on the style of Duchamp & Man Ray
Dada
A lazy, careless attempt to break into your PC files
slack hack attack
Located in Maine, it's alphabetically first of U.S. national parks & it's also the easternmost in the 50 states
Acadia
Drop a letter & go from being sorry that you missed a birthday to being thrilled that you didn't
belated & elated
A 3-letter Greek letter late in the alphabet, it's also a protein that can build abnormally in the brain & lead to Alzheimer's
tau
5 syllables:
This study of substances, reactions & physiological processes inside living things
A horse liberated from Stockholm
freed Swede steed
About 70 miles west of Key West, this Florida national park was named for the many sea turtles found there
Dry Tortugas
Drop a letter from the unlawful act of inciting a revolt against the government to get a special issue of a newspaper
sedition & edition