It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
A spontaneous nosebleed can be exacerbated by severe hypertension, the medical term for this
high blood pressure
It indicates a pause between parts of a sentence
a comma
To take a document off the secret list & make it public
declassify
Presidents' Day
February
A form of this popular pub game was used as training for British archers in the Middle Ages
darts
In the show "Les Miserables", Fantine coughs up blood because she has this bacterial lung disease
tuberculosis
A glove at home or first
a mitt
Sorry, ma'am, I need to do this, seize your Subaru to pursue those criminals
commandeer
King Kamehameha Day & D-Day Anniversary
June
[DD]
Bartenders would once commonly measure their hard liquor pours by the width of these body parts
fingers
[DD]
I am bleeding, so I need a few of these surgical stitches whose name is from the Latin for "sew"
sutures
Useful utensil from the Old English for "chip of wood"
a spoon
To shed too much light on film while taking a photograph is to do this
overexpose
Thanks to "Seinfeld", Festivus
December
This term for a type of bar came from the need of not talking too loud
a speakeasy
Bleeding & the blockage called pyloric stenosis are possible complications of a peptic one of these
an ulcer
They follow each other & are home to a solstice & an equinox, respectively
summer and fall
You need a body part to spell this term for what a gawker does passing a crash scene on the highway
rubberneck
National Nurses Day & Star Wars Day
May
Those not wanting to get too tipsy in a pub may want to check the ABV, this abbreviation on their brew
alcohol by volume
A collection of blood in unbroken tissue is a bruise, aka this fancy 9-letter word
contusion
A mathematician has shown that the overhand method takes 10,000 shuffles to randomize a deck, but you can do it in just seven tries using this shuffling method that also contains a double "F"
riffling
When you digest, you break down food; when you do this, you process the resulting chemicals for your body to use
metabolize
National Adoption Day & the Great American Smokeout
November
Mojito recipes ask you to crush mint & lime with a wooden implement via this process
muddling