WORD + WORD = NEW WORD

"GEN" KNOWLEDGE
WORD ORIGINS
"MAN" UP
CIRCLE OF LIFE
400

Elation + a broken-off part of a tree = this video game control lever

joystick 

400

Adjective for something sold without a trademark or brand

generic

400

Canter was shortened from this city--it was the pace pilgrims used to visit the shrine of Thomas à Becket

Canterbury
400

This gentle giant is Florida's state marine mammal

manatee 

400

Moving your index finger in circles by your ear usually means you think someone is this

crazy

800

A circular piece of jewelry + an informal term for a dish like French fries = this first-row area for boxing fans

ringside

800

The restoration & development of urban areas to make way for middle-class buyers

gentrification

800

This therapeutic process involving back & joint manipulation is partly from the Greek for "hand"

chiropractic

800

It's the last word of a historic utterance made July 20, 1969

mankind

800

In the Old West, those told to "circle" these conveyances of yore were afraid of attack

the wagons

1200

Murray or Hader + a cut piece of wood = this outdoor ad space where you'd see Murray's & Hader's names

billboard

1200

From Latin for "bend the knee", it means to kneel

genuflect

1200

Leather chaps are named for this thorny southwest brush they are designed to protect you from

chaparral

1200

It's the unlawful killing of another person without malice

manslaughter 

1200

On the road, a red circle with a horizontal white bar in the center means this

do not enter

1600

To inspect the safety of something + a friend or pal = this chess term

checkmate

1600

A police officer in Paris

gendarme

1600

Partly from the Greek for "eating", this type of coffin was made of stone ancients thought was able to eat bodies

sarcophagus

1600

Almost all of the world's production of this metallic element is used in the iron & steel industry

manganese

1600

In the 1980s the British countryside became dotted with these mysterious agricultural designs

crop circles

2000

A car essential + a synonym for domicile = this, a batter's preferred area to hit the ball, right in his...

wheelhouse

2000

It's the seaport capital of the region of Liguria

Genoa 

2000

Partly from the Latin for "stones", this adjective for a building that is falling apart means it is missing stones

dilapidated

2000

a roof which has four sloping sides, each of which becomes steeper halfway down

mansard

2000

A famous image of a "man" is named for this Roman--he noted that a body could be symmetrically inscribed inside a circle & a square

Vitruvius

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