WORDS & PHRASES
To invent a new word or phrase is to do this--makes cents
to coin
This fruit was an early symbol of peace & prosperity
The fig
The fissure of Rolando is found in this topmost & probably importantmost part of the brain
the cerebrum
It can mean melancholy or refer to indecent material
blue
The center of the nation's film industry, this city is also the capital of India's Maharashtra state
Mumbai
Meaning "false step" in French, it's a socially embarrassing act or remark
a faux pas
No lie, Burger King calls this signature sandwich "America's favorite burger"
The Whopper
The corpus luteum in these organs secretes estrogen & progesterone
the ovaries
Amy Ray & Emily Saliers perform as these girls
Indigo
At about 1 million square miles, this "stan" is the largest landlocked country in the world
kazakstan
Term for the technical jargon of attorneys & their documents
legalese
It's Christmas, and we got a batch of this semi-soft candy--yum
Fudge
Each of these organs is encased in a sac called the pleura
your lungs
"To scorch slightly in cooking" is one Random House Dictionary definition
to brown
Part of the Old Palace of the Malla kings, the Taleju Temple is found in this capital of Nepal
kathmandu
"He who pays the piper holds the reins" is an example of this, incorrectly fusing 2 symbolic comparisons
a mixed metaphor
Encyclopedia Britannica says this quick bread "became an integral part of the fashionable ritual of 'taking tea"
Scones
If you want to be formal about it, "vermiform" precedes the name of this tube that seems to serve no purpose but can become inflamed
the appendix
Close to russet, it's also a policeman in old-timey slang
a copper
The language called Filipino is based on this one
tagalog
From the Latin for "announce", this means to pronounce clearly & correctly
to enunciate
This corkscrew pasta gets its name from the Italian for "little spindles"
fusilli
The name of this internal organ is a synonym for ill humor or bad temper
your spleen
A color, or a princely dynasty important in the Netherlands
orange
16-foot stingrays can be found in the waters of this 2,700-mile-long Indochinese river
Mekong