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These uninvited insects likely make you itch; the Anopheles type can transmit malaria.
mosquitoes
The CDC says the last natural outbreak of this disease in the United States occurred in 1949.
smallpox
Hakeem Olajuwon, Larry Bird, Kelsey Plum
basketball
From the Latin for "draw together", it's the opposite of expand.
contract
Decibel, a unit of sound intensity, comes in part from the name of this man who did a lot with sound.
Alexander Graham Bell
"Blue" this day of the week in January is said to be the most depressing day of the year; none of them are my favorite.
Monday
Botulinum toxin shortens to this aesthetic product that reduces skin wrinkles.
botox
Henrik Lundqvist, Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin
hockey
PC Magazine's online encyclopedia uses these 2 antonyms for hard-to-figure-out & easy-to-figure-out passwords.
strong & weak
A 2009 study recommended treating heroin addicts with diacetylmorphine, the active ingredient in this.
heroin
You do this when you want to stop yourself from saying something; doing it by accident can be a painful mouth injury.
biting your tongue
Often found in stew, as in Jamaican cooking, it's a cow's flyswatter that's braised until it's tender & succulent.
oxtail
Pele, Patrick Kane, Megan Rapinoe
soccer
You pronounce the G in malignant, but not in this happier medical antonym.
benign
This lubricant's name means "Water Displacement, 40th formula."
WD-40
The FCC suggests entering your information on this list if your phone keeps blowing up with extended warranty calls.
the do not call list
To publish someone's private info online with malicious intent.
to dox
Ray Lewis, LeRoy Butler, LaDainian Tomlinson
Antonynm of famous: As a verb, it can mean to conceal, or make dark.
obscure
Bordering Angola & Botswana, what is now Namibia was administered by this South African country until 1990.
South Africa
He assured us that "Nothing is certain but death and taxes."
Ben Franklin
A daring round hat with a flat top & no brim.
pillbox
Lorena Ochoa, Brooks Koepka, Arnold Palmer
golf
A gigantic opposite of small, this adjective comes from the name of Pantagruel's dad.
gargantuan
In 1452 Leonardo da Vinci was born near a small Tuscan hill town called this.
Vinci