GEOLOGY
A rift valley is an elongated trough formed between dip-slip types of these fractures
faults
She was 14 when she married the future King Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
For "All About Eve", Darryl F. Zanuck; for "Rubber Soul", George Martin
producer
I'd like my taco topped with this, basically mashed avocado with a little lime juice & some seasonings
guacamole
Confinement to your own home as legal punishment
house arrest
The Canary Current flows north to south along the edge of this continent
Africa
In 1774 Joseph Priestley showed that candles burn brightly in this then newly discovered gas
oxygen
They drive vans, carry amps, tune drums & generally keep a rock tour going
roadies
For one of my side dishes, refried beans, please, made with these "painted" beans
pinto beans
It means an unstable construction, though 25-foot versions have been created
a house of cards
The Moai statues of Easter Island are made of tuff & basalt, & some of the statues feature topknots made of red scoria; all of the rock on the island is of this basic type
volcanic (or igneous)
This classic 1726 satire was originally titled "Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World"
Gulliver's Travels
Joe Satriani is an axeman, meaning he does this
play guitar
In the salsa, make sure to use plenty of this, the leaves & stems of the coriander plant
cilantro
A get-to-know-me party given by someone who's just moved in
a housewarming
From the Greek for "without shape", this term refers to a mineral that has no definite crystalline structure
amorphous
Assurance of our salvation was a doctrine of John Wesley in founding this faith
Methodist
A cutter is aka this shaper of a film or TV show
an editor
I'm trying to eat a little lighter, so I'm going for the fish tacos made with this fish with a double-talk Hawaiian name
mahi mahi
The AMA says, "Physicians making" these "may sound like fabled history", but they have a place in medicine today
house visits
The name of this flat-topped hill smaller than a mesa is from the French for "low hill" or "mound"
a butte
Many of West Point's original fortifications were designed in 1778 by this Polish general who helped the Colonial Army
Kosciuszko
On a film set this "grip" operates most moving camera platforms
the dolly grip
I like to add plenty of this 3-word chopped condiment whose Spanish name means "rooster's beak"
pico de gallo
This European songbird takes its name from its habit of building nests in the eaves of homes
the house martin