UNUSUAL WORDS
Bellycheer is a fun-sounding word that's synonymous with this deadly sin
gluttony
You can learn a new one of these from websites like Babbel & Rosetta Stone
a language
"Only you can prevent forest fires" was a long-running catchphrase of this creature created as part of an ad campaign
Smokey (Bear)
In this work by Thomas More, Raphael Hythloday tells of voyaging with Amerigo Vespucci before exploring the title island
Utopia
This technique of briefly plunging fruit & veggies into boiling water, then into ice-cold water also means "to make white"
blanching
Meaning to idly loaf, this word starts with a slang word for a type of hard candy & ends with a choking action
lollygag
Fair Isle is a style of this that uses 2 colors in the same row to create a pattern
knitting
In 1997 one of these animals named Daisy was cleared of starting a major fire more than a century earlier
a cow
Iram is a lost city mentioned in the Koran & in this collection that's been translated by Sir Richard Burton
The Arabian Nights (The Thousand and One Nights)
This "holy" mixture in Cajun cooking is onion, celery & bell pepper
the (holy) trinity
This 10-letter word usually refers to an ancient cave dweller but can now also describe any secluded person
troglodyte
When you go wine tasting, you should know the 5 S's: this one comes between see & sniff, to release the aromas
swirl
During WWI, Cher Ami, one of these animals, was used to deliver a message that saved a trapped U.S. battalion under fire
a pigeon
James Hilton told The New York Times he found "Tibetan material" at the British Museum to help create this mythical place
Shangri-La
The key to perfect dough? This process that activates yeast & provides that final rise before baking
proofing
The Latin for "cloud" gives us this type of machine that gives asthma patients medicine in a liquid mist
a nebulizer
Shodo is the Japanese name for this art form & uses ink-dipped brushes to write instead of pens
calligraphy
Since 1959, the Navy's Marine Mammal Program has trained these to locate objects; 6 escorted Kuwaiti tankers in the 1980s
dolphins
This land that Arthur was carried to after his final battle was called the "Isle of Apples" by Geoffrey of Monmouth
Avalon
Sounding like the opposite of a donut verb, it means adding liquid to a hot pan, releasing caramelized bits from the bottom
deglazing
This word for authoritative influence of one nation over others comes from the Greek for "leader"
hegemonic (hegemony)
In days of old, whalers on their long voyages passed the time doing this craft of engraving pictures on whalebones & teeth
scrimshaw
The title subject of a 1995 film, this dog helped his team deliver medicine to Nome, Alaska in 1925, halting an epidemic
Balto
A 2021 novel by Anthony Doerr shares its name with this mythical land in the sky conjured up by Aristophanes
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Parchment paper is often used to delicately cook fish in the French style known as en this
en papillote (en papier)