HYPHENATED WORDS
Designed to prevent pilferage, like devices attached to some merchandise
anti-theft
This international humanitarian society is dedicated to relieving human suffering, especially in times of disaster.
The International Red Cross (or Red Crescent) Societies
A chesser is a portmanteau of these 2 storage units
a chest & a dresser
This state’s song is “Home on the Range,” not “Over the Rainbow.”
Kansas
Minnesota's Senator Klobuchar
Amy
There are 2 hyphens in this word for someone who pretends to omniscience, & I better not hear you call me one
know-it-all
This infrequent lunar event has become a common term to mean any rare occurrence.
Blue Moon
This type of sofa is named for its individual pieces that can be rearranged in whatever wacky way you please
a sectional
This is the only state that begins with the letter A but does not end with the letter A.
Arkansas
Davis Cup U.S. team captain from 1981 to 1985 Mr. Ashe
Arthur
A life-like depiction of a character, or more literally, having length, breadth & depth
three-dimensional
What flavor, in hard candies and popsicles for example, is often colored blue?
Raspberry (This is done to help distinguish among strawberry, watermelon, cherry, and raspberry flavors.)
Quite comfy, these overstuffed chairs share a name with a suit in a deck of cards
a club
Most people know that Delaware and Rhode Island are the two smallest US states, but what state is in third place?
Connecticut
Come on, Vogue!
Ms. Wintour
Anna
A minor role for a stage actor, or an unrecruited athlete who tries out for a college team
a walk-on
There are approximately four billion of these in the human body, including lymphocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes, and they are important in protecting the body against infectious disease and foreign entities.
White blood cells
It can be a meal where you pick what you want or a sideboard table to store your china
buffet
This New England state is almost as large as the other five New England states combined.
Maine
Choreographer
Ms. de Mille
Agnes
It originally meant a race contestant who performed best while in the lead; now it just means the current leader
front-runner
She was the first female photojournalist for Life magazine, covering the people and events of the 1930s and 1940s, from the Dust Bowl, to the liberation of Buchenwald, to the daily life of Mahatma Gandhi.
Margaret Bourke-White
A diminutive word, this type of long bench is commonly found in restaurants
banquette
Name three of the four states that are officially called commonwealths.
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia
"Cities of the Interior" author
Ms. Nin
Anais