A FEW WORDS WITH "MOM" & "DAD"
For very low temperatures, these may use magnets instead of mercury
Thermometers
December is a good time to see this 1892 ballet that features the Sugar Plum Fairy
The nut cracker
One symptom of love is a loss of this, the desire for food
appetite
Lewis Morgan said we've progressed "from savagery through barbarism to" this sophisticated stage
Civilization
Incorporating part of an old song into a new song, or trying a free piece of cheese at the deli
Name of a city in southern Colorado as well as Tobago's partner island
Trinidad
Over a century old, this American form of Christian music combines elements of blues, jazz & spirituals
Gospel
Xerostomia means a dry one of these; try not to put your foot in yours when you talk to your crush
Mouth
"Bougie", slang for upscale or snobby, comes from this class described by Karl Marx
bourgeoisie
If your iPod display reads "Drake ft. Majid Jordan", the f/ stands for this
featuring
Look out, this type of small family store, here comes Walmart
Mom & Pop
Donatello sculpted a marble statue of this biblical youth almost 100 years before Michelangelo
David
When your beloved is near, you hear the 1824 "Ode to Joy" by this composer
Beethoven
Elsie Parsons studied these "apartment"-dwelling natives of the Southwest, including the Zuni
Pueblos
An album that sells 10 million copies is certified this gem
diamond
A relaxing type of herbal tea from celestial seasonings
chamomile
This city's pops is affectionately known as "America's Orchestra"
Boston
Poor coordination & tingling--could be love or a lack of thiamine, also called this alphanumeric vitamin
B1
A classic work of cultural anthropology is antonymically titled this "and the Cooked"
The raw
"AC" stands for this radio format favored by some folks of a certain age
Adult Contemporary
Meaning "city", this word comes before "Juarez" & "de Mexico"
Ciudad
At the Louvre, 16th century Italian tapestries depict scenes from this poet's "Metamorphoses"
Ovid
Forms of this abnormality of the heartbeat include "skipping a beat", fibrillation & tachycardia, beating too fast
arrhythmia
In 1925 she set out for the South Pacific to study adolescent girls
Margaret Mead
A songwriter can make money writing these; they are brief catchy tunes to sell cars, tissues or prunes
Jingle