7-LETTER WORDS
Set your phone to quiver, or this synonym
Vibrate
Billy Ray Cyrus found disfavor with country purists for this song, a No. 4 crossover pop hit
"My Achey Breaky Heart"
Back pain results from a slipped one-
Disc
Shortly after "imbalance" in the dictionary is this noun denoting one who is stupid & inane
Imbecile
Gory horror movies are not for these people who are easily nauseated
Squeamish
To grapple, Greco-Roman style
Wrestle
Celine Dion had to be convinced by her husband/manager to do a demo for this 1997 movie song; it worked out okay
"My Heart Will Go On"
This machine can save you if your kidneys fail
Dialysis
It was also called a fool's cap
A dunce cap
To add fake details to a real story to make it sound better
Embellish
To put a sword in its case
Sheathe
In 2020 Dua Lipa sang "Break My Heart"; in 1996 THIS artist gave the impossible demand "Un-Break My Heart"
Toni Braxton
These fixed false beliefs are a symptom of psychosis
Delusions
Archie Bunker called Edith this, also an ornamental typographical character
Dingbat
In a chemical reaction, sulfur combines with silver to create this dark coating
Tarnish
The offspring of a deity & a mortal
Demigod
A 2015 song by her begins, "This is my heartbeat song and I'm gonna play it"
Kelly Clarkson
The ol' cartilage just wears out in DJD, this "joint disease"
Degenerative
Synonyms for this one-word rhyme include lamebrain, dodo, yo-yo & dum-dum
Nitwit
Estuaries & swamps have this type of water not quite as briny as the ocean
Brackish
Medically, this pain is otalgia
Earache
Heart, a group formed by sisters Ann & Nancy Wilson, had a hit in 1977 with this song named for a predatory fish
Barracuda
A boxer hit often in the head may suffer from what is sometimes called this "pugilistica"
Dementia
Lucy was quite fond of deriding Charlie Brown with this 9-letter term for a less-than-intelligent person
Blockhead
This, another word for a fanfare, means the king has arrived
Flourish