Dangerous Words
Medical Abbrev.
Après "Ski"
Let's eat
"Over" an "Under"
400

In movie titles this kind of threat has been "Red" & "Phantom"

Menace

400

A provider of medical services: HMO

Health Maintenance Organization

400

A-line, mini & peasant are 3 types

Skirts

400

To make this labor-intensive Italian dish, you must constantly stir stock into rice 1/2 cup at a time

Risotto

400

A small, folded pastry with a sealed edge

A turnover

800

It describes the fight in "The Star-Spangled Banner"

Perilous

800

A cause of tension & moodiness: PMS

Pre-Menstrual Syndrome

800

An acted-out segment on "Saturday Night Live"

Skit

800

This catch-all stew of meat, potatoes & vegetables is said to have originated in the hobo camps of the early 1900s

Mulligan

800

From the Old Norse for "having one's eyes closed", it's a serious mistake or oversight typically used in chess

Blunder

1200

Referring to an unsuspected danger, the Latin phrase "anguis in herba" literally means this

A Snake In The Grass

1200

An ambulance worker: EMT

Emergency Medical Technician

1200

Underwear, at one time a trademark

Skivvies

1200

This steak used for fajitas, also called the Romanian tenderloin, is the diaphragm muscle

Skirt Steak

1200

You're this if a judge disallows your objection

Overruled

1600

DD: The federal "Office of" this type of "Materials Safety" bans sending anhydrous ammonia by passenger plane

Hazardous 

1600

A fat & cholesterol-carrying molecule: LDL

Low Density Lipoprotein

1600

When driving in the rain, remember to "steer into" it

Skid

1600

This type of quahog clam is named for a Long Island bay, not its anatomy

Littleneck

1600

DD: To disguise the illegal source of money by routing it through banks or intermediaries

Laundering

2000

This adjective for the position you're in teetering on the edge of a cliff comes from the same root as "prayer"

Precarious

2000

Of interest to Pavlov: CR

Conditioned Response/Reflex

2000

Proficiency

Skill

2000

For Marcel Proust the "vicissitudes of life had become indifferent" after eating these small French cakes

Madeleines

2000

It was also known to the pioneers as a prairie schooner

Covered Wagon