In an 1872 work, Alexandre Dumas used the French version of this word meaning an advocate for women's rights
feminist
A protein called draculin in the saliva of these animals prevents blood from clotting as they feed
vampire bats
This word after "cat" means a short sleep; after "dog" it means a canine abduction
nap
In "Through the Looking-Glass" this nursery rhyme character is depicted as an egg in human form
humpty dumpty
An original draft of the Declaration of Independence is thought to hold clues to riches in this Nicolas Cage movie
national treasure
This word for someone with a need to toil all the time was popularized in the title of a 1971 book about addiction
workhorse
The sea wasp, a box type of this sea creature, can have tentacles 10 feet long
jellyfish
This Spanish word for sleep in the afternoon is from Latin for "6th hour", meaning the 6th hour after dawn
siesta
In one of Aesop's fables, the greedy farmer killed it, hoping to have all of its eggs at once
the goose that laid a golden egg
In a 1941 movie Humphrey Bogart called this title MacGuffin "the stuff that dreams are made of"
The Maltese Falcon
In a 1933 collection by this New Yorker & New Yorker contributor, she seems to have coined "scaredy-cat"
Dorothy Parker
An example of this imitative process is when nontoxic butterflies evade predators by resembling toxic varieties
mimicry
Westclox' Drowse alarm clock was one of the first to have this feature, with 5- or 10-minute options
snooze
For your nest egg, you may want a Roth one of these, IRA for short
ira
A soldier played by Matt Damon in a 1998 movie, this title character is a walking, talking MacGuffin
Private Ryan
This playwright translated the German term "übermensch" & used it in the title of his play "Man and Superman"
George Bernard Shaw
An example of this imitative process is when nontoxic butterflies evade predators by resembling toxic varieties
white tail
An old song says, this personification of sleep, "bring me a dream"
sandman
This brand, a chocolate malt mix that's added to milk, got its name from the Latin for "eggs"
ovaltine
In a "Pirates of the Caribbean" flick, Davy Jones put his heart in this title MacGuffin & everyone wants to know where it's buried
Dead Mans Chest
We use this word to describe a boy or girl of 11 or 12; Tolkien used it to mean a Hobbit not yet an adult
tween
A digging carnivore, the ratel is also known by this sweet name
honey badger
A joke about how dull the Anglican 39 Articles are is an early reference to this phrase for a short doze
40 winks
The name of this egg-shaped gadget, a virtual pet, comes from Japanese elements for egg & watch
Tamagatchi
After this title object is stolen from Antonio in a classic 1948 Italian film, the hunt to recover it begins
bicycle