"V"ERBS
From a word meaning "to empty", it means to go on holiday.
vacation
Slang for the head; sometimes people ask you to "use" this bit of pasta when you've made a dumb mistake
noodle
Kick off your flip-flops & relax by the ocean in this, seen here
a beach chair.
That water bender girl from avatar the last air bender.
Katara.
There are white-beaked & bottlenose types of this creature
a dolphin.
As a noun, it's a piece of clothing; as a verb, it means to give power or control.
Vest.
An ongoing argument, as in "I've got a ____ with you"
Beef
Steinway says it makes the gold standard of this type of musical instrument. (It has keys)
That afro skeleton guy from one piece.
Brook.
In mitosis, one cell splits into 2 genetically identical ones with this familial name
daughters
To leap.
vault.
Also the name of a kids' game, this 2-word phrase refers to a problematic issue you don't want to handle
hot potato
It might have been Rezin, brother of Texas revolution hero Jim, who invented this type of blade
a bowie knife
That one potato with glasses and a nose from that one movie.
Mr. Potato Head.
Woof! Missouri's official state tree is this flowering one with a canine name
dogwood
This word meaning to leave in a hurry ends in a big antlered creature.
Vamoose.
One headline from this website: "Tina Turner burns down legs for insurance money"
the "Onion"
Wrongdoers sometimes leave this series of documents that gets them tracked & caught
a paper trail
jake the dog.
Harold Urey won a Nobel Prize for his discovery of this heavy form of hydrogen
deuterium.
To clear someone of blame in the eyes of the law.
Vindicate.
During WWII the Ministry of Food told Brits that eating these raw might seem strange but they can help you see better.
Carrots.
For the Day of the Dead, the soul of the departed is represented by this--calavera de azúcar in Spanish
competing restaurant owners wife from Spongebob.
Karen
Here's this showy flower in a beautiful plum color
dahlia