OF EQUAL MEASURE
NATURE
EXERCISES
TOO LITTLE
12-LETTER WORDS
200

Please don't sing your response, but one (non-leap) year has 525,600 of these

minutes

200

Despite its name, it also enjoys beetles, arachnids, grasshoppers

Venus Fly Trap

200

This exercise, where you lie on your stomach with your arms outstretched, is named for how it resembles a flying red-caped hero

superman

200

Too little of this is why home cooking is often bland compared with restaurant food--try the Maldon type & feel like a chef

salt

200

Once used for someone opposed to the slave trade, it can now mean an opposer of capital punishment

abolitionist 

400

In December 2024 200 British pounds got you $253 but 200 U.S. pounds was a constant 14.29 these

stone

400

Used in herbal medicine, there's a fungus among us, named for its resemblance to this fowl's tail

Turkey

400

Lie on your backs & raise your hips off the floor in this structurally-named exercise

bridge

400

From 1949 to 1957 the U.S. went through this climate event worse in some states than the one 20 years earlier

drought

400

To remove the active stimulant from coffee or even tea

decaffeinate  

600

Let's get deep--5,280 feet is 880 of these

fathoms

600

No cows are born during this process by which icebergs break off from glaciers

calving

600

One way to get your summer 6-pack on is to brace your abs & throw & catch one of these heavy exercise balls

medicine ball

600

Hypoglycemia, too little blood sugar, is caused by having too much of this hormone

insulin

600

This noun can mean recognizing & valuing another's actions & qualities, or a rise in something's value over time

appreciation

800

You want 500 pecks, or 125 of these?

bushel

800

Scientists have identified more than 20,000 species of these prehistoric arthropods named for three of a certain part

trilobites 

800

A Chicago Tribune article called this French-named urban sport "skateboarding but without a skateboard"

parkour 

800

5-word phrase before "to Ride" for many sad too-little kids; it's also the title of a documentary about R.I.'s famed Rocky Point Park

800

The California Highway Patrol says lane splitting by this person is legal

motorcyclist 

1000

Currently, we're talking DC: 10 amps x 120 volts equals 1,200 of these

1000

Agate, carnelian & even onyx are all varieties of this 10-letter quartz mineral

chalcedony 

1000

This martial art that involves slow & gentle movements translates to "extreme & limit" in Chinese

Tai Chi 

1000

When the rebels ran out of ammo & fled, the Redcoats were victorious at this June 1775 Boston battle, but at a heavy cost

Bunker Hill

1000

Named for colorful hosiery, it's an old-fashioned term for a female writer

bluestocking