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