Taxonomy
In 1994, Disney took audiences to Pride Rock to witness the circle of life in an animated musical epic titled The Lion KINGDOM.
The Lion King
Officially defined as a noun meaning "a small, mischievous devil or sprite," it is also commonly used to describe a troublesome child.
Imp
In a classic European fairy tale, this young girl ignores her mother's advice to stay on the path and ends up being deceived by a wolf wearing her grandmother's clothes.
Little Red Riding Hood
In 1492, this Italian explorer set sail under the Spanish flag, an event that triggered the age of European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
Christopher Columbus
If you land on a space owned by another player in this classic board game, you have to pay rent; if you run out of cash entirely, you must declare bankruptcy.
Monopoly
This famous comic book character, who alters his human PHYLUM after being bitten by a radioactive arachnid, lives by the motto "with great power comes great responsibility."
Spider-Man
Merriam-Webster defines this 5-letter adjective as "completely neat and clean," though it sounds like it belongs on a dynamic music sheet.
Spick
This American tall tale hero is a giant lumberjack who travels with a massive blue ox named Babe and is said to have dug the Grand Canyon by dragging his axe.
Paul Bunyan
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June 1914 serves as the immediate catalyst for this catastrophic global conflict.
World War I
In this dynamic word game, players pull 7 random letter tiles from a bag and try to place them on premium squares like "Double Letter Score" or "Triple Word Score."
Scrabble
Though it sounds like a luxury airline, this sci-fi CLASS of massive, planet-destroying warships is the signature vessel of the Galactic Empire's fleet in Star Wars.
Star Destroyer
This 6-letter word means "to completely surround or beset with problems," but it contains a shorter 4-letter word meaning "a creature or wild animal."
Begird
In English folklore, this legendary outlaw and expert archer lives in Sherwood Forest with his "Merry Men," stealing from the rich to give to the poor.
Robin Hood
In 1517, priest Martin Luther famously nailed his 95 Theses to a church door in Wittenberg, sparking this massive religious and political schism in Europe.
Protestant Reformation
This popular lawn game—named after an old colloquial term for a small canvas sack—requires players to take turns throwing fabric bags filled with corn kernels at a raised platform with a hole in it.
Cornhole
This famous 1789 document, written during the French Revolution, declared that all citizens have a right to liberty, property, and security, under a just social ORDER.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
As a noun, this word refers to a state of temporary disuse or suspension. It frequently follows the preposition "in."
Abeyance
In German folklore, this mysterious, colorful musician is hired by the town of Hamelin to lure away their rat infestation, only to steal their children when the town refuses to pay him.
Pied Piper
In 1215, King John of England was forced by his barons to sign this historic document, limiting the power of the monarchy and laying the groundwork for modern constitutional law.
Magna Carta
Originated by French monks, this elegant, fast-paced racquet sport is traditionally played on a grass court, where players try to win four points to secure a game, and six games to secure a set.
Tennis
This beloved, long-running animated TV FAMILY lives at 742 Evergreen Terrace and consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.
The Simpsons
This adjective means "stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action," and it traces its roots back to the Latin word for "hardened."
Obdurate
This cunning trickster spider is one of the most important characters in West African and Caribbean folklore, often using his wit to outsmart much larger animals.
Anansi
This pivotal 1942 naval battle in the Pacific theater is widely considered the turning point of World War II, as the U.S. Navy decisively defeated an attacking Imperial Japanese fleet.
The Battle of Midway
Invented in 1965 on Bainbridge Island, Washington, this incredibly fast-growing paddle sport combines elements of tennis, badminton, and ping-pong, and is famously played on a court featuring a "kitchen" zone.
Pickleball
In a classic fairy tale, a poor miller tricks a king by boasting that his daughter has a brilliant GENUS for spinning common straw into gold.
Rumpelstiltskin
A dictionary will tell you this 9-letter word means "expressing a low opinion" or "disparaging," but it sounds like it belongs to a depreciating asset.
Pejorative
In Slavic folklore, this supernatural old woman lives deep in the woods in a magical hut that stands and moves around on giant chicken legs.
Baba Yaga
In 313 AD, Roman Emperor Constantine issued this famous edict, which permanently established religious tolerance for Christianity within the Roman Empire.
Edict of Milan
In this classic 18th-century tile game of Chinese origin, four players compete to build sets and runs of tiles representing Bamboos, Characters, Dots, Winds, and Dragons.
Mahjong
Biologist E.O. Wilson famously calculated that while humans dominate the planet, the combined weight of every single crawling SPECIES of this tiny, social insect roughly equals the weight of all humanity.
Ants
This rare 10-letter noun means "the highest point of a hill or mountain," but it is specifically used in geography to refer to the exact crest line or ridge.
Interfluve
Originating in the Middle Eastern collection One Thousand and One Nights, this poor woodcutter discovers the secret treasure cave of forty thieves by using the magical phrase "Open Sesame."
Ali Baba
This brief but intense 1962 confrontation between the US and the USSR brought the world to the brink of nuclear war but ultimately led to the installation of the Washington-Moscow hotline.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
This complex, deeply strategic strategy board game from ancient Germany features 16 pieces per side, where the primary objective is to trap your opponent's king so it has no legal moves left.
Chess