Foreign Words & Phrases
Before a trip, it's proper to wish someone "bon" this, whether they're traveling by ship or not
Voyage
The art or profession of applying makeup
Cosmetology
Infamous herbicide of 1960s wartime Indochina
Agent Orange
Lightning McQueen crashes into Radiator Springs in this 2006 flim
Cars
In Haiti & parts of West Africa, it's a corpse brought back to life
A Zombie
In many places of business, "no zapatos, no service", "zapatos" being Spanish for these
Shoes
The branch of astronomy that deals with the structure & evolution of the universe
Cosmology
Prominent among Protestants in northern Ireland, the Orange Order was formed in 1795 to honour this monarch
William of Orange
Elijah Wood provided the voice for Mumble, a tap-dancing penguin, in this 2006 film
Happy Feet
Also known as a lycanthrope, this beastly monster can be killed by a silver bullet or other silver weapon
A Werewolf
Italian for "to the tooth", it's how to order your pasta if you want it a little firm
Al Dente
An expression of regret
An Apology
Dystopian Anthony Burgess novel of punks & pathology
A Clockwork Orange
Tom Hanks voiced 4 characters in this Christmas film that used motion-capture technology
The Polar Express
In Egypt, it had the body of a lion & head of a man; in Greece it had the head of a woman & wings
The Sphinx
Germany's superhighway, it's the equivalent of our expressways
The Autobahn
A book with a mix of various authors writing on various topics
An Anthology
In the British children's rhyme, the pair that are said by "the bells of St. Clement's"
Oranges and Lemons
In a 2001 film, aliens kidnap Earth's adults & this title boy genius leads the rescue effort
Jimmy Neutron
Half-man, half-beast son of the Queen of Crete
The Minotaur
"Seize the day", I tell you, but do it with this Latin phrase
Carpe Diem
The study of fossils, as from a T-rex
Paleontology
Sherlock Holmes solves a mystery involving the KKK & sailing ships in "The Case of" these
The Five Orange Pips
Elastigirl is living in the suburbs as Helen Parr in this action comedy
The Incredibles
This other word for a vampire may come from the Greek word "nosophoros", or plague-carrier
Nosferatu