An oil called urushiol causes skin irritation and itching when you brush up against this 3-leafed plant.

Pennsylvania's only port city on the Great Lakes.

When the winds of a tropical storm reach 74 mph, it's classified as this level of a hurricane.

Birds do this, and so do Twitter users.

Ben Franklin flew a kite and invented the lightning rod.

This word describes an animal that eats both meat and plants.

Nevada's second-most famous gambling city.

In July 1943, Army Air Force Lt. Col. Joe Duckwort was the first to fly his plane into this central part of a hurricane.

A sudden jolt of electricity may do this to you.

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.

A famous insurance mascot, this type of lizard gets a grip using its roughly 14,000 setae on each footpad.

A city in Texas, home to Baylor University and Chip and Joanna Gaines.

A hurricane "makes" this when its center, not its outer edge, crosses a coastline.

A succession of sharp snapping noises, such as those heard in a roaring fire.

Michigan obtained statehood.

It's the Italian name for squid, you may have ordered it at a restaurant once before.

A popular skiing town in Colorado.

A tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans.

The noise heard from suddenly releasing a compressed spring.

A rodent-borne plague killed off 1/3 of Europe's population.

An isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top, or, a town of 35,000 in southwestern Montana.

An Indiana suburb of Chicago situated near Lake Michigan.

26 days & 7 letters after Katrina, this hurricane devastated Southeast Texas.

Long talk about trivial matters, or teeth clicking together repeatedly.

London experienced its deadly "Great Fire".