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1. A slip of the tongue. Freud believed that many errors in speech (sometimes memory and action) were caused by the unconcious mind. Such a lapse is also called a parapraxis.

2. Having no head (a=not, ceph=head). Some creatures appear acephalous; some countries do also.

3. In your hair and nails. Keratin’s a tough protein substance that is a big part of hair, nails, hooves, and horns.

4. The fight-or-flight reaction. Epinephrin is a hormone secreted in response to stress, anger, or fear; it increases pulse rate, blood pressure, and metabolism.

5. It’s a syrup made from the sap of a grass (sorghum bicolor). The sorghum plant provides forage for animals, cereal grain (to make pancakes?), and syrup.

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