Definitions play an important role in mathematics.  
Determine the answer to each of the definitions below 
(the blanks indicate the number of letters in the word):

1. To indicate something with your finger:   _ _ _ _ _ 

2. "It's a bird! It's a  _ _ _ _ _ .  It's superman!"

3.  "Don't go off on a   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ; stay on the subject!" 

4. The name of the U.S. Defense Building in Washington, DC:   
    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5. Verty Vedel, upon being healed of his blindness, shouted, 
   " _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ."

6. The zookeeper affectionately referred to the two newborn lion 
   cubs as a     _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _     _ _ _ _ _ .

7.  Ferd Freezin, local ice plant manager, described his 
    uncomfortable working conditions as follows, 
    "It's  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ."

8. B.A. Square, the noted Buffalo Hunter and Zoid Catcher, 
   entitled his latest book,    "How to  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ."

9. A broken angle:   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

10. What Noah built:    _ _ _

11. A combination of three or more tones sounded together 
    in harmony:   _ _ _ _ _

12. What the prison inmate did to while away his time by 
    raising insects:      _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

13. John Handley asked the bus driver whether he stopped at 
    Eleventh and G Streets, and the bus driver replied,    
    " _ _ _ _ _ _ _  ."

14. A place where criminals are sent:   _ _ _ _ _

15. Dashing Dan, the movie hero, straight-forwardly accused the 
    crooked gambler of being a   _ _ _ _ _ .

16. A Sultan's Act:   _ _ _ _ _ _

17. Why the greeting card came after your birthday:  
    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

18. When Leonardo Boloni, the Italian math student, heard about 
    the ban on firearms, he exclaimed, "You mean-a-we-can't-a-have-a
    _ _ _ _ _ _ _  ."

19. A tall kettle on the fire:   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

20. Bill Harper was introducing his latest girlfriend, Ann, to his 
    buddy, Alex, and he exuberantly exclaimed to him,  
    " _ _ _ _ _ _  ."

21. The Roller Derby girl quickly yelled to her teammate,  
    " _ _ _ _ _ _ _  ."

22. The man in charge:   _ _ _ _ _ 

23. A gauge that won't take nickels:   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

24. When the hurricane washed the porch into the sea, little Billie
       exclaimed,  " _ _ _ _ _ _ _  !"

25. How a farmer might greet another:  " _ _ _ _ ."

26. What the little acorn said when it grew up, " _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  !"

27. What to do when it rains:   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

28. What to call a dead parrot:   _ _ _ _ _ _ _

29. An impotent witch's spell:   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

30. An ill insect:   _ _ _ _ _ _ 

31. King of the Jungle:   _ _ _ _

32. The son of Mr. And Mrs. Kole, who became a knight:   _ _ _ _ _ _ 

33. How to track a woman criminal:  _ _ _ _ _ _ 

34. Lewis and Clark journeyed here:  _ _ _ _ _ _

35. To be in favor of farm machinery:   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

36. A dog that is no more:   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

37. A prisoner's poem:   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

38. How the French Revolutionist would get rid of his enemy:   _ _ _ _ _ 


39. What the prisoner magician did on his wife's birthday:   
    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

40. A flattering remark:  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

41. The English teacher was conducting a grammar lesson on tenses.  
    She said, "Class, I see the leaves,   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   , 
    I have seen the leaves."

42. After reading these stupid definitions, the math student called 
    his teacher a real  _ _ _ _ _ _  .