…the state capital of Massachusetts; population 609,023 (est. 2008). It was founded circa 1630 and named after Boston in Lincolnshire…
…a hold in which a wrestler sits astride a prone opponent and pulls upwards on the opponent’s legs…
…a variety of sword fern, with long, arching bright green fronds, widely cultivated especially as a hanging houseplant…
…a Virginia creeper with three-lobed leaves, which is cultivated for its foliage…
…a rocking chair with a decorative panel on a high spindled back and with arms and a seat that curves downward at the front…
…a residential district of eastern Boston in Massachusetts, noted for its Irish working-class community …
…a butterhead lettuce of a variety that has medium or light green leaves…
…a small smooth-coated terrier of a breed originating in Massachusetts from a crossing of a bulldog and terrier…
…an American dish of baked beans with salt pork and molasses…
…a round, two-layer cake that is filled with custard or cream and frosted, usually with chocolate…
…a violent demonstration in 1773 by American colonists prior to the War of American Independence. Colonists boarded vessels in Boston harbour and threw the cargoes of tea into the water in protest at the imposition of a tax on tea by the British Parliament, in which the colonists had no representation…
…used in names of climbing plants similar to ivy, e.g. poison ivy, Boston ivy…
