12-tone system means: a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row)
1st baron verulam means: English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
a-team means: a group of elite soldiers or a leadership group of advisors or workers in an organization
abdominal aortic aneurysm means: an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
abeam means: at right angles to the length of a ship or airplane
able-bodiedism means: discrimination in favor of the able-bodied
able-bodism means: discrimination in favor of the able-bodied
ableism means: discrimination in favor of the able-bodied
ablism means: discrimination in favor of the able-bodied
abloom means: bursting into flower
68 means: being eight more than sixty
brick red means: a bright reddish-brown color
cerous means: of or relating to or containing cerium with valence 3
chilomeniscus means: sand snakes
dihybrid means: a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each
encyclopaedist means: a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
first lord of the treasury means: the British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy
line of fire means: the path of a missile discharged from a firearm
lycia means: an ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor
megawatt means: a unit of power equal to one million watts
phylum platyhelminthes means: flatworms
poached egg means: egg cooked in gently boiling water
pomolobus pseudoharengus means: shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
school of dentistry means: a graduate school offering study leading to degrees in dentistry
tycho brahe means: Danish astronomer whose observations of the planets provided the basis for Kepler's laws of planetary motion (1546-1601)
tympanitic means: of or relating to tympanites
undrained means: not drained
unnaturally means: in a manner at variance with what is natural or normal
unnaturally means: not according to nature; not by natural means
unnaturally means: in an unnatural way
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