2. A specific length of time for something to transpire or to stop: The spring term at Brian's school is just 10 weeks long.
3. Written clauses or statements in a legal document that specify specific expectations: The terms of the mortgage were explained by Mr. Morgan, the bank manager, to the client, Mrs. Johnson.
Lists of anatomy and anatomical topics.
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Lists of automobile words that are based on technical applications related to cars.
Lists of legal words referring to judiciary or trial courts.
Lists of dream words that are based on historical and modern applications.
Lists of words about economics, including an extensive range of financial and business areas.
- Introduction to Computers by Peter Norton; McGraw Hill; New York; 2006.
- Modern Dictionary of Electronics by Rudolf F. Graf; Howard W. Sams & Company; Indianapolis, Indiana; 1988.
- An Introduction to the Study of Insects by Donald J. Borror and Dwight M. DeLong; Holt, Rinehart and Winston; New York; 1964.
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- Insects of the World by Anthony Wootton; Blandford Press Ltd.; New York; 1984.
- Spiders of the World by Rod & Ken Preston-Mafham; Facts on File Publications; New York; 1984.
- The Ant Realm by Ross F. Hutchins; Dodd, Mead & Company; New York; 1967.
- The Ants by Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilson; The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1990.
- Almanac of Geography by National Geographic; Washington, D.C.; 2005.
- Introduction to Historical Geology; by Raymond C. Moore; McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.; New York; 1958.
- Physical Geology by Anatole Dolgoff; Houghton Mifflin Company; Boston, Massachusetts; 1998.
- Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Jon Erickson; Tab Books, Inc.; Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania; 1987.
- World Explorers and Discoverers; Edited by Richard E. Bohlander; MacMillan Publishing Company; New York; 1992.
Terms that are applied to numbers utilized in math and various measurements.
Topics about meteorology which plays an important part of everyone's life on a global scale.
- An Introduction to the Biology of Marine Life by James L. Sumich; Wm. C. Brown Publishers; Dubuque, Iowa; 1988.
- Marine Ecology by Jeffrey S. Levinton; State University of New York at Stony Brook; Prentice-Hall Inc.; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; 1982.
- The Silent Deep by Tony Koslow; The University of Chicago Press; Chicago; 2007.
- Descriptioinary by Marc McCutcheon: Checkmark Books; An imprint of Facts On File, Inc.; New York; 2000.
- Encyclopedia of Science and Technology by James Trefil, Editor; Routledge; New York; 2001.
- How Things Work, Everyday Technology Explained by John Langone; National Geographic; Washington, D.C.; 2006.
- Inventions and Discoveries by Rodney Carlisle; Scientific American; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Hoboken, New Jersey; 2004.
- Random House Word Menu by Stephen Glazier; Random House Publishers; New York; 1992.
- Science Desk Reference; Scientific American; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; New York; 1999.
- The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil; Houghton Mifflin Company; Boston, Massachusetts; 1988.
artery, the study of paintings.
bacteria, the back door of a cafeteria.
barium, what doctors do when patients die.
bowel, a letter like a, e, i, o, or u.
caesarean section, a neighborhood in Rome.
cat scan, searching for a lost cat.
cauterize, making eye-contact with a girl.
coma, a punctuation mark.
dilate, to live a long time.
enema, not a friend .
euthanasia, Chinese, Japanese, etc. adolescents.
fester, quicker.
fibula, a small lie.
genital, not a Jew.
hangnail, a coat hook.
impotent, distinguished, well known.
labor pain, getting hurt at work.
malfeasance, exorbitant charges for professional services.
medical staff, a doctors cane.
morbid, a higher offer.
nitrates, cheaper than day rates.
node, was aware of, knew.
nosography
1. The art of writing using a pen or pencil stuck up ones nose.
2. The writing done by a nasograph.
outpatient, someone who has fainted.
pap smear, a fatherhood test.
pelvis, a cousin of Elvis.
prophylactic, a person who favors birth control.
recovery room, place to do upholstery.
rectum, dang near killed em.
secretion, hiding something.
seizure, famous Roman leader.
tablet, a small table.
terminal illness, getting sick at the airport.
tumor, more than one.
urine, opposite of youre out.
vein, conceited.
Lists of theatrical terms and their origins.