It's the main alcoholic ingredient in a Highland Sling
Scotch
Mucho methane is released from this process of injecting high-pressure fluid into underground rock to free gas & oil
fracking
AM radio broadcast frequencies are measured in these, 1000s of cycles per second
kilohertz
Spanish for "little gourd", the guajillo is a mild type of these with a heat rating of 2,500-5,000 Scoville units
It's a 2-word visual term for getting very angry
seeingn red
You don't have to live like a monk to enjoy a $399 bottle of this brand of champagne from 1998
Dom Perignon
John Paul II emphasized beatification & this, & soon after his death, the process was fast-tracked for him
canonization
With a smartphone you have access to a million apps; you want this kind that slays the others
a killer app
Trinidad lacked spices used in India but created its own type of this blend used in the island's unofficial national dish
curry
A 2-word phrase meaning "deficit", it dates to 1907
red ink
Applejack is a type of this liquor made from apples; Slivovitz is one made from plums
Brandy
As well as a bathroom fixture, it can mean the process of grooming & dressing oneself
toilet
Before videotape, TV shows were preserved via this process, filming directly from a TV monitor
kinescope
The spices in Starbucks pumpkin spice latte topping are cinnamon, clove, ginger & this
nutmeg
Innate, or born to close relatives
inbred
Named for a region in Tuscany, this red table wine was once recognized by its fiasco, a straw-covered bottle
Chianti
The collodion process, involving an iodide & a glass plate, was an 1851 innovation in this then-new field
photography
It's the amount of space between 2 printed letters
kerning
Curcumin is a yellow pigment of this spice sometimes known as Indian saffron
turmeric
In slang, it's what guitar players do playing a fast solo
shredding
A tweet in 2016 "fixed the typo" on a can of this beer from "America" to "Belgium", the actual home of its parent company
Budweiser
U.S. military meals ready to eat are heated by this process, which is basically rusting
oxidation
5-letter term for a Chinese ideograph used in Japanese writing
Ouzo & pastis are flavored with this spice that tastes like licorice or fenne
anise
The D.O.E. says that the goal of this "is to ensure that institutions of higher education meet acceptable levels of quality"
accreditation