Men of Science
These small glass or plastic dishes used to culture microorganisms are named for a German bacteriologist
Petri
Arthur Freed published the lyrics to this in the 1920s but it took another 2 decades plus for Gene Kelly to immortalize it
Singin' in the rain
This house in Massachusetts is actually on Turner Street, not Pyncheon Street as in the 1851 novel
House of Seven Gables
A memoir:
"On Feb. 4, 2004... Larry drove me to the women's prison in Danbury, Connecticut"
Orange is the new black
Trust your friends--don't pass up this type of set-up evening, also the title of several TV shows including one Nikki Glaser hosted
Blind date
373.15 is the boiling point of water on the scale named for this Scottish scientis
Kelvin
In 1984 Prince "never meant 2 cause U any sorrow" with this colorful tune
Purple rain
Hansel could tell you that building one of these houses requires more sugar than timber
A gingerbread house
By Stephen King: "The inmates made jokes about the chair... they called it Old Sparky, or the Big Juicy"
Despite the pandemic & post-#MeToo caution, the organization SHRM says 1/3 of American workers have found love here
At work
Galileo used a supernova in 1604 to disprove this ancient Greek's theory that the universe never changes
Ptomely
In 1970 this "Travelin' Band" wondered "Who'll Stop The Rain"
Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)
Billed as "the most shocking tale of carnage ever seen", Rob Zombie's first movie was titled "House of 1000" these
Corpses
This 1849 work says, "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is... prison"
Civil Disobedience
You're a Gemini? An astrologer might suggest a lover born under this water bearer sign for a really deep connection
Aquarius
Christiaan Huygens was an early telescope developer & found the moon Titan when he looked at this planet
Saturn
"I Go Swimming" appeared on the album this British singer plays live
Peter Gabriel
From words for "house study", it's the study of the relations of organisms to one another & to their environment
Ecology
"Dantes crossed the awful threshold and the door closed noisily behind him... he was in prison"
The Count of Monte Cristo
Maybe you'll find one on this app with a buzzy name, founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd
Bumble
Introduced in 1855, his process using blasts of air to remove impurities made the mass production of steel possible
Bessemer
The 2 title items in this Carpenters tune, No. 2 in '71, "always get me down"
Rainy days and mondays
In 1899 the first juvenile court in the nation was organized at this Chicago house co-founded by Jane Addams
Hull House
"At last news arrived... that Raskolnikov shunned everybody and that in prison he was unpopular with the convicts"
Crime & Punishment
Just remember that the root of this word for a strong, often one-sided attachment is Latin fatuus, "foolish"
Infatuation