"S" WORDS
Legally, it's defamation via speech
Slander
Gideon Sundback came up with the interlocking teeth for the fastener that today is known as this
The Zipper
M:
This department store founded in New York in 1858
Macy's
A measure of distance, not brightness, one is equal to about 6 trillion miles
It's where you get to after the tee & the fairway
The Green
It's a heavy, slightly curved one-edged cavalry sword
Saber
Percy Spencer noticed a candy bar melting in his pocket while working near radar equipment, helping inspire this kitchen appliance
Microwave Oven
LZB:
This maker of comfortable furniture
La-Z-Boy
Kids on a seesaw instinctively calculate this, the tendency of a force to produce rotation around an axis
Torque
It pairs with betwixt in a phrase meaning not one thing or another
between
An elevated platform where executed criminals hang out
Scaffold
Early in the auto age, injuries from shattering windshields spurred Edouard Benedictus to invent this
Safety-glass
LUV:
This airline chose a ticker that fits its home at Dallas Love Field
Southwest Airlines
This effect describes the apparent change in frequency of a wave caused by relative motion between source and observer
Doppler Effect
This type of luxurious transport is named for a French region
Limousine
A person who flatters powerful people for personal gain may be described as this
Sycophant
Mirrors placed at 60 or 45 degree angles are key to this optical device invented in 1816 by British physicist Sir David Brewster
kaleidoscope
PZZA:
This pizza chain was founded by John Schnatter in 1984
Papa John's
This phenomenon occurs when light changes direction as it passes from one medium into another
Refraction
To arrange for or to gather for a formal meeting
Convene
Flags & arm position are crucial in this type of communication
Semaphore
In the 1940s Dutch doctor Willem Kolff developed the first machine to perform this body filtration process
Dialysis
KO:
Its original formula was created by pharmacist John Pemberton
Coca-Cola
This element is the most abundant in the Universe
Hydrogen
This seaport of 200,000 is the commercial center of northeast Scotland
Aberdeen