Landscaping is part of this "appeal", named for the edge of a sidewalk.
Curb appeal
These crazy numbers can't be expressed as a quotient of 2 integers.
irrational numbers
From the Latin for "gnaw away", it's the serious potential loss of soil over time if it's not replenished
erosion
Adapted from the Hippocratic Oath, a pledge for nurses is named in her honor.
Florence Nightingale
1956 film epic starring Charlton Heston as Moses
The Ten Commandments
One of the most cost-effective rehabs is to add this to the attic, preferably to a level above R-30.
insulation
Newton's Third Law is often given as "for every action..." these 7 words.
there is an equal and opposite reaction.
The phosphorous-& potassium-based types of this material help with root development
fertilizer
Thomas Huxley championed this man, who called Huxley his warmest and most important supporter
Darwin
In the U.S. this Agatha Christie mystery was known as "And Then There Were None".
Ten Little Indians
This cable channel has had more than 30 shows with "Flip" in their titles.
HGTV
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time. It means this long.
1/100th of a second
With 15 billion bushels grown annually, this is the leading U.S. grain crop.
corn
This Scottish national hero was the subject of the movie "Braveheart"
William Wallace
Tito Merrelli is an incapacitated opera star in the musical "Lend me a" this...
tenor
For granite these in the kitchen, some flippers go with the tile version, others with a solid slab.5
Countertops
The word "hundred" comes from an old Norse term, "hundrath" which actually means this number, not 100.
120
Like planting oats after soybeans, it's the term for changing crops every few years to keep soil healthy.
rotation
This Famous Brit popularized the term "Iron Curtain"
Sir Winston Churchill
This was Heath Ledger's first American Movie.
Tell buyers all about the storage space in the scullery, aka this person's pantry.
the butler
The name for this long-vanished supercontinent is from Greek for "all" & "Earth".
Pangea
If a farm disease is "zoonotic", by definition is can be spread this dangerous way.
from animals to humans
After his 1980 murder he was cremated but the exact location of his ashes is not known.
John Lennon
Tito Merrelli is an incapacitated opera star in the musical "Lend Me a" this...
tenor