Auguste Laurent & Jean-Baptiste Dumas hated each other, but they worked together to pioneer this branch of chemistry that focuses on carbon & the carbon compounds found in living things.
Organic
This king of Wakanda is the alter ego of the Black Panther.
T’Challa
...Of the 12 months of the year.
April
In 1976 scientists discovered Legionella pneumophila, a new bacterium that causes this form of pneumonia
Legionnaires’ Disease
A mother's frustration with hand-straining solid baby food in 1927 led to the creation of this brand.
Gerber
Visitors at Paris' Bibliothèque Nationale must wear protective gear & sign a liability waiver to study her notebooks, which are stored in heavily shielded boxes.
Marie Curie
A Grimm fairy tale says, "As...she always looked dusty and dirty, they called her" this name.
Cinderella
...Of Canada's 13 provinces and territories.
Alberta
In the mid-19th c. this Frenchman found that some bacteria are anaerobiotic, meaning they live without oxygen.
Louis Pasteur
The owner of the Brown Derby Restaurant invented this chopped salad as a way to use leftovers.
Cobb salad
Many folks weren't happy with the Nobel Committee's decision to give the 1918 Chemistry Prize to ammonia synthesizer Fritz Haber, as he had also overseen Germany's production & use of this on World War I's Western Front.
Mustard gas
Braiding is one way to make this Sabbath staple.
Challah
...Of Snow White's 7 dwarves.
Doc
Bacteria are often named according to their shape--bacilli are rod-shaped, cocci are this shape.
Spherical (round)
French gardener Joseph Monier received a patent for the reinforced type of this construction material in 1867.
Concrete
The Russian Academy of Sciences rejected this great man's 1880 nomination for membership--maybe because of his progressive political leanings, & maybe because he proposed to a much younger woman while he was still married to his first wife.
Dmitri Mendeleev
This word precedes "leopard dog" in the name of the official pooch of Louisiana.
Catahoula
...Of Dumas' Three Musketeers.
Aramis
In 1884 Robert Koch discovered that this waterborne disease was caused by a comma-shaped bacillus.
Cholera
In 387 B.C. Plato founded this school on the outskirts of Athens.
The Academy
Real-life scientists whose names came up on "Breaking Bad" included, of course, Heisenberg, & also this Frenchman guillotined at age 50 after making chemistry a modern science.
Antoine Lavoisier
A town in Italy gave its name to this dance, once thought to be the remedy for the painful bite of a large, hairy spider.
Tarantella
...Of U.S. National Parks (also the easternmost.)
Acadia
Meaning "acid loving", this "good" species of bacteria is used to make yogurt.
Acidophilus
Every time you get a vaccination, you can thank this British physician who pioneered the process in the 1790s.
Edward Jenner