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12-LETTER SCIENCE WORDS
LET'S HIT HIGHWAY 101
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It's the state of being able to make decisions based on facts, not on opinions or emotions

Objective

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Link's video game franchise links up with the wife of writer F. Scott

The Legend of Zelda Fitzgerald

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In 2023 this was suspended at $31.4 trillion; it's a 2-word term for the cap that limits the money the govt. is allowed to borrow

Debt Ceiling
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In physics it's the rate of change of velocity with respect to time, not necessarily an increase in speed

Acceleration

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A Civil War fortress & the Bay Area Discovery Museum are on either side of this landmark with a main span of 4,200' that carries the 101

Golden Gate Bridge

200

This condition, OCD, is characterized by recurring, time-consuming behaviors that interfere with normal functioning

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

200

Ken's rhyming dream abode in the film "Barbie" hatches into a prequel of "Game of Thrones"

Mojo Dojo Casa House of the Dragon

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Two food names for the type of ceiling seen here are popcorn & this dairy one

Cottage cheese

200

This layer of the Earth's atmosphere lies between the troposphere & the mesosphere

Stratosphere

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Just off the 101 is this filmmaking theme park, where tourists saw George the fisherman become shark food from 1976 to 2001

Universal Studios
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These muscles seen here cover the sides of the abdomen & help rotate your trunk

Obliques

300

The Bronx female rapper on "Boy's A Liar, Pt. 2" joins forces with a British girl group featuring Posh & Sporty

Ice Spice Girls

300

In 2016 Hillary Clinton said, "We have still not shattered that highest & hardest" this, "but someday someone will"

Glass ceiling

300

Sugars & starches are this type of organic compound with a name meaning "watered carbon"

Carbohydrate

300

An hour north of Eureka, a different drive-through awaits you in Klamath near the national park named for this large type of tree

Redwood

400

This 4-sided style of column typically tapers towards the top & ends in a pyramid

Obelisk

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A certain ancient civilization that men obsess over in a TikTok trend time travels & becomes a Jay-Z song about NYC

Roman Empire State of Mind

400

In 1508 Pope Julius II commissioned some frescoes for the ceiling of this place; took 5 years to paint, but yeah... worth it

Sistine Chapel

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Studies have shown that some shrews use this process, emitting high-pitched squeaks as a guide in the dark

Echolocation

400

Knowing this state capital is at the south end of Puget Sound is geography 101

Olympia

500

In music this term means mandatory, to be played without omission; it often refers to an instrumental accompaniment

Obligato

500

A "Fresh Off the Boat" actress joins the rap group with members RZA, GZA & Ghostface Killah

Constance Wu-Tang Clan

500

A vaulted ceiling that follows the sloping sides of a roof is this type, like a grand building of Chartres or Cologne

Cathedral

500

From Latin for "heap" & "rain cloud", this mushroom-shaped cloud brings the thunder

Cumulonimbus

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Hop off the 101 onto the Pacific Coast Highway to see this landmark owned by a newspaper biz giant; it even had its own airport, built in the 1920s

Hearst Castle

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