THIS MOVIE IS A DISASTER!
HEALTH & MEDICINE
WORDS BEFORE WORDS
HETERONYMS
HYPHENATED WORDS
"S" WORDS
100
Cows fly & trucks fall from the sky as Bill Paxton leads a team of storm chasers.
Twister
100
A tear in this light-receptive layer at the back of the eye can cause it to detach from the underlying tissue.
the retina
100
Bean,
market,
widow
black
100
A physical thing
&
to express disapproval
object [ob-JECT] or object [OB-ject]
100
An amusement park ride in which horsies & tigers revolve about a fixed point in the center
a merry-go-round
100
The musical score that accompanies a film
the soundtrack
200
As President Whitmore, Bill Pullman leads the world in a fight against an alien invasion.
Independence Day
200
A lack of iodine in the diet can cause a goiter, which is an enlargement of this gland that's just below the larynx.
a thyroid
200
Carpet,
saucer,
colors
flying
200
To feel bitter
&
transmitted again
resent [RE-sent] or resent [re-SENT]
200
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You go through this process at an airport counter or a hotel front desk
check-in
200
Another word for a frying pan
skillet
300
This 2009 film, directed by Roland Emmerich, depicts a global cataclysm that brings about the end of the world, with spectacular special effects showcasing massive earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions.
2012
300
An angiogram may reveal one of these bulges in the wall of a blood vessel
an aneurysm
300
Climbing,
salt,
star
rock
300
Closely packed together
&
a small makeup case
compact [com-PACT] or a compact [COM-pact]
300
In New York City, it's illegal for passenger vehicles to do this; delivery trucks may, but without blocking a bicycle lane
double-park
300
To extract metal from ore with heat
smelt
400
Dustin Hoffman fights a deadly African virus that has spread to America.
Outbreak
400
It's the 11-letter adjective for this type of medical application; the first approved use was for motion sickness
transdermal
400
Clip,
towel,
money
paper
400
Something that pulls a vehicle behind it
&
a tall, narrow building
a tower [TOE-ur] & a tower [TAU-ur]
400
It describes a fever from roughly 99 to 100.5 degrees Fahrenheit
low-grade
400
Derived from a Middle English term for mud or mire, this word denotes the semi-liquid foodstuff typically composed of kitchen refuse and leftovers.
slop
500
1998:
Look out! A comet is on a collision course with Earth (not "Armageddon", that's different).
Deep Impact
500
In a severe case, this lateral curvature of the spine can cause a 90-degree displacement of the pelvis
scoliosis
500
Winter,
family,
option
nuclear
500
A burrowing insectivore
&
a Mexican cooking sauce
a mole [mōl] & mole [MOH-lay]
500
Legal when done by the government, illegal when done by competitors, it's the artificial setting of an amount charged for goods
price-fixing
500
The name of this wrinkly dog is Chinese for "sand fur"
Shar Pei