"I" LOVE SCIENCE
This process is used by birds to warm their eggs
incubation
Distance runners know that 42.2 kilometers is closest to this many miles
26
Remember: "A", for the city that is the official seat of government in a state; "O", for a state legislature building
capital & capitol
One medical dictionary calls it "a wormlike intestinal diverticulum extending from the... cecum"
the appendix
On both TV & film, Dr. Richard Kimble was this elusive title prey
The Fugitive
I'd like to thank the Recording Academy for handing out these awards, first presented in 1959
the Grammys
It's the scientific study of fishes
ichthyology
In the equation y=2x+3, 2 & 3 are called constants & the x & y are called this because they can change
variables
A small piece of land in the sea, or a theater walkway
isle [aisle]
This triangular muscle helps form the roundness of the shoulder
the deltoid
I wouldn't have minded getting a checkup from this frontier doctor played by Jane Seymour
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Warren E. Burger founded this body's historical society & served as its first honorary chairman
the Supreme Court
A tooth or a broken bone can be this, meaning fixed or pressed closely together
impacted
Number of inches in half a yard
18
A dull person can become exciting as a South African of Dutch extraction
bore [Boer]
Ligaments connect one bone to another; muscle is connected to a bone by one of these, which pulls the bone when a muscle contracts
a tendon
This doctor needs a sample from you--to use on one of his rap songs, like "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang"
Dr. Dre
After stopping a carriage driver from beating his horse, Henry Bergh founded the org. known by these 5 letters for short
the ASPCA
Glucose and fructose have the same formula, but they have different structures, meaning chemically, they are considered these
isomers
This angle is larger than an acute angle & smaller than an obtuse one
a right angle
A verb meaning to shrivel, or an old adverb meaning "Where to?"
wither [whither]
Follicular cells in this gland secrete a hormone called thyroxine
the thyroid
Julian McMahon has played a plastic surgeon on "Nip/Tuck" & this fiendish "Dr." in Fantastic Four flicks
Dr. Doom
This organization, the IMF, was created in the 1940s to promote global trade & to secure financial stability
the International Monetary Fund
The magnetosphere is in the outer layer of this
the ionosphere
Unlike an equilateral triangle with 3 equal sides, this type of triangle has 3 sides of different lengths
a scalene triangle
Breezy, or a hawk's nest
airy [aerie]
One of the largest masses of nerve cells in the body sits behind the stomach in this network of nerves, which is why a blow there can be so disabling
the solar plexus
On "The Mindy Project" she plays pop-culture-obsessed OB/GYN Mindy Lahiri
Mindy Kaling
"Do Good" is the motto of this women's fraternity whose name has the same initials as its motto
Delta Gamma