COTTON
Corn is measured in bushels; cotton is measured in these
bales
You can make an easy version of this for your fish with mayonnaise, pickle relish & lemon juice
tartar sauce
Hey, I planted those asters years ago & they're blooming again--they must be this kind of flower
perennials
Sweet dreams in this building, from Latin for "sleeping place" (no, it's not the library)
dormitory
This language used to be common even in public school curricula, but in the '60s even the Catholic church dropped it
Latin
This oil is used in making margarine, soap & paint
cottonseed oil
In 2014 this product dropped Steak from its name because it's good "for almost everything. Almost"
A.1.
To a geologist it's the movement of water through rock; to a barista it's the movement of water through coffee grounds
percolation
From Latin for "workplace", it's a workplace for scientists
laboratory
After Sputnik, our schools tried to catch up with the "new" type of this; it was quickly subtracted from the curriculum
math
A cotton thread was used for this part of the first practical incandescent light
the filament
The name of this classic sauce for spaghetti means in "sailor style"
marinara
The ancient Egyptians called it "gem of the sun", & it does come from meteorites as well as lava deposits
peridot
"Liberty, equality," this organization, like Sigma Lambda Beta
fraternity
You dipped a fountain pen, & sometimes a classmate's pigtails, into it
ink (or inkwell)
Eli Whitney could tell you that this process determines the smoothness of the cotton
the ginning
In 2022 a shortage of chili peppers led to Huy Fong Foods halting production of this, also known as rooster sauce
sriracha
500 years ago Leonardo da Vinci knew this machine was impossible, telling its would-be builders to go join the alchemists
a perpetual motion machine
It's another name for a student activities center, or for the American Federation of Teachers
union
Microfilm is spooled in rolls; this similarly named medium can fit about 100 pages on a 4" x 6" sheet
microfiche
This capital of the Tamil Nadu state in India has given its name to a bleeding cotton fabric
Madras
This thick parsley & herb sauce from Argentina is a popular accompaniment to grilled meat
chimichurri
The worst extinction event in Earth's history began during this period that came before the Triassic
the Permian
Yikes! The name of this facility is from the Greek for "to train naked"
gymnasium
This 5-letter word meaning "the same" was one name for copies made through spirit duplication; the smell was addictive
ditto