Math Abbreviations and Symbols
The symbol for a right angle looks like this letter
L
She was a beautiful mortal, but after making Athena angry, which you should definitely never do, this Gorgon got a reptile hairdo
Medusa
I would hasten to add that much of the classical world's art & ideas sprang from this city near Mount Pentelicus
Athens (from hasten)
In 2002, he got 100% of the presidential vote of his country, but the next year, he was out of power for good
Saddam Hussein
While "pandemic" was the word for 2020, 2021 was more optimistic with this entry, thanks to Pfizer, Moderna, and others
vaccine
This trigonometric function is abbreviated csc
Cosecant
As you can see from what happened to Ixion, hitting on this woman, Zeus's wife, was not a great idea
Hera
I love learning new dances, but traveling to this Pacific nation for the tango contest was too far
Tonga (from tango)
Peter Schoeffer, a former employee of this printer, testified against him during a 1455 lawsuit
Gutenberg
In 2015, the word was the suffix "-ism" and 2 years later it was this "-ism" associated with Betty Friedan
feminism
2 positive integers are considered relatively prime if their GCD, short for this, equals 1
Greatest Common Denominator (or Divisor)
Let's just say Zeus was disappointed this god gave fire to humans, nailing him to a big rock & having his liver eaten repeatedly
Prometheus
The cruise down this scenic river was a delight until Yolanda & Henri joined the boating party
the Rhine (from Henri)
The first outbreaks of this deadly hemorrhagic disease occurred in Africa in 1976, killing more than 400 people
Ebola
DAILY DOUBLE
This 4-letter word meaning "digital content of low quality that is usually produced in quantity by means of artificial intelligence" was the word of 2025
ANSWER: slop
In logic, IFF stands for this phrase that begins & ends with the same word
if and only if
Actaeon got a naked look at Apollo's twin sis, this goddess; she then turned Acty into a stag & said release the hounds!
Artemis
Make sure to bring the keys to our whisky distillery on this isle off Scotland's West Coast
Skye (from keys)
The colonists balked at the taxes on newspapers & pamphlets imposed by this 1765 act & refused to pay
The Stamp Act
In 2003, the first Merriam-Webster "Word of the Year" was this form of government by the people
democracy
3 x 2 x 1 can also be expressed as 3!, & the ! refers to this
DAILY DOUBLE
Song titles applying to the plight of this Corinth king: "Like A Rolling Stone" & "Running Up That Hill" (& back down again, forever)
ANSWER: Sisyphus
I just learned the reign of the Songhai empire in this West African nation ended in the 16th century
Niger (from reign)
French admiral Pierre Villeneuve was captured & lost about 20 of his 33 ships to the British in this 1805 battle
Trafalgar
A 1944 Ingrid Bergman film popularized this 11-letter word of 2022, an act of psychological manipulation
gaslighting