One short word can send you to a tennis court, make you cover your ears, or place you in a ...

The dentist has not even touched the sore tooth yet, but your eyes squeeze shut and your mouth tightens. Nobody ...

You may meet this word in an old poem, a British place name, or a line such as “the vale ...

A glazed donut, a life ring, and a bicycle inner tube all share one elegant shape. A torus is a ...

Picture a mountain skyline that cuts across the horizon in sharp, uneven points, like teeth along a saw. A sierra ...

Ask a kitchen designer for a stone top, and she will not picture a pebble beach. A stone top is ...

In a baseball box score, BB means a base on balls — better known as a walk. When a pitcher ...

A model is something that shows how another thing looks or works. That is the quick answer — and it ...

Gyrate means to move in a circle or a spiral — to spin or rotate with a smooth, swinging motion. ...