Science / Weather / Westerlies: Usually applied to the broad patterns of persistent winds with a westerly component. It is the dominant persistent atmospheric motion, centered over the midlatitudes of each hemisphere. Near the earth MORE
Health / Fitness / Cholesterol: A fat lipid which has both good and bad implications within the human body. Good being known as HDL and bad being LDL. Bad cholesterol is associated with heart disease and stroke, whereas the body req MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Western: A literary and cinematic genre marked by numerous conventions. The usual setting is a short main street in a dust-blown frontier village of the American west during the 1800s. Traditionally, the prota MORE
Entertainment / Video Games / Tester: An individual who analyzes and reports findings on the playability of a game. Testing is a paid job which requires the tester to report to the company's office every day (testing cannot be done from h MORE
Lifestyle / College / Semester: A period of time, usually about fifteen weeks, during which a post-secondary school is in session. In semestered schools, most courses last just one semester and students must register at the school e MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Winchester Manuscript: A handwritten book or manuscript by two scribes containing the text of Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur. Librarian Walter Oakeshott discovered the text in 1934. It had been locked in a safe in the Warden's MORE