100% | JAWSOFLIFE | 10 | Firefighter's term for lengthy gabfests about the meaning of existence? |
45% | SPRINKLERHEAD | 13 | Firefighter's term for the person in charge of ice cream toppers? |
45% | BUFFERZONE | 10 | Firefighter's term for the section of the firehouse cordoned off for polishing? |
40% | ATOMSMASHER | 11 | Layman's term for the gizmo they used to confirm the existence of the Higgs Boson in 2012 |
38% | SEMANTICS | 9 | Linguistics term for the meanings of words |
38% | FIRSTRESPONDER | 14 | Firefighter's term for the quickest RSVP to the Firefighters Ball? |
38% | ELEVATORKEY | 11 | Firefighter's term for the secret to rising in the ranks? |
36% | PATRICIDE | 9 | Term for the crime of killing one's father |
36% | DEEPTIME | 8 | Term for the full, vast span of the world's history |
36% | OVERTONWINDOW | 13 | Talking head’s term for the range of politically acceptable ideas |
36% | ATARI | 5 | ___ shock (Japan's term for the video game crash of 1983) |
36% | BELIEFS | 7 | Convictions a person has about the meaning of life |
34% | FANMAIL | 7 | Means of reaching for the stars? |
34% | SODA | 4 | Generic term for a carbonated beverage, in certain parts of the U.S. |
34% | POP | 3 | Generic term for a carbonated beverage, in certain parts of the U.S. |
33% | FOOTBALL | 8 | Term for soccer outside of the US |
33% | LIBRETTO | 8 | Term for the text of an opera |
33% | SWELLS | 6 | Term for fashionable people of the 1920s |
33% | MKO | 3 | Collective term for the users of the Big Island's "Astronomy Precinct", for short |
33% | THEODICY | 8 | Explanation for the existence of evil in God's presence |
33% | STARBOARD | 9 | Term for the right side of a ship |
33% | REGICIDE | 8 | Term for the crime of killing a king |
33% | PATAGIUM | 8 | Term for the gliding membrane of flying squirrels |
33% | OMOPHAGIA | 9 | Term for the practice of eating raw meat |
33% | AGNOSTIC | 8 | Uncertain about the existence of God |
33% | CASTLESMADEOF | 13 | "___ Sand," a song by Jimi Hendrix that is about the temporary nature of existence and how nothing can be taken for granted: 3 wds. |
33% | DESI | 4 | Term for a member of the South Asian diaspora |
32% | OTITIS | 6 | Medical term for inflammation of the ear |
32% | NEPHRITIS | 9 | Medical term for inflammation of the kidneys |
32% | PHLEBITIS | 9 | Medical term for the inflammation of veins |