(NOUN) is the (NOUN) of (NOUN)
- commission1 is the indirect lighting2 of sounding rocket3
- 1 a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)
2 a concealed lighting fixture
3 a research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes - Bengal light1 is the lake bottom2 of Ninth of Ab3
- 1 a steady bright blue light; formerly used as a signal but now a firework
2 the bottom of a lake
3 (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem - executive routine1 is the hack2 of Red Army Faction3
- 1 a routine that coordinates the operation of subroutines
2 a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
3 a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998 - Oliver Hazard Perry1 is the cause of death2 of discourse3
- 1 United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819)
2 the causal agent resulting in death
3 extended verbal expression in speech or writing - quartering1 is the drift2 of Baltic language3
- 1 dividing into four equal parts
2 a process of linguistic change over a period of time
3 a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European - judgement of dismissal1 is the shock treatment2 of island3
- 1 a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
2 treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions
3 a zone or area resembling an island - tot1 is the common multiple2 of delayed action3
- 1 a small amount (especially of a drink)
2 an integer that is a multiple of two or more other integers
3 a mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture - Roman numeral1 is the steer2 of Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe3
- 1 a symbol in the old Roman notation; I,V,X,L,C,D,M represent 1,5,10,50,100,500,1000 respectively in Arabic notation
2 an indication of potential opportunity
3 island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves - Paris1 is the Saracen2 of Reform Jew3
- 1 a town in northeastern Texas
2 (when used broadly) any Arab
3 liberal Jew who tries to adapt all aspects of Judaism to modern circumstances - turban1 is the fundamental interaction2 of absolute temperature3
- 1 a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
2 (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
3 temperature measured on the absolute scale - Toledo1 is the crystallization2 of annoyance3
- 1 an industrial city in northwestern Ohio on Lake Erie
2 a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
3 anger produced by some annoying irritation - mark1 is the load2 of subscription warrant3
- 1 a visible indication made on a surface
2 a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
3 a warrant that expires on a stipulated date - glandular Labrador tea1 is the Old Line State2 of accommodation3
- 1 a Rocky Mountain shrub similar to Ledum groenlandicum
2 a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
3 living quarters provided for public convenience - blue law1 is the candy cane2 of bidder3
- 1 a statute regulating work on Sundays
2 a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes)
3 someone who makes an offer - running back1 is the hawthorn2 of figment3
- 1 (football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage
2 a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
3 a contrived or fantastic idea - Counsel to the Crown1 is the Co2 of latent schizophrenia3
- 1 a barrister selected to serve as counsel to the British ruler
2 a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition
3 schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia - fungus1 is the furnishing2 of pinpoint3
- 1 an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
2 (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel
3 a very brief moment - shoal1 is the frontispiece2 of pillar3
- 1 a large group of fish
2 an ornamental facade
3 a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) - desire1 is the sink2 of John Wesley3
- 1 an inclination to want things
2 plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
3 English clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791) - terminus a quo1 is the legendary creature2 of abdominal aorta3
- 1 earliest limiting point
2 a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual
3 a branch of the descending aorta
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