22nd Amendment |
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that ensures that no person can be elected to more than two four-year terms as President of the United States. The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, was passed in reaction to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office. |
baccalaureate |
the degree awarded to most graduates of four-year colleges in the United States; bachelor's degree. [1/2 definitions] |
bachelor |
a person who has earned a four-year college degree. [1/2 definitions] |
bicentenary |
a two-hundred-year anniversary; bicentennial. [1/2 definitions] |
bicentennial |
pertaining to a two-hundred-year anniversary. [2/4 definitions] |
biennial |
a plant with a two-year life cycle. [1/5 definitions] |
bilirubin |
a reddish-yellow pigment that is formed from the breakdown of heme. Elevated levels in blood are responsible for the yellow color in bruises and in jaundice. |
black-eyed Susan |
any of numerous related North American wildflowers with yellow or orange-yellow petals surrounding a dark center. |
blond |
having hair of a golden or whitish-yellow color. [1/3 definitions] |
congress |
(cap.) a two-year session of the U.S. House of Representatives, with the same members throughout. [1/7 definitions] |
derby |
any of numerous horse races run every year and often restricted to three-year-old horses. [1/3 definitions] |
-eth |
used to form an ordinal when a number ends in "-y". |
-ey |
variant of -y1. |
freshman |
a first-year student at a high school, college, or university. [2/4 definitions] |
-ie |
a variant of -y. |
JC |
abbreviation of "junior college," an educational institution that offers a two-year program equivalent to the first two years at a four-year college and that confers an associate degree or certificate. |
jewelweed |
any of several plants in the balsam family having spurred orange-yellow flowers and seedpods that burst open when ripe. |
junior |
in U.S. schools and colleges, a student in the third year of study in a four-year degree program. [1/6 definitions] |
junior college |
an educational institution that offers a two-year program equivalent to the first two years at a four-year college and that confers an associate degree or certificate. |
junk bond |
a low-rated, high-yield corporate bond, often issued to finance the takeover of a company. |
locust |
any of several cicadas, including the seventeen-year locust. [1/5 definitions] |