Mr. Bunnypants: One of Corrine's stuffed animals. First mentioned in Stopwatch; followed up on in Inquiry.

Bovary, Emma - Madame Bovary, published 1857 by Gustave Flaubert, tells a story of an adulterous Emma Bovary and her husband who doesn't know about the affairs. (reference: Chirality)

Cat's Cradle: A two or more player game involving string wrapped around a player's hands in a fashion that allows special areas of the string to be pinched, pulled, and transfered to another player's hands. The goal is to follow the sequence without letting the string become undone. (reference: Wormhole²)

Cathemeral: When one is active during both the day and night with no regular sleep pattern. (reference: Nocturnal)

Cerebral cortex: the part of the brain that stores long-term memory. (reference: Who?)

Chirality: A basic principle of chemistry. A form of a molecule does not match its chiral (opposite) form since it won't be the same when overlapped but is instead a mirror-opposite. (reference: Chirality)

Cold fusion: A theoretical process that pulls the energy out of the water molecules by releasing the potential energy of the molecules. (reference: Transference)

Consternation: confusion caused by amazement or dismay. (reference: Hologram)

Covalent molecule: A molecule that shares atleast one pair of electrons. (reference: Allure)

Culturing: The process of growing something in a Petri dish. (reference: Culture)

Madame Marie Curie - Born: November 7, 1867; Died: July 4, 1934. First woman to receive a Nobel prize for her work in discovering Radium. (reference: Past)

Despot dictator: One who rules as an authoritarian. (reference: Vision)

Doctoral dissertation: A thesis/opinion which is presented for a degree (reference: Who)

Earhart, Amelia - Born: July 24, 1879 in Kansas (United States); Missing July 2, 1937. A woman pioneer of aviation. Disappeared while attempting to fly around the world. (reference: Chirality)

Einstein-Rosen Bridge: Another name for a wormhole (not a black hole as incorrectly stated in Wormhole)

Elizabeth I - Born: September 7, 1533; Died: March 24, 1603. Reigned as queen, without a king, during the Golden Age of England when England experienced increased global power and influence. She was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. (reference: Chirality)

Extracorporeal shockwave liphotripsy: The use of sound to travel through the body without harming the body. (reference: Nanotechnology)

Franklin, Benjamin - Born: January 17, 1706; Died: – April 17, 1790. One of the Founders of the United States of America. Benjamin worked as a printer of a newspaper and inventor. He advanced the fields of electricity and meterology. In 1750, he proposed an experiment where a kite would be flown during a thunderstorm in an attempt to prove that lightning is electricity. During the United States Revolutionary War, he served as ambassador to France, where he was well liked, to persuade France to join the war against Great Britain. Believed the US national bird should be the turkey. (reference: Past)

Gravity: A force that pulls all objects to each other.

Hippocampus: Part of the brain located in the temporal lobe. This section houses short-term memory. (reference: Who?)

Importance of Being Earnest, The: A play created by Oscar Wilde, it pokes fun at the English upper classes using light satire humor. First performed in 1895 (reference: Past)

Kamchatka: A peninsula in the far east of Russia, east of the Sea of Okhotsk, known for its unique wildlife and environmental beauty. (reference: Wormhole²)

Magna Cum Laude: "with great distinction". It is a mark of academic excellence. (reference: Who?)

Mandible: A lower jaw consisting one bone or fused bones. Also: a pair of mouth appendages forming strong biting jaws - Mandibular. See Queen Mandibular Pheromone. (Reference: Pheromones).

Nano- : the prefix of a billionth.

Newton's first law (of motion): an object at rest remains at rest and an object in motion remains in motion until an external force is applied on the object. (reference: Fate)

Newton's second law (of motion): acceleration equals force divided by mass. (reference: Fate)

Palladium: (Source: http://www.webelements.com/)

Parks, Rosa - Born: February 4, 1913 in Alabama (United States); Died: October 24, 2005. Figure in the American Civil Rights movement. Famous for her refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. (reference: Chirality)

Pearadyne Industries: Created by Victor Pearson. It was destroyed by an accident which has caused unusual events to take place on the lands around it, especially at the local school, Blake Holsey High. Victor works to rebuild it.

Photosynthesis: The process of which organisms, mostly plants, create their own food by processing carbon dioxide, H₂O, and energy from sunlight. (reference: Who?)

Pluto: The 9th planet from the Sun, discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. At the time of its discovery, it was thought to be about the size of Earth. Now that its true size is better known, controversy over whether or not it is a planet has been raised. A day on Pluto is 153 hours long (not 140 as jokingly commented by Lucas). Pluto has one moon, Chiron. (reference: Pheromones)

Quaker: A pacifist. The colony of Pennsylvannia was originally founded by William Penn as a home for Quakers. (reference: Who?)

Principal (Durst)'s office: Where the law is in full effect.

Queen Mandibular Pheromone: Pheromones excreted from the mandibular glands from the queen bee. These pheromones play a role in regulating behavior, including the attraction of workers, by the queen. See 9-oxodec E-2 enoic acid (Reference: Pheromones)

Rapid Eye Movement (REM): The stage of sleep where dreams occur. The eye rapidly moves, dispite the person being asleep. (Reference: Nocturnal)

RAM: Random Access Memory. RAM computer chips process programs that are open and active. The amount of programs that can be open and running at the same time is restricted by the amount of RAM on the computer. This memory is erased when the computer is turned off. (reference: Who?)

Sabbatical: A leave of absence (reference: Wormhole)

Science Club: A group of students who investigate mysterious events.

Science (teacher's) office: The location of the wormhole.

Shin: The front part of the bone below the knee. The weakest bone on the body (reference: Wormhole²)

Swarm: Applied to fish, birds, and insects of similar size and body composition travelling in a group at the same speed and direction. When applied to honeybees, it refers to the reproduction of the colony. The bees will leave the colony in groups; the first swarm will follow the old queen while future swarms establish new queens. (reference: Pheromones)

Tess of the d'Urbervilles: written 1891 by Thomas Hardy, is a novel involving the punishment of the character of Tess for a sin, involving morality and injustice. (reference: Chirality)

Wormhole: A theoretical pathway that has the ability to bridge two points in space and/or time.

Vortex: In Strange Days at Blake Holsey High, this is a reference to the Wormhole.