earnest money money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract
earnest characterized by a firm, sincere belief in one's opinions
Ernest Hemingway an American writer of fiction who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961)
earnestly in a sincere and serious manner
earnestness the trait of being serious or sincere
Ernst Mach Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916)
harvest moon the full moon nearest the September equinox
rhinestone an imitation diamond made from rock crystal or glass or paste
anastomose come together or open into each other
ransom money money demanded for the return of a captured person
harvestman spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs
adrenosterone a steroid having androgenic activity
turnstone migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food
hornstone a fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks
Ernest Bevin British labor leader and statesman who played an important role in diplomacy after World War II (1884-1951)
transit zone a six million square mile area that includes the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean; includes the principal routes used by drug smugglers
earned run a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team
testimony something that serves as evidence
Penstemon large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America
Ernest Walton Irish physicist who first split an atom