# The Atoz Game (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 2, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341 "2025-12-02T22:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 48
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**A to Z in science** Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability ---
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**A to Z in science** Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability Genome ---
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**A to Z in science** Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability Genome Higgs boson ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/944 "2026-05-04T11:12:54Z")
**A to Z in science** Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability Genome Higgs boson Ichthyology ---
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**A to Z in science** Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability Genome Higgs boson Ichthyology Jupiter’s moons ---
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**A to Z in science** Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability Genome Higgs boson Ichthyology Jupiter’s moons Krypton Element #36. Or maybe it’s a faraway planet that was home to Jor-el and Lara Lor-Van. ---
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**A to Z in science** Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability Genome Higgs boson Ichthyology Jupiter’s moons Krypton Laboratory ---
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**A to Z in science** Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability Genome Higgs boson Ichthyology Jupiter’s moons Krypton Laboratory Mandibles ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/949 "2026-05-04T18:29:56Z")
[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:948, topic:1025341, full:true”] **A to Z in science** Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability Genome Higgs boson Ichthyology Jupiter’s moons Krypton Laboratory Mandibles Nanotech ---
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**A to Z in science** Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability Genome Higgs boson Ichthyology Jupiter’s moons Krypton Laboratory Mandibles Nanotech Oxidation number ---
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**A to Z in science** Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability Genome Higgs boson Ichthyology Jupiter’s moons Krypton Laboratory Mandibles Nanotech Oxidation number Protons _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/952 "2026-05-04T22:07:29Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > Mandibles Seems I’m missing something here. Is there a meaning other than “jawbone” or “insect mouth parts” that googling is not finding for me? ---
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A to Z in science Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability Genome Higgs boson Ichthyology Jupiter’s moons Krypton Laboratory Mandibles Nanotech Oxidation number Protons Quarks ---
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**A to Z in science** Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability Genome Higgs boson Ichthyology Jupiter’s moons Krypton Laboratory Mandibles Nanotech Oxidation number Protons Quarks Radiation ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/955 "2026-05-05T00:22:30Z")
**A to Z in science** Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability Genome Higgs boson Ichthyology Jupiter’s moons Krypton Laboratory Mandibles Nanotech Oxidation number Protons Quarks Radiation Sterile environments ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/956 "2026-05-05T00:23:56Z")
**A to Z in science** Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability Genome Higgs boson Ichthyology Jupiter’s moons Krypton Laboratory Mandibles Nanotech Oxidation number Protons Quarks Radiation Sterile environments Theory ---
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[quote=“kenobi\_65, post:956, topic:1025341, full:true”] **A to Z in science** Atom Botany Chemistry Dark matter Electricity Falsifiability Genome Higgs boson Ichthyology Jupiter’s moons Krypton Laboratory Mandibles Nanotech Oxidation number Protons Quarks Radiation Sterile environments Theory Unified field theory ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/958 "2026-05-05T01:42:25Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > > [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > > > Mandibles > > Seems I’m missing something here. Is there a meaning other than ‘jawbone’ or ‘insect mouth parts’ that googling is not finding for me? I didn’t post it, but yes, mandibles are mouth parts, and the term is used in both entomology as well as anatomy — both of which I would consider to be scientific fields of study Your mileage may vary _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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I give you the late lamented Maxilla & Mandible, “A Natural History and Science Emporium” a block away from NYC’s American Museum of Natural History. They sold fossils, dinosaur bones among others. They were open for 28 years, and closed in 2011. “Walking into [Maxilla & Mandible](http://www.maxillaandmandible.com/) feels like stumbling into an attic where an explorer has stashed a lifetime of discoveries. A toothy crocodile skull smiles at visitors from the front display window, a stuffed boar’s head stares down from one wall, and moths the size of an adult’s hand are pinned inside nearby display cases. A basket of “assorted bones” sits on one shelf (six bones for $1.)” [Fossil Shop to Go Way of Dinosaurs - Upper West Side & Morningside Heights - New York - DNAinfo](https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110824/upper-west-side/uws-fossil-shop-go-way-of-dinosaurs) [Maxilla & Mandible in Manhattan | Atlas Obscura](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/maxilla-mandible) ---
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