the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic level; an extension of statistical mechanics based on quantum theory (especially the Pauli exclusion principle)
large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923
providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"
of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"
a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"