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Definitions for word INERTIA

The following 25 definitions were found. Click the dates to see the answer in context.
DateGridClueAuthor
Friday, May 22, 200956ASluggard's problemManny Nosowsky
Saturday, November 22, 200823DTorporFrank Longo
Tuesday, September 16, 200852AResistance to changeMichael Langwald
Thursday, November 22, 200714ASluggishnessOliver Hill
Thursday, March 08, 200710DIt keeps things goingGilbert H. Ludwig
Thursday, July 21, 200515ASlothfulnessPatrick Blindauer
Sunday, January 16, 200578AIt keeps the ball rollingDamon J. Gulczynski
Sunday, June 13, 2004108AResistance to changeRichard Silvestri
Wednesday, April 28, 20044DResistance to changeJohn Underwood
Tuesday, October 14, 200328AResistance to changeFred Piscop
Saturday, June 14, 200318DPossible reason to lie in bed all morningManny Nosowsky
Saturday, August 24, 20026DNotion about motionChuck Menning
Saturday, March 02, 200258ADisinclination to changeJim Page
Friday, October 26, 200139DSubject of Mach's principlePeter Gordon
Tuesday, October 24, 200043DSluggishnessAlan Arbesfeld
Sunday, August 06, 200030AInactivityManny Nosowsky
Saturday, July 08, 20008DIt may be hard to overcomeRandolph Ross
Friday, June 23, 20002DLack of get-up-and-goNoah Dephoure
Monday, June 05, 200037DSubject of a law of physicsWilliam A. Ballard
Thursday, July 22, 19998DStaying power?M. Preston Sherwood
Friday, August 22, 19973DIt'll keep you goingFrank Longo
Sunday, May 18, 19979DPhysics topicFrances Hansen
Saturday, December 07, 199662ASubject of Newton's first lawR. H. Burns
Sunday, June 12, 199457DSluggishnessFrances Hansen
Monday, April 11, 199451ALethargyMartin Schneider