| Term | Definition |
| Course 1 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Course 2 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Course 3 | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Course 4 | Architecture |
| Course 5 | Chemistry |
| Course 6 | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
| Course 7 | Biology |
| Course 8 | Physics |
| Course 9 | Brain and Cognitive Sciences |
| Course 10 | Chemical Engineering |
| Course 11 | Urban Studies and Planning |
| Course 12 | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences |
| Course 13 | Ocean Engineering |
| Course 14 | Economics |
| Course 15 | Management |
| Course 16 | Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| Course 17 | Political Science |
| Course 18 | Mathematics |
| Course 20 | Biological Engineering |
| Course 21A | Anthropology |
| Course 21F | Foreign Languages and Literatures |
| Course 21H | History |
| Course 21L | Literature |
| Course 21M | Music and Theater Arts |
| Course 21W | Writing and Humanistic Studies |
| Course 21 | Humanities |
| Course 22 | Nuclear Engineering |
| Course 24 | Linguistics and Philosophy |
| vestige | an indication that something has been present, A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone. |
| lipid | an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents |
| nucleic acid | (biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotid chains that are vital constituents of all living cells |
| polymer | a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers |
| hydrolysis | a chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds |
| ribose | a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid |
| glucose | a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms |
| aldose | a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal |
| ketose | any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal |
| disaccharide | any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis |
| glycerol | a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils |