Watson

American  

[wot-suhn] / ˈwɒt sən /

noun

1. James Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.

2. John Ian Maclaren, 1850–1907, Scottish clergyman and novelist.

3. John Broadus 1878–1958, U.S. psychologist.

4. John Christian, 1867–1941, Australian statesman, born in Chile: prime minister 1904.

5. Thomas Augustus, 1854–1934, U.S. electrical experimenter, associated with Alexander Graham Bell.

6. Thomas John, 1874–1956, U.S. industrialist.

7. Thomas Sturges Tom, born 1949, U.S. golfer.

8. Sir William, 1858–1935, English poet.

9. a male given name.

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Watson British  

/ ˈwɒtsən /

noun

1. James Dewey. born 1928, US biologist, whose contribution to the discovery of the helical structure of DNA won him a Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine shared with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins in 1962

2. John B ( roadus ). 1878–1958, US psychologist; a leading exponent of behaviourism

3. John Christian. 1867–1941, Australian statesman, born in Chile: prime minister of Australia (1904)

4. Russell. born 1973, British tenor; his albums include The Voice (2001) and Encore (2002)

5. Tom, full name Thomas Sturges Watson. born 1949, US golfer, won eight major titles: the US Masters (1977, 1981), the US Open (1982), and the British Open (1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983)

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Watson Scientific  

/ wŏt′sən /

1. American biologist who, working with Francis Crick, identified the structure of DNA in 1953. By analyzing the patterns cast by x-rays striking DNA molecules, they discovered that DNA has the structure of a double helix, two spirals linked together by bases in ladderlike rungs. For this work Watson and Crick shared with Maurice Wilkins the 1962 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

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“I never wanted to go” to the hospital, Watson said during an on-field interview with Prime after the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Ms. Corn presents serious works, such as Gordon Parks’s arresting 1942 photograph of the charwoman Ella Watson standing before an American flag with a mop and broom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

It was a scene Watson would have liked to have avoided in the first place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

"As river valleys become increasingly populated, development decisions being made today will shape disaster risk for decades to come," warns the study's lead author, University of Leeds glaciologist C Scott Watson.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

But when he and Hab entered the schoolhouse, and Master Watson bristled his eyebrows at them, Nat’s knees began to shake.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

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