1. (noun) English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)

• roger bacon

2. (noun) English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)

• 1st baron verulam
• baron verulam
• francis bacon
• sir francis bacon
• viscount st. albans

1. (noun) back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

• bacon strip
• canadian bacon
• flitch
• side of bacon
• gammon

1. (noun) back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

• cut of pork