Any of several plants indigenous to the western United States, of genus Oxytropis or Astragalus.

(astronomy) The small cluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way Galaxy; includes Andromeda, Triangulum, the Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud and others.

(labor) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.

plural of locum

(military) A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front. / (figuratively) Close connection, unison, rigid synchronization.

(slang) A jail cell, or a period of incarceration. / (UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage.

(arithmetic) A device and technique described in Napier's treatise Rabdologiæ for performing multiplication, division and extraction of square roots by using counters to represent numbers in binary.

Any form of government whose remit covers an area less than that of the nation and, in some cases, less than that of a state.

A vegetable gum extracted from the seeds of the carob (locust beans) and used as a food additive; chemically, it is a galactomannan.

(transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone). / (transitive) To invest in something long term. / (intransitive) To close all doors and windows (of a place) securely.