Any of several species of Asiatic songbirds, of the genera Garrulax and Grammatoptila and related genera of the family Leiothrichidae.

(engineering) A knuckle joint having shoulders that abut when the connected pieces come into line with each other, and thus permit folding in one direction only.

An old-fashioned life jacket having thin pieces of cork enclosed within canvas.

(slang, sometimes offensive) a nickname for New York, referring to its Jewish population

A small insulated Leyden jar, placed between an electrical machine and a larger jar or battery, so as to announce, by its repeated discharges, the amount of electricity passed into the larger jar.

plural of miscarriage of justice

A joint made between surfaces of iron by filling the space between them with a wet mixture of cast-iron borings, sal ammoniac, and sulfur, which by oxidation becomes hard and impervious to steam, water, etc.

Any plant of three species of spiderworts, Tradescantia pallida, Tradescantia fluminensis, and Tradescantia zebrina. / The plant Saxifraga stolonifera.

One who does miscellaneous printing, especially circulars, cards, billheads, etc.

elephant shrew (Macroscelididae)