(historical) A European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region from 1611 to 1721.

(physics) A phenomenon that occurs when an electric current passes through an anisotropic crystal.

A hypothesized phenomenon by which people tend to perceive that mass media messages have a greater effect on others than on themselves, based on personal biases.

The chufa

An unpleasant death, demise or conclusion, especially when deserved or brought about by one's own actions.

The edge of a new knife. A new knife is not necessarily polished to its full potential or to the customer's liking.

A village and civil parish in Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE462061).

A city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, across the Mississippi from Saint Louis, Missouri.

(India) A whitish-grey sandy efflorescence, found in many places, from which by boiling and the addition of quicklime a strong alkali is obtained.

In the game of craps, a prominent space on the table where one can place a bet that the shooter will roll an eight before a seven.