One of the numbered classes in a standard system that categorizes routes, bridges, or rafts according to the load they can carry. Vehicles are also assigned class number(s) indicating the minimum class of route, bridge, or raft they are authorized to use.

Retaining proper functionality over long periods of time with little or no maintenance. / (figuratively) Of a person: self-sufficient and not requiring much attention.

The location of low tide in a coastal area. / The lowest stage of a river. / The temporary situation of having little money.

Any of many subspecies of small passerine birds with long tails, Aegithalos caudatus, found throughout Europe and Asia

(finance) A type of loan that is secured against a property and allows the owner to borrow and repay money at leisure. Periodic payments of at least accumulated interest are required, but the loan is fully open: it may be paid out in whole or in part at any time and, if there is still money available under the loan ceiling, the borrower may take more money for his or her use.

The process by which an electric utility cuts power to some customers in response to a shortage of available electricity.

(hymnody) A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of iambic tetrameter, usually having rhyme in the second and fourth lines.

(usually followed by of) The gist; the essence or substance; the most important or salient features.

plural of love child

(construction, civil engineering) Able to support a load.