Urocyon littoralis, a species of fox native to the Channel Islands off the coast of California. Each of the six largest islands in the chain has its own native subspecies of fox.

Small amounts of money, especially coinage.

(rail transport) The man-made tunnel under the English Channel joining England and France.

(biochemistry) A protein complex or single protein which penetrates a cell membrane and catalyzes the passage of specific ions through that membrane.

(idiomatic) A profound transformation; a metamorphosis.

The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks. / The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water. / The navigable part of a river.

(transitive) To make or cut a channel or groove in. / (transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course. / (transitive, of a spirit, as of a dead person) To serve as a medium for.

(nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.

A political party in Zimbabwe, founded in 1999. Abbreviation: MDC.

(cricket) The ten-minute interval between one side's innings ending and the other side's beginning.