The secret ballot system of voting in which voting is done in private on a state-issued ballot, and ballots incorrectly marked are set aside as invalid.

An English surname transferred from the given name; a variant of Austin. / Jane Austen, English novelist.

(astronomy) A small summer constellation of the northern sky said to resemble a crown.

plural of Australian ballot

Carettochelys insculpta, a species of soft-shelled turtle native to freshwater streams, lagoons and rivers of the Northern Territory of Australia and of southern New Guinea.

A medium-sized, short-haired domestic cat of a breed originating in Australia.

(historical) A former country in Central Europe from 1867 to 1918.

Those areas of the world, mostly in Southeast Asia and the Pacific but also including Madagascar, that are inhabited by speakers of Austronesian languages.

plural of austerity

comparative form of austere: more austere