A period of absence from work taken by an employee due to a personal matter, either illness or death.

(law) To officially require that a witness appear and testify before a court of law or other public authority, under threat of legally enforceable penalties for failure to do so.

(linguistics) A technique for studying the development of languages by performing a feature-by-feature comparison of two or more languages with a common ancestor.

(nautical) The circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs.

magnetic termite

Campylobacter infection

A company in which the liability of members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company.

(nautical) To make a circuit; to take a circuitous route to a place.

(carpentry) A plane, convex in the direction of its length on the underside, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork.

A small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day.