A former German colony in East Africa, spread mostly over present-day mainland Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.

(Britain) The national system whereby income tax and national insurance is deducted by an employer from the salary or wages of an employee.

Alternative letter-case form of Middle Earth

(archaic) The Earth / (chiefly Norse mythology) synonym for Midgard, the world of traditional Germanic cosmology, conceived as a realm between heaven (Asgard) and hell (Niflheim).

A time too soon to make a decision or come to a conclusion. / The initial period of an innovation / Initial stages of a project.

A conical device designed to channel sound to the apex, placed in the ear to serve as a hearing aid.

(historical) A Slavic language used from the 10th to the 14th centuries by East Slavs in the state of Kievan Rus and its successors. The ancestor of Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn and Ukrainian.

(figuratively, transitive with to) To refuse to listen to something.

(paganism, archaeology) The Great Goddess of the Earth and fertility. / (archaeology) A figurine or depiction of this goddess.

The personification of the Earth, (chiefly) conceived as a fertile, nurturing, and loving mother. / (religion) The goddess of the earth in various cultures.