A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh.

The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism. / A feeling of joy and pride.

A small, narrow loop of rubber or similar material used to hold items or body parts together.

Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased, euphoric.

simple past tense and past participle of elate

Complex, detailed, or sophisticated. / Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.

(transitive) to develop in detail or complexity / (intransitive) (sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand/enlarge in detail

(intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.

(physics) A quantity that measures an object or substance's resistance to being deformed elastically (i.e. non-permanently) when a stress is applied to it, defined as the ratio of stress to strain.