(law) A kind of government bond that is a charge against the taxpayers generally, as distinguished from bonds for improvements, the cost of which is charged to the property specially benefited.

(computing, electronics) a circuit that produces a timing signal for use in synchronizing a circuit's operation.

(medicine) An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation to the whole body, usually to the point of unconsciousness.

(genetics) The transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA and thus into a protein.

Applicable or available to all genders. / Not indicating or restricted by gender, and thus applicable or available to those of any gender and to those of no gender.

A nocturnal ground-dwelling gecko, Eublepharis macularius.

In the general case; without further assumption; without qualification; in all respects. / As a rule; usually.

(Australia, mass noun) Collectively, those Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who as children who were removed from their families by government agencies or church missions, between approximately 1869 and (officially) 1969.

(Australia, usually in the plural) Collectively, those Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were removed from their families as children, within some given generation (nominal period of time over which children grow up, before having children of their own).

plural of Secretary General