(shipbuilding) To curve inward; said of the timbers or upper parts of a ship's side which are much within a perpendicular.

(finance) An institution specialising in the acceptance and guarantee of bills of exchange, thereby facilitating the lending of money.

accepting house

Synonym of know one's ass from a hole in the ground

dorsal hood

(anatomy) The connective attachment by which the extensor tendons insert into the phalanges.

The automation of housework and household management.

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative form of debt of honor

An X-linked recessive connective tissue disorder caused by a deficiency in the transport of copper, and leading to the formation of projections on the back of the skull.

The part of a restaurant etc. not open to the public.