A flexible ladder, constructed of rope, often with wooden rungs, suspended from the top

The cooked leg of a chicken.

(US, history) Any law that racially segregated public facilities and which was enacted in Southern and border states in the United States between 1876 and 1965.

(anatomy) The pool of tears in the lower conjunctival cul-de-sac of the eye, which drains into the opening of the tear drainage system

plural of quake lake

A lake formed after the damming of a watercourse by a landslide caused by an earthquake.

(idiomatic, nautical) The ability, when walking aboard a ship, to anticipate the motion of the deck so as to walk steadily without losing balance.

In a situation in which one is mismatched with one or more others whose accomplishments, preparedness, or other characteristics are on a significantly higher or lower level than one's own.

Paid absence from work specifically to recover from illness.

For a long time. / (formal or dated) At last, finally, eventually. / (archaic) In full; without omission or abbreviation.