a mechanical device, often coin-operated, for determining the weight of an object or person

(intransitive) To charge an exorbitant price for a service or product so that no one will purchase it. / (transitive) To force competition out of business by offering lower or discount prices.

The cockatoo species Lophochroa leadbeateri or Cacatua leadbeateri, having distinctive salmon pink plumage and a bright red and yellow crest.

Alternative letter-case form of Mary (“male homosexual”)

An overwhelming force. / (law) An unavoidable catastrophe, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal obligation.

(cricket) a fielding position on the off side, behind square, near the boundary; a fielder in that position

(physics, chemistry) a technique of separating ions of different masses by measuring the time taken to traverse a fixed distance through a magnetic field

(physics, analytical chemistry) An analytical technique that measures the mass / charge ratio of the ions formed when a molecule or atom is ionized, vaporized and introduced into a vacuum. Mass spectrometry may also involve breaking molecules into fragments - thus enabling its structure to be determined.

Traded on the black market. / Contraband, bootleg or smuggled.

(intransitive) To participate in a black market. / (transitive) To sell in a black market.