(idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly UK) Used to introduce a qualification or contrastive statement, especially when toning down or rectifying

To convert to a mineral; to petrify. / To impregnate with minerals. / To mineralogize; to collect and study minerals.

a small poodle between 11-15 inches (28-38 cm)

A mine from which coal ore or coal minerals are mined.

The principal minister of a ruler or state. / (Canada, often in plural) The prime minister or a provincial or territorial premier.

Alternative form of Maunder Minimum

(astronomy) A period similar to the Maunder Minimum observed on a star other than the Sun.

(astronomy) The period between 1645 and 1715 marked by records and other indications of very low levels of sunspot activity of Earth's sun, corresponding to a period of global cooling.

A diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea.

(mathematics) Any surface that has the least possible surface area of those into which it could transform; typically the shapes of soap bubbles that span wire frames