(UK) A note from a doctor certifying the patient is ill, and therefore unable to go to work, school etc. / (UK, idiomatic) Someone who dodges work because of (feigned) illness.

A system used by dentists for associating information with a specific tooth.

A species of mole, Condylura cristata, identified by the 22 sensory appendages around the snout.

Alternative form of the apple does not fall far from the tree

Alternative form of the apple does not fall far from the tree

Used to indicate acknowledgment that what one has just said, or what one is about to say, could be viewed as a pun, but was/is not used as a pun. Equally as often the term is used in conversation to call attention to an intended pun.

plural of noun clause

(colloquial) The fact of refusing to speak.

(colloquial) Refusing to speak; uncommunicative.

Incapable of being replicated.