(pathology) A chronic intoxication produced by the absorption of lead into the body, characterized by severe colicky pains, a dark line along the gums, and local muscular paralysis.

(idiomatic, UK, Australia, New Zealand) One's feet or legs, regarded as a means of transport.

Alternative form of floating point.

(computing) Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation.

(idiomatic, UK) Water, specifically drinking water supplied by a public utility company.

(mathematics) Of a number, written in two parts as a mantissa (also called significand, the value of the significant digits) and characteristic (order of magnitude / the power of a number base) e.g. 0.314159 × 10¹.

A pool of water used for swimming, usually one which has been artificially constructed.

A doctrine that rejects structuralism’s claims to objectivity and emphasises the plurality of meaning.

A short sleep taken in the daytime in order to refresh a person and generally terminated before deep sleep begins so as not to leave the sleeper drowsy.

A conservative style of business dress that gives an impression of confidence and efficiency and was used especially by women in the 1970s and 1980s to succeed in a male-dominated business world.