a strip of paper impregnated with nitre, used as a fuse for firing gunpowder, fireworks etc.

A large public, urban park in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.

A written work, usually a novel, which is sufficiently interesting or suspenseful to keep the reader 'turning the pages'.

Alternative spelling of panvitalism

plural of page-turner

A company that is contracted, by a bank etc., to conduct some part of a financial transaction process; especially a company that provides software or hardware for such a process

(of a defeated army) To be humiliated by the victors.

A friction element in a disc brake.

(chemistry) paper containing a water-soluble pH indicator composed of a mixture of different dyes extracted from certain lichens. The resulting piece of paper is used to test materials for acidity, turning red when acidic and blue when alkaline.

A person with whom someone has had sex.