(idiomatic) A disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation.

A tropical tree, Delonix regia, grown for its bright red flower clusters; native to Madagascar but grown in many other tropical regions; the flamboyant

(physics, quantum mechanics) The lowest possible energy of a given quantum mechanical system.

The rewarding of virtue, and the punishment of vice, especially in an ironic manner.

(idiomatic) right now, or in the near and foreseeable future

(obsolete, of a weapon, etc.) Sharp-pointed; keen. / Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant. / Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.

An issue that is subject to, or open for, discussion or debate, to which no satisfactory answer is found; originally, one to be definitively determined by an assembly of the people.

(idiomatic, slang, originally US, chiefly in the plural) Credit or praise for good work or a good deed, often for the express purpose of currying favor.

Alternative form of drypoint

A component in a device, or a point in a network, that, if it were to fail would cause the entire device or network to fail; normally eliminated by adding redundancy.