(informal) A region straddling the Northeastern and East North Central United States that has undergone economic decline and population loss due to the shrinking of its once powerful industrial sector.

A condition caused by methylmercury poisoning, characterised by paresthesia, ataxia, and impaired speech and vision.

plural of Russian olive

banya

plural of Russian bath

serving the dishes of a meal in courses, one after another

A joint made between surfaces of iron by filling the space between them with a wet mixture of cast-iron borings, sal ammoniac, and sulfur, which by oxidation becomes hard and impervious to steam, water, etc.

Aceria anthocoptes, a mite of the family Eriophyidae found on Cirsium arvense, the Canada thistle. / A pink citrus rust mite (Aculops pelekassi) / A citrus rust mite (Phyllocoptruta oleivora).

Any rush of the genus Scirpus.

Juncus bufonius, a common species of rush found worldwide, growing in moist and muddy places.