The main structural member of a tree.

Any of the most numerous family, Halcyonidae, of kingfishers; they are widely distributed in Africa, Asia and Australia.

(medicine) An acute infectious disease, caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana (now Bartonella quintana) and transmitted by the louse Pediculus humanus, that affected very many soldiers during World War I.

Alternative form of trencher-man

A popular sci-fi media franchise set in the future, primarily focusing on the adventures of the personnel of a space navy of an interstellar political federation of which Earth is a charter member.

Futuristic, particularly with respect to things similar in appearance or effect to technology in the Star Trek franchise.

An aspect of motor development in children in which they develop their ability of moving the upper parts of the body before the lower parts.

(law, derogatory) A pragmatic approach to justice that is entirely discretionary and transcends legal rights or precedent, enabling the court to make such order as it thinks fair and just in the circumstances of the case.

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

(archaeology) A triangle-shaped cut in a tell, used to see how many levels there are or to find information about each separate settlement.