absent-minded, troubled, distracted

(historical) Either of two types of civil authorities set up in England in the late 19th century to be responsible for public health.

(Britain, historical) A sanitary district that was established in a municipal borough.

(Britain, historical) A sanitary district established in an area not having a town government.

A substance used to force a distillate in a distillation, as it has a boiling point more than that of the substance to be extracted and less than that of the impurities. It is rarely used but mostly with fractional distillation when column packing is used. As it vaporises it heats the column packing and causes the trapped fluid to rise over.

(computing) a network server that stores the installation files for distribution over a network.

Over a great length or distance. / Referring to a non-local telephone call; a toll call. / Referring to a romantic relationship: between two people with a considerable distance between them.

Distortion in an electronic circuit caused by the potential applied across elements to provide a zero signal.

(statistics) A probability distribution widely used in inferential statistics.

A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy. / (obsolete) Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. / (obsolete) Discomfort; uneasiness.