A family, one of whose members is a member of one of the charitable pearly guilds from East London, and who dress in unique pearly suits for election as pearly kings and queens in April each year.

(anthropology) A family system in which a couple's firstborn child lives with them in the family home, and that child's spouse moves into the home of said in-laws, so that the younger couple's children are raised in the home of their grandparents. Usually, the younger offspring move out upon marriage. The inheritance, depending on the culture, may or may not be the most favorable to the firstborn.

A family in the working class.

A meal eaten together by the members of a family. / The meal served to the kitchen staff of a restaurant before it opens to the public.

(inorganic chemistry) The metallic elements of the boron group, namely aluminium, gallium, indium and thallium

A gallery in a theater, generally one containing inexpensive seats. / The social circle comprising one's family.

A group of cancers including the Ewing sarcoma and others.

A public holiday in South Africa, Vietnam, Vanuatu, and parts of Canada, the United States, and Australia, intended to allow people to spend time with their families.

(India) A household consisting of two or more closely-related nuclear families, such as two or more brothers along with their wives and children, or multiple generations along with spouses.

plural of family physician.