present participle of make love

(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of four semitones and spanning three degrees of the diatonic scale. Major scales are so named because of the major third interval between the tonic and mediant of a major tonic triad. It is enharmonically equivalent to a diminished fourth.

The person in charge of an organization, clan, tribe, or other group. / The leader of a village.

(intransitive, Britain, informal, potentially offensive) To act with honour, decency, and responsibility.

(marketing) The systematic collection and evaluation of data regarding customers' preferences for actual and potential products and services.

A crop that is ploughed into the soil to improve its fertility

A forced movement of people, on foot, in such circumstances that many die during the journey.

An area of grassland, besides a river, that is subject to periodic flooding.

The pervasive surveillance of an entire population, or a substantial fraction thereof.

An explosive device sent through the post; a letter bomb or parcel bomb.