(music) A slow, introspective African-American song type that has its origin in solo work songs, featuring a meandering melody, irregular rhythms, and various forms of wordless vocalization.

plural of root field

A European medicinal herb (Eryngium capestre) of the carrot family.

(medicine, pathology) An epidemic with unusually serious consequences resulting from contact of an infectious and/or contagious agent with a population not previously exposed to it.

A situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side.

(chemistry, physics) a theory, a combination of the earlier crystal field theory with molecular orbital theory, that describes the structure of coordination compounds

(physics) the instrument used in field emission microscopy

(physics) a technique that uses field emission of electrons or positive ions from the needle-shaped tip of an emitter to produce a magnified image of the emitter surface (showing each atom) on a fluorescent screen

The use of mathematics and a large number of loudspeakers to accurately reproduce a given field of sound.

A species of the sub-family Murinae (Old World rats and mice), Apodemus agrarius