The southern flannel moth, Megalopyge opercularis.

a Tainter gate

any of the numerous minute canals lined with choanocytes which radiate from the paragastric cavity in some sponges and end just below the surface of the sponge

Either of the two plates situated on the disk at the base of each ray of some starfish. / A radial graphite reflector surrounding a pressurized water reactor.

a mechanism in a striking timepiece that allows the hands to be advanced without having to wait for it to strike

Any of several fast-running crabs of the family Ocypodidae.

The use of racially derisive language, actions, or other forms of communication in order to set people against each other, usually in the context of white and black people.

(law, formal) The full rental value of a property, including both land and improvements, if it were subject to an immediate open market rent review. / (chiefly historical, informal) An excessive rent.

(bicycle racing) A mass-start road-cycle race somewhat similar to a criterium in that it consists of several laps of a closed circuit, but where the length of each circuit or lap is slightly longer, up to a couple of miles per lap.

(medicine) Pertaining to or affected by rickets. / Feeble, in a weak or precarious condition.