An area in the Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes have disappeared under allegedly mysterious circumstances.

(by extension) Any place where things mysteriously disappear.

A staged trial, running in parallel with a real one that is thought to be politically motivated or otherwise rigged, in which the truth can be made public.

(engineering) The accumulation of loads that are directed toward a particular structural member.

One who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard. / An instrument used for sampling something. / One who tries judicially.

A trigger that will set off a firearm when even a very small pressure is applied.

Unstable; in a situation that could be worsened by the slightest mistake. / Easily angered; having a short temper.

A soft knit fabric.

One who trifles, or treats something as inconsequential. / A pewterer who produced small pewter utensils such as salt cellars.

Any of several parasitic roundworms, of the genus Trichinella, that infect the intestines and cause trichinosis