(software, object-oriented programming) A class that creates an object having a non-trivial creation process, implementing the factory method pattern.

(zoology) Any extinct cephalopod in the family Geisonoceratidae.

simple past tense and past participle of cower

(obsolete, of a weapon, etc.) Sharp-pointed; keen. / Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant. / Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.