a building for indoor sports

tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal

The chief, senior or most authoritative of a group of linesmen officiating at a match.

clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar

The ability of an object to absorb radiation, measured as the ratio of absorbed flux to incident flux.

pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract

being four more than sixty

Wine sauce is a culinary sauce prepared with wine as a primary ingredient, heated and mixed with stock, butter, herbs, spices, onions, garlic and other ingredients. Several types of wines may be used, including red wine, white wine and port wine. Some versions are prepared using a reduction. Several types of wine sauces exist, and it is used in many dishes, including those prepared with seafood, poultry and beef.
Wine sauces are associated with French cuisine.

the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction

Uropsilus soricipes, commonly known as the shrew-like gymnure or the shrew-faced squirrel, is a mammal species in the family Talpidae. This creature is native to China and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is temperate forests, made vulnerable due to habitat loss. It is classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This species is nocturnal, insectivorous and known for its peculiar morphology, looking like a cross between a shrew and a squirrel.