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Brocked is a slang term, reportedly originating from the Royal New Zealand Airforce, that refers to the act of another aircrew member secretly and sneakily taking away ones allocated flying time or duty.

a pop group not affiliated with a major record company

an elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons

Resize refers to changing the dimensions of an object, image, document or the layout of a system or application. It may involve increasing or decreasing the height, width, or overall size, while maintaining its proportion and quality as much as possible. Resizing can be done either manually or by using specific software tools or algorithms.

A small platform on springs and usually hinged at one end, used to launch or vault onto other equipment.

Pick-up sticks, pick-a-stick, jackstraws, jack straws, spillikins, spellicans, or fiddlesticks is a game of physical and mental skill in which a bundle of sticks, between 8 and 20 centimeters long, is dropped as a loose bunch onto a table top into a random pile. Each player, in turn, tries to remove a stick from the pile without disturbing any of the others. The object of the game is to pick up the most sticks or to score the most points based on the color of the sticks.
The game is believed to have developed from the yarrow stalks used for divination with the Chinese I Ching. It was first published in Germany about 1850. The sticks may be made of almost any material, such as ivory, bone, wood, bamboo, straw, reed, rush, yarrow, or plastics. Some Haida First Nation pick-up sticks are plain maple wood decorated with abalone shell and copper.
Today, the most common pick-up sticks game is Mikado. It remains difficult in all variations.

An ivorybill, short for ivory-billed woodpecker, is a large species of woodpecker native to the virgin forests of the Southeastern United States. It is known for its distinctive white, or ivory-colored, bill. This bird is considered one of the largest woodpeckers in the world and is critically endangered, with some believing it may be extinct.

A looter is a person who steals goods, often during a war, riot, disaster, or other crises, typically in a situation where law and order are not effectively functioning. The act of stealing in such circumstances is known as looting. The stolen items can range from necessities like food and water to luxury or non-essential items.

a rosid dicot genus of the family Umbelliferae; includes parsnips

kor′o-nah, n. a funeral dirge or lamentation. [Ir. coranach, Gael. corranach.]

A bullet wound in which the bullet passes through the body.

a Chadic language spoken in Chad

a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication

Jakob Böhme (; German: [ˈbøːmə]; 24 April 1575 – 17 November 1624) was a German philosopher, Christian mystic, and Lutheran Protestant theologian. He was considered an original thinker by many of his contemporaries within the Lutheran tradition, and his first book, commonly known as Aurora, caused a great scandal. In contemporary English, his name may be spelled Jacob Boehme (retaining the older German spelling); in seventeenth-century England it was also spelled Behmen, approximating the contemporary English pronunciation of the German Böhme.
Böhme had a profound influence on later philosophical movements such as German idealism and German Romanticism. Hegel described Böhme as the first German philosopher.

the act of smiting; a blow

someone connected with Newcastle United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

Coryanthes, also known as the bucket orchid, is a genus of New World orchids found primarily in the tropical rainforests of South America. They are epiphytic or lithophytic in nature, meaning they either grow harmlessly upon another plant or grow on bare rock surfaces. Known for their uniquely large and complex flowers, some species of Coryanthes have a symbiotic relationship with bee species for pollination.

Besmear refers to the action of spreading or smearing something, often a liquid or a semi-solid substance, over a surface in a messy or careless way. It can also apply to figurative context, denoting the act of damaging or tarnishing someones reputation.

The photoelectric effect is the emission of electrons when electromagnetic radiation, such as light, hits a material. Electrons emitted in this manner are called photoelectrons. The phenomenon is studied in condensed matter physics, and solid state and quantum chemistry to draw inferences about the properties of atoms, molecules and solids. The effect has found use in electronic devices specialized for light detection and precisely timed electron emission.
The experimental results disagree with classical electromagnetism, which predicts that continuous light waves transfer energy to electrons, which would then be emitted when they accumulate enough energy. An alteration in the intensity of light would theoretically change the kinetic energy of the emitted electrons, with sufficiently dim light resulting in a delayed emission. The experimental results instead show that electrons are dislodged only when the light exceeds a certain frequency—regardless of the lights intensity or duration of exposure. Because a low-frequency beam at a high intensity does not build up the energy required to produce photoelectrons, as would be the case if lights energy accumulated over time from a continuous wave, Albert Einstein proposed that a beam of light is not a wave propagating through space, but a swarm of discrete energy packets, known as photons.
Emission of conduction electrons from typical metals requires a few electron-volt (eV) light quanta, corresponding to short-wavelength visible or ultraviolet light. In extreme cases, emissions are induced with photons approaching zero energy, like in systems with negative electron affinity and the emission from excited states, or a few hundred keV photons for core electrons in elements with a high atomic number. Study of the photoelectric effect led to important steps in understanding the quantum nature of light and electrons and influenced the formation of the concept of wave–particle duality. Other phenomena where light affects the movement of electric charges include the photoconductive effect, the photovoltaic effect, and the photoelectrochemical effect.

The Aegates Isles, also known as the Egadi Islands, are a group of small mountainous islands in the Mediterranean Sea located off the western coast of Sicily in Italy. The group primarily includes the islands of Favignana, Levanzo, and Marettimo, along with several minor islands and islets. The Aegates Isles are known for their crystal-clear turquoise waters, beautiful beaches, and vibrant biodiversity, as well as being the site of the decisive naval Battle of the Egadi Islands in 241 BC during the First Punic War.