A parent that is female.

Nervus are an English anarcho-punk band from Watford. The current lineup is Em Foster (guitar, vocals), Paul Etienne (keyboards), Lucinda Livingstone (bass), and Jack Kenny (drums). They have released four full-length albums; Permanent Rainbow (2016), Everything Dies (2018), Tough Crowd (2019), and The Evil One (2022).

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac was a French chemist and physicist. He is known mostly for two laws related to gases, and for his work on alcohol-water mixtures, which led to the degrees Gay-Lussac used to measure alcoholic beverages in many countries.

Tickweed is a common name often used to refer to several different types of plant species, including Eriocaulon decangulare and various species in the Coreopsis genus, that are believed to repel ticks. The term tickweed is not scientific and can refer to different plants depending on geographic location. Always consult with a local botanist or extension service for accurate plant identification.

a land unit equal to a quarter of a section (160 acres) and measuring 1/2 mile on a side

the best attire you have which is worn to church on Sunday

eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors

a heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrench

having lips or parts that resemble lips

A Wollaston prism is an optical device, invented by William Hyde Wollaston, that manipulates polarized light. It separates light into two separate linearly polarized outgoing beams with orthogonal polarization. The two beams will be polarized according to the optical axis of the two right angle prisms.
The Wollaston prism consists of two orthogonal prisms of birefringent material—typically a uniaxial material such as calcite. These prisms are cemented together on their base (traditionally with Canada balsam) to form two right triangle prisms with perpendicular optic axes. Outgoing light beams diverge from the prism as ordinary and extraordinary rays due to the differences in the indexes of refraction, with the angle of divergence determined by the prisms wedge angle and the wavelength of the light. Commercial prisms are available with divergence angles from less than 1° to about 45°.

A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body.

examination to determine a candidates preparation for a course of studies

a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice

a euphemism for defecation

Zonary refers to anything that is arranged or appearing in bands or zones, particularly patterns or structures found in nature. It could also refer to an event or phenomenon occurring in a stripe or belt-like shape. The term is often used in the fields of botany, zoology, and biology. In zoology, for example, it describes the type of placenta in animals that is characterized by a broad, encircling zone.

At a higher degree of compassion or friendship

plīt, n. condition: state (either good or bad). [O. Fr. plite—L. plicitus, plicāre, to fold.]

Ready-to-wear or prêt-à-porter is the term for factory-made clothing, sold in finished condition, in standardized sizes, as distinct from made to measure or bespoke clothing tailored to a particular persons frame. Off-the-peg is sometimes used for items which are not clothing, such as handbags.
Ready-to-wear has rather different connotations in the spheres of fashion and classic clothing. In the fashion industry, designers produce ready-to-wear clothing intended to be worn without significant alteration, because clothing made to standard sizes fits most people. They use standard patterns, factory equipment, and faster construction techniques to keep costs low, compared to a custom-sewn version of the same item. Some fashion houses and fashion designers produce mass-produced and industrially manufactured ready-to-wear lines, while others offer garments that, while not unique, are produced in limited numbers.

An axis, or roller of wood, square at each end, through which are either cross-holes for handspikes, or staves across, to turn it round, by which operation it draws a rope, one end of which is attached to a weight, which is thus raised from any depth.

wind′las, n. a modification of the wheel and axle, used for raising weights, consisting of a revolving cylinder.—v.i. to use a windlass.—v.t. to hoist by means of such. [Skeat explains as a corruption, due to confusion with the succeeding word, of M. E. windas, a windlass—Ice. vindáss—vinda, to wind; Dut. windas.]