A wet-cell storage battery.
A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.
A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
A one way membership function.
One who, or that which, accumulates.
A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.
A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
A device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical or, archaically, electrostatic cells. A single such cell when used by itself.
The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired.
Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal
A coordinated group of artillery weapons.
The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which includes the threat of impending violence.
A marching percussion ensemble; a drumline.
An array of similar things.
The catcher and the pitcher together
A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.