A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
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 wet-cell storage battery.
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A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
Of objects, stray and intrusive and unwanted
A metal plate worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.
A homeless person; a vagabond.
Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
To travel or wander through.
To hitchhike.
To walk with heavy footsteps.
To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).