The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.
The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith.
One of the four major stages of the magnum opus, involving purification of the prima materia.
A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
A spot; a speck.
One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.
Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin
To hit with a gunshot
To peep, to chirp
To remove the pips from.
To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg