An area in business or of knowledge, research.
A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
A branch line.
A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
A location of an organization with several locations.
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
To strip of branches.
To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
To produce branches.
To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
The acquisition of something, generally negative.
A period of economic decline or negative growth.
Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.
A reversible reduction in size.
A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
The process of contracting a disease.
A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.
A shortening of a muscle during its use.