The abandonment of an unwanted child.
An exhibition, especially of goods, artwork or cultural displays to the public.
The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements.
An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
The opening section of a movement in sonata form; the opening section of a fugue.
The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
A failure to obtain or accomplish.
The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.
A failure to hit.
A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
An unmarried woman; a girl.
An act of avoidance (usually used with the verb give)
A kept woman; a mistress.
To be wanting; to lack something that should be present.
To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
To fail to attend.
To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
To fail to score (a goal).
To spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.
To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.
To fail to help the hand of a player.
To avoid; to escape.
To fail to achieve or attain.
To fail to understand;
To fail to hit.