A warning to avoid or not to interfere.
Some plants of the genus Impatiens; specifically, the touch-me-not balsam or yellow balsam (Impatiens noli-tangere).
The squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium).
Any of various plants with fruits or seed capsules that, when ripe, burst open and discharge their seeds when touched, or with leaves that fold and droop when touched.
Someone (such as a disagreeable person) or something (such as a painful experience or taboo topic) to be avoided or not interfered with.
A picture depicting Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene shortly after his resurrection from the dead (see the etymology).
The state of being prepared; readiness.
The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
Devotional exercises introducing an office.
Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.
The act of preparing or getting ready.
A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.