A responsibility, onus.
A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
Theme, core idea.
The drone of a bagpipe.
A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
A heavy load.
To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
To encumber with a literal or figurative burden.
Sound practical or moral judgment.
Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
A natural appreciation or ability.
The way that a referent is presented.
The meaning, reason, or value of something.
A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
Any particular meaning of a word, among its various meanings.
To instinctively be aware.
To comprehend.
To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.