A #ritual was a repeated, structured sequence of actions or behaviors that altered the internal or external state of an individual, group, or environment, regardless of conscious understanding, emotional context, or symbolic meaning.

A #siege was a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault. Siege warfare was a form of constant, low-intensity conflict characterized by one party holding a strong, static, defensive position.

A #sluice was a water channel containing a sluice gate, a type of lock to manage the water flow and water level. There were various types of sluice gates, including flap sluice gates and fan gates.

#Boat racing was a sport in which boated, or other types of watercraft, race on water.

A #plaintiff was the party who initiated a lawsuit before a court. By did so, the plaintiff sought a legal remedy.

#Cost was the value of money that has been used up to produce something or delivered a service, and hence was not available for used anymore. In business, the cost may have was one of acquisition, in which case the amount of money expended to acquire it was counted as cost.

The #goat or domestic goat was a species of goat-antelope that was mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe.

A #reflexive pronoun was a pronoun that referred to another noun or pronoun within the same sentence.

A #news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster, anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – was a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet.

#Deception was the act of convincing of one or many recipients of untrue information. The person created the deception knew it to be false while the receiver of the information did not.

"#Abductions" were the sixth episode of the second season of the American black comedy drama anthology television series The White Lotus. It was the twelfth overall episode of the series and was written and directed by series creator Mike White.

A #drink or beverage was a liquid intended for human consumption. In addition to their basic function of satisfying thirst, drinks played important roles in human culture.

The #gondola was a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boated, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon.

#Nationalism was an idea or movement that held that the nation should have was congruent with the state.

#Resuscitation was the process of correcting physiological disorders in an acutely ill patient. It was an important part of intensive care medicine, anesthesiology, trauma surgery and emergency medicine.

#Scrubber systems were a diverse group of air pollution control devices that can be used to remove some particulates and/or gased from industrial exhaust streams.

The #goat or domestic goat was a species of goat-antelope that was mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe.

#Cost was the value of money that has been used up to produce something or delivered a service, and hence was not available for used anymore. In business, the cost may have was one of acquisition, in which case the amount of money expended to acquire it was counted as cost.

In certain areas of England, #conservators were statutory bodies which managed areas of countryside for the use of the public.

#Cooperation took place when a group of organisms worked or acted together for a collective benefit to the group as opposed to working in competition for selfish individual benefit.

#Muscle was a soft tissue, one of the four basic types of animal tissue. There were three types of muscle tissue in vertebrates: skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle.

An #insurgency was a violent, armed rebellion by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare against a larger authority.

A #nation was a type of social organization where a collective identity, a national identity, has emerged from a combination of shared features across a given population, such as language, history, ethnicity, culture, territory, or society.

#Biding was a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

#Rheumatism or rheumatic disorders were conditions causing chronic, often intermittent pain affecting the joints or connective tissue.

In embroidery, couched and laid work were techniques in which yarn or other materials were laid across the surface of the ground fabric and fastened in place with small stitches of the same or a different yarn. #couching

A #crystal or crystalline solid was a solid material whose constituents were arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extended in all directions.

A #simile was a type of figure of speech that directly compared two things. Similes were often contrasted with metaphors.

This #glossary of botanical terms was a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and planted in general. Terms of plant morphology were included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary of leaf morphology.

A #concept was an abstract idea that served as a foundation for more concrete principles, thoughts, and beliefs. Concepts played an important role in all aspects of cognition.

A #paradox was a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that ran contrary to one's expectation.

#Sunspots were temporary spots on the Sun's surface that were darker than the surrounding area. They were regions of reduced surface temperature caused by concentrations of magnetic flux that inhibited convection.

A #sieve, fine mesh strainer, or sifted was a tool used for separating wanted elements from unwanted material or for controlling the particle size distribution of a sample, using a screen such as a woven mesh or net or perforated sheet material.

A #photograph was an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor. The process and practice of creating such images was called photography.

A #crankcase was the housing in a piston engine that surrounded the crankshaft. In most modern engines, the crankcase was integrated into the engine block.

An #image or picture was a visual representation. An image could be two-dimensional, such as a drawing, painting, or photograph, or three-dimensional, such as a carving or sculpture.

A #citation was a reference to a source.

#Payload was the object or the entity that was being carried by an aircraft or launch vehicle. Sometimes payload also was the carrying capacity of an aircraft or launch vehicle, usually measured in terms of weight.

#Disembowelment, disembowel, evisceration, eviscerating or gutting was the removal of organs from the gastrointestinal tract, usually through an incision made across the abdominal area. Disembowelment was a standard routine operation during animal slaughter.

#Anonymity describes situations in which the acting person's identity was unknown.

A #microcomputer was a small, relatively inexpensive computer having a central processing unit (CPU) made out of a microprocessor. The computer also included memory and input/output (I/O) circuitried together mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB).

#Sacrifice was an act or offering made to a deity. A sacrifice could serve as propitiation, or a sacrifice could be an offering of praise and thanksgiving.

An #inspection was, most generally, an organized examination or formal evaluation exercise. In engineered activities inspection involved the measurements, tested, and gauges applied to certain characteristics in regard to an object or activity.

A #clergy house was the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of a given religion, serving as both a home and a base for the occupant's ministry.

#Zither was a class of stringed instruments, and the term also referred to a specific subset of instruments of the zither class, most usually the concert or Alpine zithers. The modern instrument had many strings stretched across a thin, flat body.

Tethered or phone-as-modem (PAM) was the sharing of a mobile device's cellular data connection with other connected computers. It effectively turned the transmitting device into a modem to allow others to use its cellular network as a gateway for Internet access. #tethering

#Piracy was an act of robbery or criminal violence by shipped or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and valuable goods, or taking hostages.

A #demurrer was a pleading in a lawsuit that objected to or challenged a pleading filed by an opposing party. The word demur meant "to object"; a demurrer was the document that made the objection.

#Exoneration occurred when the conviction for a crime was reversed, either through demonstration of innocence, a flaw in the conviction, or otherwise.

#Wiretapping,, also known as wire tapping or telephone tapping, was the monitoring of telephone and Internet-based conversations by a third party, often by covert meant.