An English, Scottish and northern Irish surname originating as a patronymic. / A male given name transferred from the surname. / A minor city in Mississippi County, Alabama.

plural of Wilson

Wilson's storm petrel.

Phalaropus tricolor, a small wading bird.

The disease lichen planus.

(medicine) An autosomal-recessive genetic disorder in which copper accumulates in tissues, resulting in neurological or psychiatric symptoms and liver disease.

plural of Wilson chamber

cloud chamber

The convention in the United Kingdom that restricts the police and intelligence services from tapping the telephones of Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords.

(quantum field theory) A gauge-invariant observable obtained from the holonomy of the gauge connection around a given loop.