Difficulties, generally; a rough time.

The sugar maple, Acer saccharum. / The wood of this tree.

roe (eggs of fish), as opposed to milt (sperm of fish), which is also known as soft roe or white roe

plural of hard drop

A manual downward motion of a piece in the video game Tetris that makes it land immediately (that is, within only one frame).

(publishing, broadcasting) Factual reportage of events which are socially or politically significant and of a serious nature, as opposed to the reporting of entertaining, humorous, or gossipy accounts of relatively inconsequential events.

plural of hard copy

(originally Australia) The key effort in completing a difficult task.

A mechanical device that limits the travel of a mechanism. / A definite time when someone must end a task in order to meet another time commitment.

(pottery) Describing the condition of a clay or clay body when it has been partially dried to the point where all shrinkage has been completed.