A ritual during which an initiate is admitted to an organization or given secret knowledge; sometimes contains one or more tests that have to be passed or endured

(ecology) lay date. This has relevance to avian breeding habits.

Alternative form of wordinitial

An ignition device, designed to ignite more difficult-to-ignite materials, such as thermites, solid fuel rockets, etc.

plural of pyrotechnic initiator

(linguistics) Having the head (primary morpheme) at the beginning of a phrase.

(manufacturing) An item that is not terminally defective but fails to meet the manufacturer's technical standards for sale through its normal retail channels.

plural of mixed initiative

(journalism, typography) A variant of title case in which every word begins with an upper-case letter and its other letters are lower-case.

plural of direct initiative