(idiomatic) To possess confidential and incriminating information about a person's or organization's misdeeds or other secrets.

plural of personal area network

(hydrology) An area from which water drains into a particular lake, river, etc.; the catchment area of a large river includes its tributaries.

(psychology, sociology) The phenomenon in psychological and sociological research that people seem to associate more positive attributes with women in general than with men in general, reflecting an emotional bias.

Synonym of Eurozone

In times of extreme stress or fear, even those who do not believe in a benevolent higher power will hope that one exists.

(rhetorical question, informal) Indicates that the interlocutor (more precisely, the one being asked the question) is acting in a crazy or unprecedented way.

A hilly region in the midwestern United States that escaped glaciation during the last ice age.

A region of California, United States The nine or twelve counties surrounding the city of San Francisco.

Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay Area.; A region of California, United States