(Scotland) on one's own; alone

(biology) A phenomenon concerning the suppression or prolongation of estrous cycles of mature female mice (and other rodents), when females are housed in groups and isolated from males.

A technique for estimating the saturated vapor pressure at a given temperature for all components for which the critical pressure, the critical temperature, and the acentric factor are known.

(nautical) A line for tightening the leech of a triangular mainsail to prevent it from fluttering.

(archaic) A physician. / (Germanic paganism) A healer.

An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. / (figuratively) A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.

(nautical) The vertical edge of a square sail. / (nautical) The aft edge of a triangular sail.

(archaic, rare) To treat, cure or heal.

(transitive, literally) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient. / (transitive, figuratively) To drain (resources) without giving back.

(anatomy, obsolete) The finger next to the little finger; ring-finger.