A queue of guests waiting to greet or condole the guests of honor at a wedding or other ceremony.

A lightweight blanket that is wrapped around or placed under a partially or fully nude baby for warmth and hygiene.

(American football) An offensive football player whose position on the line of scrimmage is farthest from the ball and whose function is to principally to catch passes.

A radio receiver that mixes (beats or heterodynes) a locally produced frequency with the incoming frequency

A principal reservoir into which an aqueduct or rising main delivers water, and from which a distributing reservoir draws its supply.

The form of pronunciation of the English language traditionally spoken by the educated classes of the south-east of England, considered to be a standard (see received) and used as such in the pronunciation schemes of most British dictionaries. Abbreviation: RP

(accounting, usually plural only) The total monetary amount owed to a financial entity due to debts arising from sales on credit or on account.

plural of account receivable

(physics) A receiver, such as that used with an air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a vessel whose interior is a more or less complete vacuum.

conventional wisdom