A hypothetical form of nuclear fusion not requiring the usual immensely high temperatures.

(historical) The period of hostility short of open war between the Soviet Bloc and the Western powers, especially the United States, between 1945 and 1991.

A narrow chisel, made of hardened, tempered steel, used for cutting stone etc.

(transitive) To infer characteristics of (a person) using cold reading. / (intransitive) To make inferences about a person using the practice of cold reading.

an act of cold reading.

(idiomatic) To contract a cold. / (idiomatic) To encounter difficulties.

(idiomatic) A short and sudden period of cold weather.

A period of hostile relations between rivals where direct open warfare between them is largely undesired and avoided.

(pathology) A small bump (namely a vesicle) on the lips resulting from infection by herpes simplex viruses (mostly HHV1 but also HHV2).

(law enforcement, slang) A criminal investigation that has not been solved after a considerable time but remains “on the books” and may be reopened when new evidence appears.