A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event. / The business of providing insurance. / (figuratively) Any attempt to forestall an unfavorable event.

a neutral chemical compound / an enzyme / an antibiotic / a pharmaceutical product

Attached to a word (usually a verb) to denote a protest, demonstration or other type of gathering characterized by the activity denoted by the base word.

(proscribed, dialect) Alternative form of -ing.

Someone's niece's husband / Someone's sibling's son-in-law / Someone's spouse's sibling's son-in-law / Someone's husband's nephew. (Usually called a nephew.)

Occurring or residing within the uterus or womb.

Occurring or residing within the uterus or womb.

(uncountable) The tendency to work persistently. Diligence. / (countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade.

(idiomatic, engineering) An improvised repair made with no regard for safety.

A stretch of sunny and warm, often hazy, days during late autumn. / (figuratively) The late autumn of life; a late flowering of activity before old age.