A #parent was either the progenitor of an offspring, or in humans, it could refer to a caregiver or legal guardian, generally called an adoptive parent or step-parent. Parents were first-degree relatives and shared 50% of their genes.

#Tutoring was private academic help, usually provided by an expert teacher; someone with deep knowledge or defined expertise in a particular subject or set of subjects.

#Celibacy was the state of voluntarily being unmarried, sexually abstinented, or both. It was often in association with the role of a religious official or devotee.

#Worrying was the mental distress or agitation resulting from anxiety, usually coming from a place of anticipatory fear (terror) or fear coming from a present threat (horror).

#Rethinking,, reconsidering, or reconsideration, was the process of reviewing a decision or conclusion that has previously been made to determine whether the initial decision should be changed.

#Dander was material shed from the body of humans and other animals that had fur, hair, or feathers. The term was similar to dandruff, when an excess of flakes became visible.

A #quiz was a form of mind sport in which people attempted to answer questions correctly on one or several topics. Quizzes can be used as a brief assessment in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and skills, or simply as a hobby.

#Nomination was part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to a public office, or the bestowing of an honored or awarded. A collection of nominees narrowed from the full list of candidates was a short list.

#Happiness was a complex and multifaceted mental state that encompassed a range of positive feelings, from contentment to intense joy.

The #mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, was a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of length; both were based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards.

A #shovel was a tool used for digging, lifting, and moving bulk materials, such as soil, coal, gravel, snew, sand, or ore. Most shovels were hand tools consisting of a broad blade fixed to a medium-length handle.

In campanology, a #peal was the special name given to a specific type of performance of change ringing which met certain exacting conditions for duration, complexity and quality.

#Condolences were an expression of sympathy to someone who was experiencing pain arising from death, deep mental anguish, or misfortune.

#Capacitance was the ability of an object to store electric charge. It was measured by the change in charge in response to a difference in electric potential, expressed as the ratio of those quantities.

#Energizer Holdings, Inc. was an American manufacturer and one of the world's largest manufacturers of batteries, headquartered in Clayton, Missouri.

#Protection was any measure taken to guard something against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights.

In construction, #furring were strips of wood or other material applied to a structure to level or raise the surface, to prevent dampness, to make space for insulation, to level and resurface ceilings or walls, or to increase the beam of a wooden ship.

#Rhetoric was the art of persuasion. It was one of the three ancient arts of discourse (trivium) of classical antiquity, along with grammar and logic/dialectic.

#Human waste was the waste products of the human digestive system, menses, and human metabolism included urine and feces.

A #brake was a mechanical device that inhibited motion by absorbing energy from a moving system. It was used for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, wheel, axle, or to prevent its motion, most often accomplished by means of friction.

In mathematics, an #operand was the object of a mathematical operation, i.e., it was the object or quantity that was operated on.

#Regulation was the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trended. In systems theory, these types of rules existed in various fields of biology and society, but the term had slightly different meanings according to context.

#Pickling was the process of preserving or extending the shelf life of food by either anaerobic fermentation in brine or immersion in vinegar. The pickling procedure typically affected the food's texture and flavored.

An #astronaut was a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member of a spacecraft.

#Translation in the field of language was the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by meant of an equivalent target-language text.

The #turnip or white turnip was a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, fleshy taproot. Small, tender varieties were grown for human consumption, while larger varieties were grown as feed for livestock.

An #artist was a person who created art, or practiced the arts. The most common usage in everyday speech and academic discourse was a practitioner in the visual arts only, such as painted.

A #broken heart was a metaphor for the intense emotional stress or pain one feels at experiencing great loss or deep longing. It was often greatly associated with grief and mourning especially following the death of a loved one.

#Prenatal development involved the development of the embryo and of the fetus during a viviparous animal's gestation. Prenatal development started with fertilization, in the germinal stage of embryonic development, and continued in fetal development until birth.

A #spaniel was a type of gun dog. Spaniels were especially bred to flush game out of denser brush.