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• a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber

• Spanish fly Lytta vesicatoria (syn. Cantharis vesicatoria).

• Spanish fly; a vesicant extracted from the beetle, popularly held to have aphrodisiac properties.

• a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat

• Any of a class of organic compounds of sulphur, ( R1.S.R2 ); they tend to be foul-smelling. When R2 is a hydrogen atom, they are termed thiols or thioalcohols.

• someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work

• Any of several fungal diseases that affect many plants and trees.