an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it" krzyżówka

the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal); "a shrub of spreading habit" (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course; "a par-5 hole"; "par for this course is 72" United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo) a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain the basic unit of money in Ghana the basic unit of money in Gambia the basic unit of money in Vietnam 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes black wine grape originally from the region of Bordeaux South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea type genus of the Rutaceae; strong-scented Eurasian herbs tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus

an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk an informal term for a racehorse; "he liked to bet on the ponies" an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university" an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate an O-methylated isoflavone which accounts for 5-10% of the total isoflavones in soy food products. an ocean trip taken for pleasure an ointment containing a fragrant resin an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer