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A discography is a complete list or collection of the recordings that a musician or band has released.

The quality of being contagious, meaning easily passed from one person or thing to another.

An inflammation of the conjunctiva, the membrane covering the front of the eye and the inside of the eyelids, often caused by infection.

Sharing the same centre point, as circles or rings of different sizes placed one inside another.

The branch of mathematics concerned with counting, arranging and combining objects that meet particular rules, usually within a finite collection.

A small, three-sided edible nut produced by the beech tree.

Opposition to feminism.

The quality of a material or property varying depending on the direction in which it is measured.

In organic chemistry, a compound formed from a carboxylic acid by swapping its hydroxyl group for an amino group.

A small Mediterranean transport ship, with two and later three masts, an overhanging bow and stern, in use from the mid eighteenth century.

Any of several crested songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, with red tips to their wings.

A strip of icon-labelled buttons that gives one-click access to an app's or operating system's functions.

A large baroque lute with two necks and a second course of unfretted bass strings for the low register.

A set of pipes of different lengths bound together and played by blowing across the top, also known as panpipes.

In Europe, a tree of the genus Sorbus, or the small fruit it produces.

A frame with legs and a crosspiece used to hold wood or other material steady while it is being cut or worked on.

The quality of a material having many small holes or gaps that let liquid or air pass through.

An unusual sensitivity to light that makes bright conditions uncomfortable or painful for the eyes.

The point in an orbit around the Earth or another planet where the orbiting body is closest to it.

A compound made of amino acids linked together, formed when the amine group of one acid bonds with the carboxylic acid group of the next.