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A junk (Chinese: 船; pinyin: chuán) is a type of Chinese sailing ship characterized by a central rudder, an overhanging flat transom, watertight bulkheads...

a high-yield bond (non-investment-grade bond, speculative-grade bond, or junk bond) is a bond that is rated below investment grade by credit rating agencies...

"Junk food" is a term used to describe food that is high in calories from macronutrients such as sugar and fat, and often also high in sodium, making it...

Space debris (also known as space junk, space pollution, space waste, space trash, space garbage, or cosmic debris) are defunct human-made objects in space –...

Junk science is spurious or fraudulent scientific data, research, or analysis. The concept is often invoked in political and legal contexts where facts...

The buttocks (sg.: buttock) are two rounded portions of the exterior anatomy of most mammals, located on the posterior of the pelvic region. In humans...

Email spam, also referred to as junk email, spam mail, or simply spam, is unsolicited messages sent in bulk by email (spamming). The name comes from a...

The junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail, Chinese balanced lug sail, or sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens...

A graveyard orbit, also called a junk orbit or disposal orbit, is an orbit that lies away from common operational orbits. One significant graveyard orbit...

to as Junk Ceylon, a name used by the Portuguese in their maps. This designation appears seven times in his writings. According to Pinto, Junk Ceylon...

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish, British and New Zealand English) or junkyard (American English) is the...

A tack piano (also known as a harpsipiano, jangle piano, and junk piano) is an altered version of an ordinary piano, in which objects such as thumbtacks...

of staff working on holidays or weekends. Hidden fees, surprise fees or junk fees are fees that are not mentioned until payment is required, or only mentioned...

known for his role in the development of the market for high-yield bonds ("junk bonds"), and his conviction and sentence following a guilty plea on felony...

2019 Life Hacks for Kids: On the Road March 3, 2018 September 30, 2018 Junk Drawer Magical Adventures May 12, 2018 January 20, 2020 American Ninja Warrior...

A chain letter is a message that attempts to convince the recipient to make a number of copies and pass them on to a certain number of recipients. The...

glass tank. A specific subgenre of found objects is known as trash art or junk art. These works primarily comprise components that have been discarded....

result of weak legal institutions and/or political or fiscal instability. junk currency is also even less trusted than soft currency and have a very low...

manager, front office executive, and scout. He was sometimes known as "the Junk Man", but better known as "Steady Eddie", a nickname later given to Eddie...

other ships of similar configuration, called junks, and to their characteristic style of rigging, the junk rig. Jongs are used mainly as seagoing passenger...