1. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

2. a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan

3. a person who uses goods or services

4. the business of drawing public attention to goods and services

6. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

9. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

1. the body of citizens of a state or country

2. a master's degree in science

5. capable of being sustained

7. the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

8. liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin

10. the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community