a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) | something that interests you because it is important or affects you |
the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife | something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness |
the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell) | a feeling of sympathy for someone or something |
the solid part of the earth's surface | an anxious feeling |
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on | a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it |
the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface | |
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour black bile | |