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• brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the Northern Hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips

• Of a yellowish colour.

• In decision theory, game theory, etc. a decision rule used for minimizing the maximum possible loss, or maximizing the minimum gain.

• To find the optimum play, or decision, to achieve minimizing the maximum loss.

• In decision theory and game theory etc, a rule to identify the worst outcome of each possible option to find one's best (maximum payoff) play.

• To employ a maximin algorithm.

• something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

• subject to a playful hoax or joke

• (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases

• the application of wax to a surface

• a gradual increase in magnitude or extent

• (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

• a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

• flattery designed to gain favor

• pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade