Key terms & definitions

A lyric poem with an organised verse form; Horace’s odes adapt Greek poetic forms into Latin.

An ovarian hormone that helps rebuild and maintain the uterus lining, inhibits FSH and, at a high level, stimulates LH release.

A reproductive hormone produced by the ovaries that causes female secondary sex characteristics to develop and rebuilds the uterus lining. It also helps regulate other menstrual-cycle hormones.

The Office of Communications: the UK regulator responsible for areas including television and radio broadcasting.

A person who has committed a crime.

Food, objects or other gifts presented to gods or the dead as part of a religious ritual.

An item presented at a shrine to express respect and gratitude, often also symbolising a Buddhist teaching.

A government agency created by Roosevelt in April 1941 which regulated wartime prices and administered rationing.

A person who applies the rules and controls a sporting contest, such as a referee or umpire.

Quantitative crime data compiled by official bodies, including police-recorded figures collected by the Home Office and official survey estimates.

Records collected and published by government agencies. Police-recorded crime statistics count offences reported to or detected by the police and recorded by them.

The largest party in the House of Commons that is not in government.

Actions and policies of authorities, such as the Crown, Parliament and local officials, towards migrants.

Numerical information produced by government bodies or other official organisations.

A commercial printing process that transfers an inked image from a printing plate to a rubber blanket and then onto paper or board.

Moving business activities from the home country to another country.

Training undertaken away from an employee’s normal work duties, such as a course at a college or training centre.

Ready-made software supplied for general use rather than developed specifically for one customer's requirements.

The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills, which inspects schools and other education and children's services in England.

The name given to dishonest friends and associates whom President Warren G. Harding brought into his administration.

The unit of resistance, with symbol Ω.

A conductor for which current is directly proportional to potential difference when its temperature is constant.

A conductor whose current is directly proportional to the potential difference across it, provided its temperature remains constant.

A meter that measures electrical resistance directly, in ohms (Ω).

The current through a conductor is directly proportional to the potential difference across it, provided its temperature remains constant.

For a conductor at constant temperature, current is directly proportional to potential difference. The relationship is expressed as $V = IR$.

The ancient Greek household, including its family, property and dependants.

An ancient Greek household, including its family, dependants, property and resources, rather than simply the building in which people live.

The amount of oil and oil products used over a given period.

The quantity of oil that consumers are willing and able to buy at a given price.