Vocabulary

niche (in Western architecture)

short ton

confined place

closed curve

commonplace; ordinary; trite

spur gear

equilibrium constant

mean deviation

mean sun

method of writing

face powder

powdered cheese; cheese powder

sizing; grading

separator; extractor

snatching; snatched item

the thing itself

cemetery; graveyard

stonemason

god who spreads infectious diseases; god of pestilence

ceremony to appease evil gods and the spirits of the dead

sexual arousal; sexual excitation

excited condition; excited state

primates

proximate cause (in contrast to an ultimate cause)

ultimate cause (in contrast to a proximate cause)

direct cause; proximate cause

mating behavior

courtship behavior; courtship display

erectile dysfunction; ED

defence mechanism; defense mechanism

social adjustment

low income group; low income class

women's movement

women's movement activist; feminist activist

male-dominated society; patriarchal society

civil service competitive examination for some positions in the public education system in France

contract marriage; marriage by contract

lesbian

Buddhist thought; Buddhist concept

ascetic monk; trainee monk