Vocabulary

Cyclops

Cyclops

two

indirect evidence; circumstantial evidence

averaging

loss-cutting; cutting one's losses

citrus juice (used similarly to vinegar)

Liao (Manchurian dynasty; 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire

Kara Khitai (Central Asian Khitan empire; 1132-1211)

Western Liao (Central Asian Khitan empire; 1132-1211)

Japanized version of classical Chinese (used from Heian period onward)

mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese

ancient seal-script character

tadpole

star duckweed (Lemna trisulca); ivy duckweed

mirror writing; mirrored script

white vinegar

Panthalassa; vast global ocean during the late Paleozoic and the early Mesozoic periods

science museum

cold; common cold

walking alone; walking without assistance

isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.)

isolated fall of a security or currency in an otherwise strong market

isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.)

prospectus

colored contact lens; coloured contact lens; cosmetic contact lens; decorative contact lens

empyesis; pustular eruption

self-service drink area in a restaurant (incl. soft drinks, coffee, tea, etc.)

exhibiting company (at a trade show, etc.)

frame-by-frame playback; frame advance; frame-by-frame advance

reductase inhibitor

theoretical biology

inhibitor

end of transmission (radio, television, telephony, etc.); closure of transmission

start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on

end of broadcast; sign-off

single nucleotide polymorphism; SNP

knuckle-walking (e.g. by chimpanzees, etc.)

tomboy

Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)