Vocabulary

pawnshop

second line of a four-line Chinese poem

mammography

outer material of a garment; shell of a jacket or coat; garment minus the lining

hoarse voice; husky voice

to get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp

nirvana

Bergenia stracheyi (species of bergenia)

Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)

Chlorophthalmus albatrossis (species of greeneye)

Himalayan cedar (Cedrus deodara); deodar

Japanese butterfish (Psenopsis anomala); melon seed

Japanese paspalum (Paspalum thunbergii)

Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra var. italica)

Mexican fireplant (species of poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla)

North Pacific squirrelfish (Sargocentron spinosissimum)

Para rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis)

Pheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)

Scilla scilloides (species of squill)

Scutellaria indica (species of skullcap)

Surinam toad (Pipa pipa); pipa

archerfish (any fish of family Toxotidae, esp. the banded archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix)

barometer earthstar (Astraeus hygrometricus)

butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)

butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea); Asian pigeonwings

common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)

darnel (Lolium temulentum)

dragonet (any fish of family Callionymidae, esp. Richard's dragonet, Repomucenus richardsonii)

dwarf milkwort (Polygala japonica)

fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea)

giant tortoise

gray bottlebrush (Callistemon speciosus); grey bottlebrush

honey fungus (Armillaria mellea); honey mushroom

hornbill (any bird of family Bucerotidae)

squeezing; hug; hugging

lizardfish (any fish of family Synodontidae)

long-eared owl (Asio otus); northern long-eared owl

mining bee (of family Andrenidae)

pipefish (esp. the seaweed pipefish, Syngnathus schlegeli)

pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)