Vocabulary

malacia; abnormal softening of tissues

softness; tenderness

militarization; militarisation

creak; squeak; creaking; squeaking

chocolate fountain

chocolate parfait

chocolate brownie

dark chocolate (with high cocoa content)

to go numb; to have pins and needles

collecting waste paper (old newspapers, etc.) and exchanging them for toilet paper

mounting bracket; metal part for mounting; metal fitting

shaking (like a jelly); wobbling; with a jiggle

someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran

plumbane

collection day (for rubbish)

(event) planner; (event, meeting) organizer; producer

one's future course

with a whack; with a smack

counterattack; reversal technique

to hold an additional item in one's hand

soft and elastic; flexible; pliant

ramrod; rammer; ram; tamping rod

to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes

to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair

(wheel) chock; scotch block; wheel stop; parking block

stonewort (esp. Braun's stonewort, Chara braunii)

stoneworts; charophytes

charophyte

turnaround (e.g. at the end of a driveway)

anorak; parka

sweet potato shop; sweet potato seller

font name

to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to

dress; outfit; equipment

physical ability

physical examination; medical checkup

laminitis; founder

high-flux; high-flow

observation tower; scout tower

standing guard; watchman