Vocabulary

introductory clause of a law, patent, etc.; chapeau; main paragraph

mesh-patterned; webbed; cancellous; cancellate; reticulate; reticulated

commercially owned land

private land; privately owned land

interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox

like an old man; doddering; wizened; frowzy; seedy

stab-proof; knife-proof

long vest with open sleeves; chokki vest; kimono vest

Japanese tungoil tree (Vernicia cordata)

albatross

head and neck carcinoma; cancer of the head and neck

fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another

Tachyglossidae (family including the echidnas)

regular adoption (official adoption with the consent of both parties and without dissolving the relationship with the biological parents)

grammatology

literary theory

contemporary philosophy; modern thought

structural constructivism

centre line (usu. in buildings, joinery, etc.); center line

pressure to conform; peer pressure; peer group pressure; group pressure

bidet toilet with a heated water function; warm-water washlet

juvenile

chief superintendent (police)

superintendent supervisor; assistant commissioner (UK, Aus. etc.)

senior superintendent; police inspector

centre line; center line; central line

echolocation

echolocation

photoperiodism; photoperiodicity

florigen

fingerboard; fretboard

echolocation

bidet toilet; washlet

sexual preference; sexual predilection

filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid

coverall

covert

that house

bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus); lammergeier

social entrepreneur