Vocabulary

full swing

full speed

French horn

Society of Friends; Quakers

bougainvillea

Bunsen burner

ptomaine

beef fat; beef dripping

headline

headlamp (flashlight worn on the head); head torch

Hebrew

Hepburn system (of romanizing Japanese); Hepburn romanization

baseball

Behçet's disease; Behçet's syndrome

begonia

Benelux; Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg)

Venn diagram

Pekinese (dog)

pectin

peseta (former currency of Spain)

home base; home plate

hovercraft; air-cushion vehicle; ground-effect machine

Hoffmann method

cardboard box; carton

Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)

bobbin

voltaic cell

Bordeaux mixture (fungicide)

Borneo

poinsettia

Punic Wars (between Rome and Carthage)

pony

Pomeranian (dog)

Polaroid camera; instant camera

polyurethane

punch (drink)

pompon dahlia

minor actress; bit-part actress; female extra

empty air; sky

mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly