Vocabulary

concert band (at a school); wind ensemble

small folding knife with a rectangular blade used to sharpen pencils

Technicolor

higonokami; type of folding knife with metal handle

yield strength; yield stress

prior probability distribution

polishing cloth

prior probability distribution; prior distribution; prior

sudden infant death syndrome; SIDS; cot death; crib death

Veronica miqueliana (species of speedwell)

one's current family name; woman's family name after she married

amenity kit; kit containing cotton swabs, wipes, etc., provided by hotels

British disease (Britain's economic and labour problems in the 1970s)

environmental engineering

environmental technology; envirotech; green technology; greentech

environmental chemistry

sustainability science

sea route; voyage; ocean trip

downsizing

command module (e.g. Apollo's); CM

service module (e.g. Apollo's)

command-service module (e.g. Apollo spacecraft); CSM

winning hand consisting of four kongs and a pair

educational technology; education technology

nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit

encephalography

docudrama; documentary drama

win by discarding nothing but terminal and honor tiles in an otherwise drawn round

bumper car; dodgem

dodgem; bumper car

probatio diabolica; devil's proof

decentralization; deconcentration

winning hand composed of two sets of two identical chows plus a pair

cryobiology; low-temperature biology

cryonics

cold sleep; suspended animation

win on the last discard of a round

cryogenics; cryophysics

extremophile; organism that thrives in extreme conditions

light trap; electric insect killer; bug zapper