Vocabulary

flower planting

osteologist

photodynamics

paleobotany

masurium (Ma); technetium

blood chemistry

pantograph

drafting room; drawing office; drawing room

hydrofluorocarbon; HFC

perfluorocarbon; PFC

greenhouse gas accounting; carbon accounting

co-founder

dehydroascorbic acid

co-founder

environmental burden reduction; environmental impact reduction

asteroid belt

gate valve; sluice valve

host club fanatic; woman who visits host clubs excessively

House of Commons (UK, Canada)

naval ram

highest value; maximum value

(whaling) harpoon

foreign exchange

gas company

the first; first issue; first number

disobeying an order; insubordination

court record; judicial record; trial record

adding detail (to a drawing)

retort pouch

nostalgia boom; revival of interest in old-fashioned things

large constituency; populous electoral district; large group of voters

Oxbridge (universities of Oxford and Cambridge)

scruff of the neck

combined sports park; comprehensive sports park; general athletic park

flower tea; tea made from or flavored with flower petals

zero accidents (in the workplace)

popular movement; citizens' campaign; national movement

Tokyo, the prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama, and the cities of Yokohama, Kawasaki, Chiba, and Saitama

Feast of Corpus Christi

anchor handling tug