Vocabulary

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working mother

administrator

guide; usher

confirmation (rite)

extrusive rock; effusive rock

sedimentary rock

shale oil

chert

pyroxene andesite

amphibole

granite

lumping similar things together and giving the group a collective name; collective name; generic term

being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); cringing; being left speechless

Mendel's laws (of genetic inheritance)

Mendelism

customer-orientation

consumer-orientation

pointy hat; cone-shaped hat; pixie hat

digital watermark; digital watermarking; electronic watermark

seafood seasoned with salt and sake then steamed

topic path; breadcrumbs list; breadcrumbs trail

chive (Allium schoenoprasum)

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion; scallion

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion

Chinese chive; garlic chive (Allium tuberosum)

two characters; two letters

one (written) character

blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)

the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow

Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)

digital camera

digital audiotape; DAT

digital signal

timepiece; clock

time fuse (often used to detonate high explosives)

blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea)

endoplasmic reticulum

lysosome

adenosine triphosphate; ATP