Vocabulary

bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease

glossy sex magazine

Bachelor of Science; BSc; BS

sodium dithionite

isopropyl alcohol

isopropanol

large-flowered evening primrose (Oenothera glazioviana)

Japanese thistle (Cirsium japonicum)

pelargonium

geranium (any plant of genus Geranium)

Thunberg's geranium (Geranium thunbergii)

goldenrain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)

calico plant (Alternanthera ficoidea)

Joseph's-coat (Amaranthus tricolor); tampala

common purslane (Portulaca oleracea)

reference book

misch metal

astronomical unit; AU

bottled beer; bottle beer

vermillion (colour); cinnabar; red orange

additions and deletions; adding and deleting; revisions; revising

impudence; sauciness

spork (spoon and fork)

cinnabar; mercury sulphide (sulfide)

cross-license; cross-licensing

facet (of a gem)

seeking a venue (usu. for litigation)

block diagram

crushing; breaking by applying pressure

rerouting

meeting

multiphoton laser scanning microscope

multiphoton excitation

confocal laser scanning biological microscope

Eppendorf tube; microcentrifuge tube; microfuge tube

marginal probability

joint probability

marginalization

route (when going somewhere); way (to get somewhere)

Hokkaido (dog breed); Ainu dog