Vocabulary

diethylstilbestrol

NIMBY (not in my back yard); Nimby

polychlorinated biphenyl

Pali (language)

fullerene

buckminsterfullerene

seller and buyer; vendor and purchaser

latent variable (e.g. in statistics)

path coefficient

path coefficient

amplitude

number of blows (used in measuring the bpm of an air hammer, etc.)

(number of) plate appearances

sacrifice (bunt or fly)

sacrifice bunt

push bunt

whist

apple picking

power adapter

low tar (e.g. of cigarettes)

low nicotine (e.g. of cigarettes)

phonological system; phoneme system

basketball hoop; basket hoop

fabric shaku (approx. 36.4 cm)

Kyōhō shaku (approx. 30.36 cm)

Matashirō shaku (approx. 30.26 cm)

small shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)

large shaku (approx. 35.6cm)

compromised shaku (compromise between the Kyōhō shaku and the Matashirō shaku; approx. 30.3 cm)

Korean shaku (approx. 35.6 cm)

Tang shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)

Tenpyō shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)

stick figure; stick person

neoprene

polychloroprene

chloroprene

butadiene rubber; polybutadiene; BR

natural rubber; India rubber; caoutchouc

raw rubber; crude rubber

isoprene