Vocabulary

re-pellet (plastics industry); regrind; grinding plastic scraps into small pieces as a form of recycling

alternative means (alternate); alternative method

baddish; badish

headbutt

the modern era; present day

blue tit (Parus caeruleus)

source of radiation; radiation source

counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.

solid-fuel rocket

key of G

key of A

key of B

key of C

key of D

key of E

key of F

quidditch (fictional sport from Harry Potter series)

paying a tribute; contribution; presentation of something to an aristocrat

healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace

structural color

to single out

orientation vector

degree of order

rod-like molecule

excluded volume effect

nematic

smectic

disc-like molecule

regardless of right or wrong; regardless of merit; both good and bad

polite style; polite Japanese

(connecting) passageway; accessway; walk-through; skyway; sky bridge

to mistake (A for B); to misread

to visit; to call on

noh mask resembling a dignified youth

announcing meals (at a Zen monastery); meal announcer

experience of seeing a ghost

the school year

finished doing; did completely

Yi language

electric furnace; electric oven