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to close in on (30 years of age, etc.)

game animal

to sober up

ornamental doorway (in the raised area of a shoin-style reception suite)

reverse genetics

White Lotus Society

pregnancy resulting from artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilization, etc. (esp. of animals)

eukaryote

bacterial pneumonia

helical gear

vacuole (esp. in an animal cell)

cold-sintering

intracellular digestion

dosage form

collapse of the housing bubble

fiber cell (fibre)

allergic inflammation

Okinawa Socialist Masses Party

pyruvic acid

first system to rank officials into 12 levels (603 CE)

Achilles argument (i.e. Achilles and the tortoise; one of Zeno's paradoxes)

dielectric constant

forward handspring (gymnastics)

to be invited (often to perform for an audience)

unsaturated bond

photoreceptor cell

ancient triangular-rimmed mirror decorated with gods and animals

semi-transmissive liquid crystal display

recrimination

restriction enzyme