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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)

compulsive note-taker

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