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to stick in one's throat

five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)

agricultural production

interstellar absorption

graft

official history (e.g. a state-sanctioned account of history subject to revision when the government changes)

Shiji (first of China's 24 dynastic histories)

thread guard (e.g. in a spinning machine)

passive transport

ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)

sound-level meter

Horsehead Nebula

polite Japanese as used by young part-time employees in restaurants, etc.

circular needle (knitting)

basal body

target (e.g. of a marketing campaign)

Arctic Circle (latitude)

to compare (e.g. in a competition)

localization (of software, etc.)

physiotherapy

kitchener stitch (knitting)

withers (height from ground to shoulder blades in animals)

design specifications (for public tender)

being fat

rhinology

coordinated intervention

idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)

ground coffee

to have a stuffed nose

moving to new seats