stupefy

1.To dull the senses or faculties of. See synonyms at daze.
2.To amaze; astonish.

No meetings, ever. “I find them stupefying and useless.”

perspicacious

洞察力のある, 明敏な, 透徹した
He made a perspicacious comment on a mailing list.

androgynous

1　両性具有の;両性の特徴をもつ.
2　男女の区別のない;男女共通［共用］の
ということで、男女共通に使える名前はandrogynous nameと言われる。

ENSO

El Niño/Southern Oscillation

dipterocarp

tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae
フタバガキ科(Dipterocarpaceae)
二つの羽根が生えた実(di=2, ptero=羽根, carp=実)をつけるdipterocarpus属に由来する。
東南アジアの熱帯雨林で最も優占している種類。特にボルネオ島に多いが、ニューギニア島では少ない。優良な材を作り、ラワン材として日本にも沢山輸入されている。

魚の名前

flounder: カレイ
snapper: フエダイ
鯛を和英辞典で引くと「a sea bream」と出ている。

metathesis

1　音位［字位］転換:語の中の文字・音節・音が入れ替わること；ax→ask, clapse→claspなど.

仮定法の例

Do you really think American foreign policy after 9/11 would have been different, had there been a higher standard of religious literacy?

hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

The fear of long words.
Wikitionaryにはhippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobiaは誤りであるとされているが、そちらのグーグル力は38000に対し、p１つのほうは1070しかない。

exaltation

A flight of larks. See synonyms at flock.
e.g. an exaltation of larks

point source

A source, especially of pollution or radiation, occupying a very small area and having a concentrated output.

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

多環芳香族炭化水素

patriarchy

1. A social system in which the father is the head of the family and descent is traced through the father's side of the family.
2. A family, community, or society based on this system or governed by men. Also called patriarchate.

antonym: matriarchy

ball breaker

noun Slang: Vulgar.

1.	an arduous, often unpleasant task.

2.	a person who makes great demands on others; taskmaster.

bailiwick

noun
1. A person's specific area of interest, skill, or authority. See synonyms at field.
2. The office or district of a bailiff.

schwag

The term schwag refers to all manner of logoed stuff given away by companies to get people to remember them, feel good about them, have their phone number and website at hand and generally make them think about them before any of their competitors.

at one's disposal

be (left) at a person's ～　 人が好きなように処分［使用］してよい
I'm at your ～.　 おっしゃるとおりにいたします.

scutwork

noun
Informal.
Monotonous work or menial tasks that have to be done usually as part of a large, complex job or project.

disseminate

verb, transitive
1.To scatter widely, as in sowing seed.
2.To spread abroad; promulgate: disseminate information.

verb, intransitive
To become diffused; spread.

coterie

noun
A small, often select group of persons who associate with one another frequently. See synonyms at circle.