Raynaud's phenomenon

A circulatory disorder that affects the hands and feet, caused by insufficient blood supply to these parts and resulting in cyanosis, numbness, pain, and, in extreme cases, gangrene.

toot one's horn

I know he's going to be too bashful to toot his own horn, so I'll take on the job.

agathocacological

Composed of both good and evil
agathakakologicalとも綴る。
ギリシア語のagatho(良い)+caco(悪い)+形容詞の接尾辞logicalより

enology

ワイン醸造学
oenologyとも綴る

viticulture

ぶどう栽培

philtrum, tragus

philtrum:
the vertical groove on the surface of the upper lip, below the septum of the nose.

tragus:
1. The projection of skin-covered cartilage in front of the meatus of the external ear.
2. Any of the hairs growing at the entrance to the meatus of the external ear.

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.