one over x plus h, minus one over x, quantity over h

(1/(x+h)-1/x)/h

Words in Mary Roach's presentation

in-utero

pungent

sow

vulva

inseminate

titillate

conceive

copulate

Cease and desist

A cease and desist (also called C & D) is an order or request to halt an activity, or else face legal action. The recipient of the cease-and-desist may be an individual or an organization.

entomophilous, anemophilous

entomophilous
Botany.
Pollinated by insects.
entomophily noun

anemophilous
Pollinated by wind-dispersed pollen.
anemophily nous

Banjax

(rare, primarily Irish) To ruin or destroy.

salacious

1. Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire; lascivious.
2. Lustful; bawdy.

Bunionectomy

これをやったあとの痛みは出産より激しい場合もあるという。くわばらくわばら。

Pulmonic ingressive

Mentioned in the second topic of the episode distributed on 2009-03-23 of A Way with Words.
Wikipedia entry is here.

“Crown play time” puzzle

From the episode “Tweet, Tweet! Polly Wanna Cracker!” of the radio program “A Way with Words”.

Guess a word that could logically go before or after each of a trio of words. For example, if the three words are “nest,” “calories,” and “suit,” the answer is “empty,” as in “empty nest,” “empty calories,” and “empty suit.”

Q0: crown, play, time
Q1: blue, six, throat
Q2: bending, game, reader
Q3: bullet, gravy, toilet
Q4: actor, flaw, witness
Q5: office, spring, turtle
Q6: sea, center, weight
Q7: guest, Lincoln, master

A0: triple
A1: deep
A2: mind
A3: train
A4: character
A5: box
A6: dead
A7: bedroom

Extra question: Guess the “crown play time” word for A1 through A7.
Answer: set

Three's a charm

Find a word making phrases by being in front the the three or four words given.

Q: standard, bed, boiler
A: double

Q: weight, wheel, fishing
A: fly

Q: ball, pin, trigger
A: hair

Q: surgery, history, exam, thermometer
A: oral

Q: note, stone, ring
A: key

Q: wind, string, coming
A: second

Q: beef, zero, floor
A: ground

Q: job, ball, man, leopard
A: snow

腹式呼吸

一般的にはそのままabdominal breathingで、専門家はdiaphragmatic breathingと呼ぶようだ。

petrichor

(from Greek petros, "stone" + ichor) the name of the scent of rain on dry earth

From "As they say in Zanzibar"

When two elephants tussle, it's the glass that suffers.
It is the pot that boils, but the dish gets the credit.

circumscribe

1. To draw a line around; encircle.
2. To limit narrowly; restrict.
3. To determine the limits of; define. See synonyms at limit.
4. a. To enclose (a polygon or polyhedron) within a configuration of lines, curves, or surfaces so that every vertex of the enclosed object is incident on the enclosing configuration. b. To erect (such a configuration) around a polygon or polyhedron: circumscribe a circle around a square.

abdicate

To relinquish (power or responsibility) formally.

empathy

1.Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives. See synonyms at pity.
2.The attribution of one's own feelings to an object.

self-fulfilling prophecy

心理学用語で、日本語訳は「自己充足的予言」のようだ。

absolve

1. To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
2. To relieve of a requirement or an obligation.
3. a. To grant a remission of sin to. b. To pardon or remit (a sin).

abomination

1. Abhorrence; disgust.
2. A cause of abhorrence or disgust.

lumber

1. a. To cut down (trees) and prepare as marketable timber. b. To cut down the timber of.
2. Chiefly British. To clutter with or as if with unused articles.