…each of a set of boxes graduated in size so as to fit inside each other…
…an act of placing both hands on a person’s arm and then twisting it to produce a burning sensation…
…a leafy green Asian plant of the cabbage family, closely related to broccoli but with more leaf and stem and much smaller florettes. It is commonly used in Asian cooking…
…an insurmountable barrier, especially to the passage of information…
…an oriental cabbage which does not form a firm heart…
…an Asian plant of the mint family, cultivated for its edible tubers…
…a board game for two to six players who attempt to move marbles or counters from one corner to the opposite one on a star-shaped board…
…a game in which a message is distorted by being passed around in a whisper…
…the Chinese festival marking the start of the new year, beginning on the second new moon after the winter solstice and ending on the full moon fifteen days later. It is marked by visits to family and friends, special meals, fireworks, and gift giving…
…an illness marked by short attacks of weakness, numbness, palpitations, and headaches, often attributed to overconsumption of monosodium glutamate (used as a seasoning in Chinese cooking)…
…a large semiaquatic reptile similar to a crocodile but with a broader and shorter head, native to the Americas and China…
…a board game for two to six players who attempt to move marbles or counters from one corner to the opposite one on a star-shaped board…
…an oriental cabbage which does not form a firm heart…
…a hoisting device consisting of two drums of different diameters on the same axis and turning at the same rate, so that a line wound on the larger drum and unwound from the smaller drum provides a mechanical advantage in lifting. Also called Chinese windlass…
…a fish of shallow warm seas, related to the rays and having a guitar-like body shape…
…the standard literary and official form of Chinese, spoken by over 730 million people…
…a small SE Asian deer, the male of which has tusks, small antlers, and a doglike bark…
…used in names of other plants of the same genus as rhubarb, several of which are used medicinally, e.g. Chinese rhubarb…
…used in names of other plants that yield fibre, e.g. Chinese jute…
…a fluke which has a complex life cycle and is of medical and veterinary importance. The adult lives within the liver tissues of a vertebrate, and the larva within one or more secondary hosts such as a snail or fish…
…an olive-green Asian crab with hairy pincers that has been introduced into Europe, where it lives in fresh water and estuaries and can become a pest…
…a tree with fatty seeds from which vegetable tallow or other oils are extracted…
…a small deer without antlers, the male having a pair of tusk-like canine teeth, native to China and Korea…
…a hoisting device consisting of two drums of different diameters on the same axis and turning at the same rate, so that a line wound on the larger drum and unwound from the smaller drum provides a mechanical advantage in lifting. Also called Chinese windlass…
…a small SE Asian deer, the male of which has tusks, small antlers, and a doglike bark…
…used in names of other plants of the same genus as rhubarb, several of which are used medicinally, e.g. Chinese rhubarb…
…an olive-green Asian crab with hairy pincers that has been introduced into Europe, where it lives in fresh water and estuaries and can become a pest…
…the crisp, white-fleshed tuber of a tropical sedge, used in oriental cookery…
…a Eurasian willow with trailing branches and foliage reaching down to the ground, widely grown as an ornamental in waterside settings…
…a large semiaquatic reptile similar to a crocodile but with a broader and shorter head, native to the Americas and China…
…a fish of shallow warm seas, related to the rays and having a guitar-like body shape…
…a fluke which has a complex life cycle and is of medical and veterinary importance. The adult lives within the liver tissues of a vertebrate, and the larva within one or more secondary hosts such as a snail or fish…
…a tree with fatty seeds from which vegetable tallow or other oils are extracted…
