| Alphabetical list of technical terms |
GLOSSARY |
| American wildcat |
OCELOT |
| Become hard and bony with age |
OSSIFY |
| Black-and-white shorebird with upward-curving bill |
AVOCET |
| Blanching agent |
BLEACH |
| Completely lacking in character or purpose |
IGNOBLE |
| Consistent with reason |
RATIONAL |
| Cowboy of the South American pampas |
GAUCHO |
| Custodians of collections |
CURATORS |
| Disease of the skin |
ECZEMA |
| Exercises that increase oxygen intake |
AEROBICS |
| Footwear |
SHOE |
| Frameworks to support climbing plants |
PERGOLAS |
| Frenzied, as if possessed by a demon |
BERSERK |
| Fully compos mentis |
ALLTHERE |
| Group of followers hired to applaud at a performance |
CLAQUE |
