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- ABSEILTo descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body.
- ADSORPTIONThe adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.
- ALDRINAn insecticide and persistent organic pollutant containing a naphthalene-derived compound.
- FLUKEA lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
- FLYSCHA series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.
- GEMUTLICHAlternative spelling of gemütlich.
- GIBELPrussian carp (Carassius gibelio).
- GUNSELSynonym of catamite: a young man kept by an elder as a (usually passive) homosexual partner.
- HORNFELSAny of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exc
- MILCHIGDairy, containing anything derived from milk.
- MOLDAVITEA substance formed by meteorite impact, a component of the tektites found across central Europe.
- MONOCYTEA type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that differentiates into a macrophage.
- NEUTROPHILOf a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.
- SCHWARZLOTA kind of black enamel decoration applied to glass etc.
- THALWEGThe line that connects the lowest points in a valley or river channel, and thus the line of fastest flow or deepest water along a river’s course.
- TRACHEIDA tracheid cell.
- URACILOne of the bases of RNA, pairing with adenine.
- VORLAGEA skiing position in which the skier leans forward while keeping their heels in contact with the skis.
- VRAICSSeaweed gathered for use as a fertilizer or fuel.
- WACKEA soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.
- WALDHORNA French horn.
- WISENTThe European bison, Bison bonasus or Bos bonasus.