理

copyreading department

loan shark who specializes in refinancing debts

empty theory; impracticable theory

treated wastewater; treated sewage

Organization name

Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (abbr)

deism

repairman; repairer

patent attorney; patent agent

grain (of wood)

agency; (attorney's) authority of representation

barbering; haircutting; hairdressing

unreasonableness; absurdity; irrationality

member country of the executive committee in an international organization (organisation)

Computing

Boolean type

Physics

string theory

gourmet; gastronome

M-theory ("master theory" that unifies the five superstring theories)

Computing

physical layer; PHY

days of one's menstrual period

li and qi; li and chi; the underlying principles and the material phenomena of the cosmos (in Song-period neo-Confucianism)

practical theory

Geology

texture (of a rock); structure

Computing

logical product; AND operation; conjunction; intersection

jurisprudence