novelette (a short or brief novel; a long short story)

a sensational issue; a story of interest

high security prison

palace

[เรื่อย ๆ] usually; continuously; gradually; more and more; on and on

first son

motivator; drive; compulsion

(science) gravity; gravity

hippopotamus

acid reflux disease

bipolar disorder (ไบโพลาร์—characterized by the alternation of manic and depressive states)

diseases of the brain

hand, foot, and mouth disease

angina pectoris

slaughterhouse

nuclear power plant

national public school; government school

[alternate spelling of โรจน์]

[suffix indicating qualification, quantification, or interrogation, as indicated below]

[อย่างไร] anything; whatever

[เมื่อไร] whenever

[colloquial shortening of] อะไร 

[กระไร] what

[กระไร] [of a characteristic, condition, state, stage or method in general] why, how, what

[กระไร] [a word that follows adjectives or adverbs and emphasizes them (a kind of interjection), as in] "what a..."; "how..."

[เท่าไร] ...how much?... how many?; to that extent

[เพียงไร] how many

[เมื่อไร] [used in a question] when

[อย่างไร] like what; anyhow; how

parting line around a topknot of hair

to collect donations

(of gold, the sky, etc.) shining brightly; brilliant; magnficent

[รำไร] dimly; indistinctly; dim; indistinct; faint

[ตัวไร] mallophaga; chicken mite; biting lice

[กระไร] to find it embarrassing (to do something); needing to save face

[Thai transcription of the foreign loanword] rye

[เท่าไร] at all (in a negative expression)

[เมอะไร] [used in a question] when

a Sanskrit ligature (consonant and vowel combination) which can be pronounced as ริ (ฤทธิ์) or รึ (พฤกษา) or เรอ (ฤกษ์ ). The character is not normally listed in the Thai alphabet although appearing between ร and ล in Thai alphabetical order

[a particle indicating negation] not; no [usually used in Thai poetry]

[interrogative] which? what?

to come down; go down; get off; get out of; descend; land

[used in connection with กลืน  or กิน ] to swallow

to lay down; put down; set down

[directional auxiliary indicating "downward" or "reduction"]

to sign (one's name); to inscribe; to jot down; to write

down

to rub

[usually preceded by มา  and followed by กับ ] to take (something) out on (someone)

to descend; go down

to reduce; lower; decrease; abate

[ลม ๆ] [is] futile; empty

overtime

to clear drains

to cast a brief glance; to glimpse; to look quickly

[informal, spoken pronunciation of ละ —a particle used at the end of a statement or question to add an imperative quality]

to feel weary; tired; weak; to feel tired (physically and mentally)

Conservatism