A used book, one which may include physical wear, highlighting or marginalia and hence lacks value as a collectible, but which remains in sufficiently good condition to be suitable for someone whose primary interest is in reading the book.

The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.

(genetics) Any of three possible sequences of codons in which an RNA sequence could be translated.

present participle of sight read

plural of cross-reading

present participle of skim-read

(textual criticism) Any of the observed differences when comparing different versions of a single text.

The ability to sense what others are thinking; telepathy.

A mentalist's technique to determine the thoughts or knowledge of a subject by observing subtle, involuntary movements in response to speech or other stimuli.

Any type of spectacles intended chiefly to deal with the effects of presbyopia by magnifying details such as fine text.