to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence; clear and unclouded feel (e.g. of a voice, skin, etc.); bright and limpid impression; transparency (of a process, activity, etc.); clarity of how things work
second basement level; subbasement
wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
skeletal remains; dry bones of a corpse; human skeleton
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
thickness; profundity; depth; thickness; strong and tight group or wall of stones
to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in
several sheets (flat objects)
to be unusual (of a person or thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be eccentric; to be different
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
no hint (e.g. quiz questions where no clues are given)
thickly (of smoke, steam, etc.); stiflingly (hot air); suffocatingly; pungently
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
to be exhausted; to be worn out
cooking; food preparation
clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)