whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
unevenness (e.g. in quality); inconstancy; variation; dispersion; scatter; spread
deflection; deviation; variation; declination; drift
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
blacksmith's workshop; smithy; forge; foundry
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
number (of long, cylindrical things, movies, trains, home runs, etc.)
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
event; phenomenon; matter
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
factory; plant; mill; workshop
gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
measuring container; measuring box; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
cooling; refrigeration; cooling down (of a political conflict, etc.); calming down
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate
prohibition; inhibition; ban
powder flask (gunpowder); powder horn
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically