to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
frontmost; a short time ago; a little while ago; just now
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
chuck-farthing (game of throwing coins in a hole); pitch-farthing
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
discipline; training; teaching manners
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched
pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
charm; spell; curse; malediction; dharani; mantra
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
something wrong; something unusual; abnormality; disorder; trouble; change
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
many; much; plenty; hardly
thickness; profundity; depth; thickness; strong and tight group or wall of stones