steel; steal (baseball, basketball)
-less; lacking; non-existing
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
adherent; devotee; believer
covering of snow (esp. on a mountain); snowcap; becoming topped with snow
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
inflammatory bowel disease; IBD
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
shorts; panties; knickers
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
microscope slide; glass slide
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
swelling; expansion; puffing; inflation; bulking
numerical control; network computer
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
cluster; cluster; cluster (unit of disk space allocation); cluster (group of computers); clique; faction
specimen; sample; object to be examined
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
oldest member of a group; longest-serving member
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
(depending on) how; (depending on) what; nature (of); what is ...?; how is ...?; what will be ...?
check (against); collation (with); comparison; verification
barium (Ba); barium sulfate suspension
magnetic resonance imaging; MRI