adventure story; novel of adventure
extensive; vast range; wide scope
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
narrator; storyteller; reciter
Hodgson's hawk eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis); mountain hawk-eagle
full impact; packing a punch
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
strength of the brush stroke; power of the pen; ability to write
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
murder; homicide; manslaughter
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
contract; compact; agreement
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
original method or procedure; serious; orthodox; classical
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
story featuring metamorphosis
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
subsumption; connotation; inclusion; encompassing
rapidly; one after the other; without hesitation; unreservedly; sound of tramping; stomping
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
superlative; extraordinary; mega; superdreadnought (class of warships)