competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
oviparity; produced from eggs
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
snake; serpent; large snake
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
scarab (Egyptian gemstone); scarabeid (any of a group of beetles including the scarab beetle, Scarabeus sacer)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; beef
spoiled; half-rotten; decaying
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
Thales (Greek mathematician, c.624-546 BCE)
previous engagement; previous promise
to pierce; to penetrate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to feel keenly; to make a deep impression
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
such ... as; or some such