striking; remarkable; considerable
study; research; investigation
perception; sensation; awareness
frequency (esp. of waveforms)
to sniff out; to get wind of
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
bet; wager; stake; gamble
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
slope; slanting surface; bevel
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
to burrow through; to dig through
drinking water; potable water
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
artesian well; tapped well
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
un-; non-; negative prefix
permeable layer; pervious layer
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
to dig through; to drill into; to excavate