investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
in person; personally; directly
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
low (level, value, price, etc.)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
foreign enemy; outside invader
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
action of making something; -ification
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
utmost limits; extremity; limit
making efficient; optimization
occupational ability; function; role
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
first generation; founder
three generations; three periods; third generation
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
crown (of a watch); stem; cannon (of a bell); something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)