jpdb beta

arrowhead

11

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

2

(tail) end

1

wire; wire rope

9

flight; flying; soaring

9

rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing

1

to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw

1

gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull

2

to weaken

1

roof

8

to stick (in); to stick out; to rise sharply; to stand (doing nothing)

6

operation; functioning; running

1

anchor

2

feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)

2

gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine

3

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

8

to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead

3

to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below

1

(in) the air; midair; sky

16

to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily

2

putting into operation; invocation

2

soft landing

2

transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay

2

transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety

2

propulsive power; driving force

2

catalyst

3

intermittent

3

gear

1

full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end

2

to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)

2

building

7

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)

2

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

to fall; to drop; to fail (an exam); to lose (a contest, election, etc.); to be unsuccessful

1

attenuation; damping; decay

1

dust; cloud of dust

1

luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

6

crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult

4

most part; greater part; majority

1

wooden; made of wood

1

here and there; in places

5

(a) few; some; several

1

castle siege

4

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

ballista; springald

16

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

2

pedestal

1

magazine (for a firearm); cylinder (of a revolver)

9

cart; wagon

1

box-shaped; box-type; boxy

1