jpdb beta

new ground (science, art, etc.); new front; new scope; frontier

1

tub; washbasin; washbowl

2

in that way; like that

1

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

2

to be the ruin of (a person)

1

thrust; driving force; propulsion

1

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

6

sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness

5

(particle) accelerator

2

stability; security; equilibrium

1

torque

1

to steer a ship; to manage; to take command; to take the helm

1

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

1

opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

1

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

3

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

1

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

1

absorbability; absorbency

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

3

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

3

kinetic energy

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omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

1

hard to do

1

to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict

1

point-blank range

2

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

2

countermeasure; counter-measure

1

to attack all in a bunch; to attack all at once

1

now that; since; so long as; because

1

virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

1

absolute

1

(direct) hit; hitting the mark

1

to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

1

(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

1

little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

2

aim

2

pleasant sound; crack (of a baseball bat); roar (of a motor)

1

emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence

1

still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

1

to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

2

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

1

regular square mesh pattern; square lattice; grid

1

to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

2

relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening

2

natural phenomenon (phenomena)

2

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

1

square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface

1

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

1