to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
dry riverbed; river beach
but; however; even though; even if
stubborn person; obstinate person; stubbornness; obstinacy
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
between times; when there's a spare moment
public acknowledgment; public acknowledgement; public recognition; commendation; awarding
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
complementation; supplementation; completion
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
being scattered and ultimately lost; dissipation
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to bestow (esp. of a god); to grant
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
muscle fiber; muscle fibre
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
Leo (constellation); the Lion; Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk
king of beasts (i.e. lion)
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
joints; points (of a speech)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
coherence; order; focus; point