mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
eight (long cylindrical things)
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
adhesion; stickiness; viscosity
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia
moving about; stirring about
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
spider's thread; spider silk
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
someone (something) not to be trifled with
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
jet; spray; injection; jet propulsion
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp