articulately



clearly, comprehensibly, definitely, distinctly, expressly, plainly, simply ,

   thick-skinned - callous, case-hardened, dull, hard-boiled, hardened, impervious, insensate, insensitive, inured, numbed, obtuse, steeled, stolid, tough, toughened,

   senile weakness - childishness, decline, dotage, second childhood, senility ,

   ancestral spirits - angel, control, daemon, fairy godmother, familiar, genius, guardian, guardian angel, guide, totem, tutelary ,

   gardening - bloom, blossom, blow, floret, flower, horticulture, posy, wildflower ,

   quern - crusher, grater, grinder, masher, mill, millstone, mortar and pestle, pestle, pulverizer, roller, steamroller ,

   samarium - gold, iron, lead, metal, silver ,

   self-centred - acquisitive, ambitious for self, autistic, careerist, egocentric, egoistic, egotistical, grasping, greedy, individualistic, narcissistic, possessive, remote, self-absorbed, self-admiring,

   gluttonous - a bit much, abandoned, all-devouring, bibulous, bolting, boundless, cannibal, cannibalistic, carnivorous, cramming, dietetic, dining, eating, egregious, enormous,

   acid kiln - furnace, kiln, oven, stove ,

   holy orders - acolyte, apostleship, apostolic orders, appointment, baptism, call, calling, canonization, care of souls, conferment, confirmation, consecration, deacon, doorkeeper, election,