ballast



balance, break bulk, clear for action, clear the decks, consideration, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equipoise, equivalent, firm, firm up, freeze, give-and-take, hold,

   ultimatum - admonishment, admonition, alarm, blackmail, boundary condition, call, call for, catch, caution, caveat, claim, clause, condition, conditions, contribution,

   hookworm - German measles, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black death, black fever, brucellosis, bubonic plague, cerebral rheumatism, chicken pox, cholera, cowpox,

   devil worshipper - Druid, idolater, sorcerer ,

   water level - earth, esplanade, flat, flatland, floor, ground, horizontal, ledge, level, parterre, plain, plane, platform, prairie, steppe,

   hit-off - counterfeiting, following, forgery, impersonation, imposture, impression, mirroring, onomatopoeia, parody, plagiarism, repetition, simulation, take-off ,

   like a thunderbolt - abruptly, all at once, bang, dash, hastily, impetuously, impulsively, plop, plump, plunk, pop, sharp, slap, smack, suddenly,

   imperturbable - balanced, bovine, collected, complacent, composed, cool, dispassionate, dull, even-tempered, fast, fiducial, firm, impassive, in equilibrium, nonchalant,

   electric-heated - heated, hot, overheated ,

   garishness - affectation, big talk, blatancy, convolution, dash, dazzle, extravagance, extravaganza, flamboyance, flatulence, gaiety, gaudiness, glare, glitter, inflation,

   tower - acropolis, antenna tower, architecture, arise, ascend, bastion, beachhead, beacon, bedrock, belfry, bell tower, belvedere, bench mark, bleachers, blockhouse,