first-string



banner, bunkum, capital, dandy, excellent, famous, number one, prime, stunning, superior, top ,

   under the ban - banned, barred, contraband, forbidden, illegal, illicit, off limits, out of bounds, outlawed, prohibited, taboo, unauthorized, unlawful, unlicensed, unsanctioned,

   aluminium oxide - abrasive, emery, file, polish, wax ,

   mermaid - Davy Jones, Neptune, bather, bathing beauty, bathing girl, diver, fresh-water nymph, frogman, man fish, naiad, nix, ocean nymph, sea devil, sea god, sea nymph,

   musk - ambergris, ambrosia, aromatic, aromatic gum, aromatic water, attar, attar of roses, balm, balsam, bay oil, civet, essence, essential oil, extract, fixative,

   Satan - Beelzebub, Cerberus, Hades, Loki, Lucifer, Minos, consummate liar, deuce, devil-god, dirty liar, equivocator, fabricator, fallen angel, false witness, falsifier,

   mineral water - beverage, drink, head, hydrosphere, laxative, rain, salt water, steam, water, water vapour ,

   caddish - boorish, coarse, crude, ill-bred, inconsiderate, insensitive, loutish, nasty, offensive, tactless, unfeminine, ungentlemanly, unladylike, unrefined, vulgar ,

   heave out - bounce, cast, cast out, chuck, discard, discharge, eject, exclude, expel, extrude, jettison, junk, kick out, obtrude, oust,

   strapped - badly off, beat, beggared, bound, broke, busted, destitute, distressed, down to bedrock, embarrassed, feeling the pinch, fettered, flat, flat broke, hampered,

   alive with - alive, bristling, bursting, crawling, crowded, jammed, lavish, lousy, overflowing, packed, populous, prodigal, profuse, prolific, rife,