in substance



essentially, fundamentally, per se, primarily, substantially, virtually ,

   pentagram - Phoebe, fin, quintet, quintuplet ,

   fix - acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accord, accustom, adapt, adjust, adjust to, affix, afford proof of, aim, aim at, align, allocate, allot,

   bubonic plague - German measles, ague, anthrax, black death, cholera, diphtheria, dysentery, epidemic, flu, hepatitis, herpes, hookworm, hydrophobia, infantile paralysis, influenza,

   take captive - apprehend, arrest, capture, catch, disenfranchise, dominate, enslave, enthral, hold down, keep down, land, net, pick up, seize, subject,

   erotic literature - classic, dirt, erotica, film, filth, kitsch, letters, lewdness, literature, obscenity, pornography, ribaldry, skin flick, smut, stag film ,

   pessary - bag, contraceptive, diaphragm, pill, prophylactic, rubber, skin ,

   castigation - admonition, anathema, arraignment, blame, censure, condemnation, correction, damnation, denunciation, deserts, discipline, hell, indictment, infliction, judgement,

   weathering - ablation, erosion, ravages of time, use, wear, wear and tear ,

   scrofulous - allergic, anaemic, arthritic, bilious, colicky, consumptive, dyspeptic, epileptic, leprous, malarial, malignant, measly, palsied, paralytic, rheumatic,

   high-up - Olympian, aerial, airy, ascending, aspiring, colossal, elevated, eminent, ethereal, exalted, haughty, high, lofty, monumental, mounting,