in the offing



approaching, at hand, brewing, card, close, coming, forthcoming, future, immediate, imminent, impending, in reserve, in store, in the cards, in the wind,

   nestle - arm, armour, bed, bless, bundle, burrow, champion, cloak, compass about, copyright, cover, cradle, cuddle, cuddle up, curl up,

   cylinder - accelerator, auto, barrel, bole, cask, column, drum, engine, generator, gun, muffler, parts, pillar, pipe, roll,

   tangibility - apparentness, body, clearness, concreteness, crystal-clearness, density, distinctness, durability, evidence, firmness, manifestness, mass, materiality, obviousness, openness,

   curtailment - abbreviation, abridgement, abstract, arrest, astringency, attrition, bereavement, bottleneck, cervix, check, cheeseparing, circumscription, compaction, compression, concentration,

   rucksack - baggage, luggage, pack ,

   throw together - ad-lib, alloy, amalgamate, bat out, blend, botch, bungle, coalesce, combine, commingle, compose, compound, concoct, conglomerate, cook up,

   photosphere - belt, corona, ionosphere, layer, stratosphere, stratum, sun, troposphere ,

   revolting - abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, base, beastly, below contempt, beneath contempt, contemptible, crude, despicable, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful,

   account current - account, balance, reckoning, score, tally ,

   sparingly - cannily, carefully, charily, economically, frugally, husbandly, in moderation, meagrely, moderately, poorly, providently, prudently, scantily, slightly, sparely,