inheritance



DNA, allele, attested copy, bequest, birth, birthright, character, chromatin, chromosome, codicil, determinant, determiner, devise, diathesis, endowment,

   unprepared for - extraordinary, improbable, out-of-the-way, sudden, unannounced, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unheralded, unpredictable, unpredicted ,

   cremation - blazing, blistering, branding, burning, carbonization, cauterization, combustion, cracking, destructive distillation, distillation, distilling, flaming, funeral pile, incineration, oxidation,

   silk gown - civilian, defence counsel, district attorney, leader, mouthpiece, prosecutor, publicist, silk ,

   backache - abscess, ache, aching, ague, anaemia, angina, asphyxiation, asthma, atrophy, bellyache, chill, colic, constipation, convulsion, diarrhoea,

   department store - boutique, chain store, co-op, concession, cooperative, country store, dime store, discount house, discount store, emporium, establishment, five-and-ten, general store, house, mail-order house,

   brittle as glass - breakable, brittle, crisp, crumbly, delicate, fissile, flimsy, fragile, frail, frangible, friable, shivery, vulnerable ,

   permissibleness - admissibility, lawfulness, legality, legitimacy, validity ,

   aphonic - breathless, dumb, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, inarticulate, mum, mute, silent, speechless, voiceless, wordless ,

   pettifogging - Mickey Mouse, animadversion, artifice, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, captious, carping, cavil, chicanery, collusion, connivance, conspiracy, critical, criticism,

   stark-naked - bald, bare, naked, nude, nudist, raw, stark, stripped, unclad, unclothed, undressed ,