investigatory



analytic, analytical, examining, exploratory, feeling, groping, heuristic, investigative, tentative, testing, trying ,

   caribou - animal, antelope, armadillo, bat, buck, camel, deer, doe, dromedary, elephant, elk, fawn, gazelle, giraffe, gnu,

   veiling - canopy, coating, corduroy, cotton, cover, covering, eclipse, envelopment, fabric, hiding, incrustation, nylon, shading, sheathing, shielding,

   urge on - cheer, drive on, egg on, hie, hound, hurry, root, speed, spur, thrust, urge ,

   nippy - below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, brisk, burning, chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, cool,

   put in commission - commission, condition, darn, doctor, fix, fix up, mend, overhaul, patch, ready, recap, recondition, repair, retread, service,

   second - OK, abettor, abundant year, academic year, accept, accredit, acolyte, adjutant, admirer, advance, advocate, affirm, aficionado, agent, aid,

   fair-weather sailor - Flying Dutchman, Neptune, OD, bluejacket, buccaneer, fisherman, hearty, jack, navigator, pirate, privateer, sailor, salt, sea dog, sea rover,

   in clover - affluent, charmed, comfortable, comfortably situated, content, contented, cosy, delighted, easy, euphoric, exhilarated, favourably impressed with, glad, gladsome, gratified,

   tramp - Arab, airing, alien, amble, backpack, baggage, bat around, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, bum, bummer, cadger,

   public hospital - asylum, clinic, convalescent home, home, hospital, infirmary, mental hospital, nursing home, rest home, sanatorium, sick bay, sickroom, ward ,