language study
derivation, etymology, grammar, linguistics, morphology, palaeography, philology, phonetics, phonology, semantics ,
deep six - abandon, barrow, beehive tomb, bone house, box grave, burial, burial at sea, burial chamber, burial mound, burying, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, cast-off,
sit down on - asphyxiate, bottle up, censor, clamp down on, cork, crack down on, crush, damp, drown, extinguish, gag, hold down, jump on, keep down, kill,
tailback - archer, athlete, ballplayer, batter, battery, catcher, centre, coach, competitor, end, guard, jock, jumper, line, linesman,
mustard - condiment, eagerness, herb, hotbed, pepper, rabbit, salt, spice, warren, weed ,
negotiable instrument - IOU, acceptance, acceptance bill, bank acceptance, bank check, bill, bill of draft, bill of exchange, blank check, certificate, certificate of deposit, certified check, check, cheque, chequebook,
printmaker - carver, engraver, lapidary, lithographer ,
right sort - acceptable person, capital fellow, diamond, gem, gentleman, good fellow, good lot, good man, good person, good sort, good woman, honest man, jewel, lady, pearl,
caterwaul - bark, battle cry, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, bicker, blare, bleat, bray, call, cheer, creak, cry, fall out,
straightforward - Mickey Mouse, Spartan, aboveboard, apparent, artless, ascetic, austere, bald, bare, barefaced, bluff, blunt, broad, brusque, candid,
grin and abide - accept, adjust, condone, countenance, let pass, obey, overlook, reconcile, rise above, shrug, submit, suffer, yield ,
sit down on - asphyxiate, bottle up, censor, clamp down on, cork, crack down on, crush, damp, drown, extinguish, gag, hold down, jump on, keep down, kill,
tailback - archer, athlete, ballplayer, batter, battery, catcher, centre, coach, competitor, end, guard, jock, jumper, line, linesman,
mustard - condiment, eagerness, herb, hotbed, pepper, rabbit, salt, spice, warren, weed ,
negotiable instrument - IOU, acceptance, acceptance bill, bank acceptance, bank check, bill, bill of draft, bill of exchange, blank check, certificate, certificate of deposit, certified check, check, cheque, chequebook,
printmaker - carver, engraver, lapidary, lithographer ,
right sort - acceptable person, capital fellow, diamond, gem, gentleman, good fellow, good lot, good man, good person, good sort, good woman, honest man, jewel, lady, pearl,
caterwaul - bark, battle cry, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, bicker, blare, bleat, bray, call, cheer, creak, cry, fall out,
straightforward - Mickey Mouse, Spartan, aboveboard, apparent, artless, ascetic, austere, bald, bare, barefaced, bluff, blunt, broad, brusque, candid,
grin and abide - accept, adjust, condone, countenance, let pass, obey, overlook, reconcile, rise above, shrug, submit, suffer, yield ,