linguistic scholar



grammarian, lexicographer, linguist, philologist, phonetician ,

   character reference - advocacy, character, credential, patronage, recommend, reference, testimonial, voucher ,

   watery grave - asphyxiation, choke, choking, killing, starvation, strangling, strangulation, suffocation ,

   finishing stroke - climax, clincher, coup de grace, crown, crusher, deathblow, final stroke, finisher, kayo, knock-out, quietus, settler, stopper ,

   make up to - act on, act up to, agree to anything, answer, approach, atone, bear for, bear up for, bear up to, bear upon, break for, break the ice, brown-nose, communicate with, contact,

   oceanographic - geodetic, marine, maritime, measuring, metric, metrical, nautical, oceanic, pelagic, quantitative, topographic ,

   launch a vendetta - avenge, get even with, retaliate, revenge ,

   airstrip - apron, fairway, runway, strip ,

   nephritis - appendicitis, atrophic arthritis, atrophic inflammation, brain fever, bronchitis, bunion, bursitis, catarrh, cerebral meningitis, chronic infectious arthritis, chronic inflammation, cirrhotic inflammation, climactic arthritis, colitis, collagen disease,

   unavoidably - certainly, inevitably, irrevocably, necessarily, surely ,

   gravy train - bonanza, gold mine, lode, mine ,