living nature



biosphere, brawn, fibre, flesh, tissue ,

   skin game - boiler room, bucket shop, fiddle, goldbrick, shell game ,

   stretcher-bearer - bearer, caddie, carrier, carrier pigeon, carter, coolie, express, freighter, homing pigeon, letter carrier, porter, stevedore, transporter, trucker, water carrier ,

   breve - accidental, crotchet, dominant, flat, mark, minim, natural, note, quarter note, quaver, report, sharp, staccato, tone, triplet ,

   tall - a bit thick, a bit thin, a mile long, absurd, affected, bedizened, beyond belief, big, big-sounding, bombastic, bumper, colossal, considerable, convoluted, declamatory,

   square odds - fair shake, good chance, long shot, no chance, odds, price, small chance, stand-off, toss, touch and go ,

   tepidness - chill, coldness, neutrality ,

   apprehensive - afraid, agitated, alive, all nerves, all-knowing, anxious, apprehending, awake, aware, bothered, cognizant, comprehending, concerned, conscious, disquieted,

   mystified - addled, at a loss, at a nonplus, at a stand, at a standstill, at an impasse, baffled, bamboozled, beat, bewildered, confounded, dazed, floored, fuddled, in a dilemma,

   for some reason - by chance, incidentally, perchance, somehow ,

   lieutenant colonel - OD, aide, brass, brigadier, captain, colonel, commandant, commander, executive officer, general, lieutenant, major, marshal, officer, subaltern,