malicious gossip



character assassination, dirt, scandal, slander, titbit, whispering campaign ,

   preliminaries - acknowledgement, arrangement, back, back matter, basic training, bibliography, briefing, catchword, colophon, contents, dedication, equipment, errata, flyleaf, folio,

   perfidiousness - conspiracy, deserted, dirty trick, dirty work, disloyalty, duplicity, falseness, falsity, foul play, perfidy, treachery, treason, unfaithfulness ,

   memorial arch - arch, barrow, brass, bust, cairn, cenotaph, column, cross, cup, dolmen, grave, gravestone, headstone, inscription, marker,

   teetotaller - abstainer, ascetic, vegetarian ,

   beneficiary heir - heir, heir apparent, heiress, inheritor, successor ,

   punch cards - magnetic tape, microfiche, microfilm, oscilloscope, printout, reader, readout, recorder ,

   be annihilated - die, die away, die out, disappear, dissolve, evaporate, expire, fade, fade out, flee, fly, go, melt away, pass, pass away,

   buy up - absorb, buy, buy in, buy off, corner, engross, make a deal, monopolize, procure, purchase ,

   shellfire - anti-aircraft fire, cross fire, curtain fire, direct fire, dry fire, file fire, fire, fire of demolition, fire-power, fireworks, firing, flack, flak, ground fire, gunfight,

   nurseryman - florist, gardener, horticulturist, landscape architect, landscape gardener, viticulturist ,