mopping up



ablution, douche, enema, flush, irrigation, rinse, rinsing, scouring, scrub, shampoo, sponge, sponging, wash, washing, washout ,

   little known - inglorious, nameless, no credit to, obscure, uncelebrated, undistinguished, unheard-of, unknown, unnoticed, unpopular, unsung ,

   breakwater - abutment, anchorage, anchorage ground, arch dam, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, basin, beam, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, berth,

   fluidize - aerate, atomize, carbonate, chlorinate, cut, deliquesce, dissolve, distil, emit, etherize, evaporate, exhale, flux, fractionate, fume,

   skate - bloke, boy, buck, chap, coast, fellow, flit, flow, fly, gent, gentleman, glide, guy, ice-skate, man,

   picture shifts - bloom, blooping, definition, flare, ghost, grid, image, noise, picture, rain, rolling, scintillation, shading, snow, snowstorm ,

   phlebitis - 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,

   buttonholing - blandishment, dunning, embroidery, importunity, knitting, nagging, pestering, plaguing, pressing, pressure, teasing, urgency, wheedling ,

   magma - admixture, alloy, amalgam, basalt, bedrock, blend, combination, combo, composite, composition, compound, concoction, confection, conglomerate, crag,

   laden with sorrow - heavy, oppressed, sad, weighted down ,

   gossipy - accessible, agape, agog, approachable, candid, chatty, communicative, conversational, curious, demonstrative, effusive, expansive, extroverted, flip, fluent,