piddling number
handful, scattering, sprinkling, trickle ,
beacon fire - Roman candle, alarm, backfire, beacon, bell, blaze, blinker, buoy, combustion, conflagration, fire, flame, flare, flicker, foghorn,
oarsman - bargeman, boat-handler, boater, boatman, ferryman, galley slave, gondolier, oar, punter, rower, waterman, yachtsman ,
stilted - affected, artificial, awkward, bedizened, big-sounding, bloated, bombastic, buckram, cardboard, clumsy, conventional, convoluted, cramped, cumbrous, declamatory,
shady dealings - Mafia, black market, gambling, narcotics traffic, organized crime, prostitution, protection racket, racket, syndicate, usury, white slavery ,
bifurcated - arboreal, bilateral, bipartisan, bipartite, branching, cleft, cloven, divided, double, dual, duplex, duplicated, forked, identical, matched,
spaniel - backslapper, brownie, courtier, creature, dog, dupe, flatterer, flunky, groveller, helot, hound, instrument, jackal, lackey, minion,
general acclamation - acclamation, accord, accordance, agreement, chorus, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, consensus, consent, harmony, meeting of minds, mutual understanding, same mind,
lambency - breath, brush, caress, contact, dance, dancing, feel, feeling, flick, flicker, flutter, fluttering, glance, glow, graze,
tactful - accommodating, accommodative, accurate, acute, adept, adroit, affable, agreeable, allergic, appreciative, apt, artistic, attentive, authoritative, bravura,
in sail - aboard, afloat, aloft, on board, topside ,
oarsman - bargeman, boat-handler, boater, boatman, ferryman, galley slave, gondolier, oar, punter, rower, waterman, yachtsman ,
stilted - affected, artificial, awkward, bedizened, big-sounding, bloated, bombastic, buckram, cardboard, clumsy, conventional, convoluted, cramped, cumbrous, declamatory,
shady dealings - Mafia, black market, gambling, narcotics traffic, organized crime, prostitution, protection racket, racket, syndicate, usury, white slavery ,
bifurcated - arboreal, bilateral, bipartisan, bipartite, branching, cleft, cloven, divided, double, dual, duplex, duplicated, forked, identical, matched,
spaniel - backslapper, brownie, courtier, creature, dog, dupe, flatterer, flunky, groveller, helot, hound, instrument, jackal, lackey, minion,
general acclamation - acclamation, accord, accordance, agreement, chorus, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, consensus, consent, harmony, meeting of minds, mutual understanding, same mind,
lambency - breath, brush, caress, contact, dance, dancing, feel, feeling, flick, flicker, flutter, fluttering, glance, glow, graze,
tactful - accommodating, accommodative, accurate, acute, adept, adroit, affable, agreeable, allergic, appreciative, apt, artistic, attentive, authoritative, bravura,
in sail - aboard, afloat, aloft, on board, topside ,