practical politics
Realpolitik, Tammany Hall, bossism, partisan politics, polity ,
conscript - beat the drums, boot, call to arms, call up, commandeer, detach, detach for service, draft, drafted man, draftee, enlist, enlistee, enrol, enrollee, impress,
empower - accredit, arm, assign, authorize, certificate, certify, charge, charter, clothe, clothe with power, commission, commit, consign, delegate, depute,
elision - abbreviation, abridgement, abstract, clipping, compression, condensation, conspectus, contraction, curtailment, cutting, ellipsis, epitome, foreshortening, pruning, recap,
manual labour - dirty work, drudgery, employment, fag, fatigue, grind, handiwork, handwork, industry, labour, lick, lick of work, moil, rat race, slavery,
die-hard - backward, conservative, fogyish, old-fashioned, orthodox, partisan, preservative, purist, reactionary, right, right wing, square, ultraconservative ,
dissipate - ablate, attenuate, be consumed, be gone, be promiscuous, blow, blow off, blunder away, break up, burn up, carouse, cast forth, cease, cease to be, cease to exist,
systole - abbreviation, astringency, beat, bottleneck, bout, cervix, circle, circuit, circumscription, compaction, compression, concentration, condensation, consolidation, constriction,
derived - constructive, derivative, eclectic, secondary ,
carried - accepted, adopted, approved, chosen, elect, elected, hand-picked, named, nominated, passed, picked, ratified, select ,
quiet - abate, aesthetic, allay, appease, arrange, arrangement, array, artistic, asleep, at peace, at rest, awful silence, back-door, backstairs, backward,
empower - accredit, arm, assign, authorize, certificate, certify, charge, charter, clothe, clothe with power, commission, commit, consign, delegate, depute,
elision - abbreviation, abridgement, abstract, clipping, compression, condensation, conspectus, contraction, curtailment, cutting, ellipsis, epitome, foreshortening, pruning, recap,
manual labour - dirty work, drudgery, employment, fag, fatigue, grind, handiwork, handwork, industry, labour, lick, lick of work, moil, rat race, slavery,
die-hard - backward, conservative, fogyish, old-fashioned, orthodox, partisan, preservative, purist, reactionary, right, right wing, square, ultraconservative ,
dissipate - ablate, attenuate, be consumed, be gone, be promiscuous, blow, blow off, blunder away, break up, burn up, carouse, cast forth, cease, cease to be, cease to exist,
systole - abbreviation, astringency, beat, bottleneck, bout, cervix, circle, circuit, circumscription, compaction, compression, concentration, condensation, consolidation, constriction,
derived - constructive, derivative, eclectic, secondary ,
carried - accepted, adopted, approved, chosen, elect, elected, hand-picked, named, nominated, passed, picked, ratified, select ,
quiet - abate, aesthetic, allay, appease, arrange, arrangement, array, artistic, asleep, at peace, at rest, awful silence, back-door, backstairs, backward,