ulcerous
bad, contaminated, diseased, gangrened, infected, morbid, mortified, pathological, poisoned, septic, tainted, ulcerated ,
self-defence - avoidance reaction, defence, defence in depth, defence mechanism, defences, deterrent capacity, escape mechanism, guard, negative taxis, protection, psychological defences, resistance, self-preservation, self-protection, the defensive,
clang colour - colour, colouring, timbre, tonality ,
treading water - backstroke, bathe, bathing, crawl, diving, fin, flapper, flipper, floating, limbo, side-stroke, surfing, swim, swimming ,
conserved - held, intact, kept, preserved, protected, reserved, retained, saved, spare, spared, unspoiled, untainted ,
prevaricate - around the bush, back and fill, be untruthful, beat about, beg the question, belie, bicker, boggle, cavil, deceive, dodge, draw the longbow, duck, equivocate, evade,
seldom met with - cheeseparing, chintzy, exiguous, infrequent, meagre, miserly, niggardly, piddling, poor, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, scrimping,
juggler - acrobat, aerialist, bareback rider, blackleg, cheat, cheater, chiseller, circus artist, clown, conjurer, crook, defrauder, diddler, equestrian director, flier,
brunet - beige, blond, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, dark-skinned, drab, dun, dun-brown,
press - accelerate, advice, adviser, advocate, annex, announcer, annunciator, apply pressure, army, ask, aspirator, assault, assemble, assert, attach,
go in advance - break the ice, clear the way, front, go ahead, go before, head, head up, kick off, lay the foundation, lead, lead off, outrank, pave the way, precede, rank,
clang colour - colour, colouring, timbre, tonality ,
treading water - backstroke, bathe, bathing, crawl, diving, fin, flapper, flipper, floating, limbo, side-stroke, surfing, swim, swimming ,
conserved - held, intact, kept, preserved, protected, reserved, retained, saved, spare, spared, unspoiled, untainted ,
prevaricate - around the bush, back and fill, be untruthful, beat about, beg the question, belie, bicker, boggle, cavil, deceive, dodge, draw the longbow, duck, equivocate, evade,
seldom met with - cheeseparing, chintzy, exiguous, infrequent, meagre, miserly, niggardly, piddling, poor, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, scrimping,
juggler - acrobat, aerialist, bareback rider, blackleg, cheat, cheater, chiseller, circus artist, clown, conjurer, crook, defrauder, diddler, equestrian director, flier,
brunet - beige, blond, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, dark-skinned, drab, dun, dun-brown,
press - accelerate, advice, adviser, advocate, annex, announcer, annunciator, apply pressure, army, ask, aspirator, assault, assemble, assert, attach,
go in advance - break the ice, clear the way, front, go ahead, go before, head, head up, kick off, lay the foundation, lead, lead off, outrank, pave the way, precede, rank,