N. junction, joining,
joinder, union connection, conjunction,
conjugation,
annexion,
annexation,
annexment,
astriction, attachment,
compagination,
vincture,
ligation,
alligation,
accouplement, marriage,
infibulation,
inosculation,
symphysis,
anastomosis,
confluence, communication,
concatenation, meeting, reunion,
assemblage,
coition,
copulation, sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse,
love-making, joint, joining,
juncture,
pivot,
hinge,
articulation,
commissure,
seam,
gore,
gusset,
suture,
stitch, link, miter mortise, closeness,
tightness,
&c. adj,
coherence, combination,
annexationist V. join, unite,
conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together,
embody,
reembody, roll into one,
attach, fix,
affix, saddle on,
fasten, bind, secure,
clinch, twist, make fast,
tie,
pinion, string,
strap,
sew, lace,
tat,
stitch,
tack,
knit,
button,
buckle,
hitch,
lash,
truss,
bandage,
braid,
splice,
swathe,
gird,
tether,
moor,
picket,
harness, chain,
fetter,
lock,
latch,
belay,
brace, hook,
grapple,
leash, couple,
accouple, link, yoke,
bracket, marry, bridge over, span,
braze, pin,
nail,
bolt,
hasp,
clasp,
clamp,
crimp, screw,
rivet,
impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together,
wedge,
rabbet,
mortise,
miter,
jam,
dovetail,
enchase,
graft,
ingraft,
inosculate,
entwine,
intwine,
interlink,
interlace,
intertwine,
intertwist,
interweave,
entangle, twine round,
belay,
tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined &c, hang together, hold together,
cohere Adj. joined, joint,
conjoint,
conjunct,
corporate,
compact, hand in hand, firm, fast, close,
tight,
taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved |,
inseparable,
indissoluble,
insecable, severable
Adv. jointly, in conjunction with, fast, firmly, &c. adj, intimately
Phr. tria juncta in uno
N. coherence,
adherence,
adhesion,
adhesiveness,
concretion,
accretion,
conglutination,
agglutination,
agglomeration,
aggregation,
consolidation, set,
cementation, sticking,
soldering, connection,
dependence,
tenacity,
toughness,
stickiness,
inseparability,
inseparableness,
bur,
remora,
conglomerate, concrete
V. cohere,
adhere, stick,
cling,
cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with,
clasp,
hug, grow together, hang together, twine round, stick like a leech, stick like wax, stick close, cling like ivy, cling like a bur, adhere like a remora, adhere like dejanira's shirt,
glue,
agglutinate,
conglutinate, cement,
lute, paste, gum, solder,
weld,
cake,
consolidate,
agglomerate Adj. cohesive,
adhesive,
adhering,
cohering,
tenacious,
tough,
sticky, united, unseparated, unsessile,
inseparable,
inextricable,
infrangible,
compact N. unity, oneness, individuality,
solitude,
isolation,
unification, one, unit,
ace, individual, none else, no other
V. be one, be alone, dine with duke humphrey,
isolate, render one, unite, (combine) 48
Adj. one, sole, single, solitary,
unitary, individual, apart, alone, kithless, unaccompanied, unattended,
solus,
single-handed, singular, odd, unique, unrepeated,
azygous, first and last, isolated,
insular,
monospermous,
unific,
uniflorous, unifoliate, unigenital,
uniliteral, unijocular, unimodal, unimodular,
lone,
lonely,
lonesome,
desolate,
dreary, insecable|, inseverable,
indiscerptible,
compact,
indivisible,
atomic,
irresolvable Adv. singly, alone, by itself, per se, only, apart, in the singular number, in the abstract, one by one, one at a time, simply, one and a half,
sesqui- Phr. natura il fece, e poi roppe la stampa, du fort au faible, "two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one"
N. contraction, reduction, diminution, decrease of size,
defalcation, decrement,
lessening,
shrinking,
compaction,
tabes,
collapse,
emaciation,
attenuation,
tabefaction, consumption,
marasmus,
atrophy,
systole, neck,
hourglass,
condensation, compression, compactness,
compendium,
squeezing,
strangulation,
corrugation,
astringency, astringents, sclerotics,
contractility,
compressibility,
coarctation, inferiority in size
V. become small, become smaller,
lessen, decrease, grow less,
dwindle,
shrink, contract, narrow,
shrivel,
collapse, wither, lose flesh,
wizen, fall away, waste,
wane,
ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller,
lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow,
coarctate, boil down,
constrict,
constringe,
condense,
compress,
squeeze,
corrugate,
crimp,
crunch,
crush, crumple up,
warp, purse up,
pack,
squeeze,
stow,
pinch,
tighten,
strangle,
cramp,
dwarf,
bedwarf,
shorten,
circumscribe, restrain,
abrade,
pare, reduce,
attenuate, rub down,
scrape,
file, file down,
grind, grind down,
chip,
shave,
shear, wear down
Adj. contracting,
astringent,
shrunk, contracted,
strangulated,
tabid,
wizened,
stunted,
waning,
neap,
compact, unexpanded &c. (expand ),
contractile,
compressible, smaller &c. (small )
N. shortness,
brevity, littleness, a span,
shortening,
abbreviation,
abbreviature,
abridgment,
concision,
retrenchment,
curtailment, decurtation|, reduction,
epitome,
elision,
ellipsis,
conciseness,
abridger,
epitomist,
epitomizer V. be short, render short,
shorten,
curtail,
abridge,
abbreviate, take in, reduce,
compress,
epitomize,
retrench, cut short,
obtruncate,
scrimp, cut, chop up,
hack,
hew, cut down, pare down,
clip,
dock,
lop,
prune,
shear,
shave,
mow,
reap, crop,
snub,
truncate,
pollard,
stunt,
nip, check the growth of,
foreshorten Adj. short, brief,
curt,
compendious,
compact,
stubby,
scrimp,
shorn,
stubbed,
stumpy,
thickset,
pug,
chunky, decurtate,
retrousse,
stocky,
squab,
squabby,
squat,
dumpy, little, curtailed of its fair proportions, short by,
oblate,
concise, summary
Adv. shortly, in short
N. density,
solidity, solidness,
impenetrability,
impermeability,
incompressibility,
imporosity,
cohesion,
constipation,
consistence, spissitude|,
specific gravity,
hydrometer,
areometer,
condensation,
caseation, solidation,
solidification,
consolidation,
concretion,
coagulation,
petrification,
crystallization,
precipitation, deposit,
precipitate,
inspissation,
gelation,
thickening,
indivisibility,
indiscerptibility,
insolubility,
indissolvableness, solid body, mass, block,
knot,
lump,
concretion, concrete,
conglomerate,
cake,
clot, stone,
curd,
coagulum, bone,
gristle, cartilage,
casein, crassamentum|,
legumin, superdense matter, condensed states of matter, dwarf star, neutron star
V. be dense, become solid, render solid,
solidify,
solidate, concrete, set, take a set,
consolidate,
congeal,
coagulate,
curd,
curdle,
lopper, fix,
clot,
cake,
candy,
precipitate, deposit,
cohere,
crystallize,
petrify,
condense,
thicken, gel,
inspissate,
incrassate,
compress,
squeeze, ram down,
constipate Adj. dense, solid,
solidified,
caseous, pukka,
coherent,
cohesive,
compact, close,
serried,
thickset, substantial, massive,
lumpish,
impenetrable,
impermeable, nonporous,
imporous,
incompressible,
constipated, concrete,
knotted,
knotty,
gnarled, crystalline,
crystallizable, thick, grumous|,
stuffy, undissolved, unmelted, unliquefied,
unthawed,
indivisible,
indiscerptible,
infrangible,
indissolvable,
indissoluble, insoluble,
infusible N. conciseness,
brevity, "the soul of wit",
laconism,
tacitus,
ellipsis,
syncope,
abridgment, compression,
epitome,
monostich, brunch word, portmanteau word
Adj. concise, brief, short,
terse, close, to the point, exact,
neat,
compact, compressed,
condensed, pointed,
laconic,
curt,
pithy,
trenchant, summary,
pregnant,
compendious,
succinct,
elliptical,
epigrammatic,
quaint,
crisp,
sententious Adv. concisely, briefly,
summarily, in brief, in short, in a word, in a few words, for shortness sake, to come to the point, to make a long story short, to cut the matter short, to be brief, it comes to this, the long and the short of it is
Phr. brevis esse laboro obscurus fio
N. undertaking,
compact,
adventure,
venture, engagement, enterprise,
emprise,
pilgrimage, matter in hand, move, first move
V. undertake, engage in, embark in, launch into, plunge into,
volunteer, apprentice oneself to,
engage, contract, take upon oneself, take upon one's shoulders, devote oneself to, take up, take in hand,
tackle, set about, go about, set to, fall to, set to work, launch forth, set up shop, put in hand, put in execution, set forward, break the neck of a business, be in, for, put one's hand to, put one's foot in, betake oneself to, turn one's hand to, go to do, begin,
broach, institute &c. one's (originate) 153, put one's hand to the plow, lay one's hand to the plow, put one's shoulder to the wheel, have in hand, have many irons in the fire
Adj. undertaking, on the anvil
Int. here goes
N. compact, contract, agreement,
bargain, # affidation,
pact,
paction, bond, covenant,
indenture, bundobast, deal,
stipulation, settlement, convention,
compromise,
cartel,
protocol, treaty,
concordat,
zollverein, sonderbund, charter,
magna charta, progmatic sanction, customs union, free trade region, general agreement on tariffs and trade, gatt, most favored nation status,
negotiation,
diplomacy,
negotiator,
ratification, completion,
signature, seal,
sigil,
signet V. contract, covenant, agree for,
engage, treat,
negotiate,
stipulate, make terms,
bargain, make a bargain, strike a bargain, come to terms, come to an understanding,
compromise, set at rest, close, close with, conclude, complete, settle,
confirm,
ratify,
clench,
subscribe, underwrite,
endorse,
indorse, put the seal to, sign, seal,
indent, take one at one's word, bargain by inch of candle
Phr. caveat emptor
