housebroken - broken, brought low, chastened, crushed, domesticated, dovelike, gentle, housebroke, humble, humbled, humiliated, made to grovel, meek, mild, pacific,
frustration - ambivalence, ambivalence of impulse, annulment, bafflement, baulk, baulking, betrayed hope, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, buck-passing, buffet, cancellation, check, checkmate,
metalworker - Vulcan, forger, smith, worker ,
comedy of situation - burlesque, camp, comedy, farce, high camp, mime, musical, musical comedy, situation comedy, slapstick, tragicomedy ,
terming - appellation, baptism, calling, christening, definition, denomination, designation, identification, naming ,
get abroad - break, circulate, come forth, come out, get around, go about, issue, see the light, spread ,
erring - aberrant, abroad, adrift, amiss, askew, astray, at fault, awry, backsliding, carnal, corrupt, deceptive, defective, delusive, devious,
null and void - bad, bare, barren, bland, blank, bleached, characterless, clear, devoid, empty, featureless, hollow, inane, insipid, invalid,
straiten - arrest, bottle up, bound, box in, box up, bridle, cabin, casket, check, cloister, closet, coffin, condition, confine, constrain,
gas pipe - catheter, funnel, hose, nipple, pipe, pipeline, pipette, piping, reed, siphon, snorkel, standpipe, steam pipe, stem, straw,
frustration - ambivalence, ambivalence of impulse, annulment, bafflement, baulk, baulking, betrayed hope, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, buck-passing, buffet, cancellation, check, checkmate,
metalworker - Vulcan, forger, smith, worker ,
comedy of situation - burlesque, camp, comedy, farce, high camp, mime, musical, musical comedy, situation comedy, slapstick, tragicomedy ,
terming - appellation, baptism, calling, christening, definition, denomination, designation, identification, naming ,
get abroad - break, circulate, come forth, come out, get around, go about, issue, see the light, spread ,
erring - aberrant, abroad, adrift, amiss, askew, astray, at fault, awry, backsliding, carnal, corrupt, deceptive, defective, delusive, devious,
null and void - bad, bare, barren, bland, blank, bleached, characterless, clear, devoid, empty, featureless, hollow, inane, insipid, invalid,
straiten - arrest, bottle up, bound, box in, box up, bridle, cabin, casket, check, cloister, closet, coffin, condition, confine, constrain,
gas pipe - catheter, funnel, hose, nipple, pipe, pipeline, pipette, piping, reed, siphon, snorkel, standpipe, steam pipe, stem, straw,

