A subtle quality underlying or felt to underlie a situation, action, or person

• hint

  1. A small, barely detectable amount of.
  2. A clue.
  3. A slight indication of a fact, wish, etc.; indirect suggestion or piece of advice; intimation; covert allusion

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  1. A small, barely detectable amount of.
  2. A clue.
  3. A slight indication of a fact, wish, etc.; indirect suggestion or piece of advice; intimation; covert allusion

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• implication

  1. Something implied, from which an inference may be drawn
  2. The act of implying or the condition of being implied.
  3. An indirect indication; a suggestion.

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  1. Something implied, from which an inference may be drawn
  2. The act of implying or the condition of being implied.
  3. An indirect indication; a suggestion.

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• inkling

  1. A slight understanding or vague idea or notion.
  2. A slight hint or indication.

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  1. A slight understanding or vague idea or notion.
  2. A slight hint or indication.

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• suspicion

  1. A minute amount or slight indication; a trace:
  2. The state or feeling of having no confidence or certainty about something; distrust:
  3. The act or an instance of suspecting guilt, a wrong, harmfulness, etc. with little or no supporting evidence

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  1. A minute amount or slight indication; a trace:
  2. The state or feeling of having no confidence or certainty about something; distrust:
  3. The act or an instance of suspecting guilt, a wrong, harmfulness, etc. with little or no supporting evidence

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• undertone

  1. A color applied under or seen through another color.
  2. A faint or subdued color, esp. one seen through other colors, as in some glazes
  3. An implicit message perceived subtly alongside, but not detracting noticeably from, the explicit message conveyed in or by a book, film, verbal dialogue or similar (contrast with overtone); an undercurrent

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  1. A color applied under or seen through another color.
  2. A faint or subdued color, esp. one seen through other colors, as in some glazes
  3. An implicit message perceived subtly alongside, but not detracting noticeably from, the explicit message conveyed in or by a book, film, verbal dialogue or similar (contrast with overtone); an undercurrent

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Backflow

• cross-current

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• ebb-tide

  1. The outgoing or falling tide

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  1. The outgoing or falling tide

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• flow

  1. A continuous output or outpouring:
  2. A continuous movement or circulation:
  3. A residual mass that has stopped flowing:

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  1. A continuous output or outpouring:
  2. A continuous movement or circulation:
  3. A residual mass that has stopped flowing:

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Direction

• trend

  1. The general direction of something:
  2. A general tendency or course of events:
  3. An inclination in a particular direction.

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  1. The general direction of something:
  2. A general tendency or course of events:
  3. An inclination in a particular direction.

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• tendency

  1. A characteristic pattern or point of view:
  2. An inclination to move or act in a particular direction or way; constant disposition to some action or state; leaning; bias; propensity; bent
  3. Movement or prevailing movement in a given direction:

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  1. A characteristic pattern or point of view:
  2. An inclination to move or act in a particular direction or way; constant disposition to some action or state; leaning; bias; propensity; bent
  3. Movement or prevailing movement in a given direction:

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• propensity

  1. A tendency, preference, or attraction.
  2. (Obs.) Favorable inclination; bias (for)
  3. An innate inclination; a tendency.

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  1. A tendency, preference, or attraction.
  2. (Obs.) Favorable inclination; bias (for)
  3. An innate inclination; a tendency.

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• direction

  1. An authoritative order or command:
  2. The course along which a person or thing is moving or must move to reach a destination:
  3. The management, supervision, or guidance of a group or operation:

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  1. An authoritative order or command:
  2. The course along which a person or thing is moving or must move to reach a destination:
  3. The management, supervision, or guidance of a group or operation:

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Indication

• intimation

  1. A formal announcement or declaration
  2. The act of intimating
  3. A hint; indirect suggestion

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  1. A formal announcement or declaration
  2. The act of intimating
  3. A hint; indirect suggestion

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• insinuation

  1. Action or remark intended to win favor
  2. The act, process, or practice of insinuating.
  3. Something insinuated, especially an artfully indirect, often derogatory suggestion.

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  1. Action or remark intended to win favor
  2. The act, process, or practice of insinuating.
  3. Something insinuated, especially an artfully indirect, often derogatory suggestion.

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• trace

  1. An act of researching or ascertaining the origin or location of something:
  2. The traced record of a recording instrument
  3. Evidence or an indication of the former presence or existence of something; a vestige:

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  1. An act of researching or ascertaining the origin or location of something:
  2. The traced record of a recording instrument
  3. Evidence or an indication of the former presence or existence of something; a vestige:

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