| abseil | (noun) (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body | Synonyms: rappel |
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| (verb) descend by means of a rappel | Synonyms: rappel, rope down |
| nonpareil | (adjective) eminent beyond or above comparison | Synonyms: matchless, one, one and only, peerless, unmatchable, unmatched, unrivaled, unrivalled |
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| (noun) colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies | - |
| (noun) a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar | - |
| (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
| surveil | (verb) keep under surveillance | Synonyms: follow, survey |
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| unveil | (verb) remove the veil from | - |
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| (verb) remove the cover from | - |
| (verb) make manifest | Synonyms: bring out, reveal |
| veil | (noun) a garment that covers the head and face | Synonyms: head covering |
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| (noun) a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl | Synonyms: humeral veil |
| (noun) the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) | Synonyms: caul, embryonic membrane |
| (noun) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms | Synonyms: velum |
| (verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | Synonyms: blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure |
| (verb) to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil | - |