overtures, emissary, counteroffer, reciprocation, suggestion, intimation, olive branch, pointsman, counterproposal, missive, saber rattling, scuttlebutt, headhunter, gambit, remark, quid pro quo, query, pragmatist, kremlinologist, feint, bum steer, countermove, chit, invitation, mediator, wishful thinker, curt, sympathizer, flatterer, rumor, entreaty, hardliner, shuttle diplomacy, potshot, stratagem, haggler, tidbit, cynic, chowderhead, rheostat, demarche, interferer, calls, idea, barb, thinker, ultimatum, presser, grapevine, kidology, questioner, cand, haymaker, overspin, giddyup, readout, gesture, matchmaker, quietus, ploy, interlocutor, masterstroke, white knight, balancer, hugger, noising, grandstander, telegram, dilettante, flurrying, bids, kismet, rumblings, blurb, sitdown, factoid, brushback, sucker, tuning fork, goon, conciliation, contacts, asker, hunch, correspondences, mouthpiece, posturing, hawala, admirer, limper, mediation, signals, resonator, hater, dagger, dangler, headshakes, request, grabber, ideologue, whippy, clevis, feelers, foray, overture, quiver, reed, ringers, draft, figure, hint, hints, incursion, inkling, inner, moves, outer, silhouettes, southwards, arms, beginning, clue, dial, vernier, bevel, go, measuring, photoelastic, registering, rosette, tubulated, 14, 2-2, 3-1, amount, aneroid, buffer, cant, carry, console, delirium, flop

proffer, proposition, sensitiveness, sensitivity, suggestion, tentacle

advance, antenna, approach, barbel, overture