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3 letters

HAP
An accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life"

4 letters

PASS
Accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"

RISK
The probability of being exposed to an infectious agent

5 letters

SCANT
Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"

PERIL
A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"

PINCH
Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"

6 letters

DANGER
A dangerous place; "He moved out of danger"

THREAT
A warning that something unpleasant is imminent; "they were under threat of arrest"

STRAIT
A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

PLIGHT
A solemn pledge of fidelity

MENACE
A threat or the act of threatening; "he spoke with desperate menace"

GAMBLE
A risky act or venture

EXPOSE
The exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"

CRISIS
A crucial stage or turning point in the course of something; "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better"

CHANCE
A risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive"

HAZARD
An obstacle on a golf course

7 letters

VENTURE
Any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome

THINICE

JEOPARD

IMPERIL
Pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"

8 letters

OPENNESS
Willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas); "he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their receptivity to the proposal"

JEOPARDY
A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"

EXPOSURE
The act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience; "she denounced the exposure of children to pornography"

ENDANGER
Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

ACCIDENT
Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity"

9 letters

QUICKSAND
A pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down

LIABILITY
The quality of being something that holds you back

EMERGENCY
A brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage

CARDHOUSE
An unstable construction with playing cards; "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed"

10 letters

ROCKSAHEAD

JEOPARDIZE
Put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"

JEOPARDISE
Pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"

COMPROMISE
A middle way between two extremes

11 letters

UNCERTAINTY
Being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income"

STORMCLOUDS

PREDICAMENT
A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

IMPERILMENT

GAPINGCHASM

12 letters

ENDANGERMENT
A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"

HOUSEOFCARDS
A speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"

13 letters

VULNERABILITY
Susceptibility to injury or attack

SENSITIVENESS
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain"

CAUSEFORALARM

BREAKERSAHEAD

15 letters

GATHERINGCLOUDS

DANGEROUSGROUND