Can you name the words to this 4-letter ladder and find the common bond?

Clue	Word
→ Device for holding objects together ←
Lose one's footing
A pig's meal
Pedestrian speed
→ Winter precipitation ←
Mucus
Byproduct of incomplete combustion
Spoils taken from pillaging
The Smoke Monster appears in this show
A deadly sin
Corroded iron
Trick
A mark of mysterious significance
Horizontal support on a ladder
Breathing organ
→ Have a strong desire ←
Solitary
The femur is the largest one
Trunk of a tree
Fluid secreted by the liver

Clue	Word
→ Bird's beak ←
Death wish
→ What you hang paintings on ←
→ A pleasant stroll ←
Hesitate to accept an idea
→ Reverse direction ←
Framework for holding things
Competition of speed
Tool for gathering leaves
→ Stop sleeping ←
Merchandise
Rabbit relative
→ Difficult ←
→ Plastic alternative to cash ←
Feel concern
Restore health
Certain
→ Ride a wave ←
→ COMMON BOND ← (Not a rung of ladder or 4 letters long)

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Word Ladder: Mystery Theme VI Quiz

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Created May 5, 2012 in Just For Fun
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	aphobicsteve:	May 25th, 2012 at 05:28 GMT		5 points
	Nice quiz... My only issue: I just don't think that "a mark of mysterious significance" is accurate for the answer... Linguists do know what they are and they're not just "marks", but letters of an alphabet--usually of Germanic or Celtic origin.

	vikZ:	May 25th, 2012 at 05:35 GMT		-1 points
	That's true, but words aren't restricted to the real world. 'Rune' can be used in for example a fictional tale where nobody knows what the marks are. Also thanks again Sporcle for the publish!

	Edges:	May 25th, 2012 at 13:20 GMT		6 points
	"Spilled water" seems weird to me... maybe "what you feed a pig"? "Death wish" also seems misleading... maybe "last wish" "Reverse direction" is only true if you were going forward.

	ezois:	May 25th, 2012 at 13:27 GMT		-1 points
	Did anyone else think "carbon monoxide" as a product of incomplete combustion?

	Mimbleton:	May 25th, 2012 at 14:14 GMT		2 points
	I forgot I skipped over the first rung. Then sat there wondering why the clock was still ticking after I got the bond...

	jakeroy:	May 25th, 2012 at 14:42 GMT		1 point
	Is "slop" really spilled water? When I hear slop, I think like gross mucky stuff. Spilled water is a splash or something, not slop.

	vikZ:	May 25th, 2012 at 14:57 GMT		0 points
	Definition of slop: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slop (2nd entry). "3. Liquid spilled or splashed". So yeah the clue is legitimate.

	diplomatt:	May 25th, 2012 at 17:11 GMT		2 points
	BRING BACK THE MIXED WORD!

	sporklemeister:	May 25th, 2012 at 20:02 GMT		1 point
	does anybody know how you leave comments on the web app? i mostly play over there. any info would be much appreciated!

	lightning421:	May 25th, 2012 at 20:34 GMT		1 point
	what do the arrows mean???

	Stran:	May 25th, 2012 at 21:28 GMT		3 points
	They're the words which relate to the common bond :-)

	aphobicsteve:	May 28th, 2012 at 01:23 GMT		1 point
	@vikZ--...but if you look up the definition on Merriam Webster (as you had used for another comment), there is nothing about mysterious marks to describe "runes"... And regardless of what the runes in a fictional world are, they're almost always going to be some written form which is known or not. More often than not, they're easy to decipher--not so mysterious.

	vikZ:	May 28th, 2012 at 03:30 GMT		1 point
	@aphobicsteve Well you caught me with one thing, I'm not consistent with my dictionaries. My main method is to google "WORD definition", and I get a result as well as a list of dictionaries defining those words. Googling "rune definition" gets me "A similar mark of mysterious or magic significance". Also the 2nd entry on the Merriam Webster dictionary for rune is just "Mystery, magic". I don't know why they don't provide a better definition (one of a couple of things I don't like about Merriam), but having a definition of "mystery, magic" goes against saying runes are not mysterious. As well, the definition I used is present in many other dictionaries as well. You're right though that the marks usually are letters of an alphabet, though it is possible for the mark to be words or phrases as well.