becket | (noun) (nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship | - |
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bluejacket | (noun) a serviceman in the navy | Synonyms: navy man, sailor, sailor boy |
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bracket | (noun) a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf) | Synonyms: wall bracket |
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(noun) either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material | Synonyms: square bracket |
(noun) either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material | Synonyms: angle bracket |
(noun) a category falling within certain defined limits | - |
brocket | (noun) small South American deer with unbranched antlers | - |
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(noun) male red deer in its second year | - |
bucket | (noun) a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top | Synonyms: pail |
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(noun) the quantity contained in a bucket | Synonyms: bucketful |
bucketful | (noun) the quantity contained in a bucket | Synonyms: bucket |
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cricket | (noun) a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs | - |
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(noun) leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together | - |
cricketer | (noun) an athlete who plays cricket | - |
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crocket | (noun) an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable | - |
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docket | (noun) a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to | Synonyms: agenda, schedule |
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(noun) (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities | - |
jacket | (noun) a short coat | - |
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(noun) an outer wrapping or casing | - |
(noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | Synonyms: cap, crown, crownwork, jacket crown |
(noun) the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition | - |
(noun) the outer skin of a potato | - |
leatherjacket | (noun) any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes | Synonyms: leatherfish |
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(noun) any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales | Synonyms: leatherjack |
(noun) tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies | - |
locket | (noun) a small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace | - |
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packet | (noun) a small package or bundle | - |
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(noun) a boat for carrying mail | Synonyms: mail boat, mailboat, packet boat |
(noun) (computer science) a message or message fragment | - |
(noun) a collection of things wrapped or boxed together | Synonyms: bundle, package, parcel |
picket | (noun) a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake | Synonyms: piquet |
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(noun) a wooden strip forming part of a fence | Synonyms: pale |
(noun) a vehicle performing sentinel duty | - |
(noun) a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack | - |
(noun) a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work | - |
(noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch |
pickpocket | (noun) a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | Synonyms: cutpurse, dip |
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placket | (noun) a piece of cloth sewn under an opening | - |
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pocket | (noun) a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles | - |
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(noun) an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck | - |
(noun) (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) | Synonyms: pouch |
(noun) a small isolated group of people | - |
(noun) a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly | Synonyms: air hole, air pocket |
(noun) a supply of money | - |
(noun) an enclosed space | Synonyms: pouch, sac, sack |
(noun) a hollow concave shape made by removing something | Synonyms: scoop |
(noun) (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left | - |
pocketbook | (noun) a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) | Synonyms: bag, handbag, purse |
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(noun) pocket-sized paperback book | Synonyms: pocket book, pocket edition |
(noun) a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money | Synonyms: billfold, notecase, wallet |
(noun) your personal financial means | - |
pocketcomb | (noun) a small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket | Synonyms: pocket comb |
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pocketful | (noun) the quantity a pocket will hold | - |
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pocketknife | (noun) a knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket | Synonyms: pocket knife |
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pricket | (noun) male deer in his second year | - |
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(noun) a sharp metal spike to hold a candle | - |
racket | (noun) an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit | Synonyms: fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise |
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(noun) a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games | Synonyms: racquet |
(noun) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience | Synonyms: dissonance, noise |
(noun) a loud and disturbing noise | - |
racketeer | (noun) someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) | - |
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racketeering | (noun) engaging in a racket | - |
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racketiness | (noun) the auditory effect characterized by loud and constant noise | Synonyms: noisiness |
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retrorocket | (noun) a small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course | - |
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ricketiness | (noun) the quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place | Synonyms: unsteadiness |
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rickets | (noun) childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus | Synonyms: rachitis |
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rickettsia | (noun) any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings | - |
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rickettsialpox | (noun) mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox | - |
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rickettsiosis | (noun) infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria | Synonyms: rickettsial disease |
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rocket | (noun) a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion | Synonyms: rocket engine |
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(noun) any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine | Synonyms: projectile |
(noun) sends a firework display high into the sky | Synonyms: skyrocket |
(noun) propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon | Synonyms: skyrocket |
(noun) erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender | Synonyms: arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, rocket salad, roquette |
rocketry | (noun) the branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation | - |
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skyrocket | (noun) sends a firework display high into the sky | Synonyms: rocket |
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(noun) propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon | Synonyms: rocket |
socket | (noun) a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted | - |
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(noun) receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted | - |
(noun) a bony hollow into which a structure fits | - |
sprocket | (noun) thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain | Synonyms: sprocket wheel |
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(noun) tooth on the rim of gear wheel | Synonyms: cog |
(noun) roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through | - |
straightjacket | (noun) a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person | Synonyms: straitjacket |
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straitjacket | (noun) a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person | Synonyms: straightjacket |
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(noun) anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines | - |
thicket | (noun) a dense growth of bushes | Synonyms: brush, brushwood, coppice, copse |
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ticket | (noun) the appropriate or desirable thing | Synonyms: just the ticket |
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(noun) a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation) | - |
(noun) a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment) | - |
(noun) a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices | Synonyms: slate |
(noun) a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc. | Synonyms: tag |
trebucket | (noun) catapult that uses a swinging arm to throw a projectile | Synonyms: trebuchet |
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tucket | (noun) (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments | Synonyms: fanfare, flourish |
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wicket | (noun) small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted | Synonyms: grille, lattice |
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(noun) small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door) | Synonyms: wicket door, wicket gate |
(noun) a small arch used as croquet equipment | Synonyms: hoop |
(noun) cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket | - |