beak | (noun) horny projecting mouth of a bird | Synonyms: bill, neb, nib, pecker |
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(noun) beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles) | - |
(noun) informal terms for the nose | Synonyms: honker, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout |
(noun) a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures | - |
beaker | (noun) a cup (usually without a handle) | - |
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(noun) a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry | - |
beefsteak | (noun) a beef steak usually cooked by broiling | - |
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bleakness | (noun) a bleak and desolate atmosphere | Synonyms: bareness, desolation, nakedness |
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break | (noun) the act of breaking something | Synonyms: breakage, breaking |
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(noun) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity | Synonyms: disruption, gap, interruption |
(noun) a sudden dash | - |
(noun) the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool | - |
(noun) an escape from jail | Synonyms: breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak |
(noun) a pause from doing something (as work) | Synonyms: recess, respite, time out |
(noun) any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare | Synonyms: open frame |
(noun) (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving | Synonyms: break of serve |
(noun) some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity | Synonyms: interruption |
(noun) an unexpected piece of good luck | Synonyms: good luck, happy chance |
(noun) the occurrence of breaking | - |
(noun) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) | Synonyms: breach, falling out, rift, rupture, severance |
(noun) an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion) | - |
(noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Synonyms: fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift |
(noun) breaking of hard tissue such as bone | Synonyms: fracture |
(noun) a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something | Synonyms: intermission, interruption, pause, suspension |
breakability | (noun) quality of being easily damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: fragility, frangibility, frangibleness |
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breakable | (noun) an article that is fragile and easily broken | - |
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breakableness | (noun) the consistency of something that breaks under pressure | - |
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breakage | (noun) the act of breaking something | Synonyms: break, breaking |
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(noun) reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use | - |
(noun) the quantity broken | - |
breakaway | (noun) the act of breaking away or withdrawing from | Synonyms: breaking away |
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breakax | (noun) West Indian timber tree having very hard wood | Synonyms: break-axe, breakaxe, Sloanea jamaicensis |
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breakaxe | (noun) West Indian timber tree having very hard wood | Synonyms: break-axe, breakax, Sloanea jamaicensis |
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breakdown | (noun) the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue | Synonyms: dislocation |
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(noun) an analysis into mutually exclusive categories | Synonyms: partitioning |
(noun) a cessation of normal operation | Synonyms: equipment failure |
(noun) (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action | Synonyms: decomposition, putrefaction, rot, rotting |
(noun) (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance | Synonyms: chemical decomposition reaction, decomposition, decomposition reaction |
(noun) a mental or physical breakdown | Synonyms: crack-up |
breaker | (noun) a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded | Synonyms: circuit breaker |
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(noun) waves breaking on the shore | Synonyms: breakers, surf |
(noun) a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone | Synonyms: ledgeman |
breakers | (noun) waves breaking on the shore | Synonyms: breaker, surf |
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breakfast | (noun) the first meal of the day (usually in the morning) | - |
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breaking | (noun) the act of breaking something | Synonyms: break, breakage |
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breakout | (noun) an escape from jail | Synonyms: break, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak |
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breakstone | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga | Synonyms: rockfoil, saxifrage |
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breakthrough | (noun) a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense | - |
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(noun) making an important discovery | - |
(noun) a productive insight | Synonyms: discovery, find |
breakup | (noun) the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) | Synonyms: dissolution |
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(noun) coming apart | Synonyms: detachment, separation |
breakwater | (noun) a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away | Synonyms: bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall |
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chopsteak | (noun) a patty of ground cooked beef | Synonyms: beef patty, chop steak, chopped steak, hamburger steak |
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creak | (noun) a squeaking sound | Synonyms: creaking |
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creaking | (noun) a squeaking sound | Synonyms: creak |
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daybreak | (noun) the first light of day | Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup |
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doctorspeak | (noun) medical jargon | - |
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doublespeak | (noun) any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not | - |
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firebreak | (noun) a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire | Synonyms: fireguard |
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freak | (noun) a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed | Synonyms: lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity |
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(noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | Synonyms: addict, junkie, junky, nut |
freakishness | (noun) marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal | Synonyms: abnormality |
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gaolbreak | (noun) an escape from jail | Synonyms: break, breakout, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak |
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grosbeak | (noun) any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill | Synonyms: grossbeak |
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grossbeak | (noun) any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill | Synonyms: grosbeak |
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groundbreaker | (noun) someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art | Synonyms: innovator, pioneer, trailblazer |
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groundbreaking | (noun) the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project | Synonyms: groundbreaking ceremony |
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hairstreak | (noun) small butterflies having striped markings under the wings | Synonyms: hairstreak butterfly |
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halfbeak | (noun) tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw | - |
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heartbreak | (noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | Synonyms: brokenheartedness, grief, heartache |
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heartbreaker | (noun) a narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute | - |
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(noun) a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional relationships | - |
housebreaker | (noun) a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house | Synonyms: cat burglar |
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(noun) a wrecker of houses | Synonyms: housewrecker |
housebreaking | (noun) trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent | Synonyms: break-in, breaking and entering |
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icebreaker | (noun) a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere | - |
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(noun) a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation | Synonyms: iceboat |
jailbreak | (noun) an escape from jail | Synonyms: break, breakout, gaolbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak |
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(noun) the removal of security locks from an electronic device | - |
jawbreaker | (noun) a word that is hard to pronounce | - |
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(noun) a large round hard candy | - |
lawbreaker | (noun) someone who violates the law | Synonyms: law offender, violator |
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leak | (noun) unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information | Synonyms: news leak |
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(noun) the discharge of a fluid from some container | Synonyms: escape, leakage, outflow |
(noun) an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape | - |
(noun) a euphemism for urination | Synonyms: making water, passing water, wetting |
(noun) soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi | - |
leakage | (noun) the discharge of a fluid from some container | Synonyms: escape, leak, outflow |
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leaker | (noun) a surreptitious informant | - |
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leakiness | (noun) the condition of permitting leaks or leakage | - |
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loudspeaker | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance | Synonyms: loudspeaker system, speaker, speaker system, speaker unit |
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middlebreaker | (noun) moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow | Synonyms: lister, lister plough, lister plow, middle buster |
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newsbreak | (noun) a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | Synonyms: flash, news bulletin, newsflash |
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newspeak | (noun) deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public | - |
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outbreak | (noun) a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) | Synonyms: eruption, irruption |
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peak | (noun) a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes | Synonyms: bill, eyeshade, visor, vizor |
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(noun) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | Synonyms: crest, crown, summit, tip, top |
(noun) the highest point (of something) | Synonyms: acme, apex, vertex |
(noun) the most extreme possible amount or value | Synonyms: extremum |
(noun) a V shape | Synonyms: point, tip |
(noun) the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | Synonyms: acme, elevation, height, meridian, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top |
(noun) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | Synonyms: bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, prime |
prisonbreak | (noun) an escape from jail | Synonyms: break, breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking |
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safebreaker | (noun) a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents | Synonyms: cracksman, safecracker |
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sneak | (noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | Synonyms: canary, fink, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon |
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(noun) someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions | Synonyms: prowler, stalker |
(noun) a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible | - |
sneaker | (noun) a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole | Synonyms: gym shoe, tennis shoe |
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(noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | Synonyms: canary, fink, sneak, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon |
sneakiness | (noun) a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously | Synonyms: furtiveness, stealthiness |
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speakeasy | (noun) (during prohibition) an illegal barroom | - |
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speaker | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance | Synonyms: loudspeaker, loudspeaker system, speaker system, speaker unit |
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(noun) someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) | Synonyms: talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer |
speakerphone | (noun) a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker; can be used without picking up a handset; several people can participate in a call at the same time | - |
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speakership | (noun) the position of Speaker | - |
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speaking | (noun) delivering an address to a public audience | Synonyms: oral presentation, public speaking, speechmaking |
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(noun) the utterance of intelligible speech | Synonyms: speech production |
squeak | (noun) something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin | Synonyms: close call, close shave, narrow escape, squeaker |
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(noun) a short high-pitched noise | - |
squeaker | (noun) something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin | Synonyms: close call, close shave, narrow escape, squeak |
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(noun) any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used | - |
squeakiness | (noun) the state of tending to produce a high-pitched sound or squeak. | - |
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steak | (noun) a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish | - |
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steakhouse | (noun) a restaurant that specializes in steaks | Synonyms: chophouse |
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streak | (noun) a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background | Synonyms: bar, stripe |
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(noun) a distinctive characteristic | - |
(noun) a sudden flash (as of lightning) | - |
(noun) an unbroken series of events | Synonyms: run |
streaker | (noun) someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place | - |
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strikebreaker | (noun) someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike | Synonyms: blackleg, rat, scab |
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strikebreaking | (noun) confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers | - |
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teak | (noun) tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood | Synonyms: Tectona grandis |
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(noun) hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding | Synonyms: teakwood |
teakettle | (noun) kettle for boiling water to make tea | - |
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teakwood | (noun) hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding | Synonyms: teak |
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tiebreaker | (noun) overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer | - |
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tweak | (noun) a squeeze with the fingers | Synonyms: pinch |
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unbreakableness | (noun) a consistency of something that does not break under pressure | - |
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weakener | (noun) that which weakens or causes a loss of strength | - |
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weakening | (noun) the act of reducing the strength of something | - |
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(noun) becoming weaker | - |
weakfish | (noun) food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out | Synonyms: Cynoscion regalis |
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(noun) lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States | - |
weakling | (noun) a person who is physically weak and ineffectual | Synonyms: doormat, wuss |
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weakness | (noun) the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain | - |
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(noun) powerlessness revealed by an inability to act | Synonyms: helplessness, impuissance |
(noun) a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you | - |
(noun) a flaw or weak point | Synonyms: failing |
(noun) the condition of being financially weak | - |
windbreak | (noun) hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion | Synonyms: shelterbelt |
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windbreaker | (noun) a kind of heavy jacket | Synonyms: anorak, parka, windcheater |
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