beekeeper | (noun) a farmer who keeps bees for their honey | Synonyms: apiarist, apiculturist |
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beekeeping | (noun) the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey | Synonyms: apiculture |
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biweekly | (noun) a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year) | - |
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cheek | (noun) impudent aggressiveness | Synonyms: boldness, brass, face, nerve |
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(noun) either side of the face below the eyes | - |
(noun) either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump | Synonyms: buttock |
(noun) an impudent statement | Synonyms: impertinence, impudence |
cheekbone | (noun) the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek | Synonyms: jugal bone, malar, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone |
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cheekiness | (noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: crust, freshness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence |
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cheekpiece | (noun) either of two straps of a bridle that connect the bit to the headpiece | - |
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creek | (noun) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) | Synonyms: brook |
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fenugreek | (noun) aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry | Synonyms: fenugreek seed |
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(noun) annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry | Synonyms: Greek clover, Trigonella foenumgraecum |
geek | (noun) a person with an unusual or odd personality | Synonyms: eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball |
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(noun) a carnival performer who does disgusting acts | - |
kweek | (noun) trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India | Synonyms: Bahama grass, Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon, devil grass, doob, scutch grass, star grass |
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leek | (noun) related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves | - |
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(noun) plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum | Synonyms: Allium porrum, scallion |
meekness | (noun) a disposition to be patient and long suffering | Synonyms: subduedness |
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(noun) the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness | Synonyms: submission |
midweek | (noun) the middle of a week | - |
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peek | (noun) a secret look | Synonyms: peep |
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peekaboo | (noun) a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo! | Synonyms: bopeep |
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placeseeker | (noun) a disparaging term for an appointee | Synonyms: placeman |
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reek | (noun) a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant | Synonyms: fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, stench, stink |
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seek | (noun) the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk | - |
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seeker | (noun) a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves) | - |
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(noun) someone making a search or inquiry | Synonyms: quester, searcher |
seeking | (noun) the act of searching for something | Synonyms: quest |
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(noun) an attempt to acquire or gain something | - |
semiweekly | (noun) a periodical that is published twice each week (or 104 issues per year) | - |
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sleekness | (noun) the smooth feel of silk fabric | Synonyms: silkiness |
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(noun) the quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored | - |
week | (noun) any period of seven consecutive days | Synonyms: hebdomad |
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(noun) hours or days of work in a calendar week | Synonyms: workweek |
(noun) a period of seven consecutive days (usually reckoned to be from Sunday to Saturday, or from Monday to Sunday) | Synonyms: calendar week |
weekday | (noun) any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday) | - |
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weekend | (noun) a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday | - |
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weekender | (noun) a small suitcase to carry clothing and accessories for a weekend trip | - |
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(noun) someone who vacations on a weekend | - |
weekly | (noun) a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year) | - |
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weeknight | (noun) any night of the week except Saturday or Sunday | - |
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workweek | (noun) hours or days of work in a calendar week | Synonyms: week |
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