antifreeze | (noun) a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point | - |
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bezel | (noun) a sloping edge on a cutting tool | - |
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breeze | (noun) any undertaking that is easy to do | Synonyms: child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover |
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(noun) a slight wind (usually refreshing) | Synonyms: air, gentle wind, zephyr |
ezed | (noun) the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet | Synonyms: izzard, Z, z, zed, zee |
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freeze | (noun) an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement | Synonyms: halt |
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(noun) fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level | - |
(noun) weather cold enough to cause freezing | Synonyms: frost |
(noun) the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid | Synonyms: freezing |
freezer | (noun) electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time | Synonyms: deep-freeze, deep freezer, Deepfreeze |
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frieze | (noun) a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap | - |
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(noun) an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice | - |
geezer | (noun) a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric | - |
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geezerhood | (noun) a late time of life | Synonyms: age, eld, old age, years |
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hydroisopieze | (noun) a line on a map connecting points of identical pressures in the water bearing stratum. | - |
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isopieze | (noun) a line on a map connecting places with equal ground water pressure. | Synonyms: isopiestic line |
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jezebel | (noun) a shameless impudent scheming woman | - |
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mezereon | (noun) small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs | Synonyms: Daphne mezereum, February daphne |
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mezereum | (noun) the dried bark of the shrub mezereon | - |
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sezession | (noun) an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s | Synonyms: secession |
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sneeze | (noun) a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose | Synonyms: sneezing, sternutation |
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sneezer | (noun) a person who sneezes | - |
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sneezeweed | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezing | - |
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sneezewort | (noun) Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered | Synonyms: Achillea ptarmica, sneezeweed yarrow |
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squeeze | (noun) the act of gripping and pressing firmly | Synonyms: squeezing |
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(noun) an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power | Synonyms: power play, squeeze play |
(noun) a tight or amorous embrace | Synonyms: clinch, hug |
(noun) the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space | - |
(noun) a twisting squeeze | Synonyms: wring |
(noun) (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend | - |
(noun) a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer | - |
(noun) a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high | Synonyms: credit crunch, liquidity crisis |
squeezer | (noun) a kitchen utensil for squeezing juice from fruit | - |
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synezesis | (noun) the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis | Synonyms: synizesis |
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trapeze | (noun) a swing used by circus acrobats | - |
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tweezer | (noun) a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping | Synonyms: pair of pincers, pair of tweezers, pincer |
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wheeze | (noun) breathing with a husky or whistling sound | - |
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(noun) (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick | - |