airbrake | (noun) a vehicular brake that operates by compressed air; especially for heavy vehicles | - |
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(noun) a small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft | Synonyms: dive brake |
ashcake | (noun) corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern) | Synonyms: ash cake, corn tash |
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battercake | (noun) a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | Synonyms: flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake, pancake |
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beefcake | (noun) a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire | - |
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blacksnake | (noun) blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet | Synonyms: black racer, Coluber constrictor |
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(noun) large harmless shiny black North American snake | Synonyms: black rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta, mountain blacksnake, pilot blacksnake |
brake | (noun) a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle | - |
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(noun) anything that slows or hinders a process | - |
(noun) an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant | - |
(noun) large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan | Synonyms: bracken, pasture brake, Pteridium aquilinum |
(noun) any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants | - |
bridecake | (noun) a rich cake with two or more tiers and covered with frosting and decorations; served at a wedding reception | Synonyms: wedding cake |
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cake | (noun) a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) | Synonyms: bar |
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(noun) baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat | - |
(noun) small flat mass of chopped or ground food | Synonyms: patty |
canebrake | (noun) a dense growth of cane (especially giant cane) | - |
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cheesecake | (noun) a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire | - |
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(noun) made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust | - |
clambake | (noun) a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed | - |
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coffeecake | (noun) a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee | Synonyms: coffee cake |
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corncrake | (noun) common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields | Synonyms: Crex crex, land rail |
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crake | (noun) any of several short-billed Old World rails | - |
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cupcake | (noun) small cake baked in a muffin tin | - |
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drake | (noun) adult male of a wild or domestic duck | - |
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earthquake | (noun) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity | Synonyms: quake, seism, temblor |
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(noun) a disturbance that is extremely disruptive | - |
eggshake | (noun) a milkshake with egg in it | - |
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fake | (noun) (football) a deceptive move made by a football player | Synonyms: juke |
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(noun) something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be | Synonyms: postiche, sham |
(noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses | Synonyms: faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer |
firedrake | (noun) a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings | Synonyms: dragon, European dragon |
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flake | (noun) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole | Synonyms: bit, chip, fleck, scrap |
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(noun) a person with an unusual or odd personality | Synonyms: eccentric, eccentric person, geek, oddball |
(noun) a crystal of snow | Synonyms: snowflake |
flapcake | (noun) a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | Synonyms: battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake, pancake |
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friedcake | (noun) small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat | - |
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fruitcake | (noun) a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on | - |
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(noun) a whimsically eccentric person | Synonyms: crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, screwball |
griddlecake | (noun) a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | Synonyms: battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, hot cake, hotcake, pancake |
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(noun) a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle | Synonyms: drop scone, Scotch pancake |
grubstake | (noun) funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits | - |
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hake | (noun) any of several marine food fishes related to cod | - |
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(noun) the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod | - |
handshake | (noun) grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) | Synonyms: handclasp, handshaking, shake |
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hardbake | (noun) a British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds | - |
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headshake | (noun) the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement | Synonyms: headshaking |
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hoecake | (noun) thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern) | - |
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hotcake | (noun) a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | Synonyms: battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, pancake |
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intake | (noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) | Synonyms: consumption, ingestion, uptake |
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(noun) the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing | Synonyms: aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, inspiration |
(noun) an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container | Synonyms: inlet |
johnnycake | (noun) cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England) | Synonyms: johnny cake, journey cake |
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keepsake | (noun) something of sentimental value | Synonyms: relic, souvenir, token |
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kingsnake | (noun) any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals | Synonyms: king snake |
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kittiwake | (noun) small pearl-grey gull of northern regions; nests on cliffs and has a rudimentary hind toe | - |
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lake | (noun) a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land | - |
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(noun) any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments | - |
(noun) a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal | - |
madake | (noun) large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere | Synonyms: giant timber bamboo, ku-chiku, Phyllostachys bambusoides |
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make | (noun) the act of mixing cards haphazardly | Synonyms: shuffle, shuffling |
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(noun) a recognizable kind | Synonyms: brand |
mandrake | (noun) a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers | Synonyms: devil's apples, Mandragora officinarum |
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(noun) the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic | Synonyms: mandrake root |
milkshake | (noun) frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream | Synonyms: milk shake, shake |
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mistake | (noun) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | Synonyms: error, fault |
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(noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: misapprehension, misunderstanding |
(noun) part of a statement that is not correct | Synonyms: error |
namesake | (noun) a person with the same name as another | - |
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oatcake | (noun) thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal | - |
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outtake | (noun) a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film | - |
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pancake | (noun) a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | Synonyms: battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake |
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quake | (noun) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity | Synonyms: earthquake, seism, temblor |
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rake | (noun) a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil | - |
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(noun) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane | Synonyms: pitch, slant |
(noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society | Synonyms: blood, profligate, rakehell, rip, roue |
rattlesnake | (noun) pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken | Synonyms: rattler |
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remake | (noun) creation that is created again or anew | Synonyms: remaking |
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retake | (noun) a shot or scene that is photographed again | - |
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reuptake | (noun) a process of using up or consuming again | Synonyms: re-uptake |
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sake | (noun) a reason for wanting something done | Synonyms: interest |
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(noun) the purpose of achieving or obtaining | - |
(noun) Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot | Synonyms: rice beer, saki |
seaquake | (noun) an earthquake at the sea bed | Synonyms: submarine earthquake |
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seedcake | (noun) a sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon | Synonyms: seed cake |
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shake | (noun) a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement | Synonyms: shiver, tremble |
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(noun) causing to move repeatedly from side to side | Synonyms: wag, waggle |
(noun) grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) | Synonyms: handclasp, handshake, handshaking |
(noun) a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it | Synonyms: trill |
(noun) frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream | Synonyms: milk shake, milkshake |
(noun) building material used as siding or roofing | Synonyms: shingle |
sheldrake | (noun) Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill | - |
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(noun) large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges | Synonyms: fish duck, merganser, sawbill |
shiitake | (noun) edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe | Synonyms: Chinese black mushroom, golden oak mushroom, Lentinus edodes, Oriental black mushroom, shiitake mushroom |
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shortcake | (noun) very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream | - |
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snake | (noun) limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous | Synonyms: ophidian, serpent |
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(noun) something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake | - |
(noun) a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes | Synonyms: auger, plumber's snake |
(noun) a deceitful or treacherous person | Synonyms: snake in the grass |
snowflake | (noun) white Arctic bunting | Synonyms: Plectrophenax nivalis, snow bunting, snowbird |
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(noun) a crystal of snow | Synonyms: flake |
stake | (noun) a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground | - |
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(noun) instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning | - |
(noun) a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track) | Synonyms: post |
(noun) the money risked on a gamble | Synonyms: bet, stakes, wager |
(noun) (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something | Synonyms: interest |
stocktake | (noun) an instance of stocktaking | Synonyms: stock-take |
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strake | (noun) thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship | Synonyms: wale |
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take | (noun) the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption | - |
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(noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: issue, payoff, proceeds, return, takings, yield |
teacake | (noun) any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea | - |
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(noun) flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea | Synonyms: tea biscuit |
uptake | (noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) | Synonyms: consumption, ingestion, intake |
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(noun) a process of taking up or using up or consuming | - |
wake | (noun) a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial | Synonyms: viewing |
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(noun) the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward | Synonyms: backwash |
(noun) the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) | Synonyms: aftermath, backwash |
wheatflake | (noun) crisp flake made from wheat | - |
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whipsnake | (noun) any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails | Synonyms: whip-snake, whip snake |
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yellowcake | (noun) an impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore | Synonyms: U308 |
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