| blink | (noun) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | Synonyms: blinking, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, wink, winking |
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| bobolink | (noun) migratory American songbird | Synonyms: Dolichonyx oryzivorus, reedbird, ricebird |
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| brink | (noun) the limit beyond which something happens or changes | Synonyms: verge |
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| (noun) the edge of a steep place | - |
| (noun) a region marking a boundary | Synonyms: threshold, verge |
| cheewink | (noun) common towhee of eastern North America | Synonyms: chewink, Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
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| chewink | (noun) common towhee of eastern North America | Synonyms: cheewink, Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
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| chink | (noun) a short light metallic sound | Synonyms: click, clink |
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| (noun) a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall | - |
| (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent | Synonyms: Chinaman |
| clink | (noun) a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) | Synonyms: gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer |
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| (noun) a short light metallic sound | Synonyms: chink, click |
| countersink | (noun) a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole | Synonyms: counterbore, countersink bit |
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| (noun) a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface | - |
| cufflink | (noun) jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt | - |
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| dink | (noun) a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net | Synonyms: drop shot |
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| doublethink | (noun) believing two contradictory ideas at the same time | - |
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| drink | (noun) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: boozing, crapulence, drinking, drunkenness |
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| (noun) the act of swallowing | Synonyms: deglutition, swallow |
| (noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: beverage, drinkable, potable |
| (noun) a single serving of a beverage | - |
| (noun) any large deep body of water | - |
| fink | (noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | Synonyms: canary, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon |
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| groupthink | (noun) decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility) | - |
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| hyperlink | (noun) a link from a hypertext file to another location or file; typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or icon at a particular location on the screen | - |
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| ink | (noun) dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods | - |
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| (noun) a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing | - |
| kink | (noun) a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation | - |
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| (noun) an eccentric idea | - |
| (noun) a person with unusual sexual tastes | - |
| (noun) a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight | Synonyms: twirl, twist |
| (noun) a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) | Synonyms: crick, rick, wrick |
| link | (noun) a fastener that serves to join or connect | Synonyms: linkup, tie-in, tie |
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| (noun) a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network | Synonyms: radio link |
| (noun) an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data | Synonyms: data link |
| (noun) a channel for communication between groups | Synonyms: contact, inter-group communication, liaison |
| (noun) (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list | - |
| (noun) a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain | - |
| (noun) the means of connection between things linked in series | Synonyms: nexus |
| (noun) a connecting shape | Synonyms: connection, connexion |
| (noun) the state of being connected | Synonyms: connectedness, connection |
| mink | (noun) slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur | - |
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| (noun) fur coat made from the soft lustrous fur of minks | Synonyms: mink coat |
| (noun) the expensive fur of a mink | - |
| oink | (noun) the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs | Synonyms: grunt |
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| pink | (noun) a light shade of red | - |
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| (noun) a person with mildly leftist political views | Synonyms: pinko |
| (noun) any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers | Synonyms: garden pink |
| rethink | (noun) thinking again about a choice previously made | Synonyms: afterthought, reconsideration, second thought |
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| rink | (noun) building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating | Synonyms: skating rink |
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| shrink | (noun) a physician who specializes in psychiatry | Synonyms: head-shrinker, psychiatrist |
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| sink | (noun) plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe | - |
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| (noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | Synonyms: cesspit, cesspool, sump |
| (noun) a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof | Synonyms: sinkhole, swallow hole |
| (noun) (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system | - |
| skink | (noun) alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide | Synonyms: scincid, scincid lizard |
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| stink | (noun) a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant | Synonyms: fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, reek, stench |
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| think | (noun) an instance of deliberate thinking | - |
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| uplink | (noun) a transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission | - |
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| wink | (noun) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | Synonyms: blink, blinking, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, winking |
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| (noun) closing one eye quickly as a signal | - |
| (noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling |