| basket | (noun) a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop | Synonyms: field goal |
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| (noun) a container that is usually woven and has handles | Synonyms: handbasket |
| (noun) horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball | Synonyms: basketball hoop, hoop |
| (noun) the quantity contained in a basket | Synonyms: basketful |
| basketball | (noun) a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop | Synonyms: basketball game, hoops |
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| (noun) an inflated ball used in playing basketball | - |
| basketeer | (noun) an athlete who plays basketball | Synonyms: basketball player, cager |
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| basketful | (noun) the quantity contained in a basket | Synonyms: basket |
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| basketmaker | (noun) someone skilled in weaving baskets | Synonyms: basketweaver |
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| basketry | (noun) the craft of basket making | - |
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| basketweaver | (noun) someone skilled in weaving baskets | Synonyms: basketmaker |
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| becket | (noun) (nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship | - |
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| blanket | (adjective) broad in scope or content | Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide |
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| (noun) bedding that keeps a person warm in bed | Synonyms: cover |
| (noun) a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor | - |
| (noun) anything that covers | Synonyms: mantle |
| (verb) cover as if with a blanket | - |
| (verb) form a blanket-like cover (over) | - |
| blanketed | (adjective) covered with (or as if with) a blanket | - |
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| bluejacket | (noun) a serviceman in the navy | Synonyms: navy man, sailor, sailor boy |
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| bracket | (noun) a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf) | Synonyms: wall bracket |
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| (noun) either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material | Synonyms: square bracket |
| (noun) either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material | Synonyms: angle bracket |
| (noun) a category falling within certain defined limits | - |
| (verb) classify or group | - |
| (verb) place into brackets | Synonyms: bracket out |
| (verb) support with brackets | - |
| breadbasket | (noun) a basket for serving bread | - |
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| (noun) an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion | Synonyms: stomach, tum, tummy |
| (noun) a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain | - |
| brisket | (noun) a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef | - |
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| brocket | (noun) small South American deer with unbranched antlers | - |
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| (noun) male red deer in its second year | - |
| bucket | (noun) a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top | Synonyms: pail |
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| (noun) the quantity contained in a bucket | Synonyms: bucketful |
| (verb) carry in a bucket | - |
| (verb) put into a bucket | - |
| bucketful | (noun) the quantity contained in a bucket | Synonyms: bucket |
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| casket | (noun) small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables | Synonyms: jewel casket |
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| (noun) box in which a corpse is buried or cremated | Synonyms: coffin |
| (verb) enclose in a casket | - |
| cricket | (noun) a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs | - |
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| (noun) leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together | - |
| (verb) play cricket | - |
| cricketer | (noun) an athlete who plays cricket | - |
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| crocket | (noun) an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable | - |
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| crocketed | (adjective) (of a gable or spire) furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage) | - |
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| diskette | (noun) a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer | Synonyms: floppy, floppy disk |
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| docket | (noun) a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to | Synonyms: agenda, schedule |
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| (noun) (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities | - |
| (verb) make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list | - |
| (verb) place on the docket for legal action | - |
| downmarket | (adjective) designed for low-income consumers | - |
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| furket | (noun) A forked pole, about four feet in length, used as a support for muskets. | Synonyms: musket rest |
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| gasket | (noun) seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint | - |
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| greenmarket | (noun) an open-air marketplace for farm products | Synonyms: farmer's market, green market |
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| handbasket | (noun) a container that is usually woven and has handles | Synonyms: basket |
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| hypermarket | (noun) a huge supermarket (usually built on the outskirts of a town) | - |
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| jacket | (noun) a short coat | - |
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| (noun) an outer wrapping or casing | - |
| (noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | Synonyms: cap, crown, crownwork, jacket crown |
| (noun) the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition | - |
| (noun) the outer skin of a potato | - |
| (verb) put a jacket on | - |
| (verb) provide with a thermally non-conducting cover | - |
| junket | (noun) a journey taken for pleasure | Synonyms: excursion, expedition, jaunt, outing, pleasure trip, sashay |
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| (noun) a trip taken by an official at public expense | - |
| (noun) dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet | - |
| (verb) partake in a feast or banquet | Synonyms: banquet, feast |
| (verb) provide a feast or banquet for | Synonyms: banquet, feast |
| (verb) go on a pleasure trip | Synonyms: junketeer |
| junketeer | (verb) go on a pleasure trip | Synonyms: junket |
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| junketing | (noun) taking an excursion for pleasure | - |
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| ketamine | (noun) a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP | Synonyms: Ketalar, ketamine hydrochloride |
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| ketch | (noun) a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost | - |
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| ketchup | (noun) thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes | Synonyms: catsup, cetchup, tomato ketchup |
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| keteleeria | (noun) Asiatic conifers resembling firs | - |
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| ketembilla | (noun) maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves | Synonyms: kitambilla, kitembilla |
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| (noun) a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India | Synonyms: Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa, ketembilla tree, kitambilla, kitembilla |
| ketoacidosis | (noun) acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: diabetic acidosis |
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| ketoaciduria | (noun) excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation | Synonyms: acetonuria, ketonuria |
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| ketoheptose | (noun) A seven-carbon sugar possessing a ketone group. | - |
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| ketohexose | (noun) a monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group | - |
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| ketone | (noun) any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals | - |
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| ketonemia | (noun) an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: acetonemia, ketosis |
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| ketonuria | (noun) excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation | Synonyms: acetonuria, ketoaciduria |
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| ketoprofen | (noun) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail) | Synonyms: Orudis, Orudis KT, Oruvail |
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| ketorolac | (noun) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Torodal) that is given only orally | Synonyms: Torodal |
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| ketose | (noun) any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal | - |
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| ketosis | (noun) an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: acetonemia, ketonemia |
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| ketosteroid | (noun) a steroid containing a ketone group | - |
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| ketotetrose | (noun) A monosaccharide that has both a ketone and four carbons. | - |
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| ketotriose | (noun) Any ketose having three carbon atoms; in reality, only dihydroxyacetone. | - |
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| kettle | (noun) a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid | Synonyms: boiler |
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| (noun) a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it | Synonyms: kettledrum, timpani, tympani, tympanum |
| (noun) (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits | Synonyms: kettle hole |
| (noun) the quantity a kettle will hold | Synonyms: kettleful |
| kettledrum | (noun) a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it | Synonyms: kettle, timpani, tympani, tympanum |
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| kettleful | (noun) the quantity a kettle will hold | Synonyms: kettle |
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| leatherjacket | (noun) any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes | Synonyms: leatherfish |
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| (noun) any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales | Synonyms: leatherjack |
| (noun) tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies | - |
| locket | (noun) a small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace | - |
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| market | (noun) the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold | Synonyms: market place, marketplace |
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| (noun) a marketplace where groceries are sold | Synonyms: food market, grocery, grocery store |
| (noun) an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up | Synonyms: market place, marketplace, mart |
| (noun) the customers for a particular product or service | - |
| (noun) the securities markets in the aggregate | Synonyms: securities industry |
| (verb) make commercial | Synonyms: commercialise, commercialize |
| (verb) engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of | - |
| (verb) deal in a market | - |
| (verb) buy household supplies | - |
| marketable | (adjective) capable of being marketed | - |
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| (adjective) being in demand by especially employers | - |
| (adjective) fit to be offered for sale | Synonyms: merchantable, sellable, vendable, vendible |
| marketer | (noun) someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money | Synonyms: seller, trafficker, vender, vendor |
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| marketing | (noun) the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money | Synonyms: merchandising, selling |
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| (noun) shopping at a market | - |
| (noun) the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service | - |
| marketplace | (noun) the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold | Synonyms: market, market place |
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| (noun) an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up | Synonyms: market, market place, mart |
| musket | (noun) a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen | - |
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| musketeer | (noun) a foot soldier armed with a musket | - |
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| musketry | (noun) the technique of using small arms (especially in battle) | - |
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| (noun) musketeers and their muskets collectively | - |
| neuromarketing | (noun) marketing based on studies of consumers' sensorimotor, cognitive, and affective responses | Synonyms: neuro-marketing |
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| newmarket | (noun) a long close-fitting coat worn for riding in the 19th century | - |
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| packet | (noun) a small package or bundle | - |
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| (noun) a boat for carrying mail | Synonyms: mail boat, mailboat, packet boat |
| (noun) (computer science) a message or message fragment | - |
| (noun) a collection of things wrapped or boxed together | Synonyms: bundle, package, parcel |
| parroket | (noun) any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots | Synonyms: parakeet, paraquet, paroquet, parrakeet, parroquet |
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| pernickety | (adjective) characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details | Synonyms: persnickety |
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| persnickety | (adjective) characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details | Synonyms: pernickety |
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| (adjective) (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant | Synonyms: bigheaded, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish |
| phenylketonuria | (noun) a genetic disorder of metabolism; lack of the enzyme needed to turn phenylalanine into tyrosine results in an accumulation of phenylalanine in the body fluids which causes various degrees of mental deficiency | Synonyms: PKU |
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| picket | (noun) a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake | Synonyms: piquet |
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| (noun) a wooden strip forming part of a fence | Synonyms: pale |
| (noun) a vehicle performing sentinel duty | - |
| (noun) a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack | - |
| (noun) a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work | - |
| (noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch |
| (verb) fasten with a picket | - |
| (verb) serve as pickets or post pickets | - |
| pickpocket | (noun) a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | Synonyms: cutpurse, dip |
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| placket | (noun) a piece of cloth sewn under an opening | - |
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| pocket | (noun) a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles | - |
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| (noun) an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck | - |
| (noun) (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) | Synonyms: pouch |
| (noun) a small isolated group of people | - |
| (noun) a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly | Synonyms: air hole, air pocket |
| (noun) a supply of money | - |
| (noun) an enclosed space | Synonyms: pouch, sac, sack |
| (noun) a hollow concave shape made by removing something | Synonyms: scoop |
| (noun) (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left | - |
| (verb) put in one's pocket | - |
| (verb) take unlawfully | Synonyms: bag |
| pocketable | (adjective) small enough to be carried in a garment pocket | Synonyms: pocket-size, pocket-sized |
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| pocketbook | (noun) a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) | Synonyms: bag, handbag, purse |
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| (noun) pocket-sized paperback book | Synonyms: pocket book, pocket edition |
| (noun) a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money | Synonyms: billfold, notecase, wallet |
| (noun) your personal financial means | - |
| pocketcomb | (noun) a small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket | Synonyms: pocket comb |
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| pocketful | (noun) the quantity a pocket will hold | - |
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| pocketknife | (noun) a knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket | Synonyms: pocket knife |
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| pricket | (noun) male deer in his second year | - |
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| (noun) a sharp metal spike to hold a candle | - |
| racket | (noun) an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit | Synonyms: fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise |
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| (noun) a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games | Synonyms: racquet |
| (noun) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience | Synonyms: dissonance, noise |
| (noun) a loud and disturbing noise | - |
| (verb) hit (a ball) with a racket | - |
| (verb) make loud and annoying noises | - |
| (verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | Synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopee, revel, wassail, whoop it up |
| racketeer | (noun) someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) | - |
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| (verb) carry on illegal business activities involving crime | - |
| racketeering | (noun) engaging in a racket | - |
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| racketiness | (noun) the auditory effect characterized by loud and constant noise | Synonyms: noisiness |
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| rackety | (adjective) uncontrollably noisy | Synonyms: rip-roaring, uproarious |
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| retrorocket | (noun) a small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course | - |
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| ricketiness | (noun) the quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place | Synonyms: unsteadiness |
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| rickets | (noun) childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus | Synonyms: rachitis |
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| rickettsia | (noun) any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings | - |
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| rickettsial | (adjective) relating to or caused by rickettsias | - |
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| rickettsialpox | (noun) mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox | - |
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| rickettsiosis | (noun) infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria | Synonyms: rickettsial disease |
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| rickety | (adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | Synonyms: debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, sapless, weak, weakly |
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| (adjective) affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets | Synonyms: rachitic |
| (adjective) inclined to shake as from weakness or defect | Synonyms: shaky, wobbly, wonky |
| rocket | (noun) a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion | Synonyms: rocket engine |
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| (noun) any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine | Synonyms: projectile |
| (noun) sends a firework display high into the sky | Synonyms: skyrocket |
| (noun) propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon | Synonyms: skyrocket |
| (noun) erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender | Synonyms: arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, rocket salad, roquette |
| (verb) propel with a rocket | - |
| (verb) shoot up abruptly, like a rocket | Synonyms: skyrocket |
| rocketry | (noun) the branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation | - |
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| sketch | (noun) preliminary drawing for later elaboration | Synonyms: study |
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| (noun) short descriptive summary (of events) | Synonyms: resume, survey |
| (noun) a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: cartoon |
| (noun) a brief literary description | Synonyms: vignette |
| (verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of | Synonyms: adumbrate, outline |
| (verb) make a sketch of | Synonyms: chalk out |
| sketchbook | (noun) a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn | Synonyms: sketch block, sketch pad |
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