| asterisk | (noun) a star-shaped character * used in printing | Synonyms: star |
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| (verb) mark with an asterisk | Synonyms: star |
| asterisked | (adjective) marked with an asterisk | Synonyms: starred |
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| bassarisk | (noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings | Synonyms: Bassariscus astutus, cacomistle, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail |
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| brisk | (adjective) very active | - |
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| (adjective) quick and energetic | Synonyms: alert, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy |
| (adjective) imparting vitality and energy | Synonyms: bracing, fresh, refreshful, refreshing, tonic |
| (verb) become brisk | Synonyms: brisk up, brisken |
| brisken | (verb) become brisk | Synonyms: brisk, brisk up |
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| brisket | (noun) a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef | - |
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| briskly | (adverb) in a brisk manner | - |
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| briskness | (noun) liveliness and eagerness | Synonyms: alacrity, smartness |
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| frisk | (noun) the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs | Synonyms: frisking |
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| (verb) search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets | - |
| (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: cavort, disport, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
| friskily | (adverb) in a playfully frisky manner | - |
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| friskiness | (noun) lively high-spirited playfulness | Synonyms: frolicsomeness, sportiveness |
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| frisking | (noun) the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs | Synonyms: frisk |
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| frisky | (adjective) playful like a lively kitten | Synonyms: kittenish |
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| risk | (noun) a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury | Synonyms: danger, peril |
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| (noun) the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent | Synonyms: risk of exposure |
| (noun) the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred | Synonyms: risk of infection |
| (noun) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune | Synonyms: endangerment, hazard, jeopardy, peril |
| (verb) expose to a chance of loss or damage | Synonyms: lay on the line, put on the line |
| (verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, chance, gamble, hazard, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
| riskily | (adverb) in a dangerously risky manner | - |
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| riskiness | (noun) a state of danger involving risk | Synonyms: peril |
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| riskless | (adjective) thought to be devoid of risk | Synonyms: risk-free, unhazardous |
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| risklessness | (noun) safety as a consequence of entailing no risk | - |
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| risky | (adjective) involving risk or danger | Synonyms: hazardous, wild |
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| (adjective) not financially safe or secure | Synonyms: bad, high-risk, speculative |
| tamarisk | (noun) any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil | - |
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| triskaidekaphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of the number 13 | - |
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| triskaidekaphobic | (adjective) suffering from triskaidekaphobia (abnormal fear of the number 13) | - |
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| triskele | (noun) a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center | Synonyms: triskelion |
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| triskelion | (noun) a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center | Synonyms: triskele |
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| unasterisked | (adjective) not marked with an asterisk | Synonyms: unstarred |
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