| 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 |
| (verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, gage, game, punt |
| (verb) mark with a stake | Synonyms: post |
| (verb) tie or fasten to a stake | - |
| (verb) kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole | Synonyms: impale |
| (verb) put at risk | Synonyms: adventure, hazard, jeopardize, venture |
| starchlike | (adjective) resembling starch | Synonyms: amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous |
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| starlike | (adjective) resembling a star | - |
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| statesmanlike | (adjective) marked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman | Synonyms: statesmanly |
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| stocktake | (noun) an instance of stocktaking | Synonyms: stock-take |
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| stoke | (verb) stir up or tend; of a fire | - |
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| stonelike | (adjective) (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness | Synonyms: petrous |
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| strake | (noun) thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship | Synonyms: wale |
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| straplike | (adjective) long and narrow like a strap | - |
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| strike | (noun) a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions | Synonyms: work stoppage |
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| (noun) a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball | Synonyms: ten-strike |
| (noun) an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective | - |
| (noun) a conspicuous success | Synonyms: bang, hit, smash, smasher |
| (noun) (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders | - |
| (noun) a gentle blow | Synonyms: rap, tap |
| (verb) cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp | - |
| (verb) arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing | - |
| (verb) indicate (a certain time) by striking | - |
| (verb) make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target | Synonyms: hit |
| (verb) deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon | - |
| (verb) hit against; come into sudden contact with | Synonyms: collide with, hit, impinge on, run into |
| (verb) affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely | Synonyms: hit |
| (verb) produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments | Synonyms: hit |
| (verb) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line | Synonyms: excise, expunge, scratch |
| (verb) pierce with force | - |
| (verb) smooth with a strickle | Synonyms: strickle |
| (verb) hook by a pull on the line | Synonyms: seize |
| (verb) produce by ignition or a blow | - |
| (verb) form by stamping, punching, or printing | Synonyms: coin, mint |
| (verb) disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set | - |
| (verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | Synonyms: affect, impress, move |
| (verb) drive something violently into a location | Synonyms: hit |
| (verb) occupy or take on | Synonyms: assume, take, take up |
| (verb) cause to experience suddenly | Synonyms: come to, hit |
| (verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon |
| (verb) stop work in order to press demands | Synonyms: walk out |
| (verb) attain | Synonyms: come to |
| (verb) touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly | Synonyms: fall, shine |
| stroke | (noun) (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand | Synonyms: shot |
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| (noun) a light touch with the hands | Synonyms: stroking |
| (noun) a single complete movement | - |
| (noun) any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing | - |
| (noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | Synonyms: diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, virgule |
| (noun) a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush | - |
| (noun) the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam | Synonyms: cam stroke, throw |
| (noun) a light touch | - |
| (noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | Synonyms: accident, chance event, fortuity |
| (noun) the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew | - |
| (noun) (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club | - |
| (noun) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain | Synonyms: apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA |
| (verb) treat gingerly or carefully | - |
| (verb) strike a ball with a smooth blow | - |
| (verb) row at a particular rate | - |
| (verb) touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions | - |
| suchlike | (adjective) of the same kind | - |
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| sunchoke | (noun) sunflower tuber eaten raw or boiled or sliced thin and fried as Saratoga chips | Synonyms: Jerusalem artichoke |
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| sunstroke | (noun) sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat | Synonyms: insolation, siriasis, thermic fever |
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| swordlike | (adjective) shaped like a sword blade | Synonyms: bladelike, ensiform, sword-shaped |
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| sylphlike | (adjective) (of a woman or girl) slender and graceful like a sylph | Synonyms: sylphic |
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| taillike | (adjective) resembling a tail | Synonyms: caudal |
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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 |
| (verb) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | Synonyms: contract, get |
| (verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract | Synonyms: remove, take away, withdraw |
| (verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: acquire, adopt, assume, take on |
| (verb) ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial | - |
| (verb) be seized or affected in a specified way | - |
| (verb) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives | Synonyms: choose, pick out, select |
| (verb) be a student of a certain subject | Synonyms: learn, read, study |
| (verb) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes | Synonyms: consider, deal, look at |
| (verb) interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression | Synonyms: read |
| (verb) accept or undergo, often unwillingly | Synonyms: submit |
| (verb) take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs | Synonyms: claim, exact |
| (verb) make a film or photograph of something | Synonyms: film, shoot |
| (verb) lay claim to; as of an idea | Synonyms: claim |
| (verb) obtain by winning | - |
| (verb) point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | Synonyms: aim, direct, take aim, train |
| (verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | Synonyms: consume, have, ingest, take in |
| (verb) get into one's hands, take physically | Synonyms: get hold of |
| (verb) have sex with; archaic use | Synonyms: have |
| (verb) occupy or take on | Synonyms: assume, strike, take up |
| (verb) travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route | - |
| (verb) head into a specified direction | Synonyms: make |
| (verb) take somebody somewhere | Synonyms: conduct, direct, guide, lead |
| (verb) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere | Synonyms: bring, convey |
| (verb) proceed along in a vehicle | Synonyms: drive |
| (verb) experience or feel or submit to | - |
| (verb) take into one's possession | - |
| (verb) conquer by force | - |
| (verb) buy, select | - |
| (verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, engage, hire, lease, rent |
| (verb) receive or obtain regularly | Synonyms: subscribe, subscribe to |
| (verb) receive willingly something given or offered | Synonyms: accept, have |
| (verb) require (time or space) | Synonyms: occupy, use up |
| (verb) admit into a group or community | Synonyms: accept, admit, take on |
| (verb) to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort | - |
| (verb) make use of or accept for some purpose | Synonyms: accept |
| (verb) assume, as of positions or roles | Synonyms: fill, occupy |
| (verb) carry out | - |
| (verb) develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation | Synonyms: take to |
| (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require |
| (verb) be designed to hold or take | Synonyms: accept |
| (verb) have with oneself; have on one's person | Synonyms: carry, pack |
| (verb) be capable of holding or containing | Synonyms: contain, hold |
| tchotchke | (noun) (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket | Synonyms: chachka, tsatske, tshatshke |
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| (noun) (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman | Synonyms: chachka, tchotchkeleh, tsatske, tshatshke |
| 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 |
| thistlelike | (adjective) resembling a thistle | - |
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| threadlike | (adjective) thin in diameter; resembling a thread | Synonyms: filamentlike, filamentous, filiform, thready |
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| tike | (noun) a young person of either sex | Synonyms: child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tyke, youngster |
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| (noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | Synonyms: barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, peasant, tyke |
| toke | (noun) a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette | - |
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| tonguelike | (adjective) resembling a tongue in form or function | - |
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| toothlike | (adjective) resembling a tooth | - |
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| trancelike | (adjective) as if in a trance | - |
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| treelike | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped |
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| trike | (noun) a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals | Synonyms: tricycle, velocipede |
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| tsatske | (noun) (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket | Synonyms: chachka, tchotchke, tshatshke |
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| (noun) (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman | Synonyms: chachka, tchotchke, tchotchkeleh, tshatshke |
| tshatshke | (noun) (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket | Synonyms: chachka, tchotchke, tsatske |
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| (noun) (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman | Synonyms: chachka, tchotchke, tchotchkeleh, tsatske |
| tubelike | (adjective) constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids) | Synonyms: cannular, tube-shaped, tubular, vasiform |
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| turnpike | (noun) an expressway on which tolls are collected | Synonyms: toll road |
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| (noun) (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid | - |
| twiglike | (adjective) thin as a twig | Synonyms: twiggy |
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| tyke | (noun) a young person of either sex | Synonyms: child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, youngster |
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| (noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | Synonyms: barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, peasant, tike |
| uke | (noun) a small guitar having four strings | Synonyms: ukulele |
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| umbrellalike | (adjective) resembling an umbrella | - |
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| unalike | (adjective) not alike or similar | Synonyms: dissimilar |
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| unchristlike | (adjective) not becoming to or like a Christian | Synonyms: unchristianly |
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| undertake | (verb) promise to do or accomplish | Synonyms: guarantee |
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| (verb) enter into a contractual arrangement | Synonyms: contract |
| (verb) enter upon an activity or enterprise | Synonyms: attempt, set about |
| (verb) accept as a charge | Synonyms: take in charge |
| (verb) accept as a challenge | Synonyms: tackle, take on |
| ungentlemanlike | (adjective) not befitting a gentleman | Synonyms: ungentlemanly |
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| unladylike | (adjective) lacking the behavior or manner or style considered proper for a lady | - |
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| unlifelike | (adjective) without substance | Synonyms: cardboard |
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| unlike | (adjective) marked by dissimilarity | - |
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| (adjective) not equal in amount | - |
| unmake | (verb) deprive of certain characteristics | Synonyms: undo |
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| unmanlike | (adjective) not possessing qualities befitting a man | Synonyms: unmanful, unmanly |
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| unseamanlike | (adjective) not seamanlike | - |
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| unsportsmanlike | (adjective) violating accepted standards or rules | Synonyms: cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting |
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| unstatesmanlike | (adjective) not statesmanlike | - |
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| unworkmanlike | (adjective) not characteristic of or suitable for a good workman | - |
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| unyoke | (verb) remove the yoke from | - |
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| upstroke | (noun) a stroke normally made in an upward direction | - |
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| 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 | - |
| vandyke | (noun) a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke) | Synonyms: vandyke beard |
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| veinlike | (adjective) having or showing markings that resemble veins | Synonyms: veined, venose |
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| viselike | (adjective) clamped as in a vise | - |
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| vowellike | (adjective) having characteristics of a vowel sound | - |
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| 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 |
| (verb) be awake, be alert, be there | - |
| (verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake up, waken |
| (verb) cause to become awake or conscious | Synonyms: arouse, awaken, rouse, wake up, waken |
| (verb) to alert someone to something | - |
| (verb) arouse or excite feelings and passions | Synonyms: fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up |
| warlike | (adjective) suggesting war or military life | Synonyms: martial |
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| (adjective) disposed to warfare or hard-line policies | Synonyms: hawkish, militant |
| warriorlike | (adjective) (of persons) befitting a warrior | Synonyms: martial, soldierlike, soldierly |
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| wartlike | (adjective) (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts | Synonyms: verrucose, warty |
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| wavelike | (adjective) uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves | Synonyms: crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy |
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| waxlike | (adjective) having the paleness of wax | Synonyms: waxen, waxy |
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| weblike | (adjective) having open interstices or resembling a web | Synonyms: lacy, netlike, netted, webbed, webby |
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| wheatflake | (noun) crisp flake made from wheat | - |
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| whiplike | (adjective) having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum) | Synonyms: flagellate, flagellated, lash-like |
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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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| wifelike | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a wife | Synonyms: uxorial, wifely |
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| winglike | (adjective) resembling a wing in shape or position | - |
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| wisplike | (adjective) thin and weak | Synonyms: wispy |
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| witchlike | (adjective) being or having the character of witchcraft | - |
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| wolflike | (adjective) resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf | Synonyms: wolfish |
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| womanlike | (adjective) resembling a woman | - |
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| (noun) the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female | Synonyms: womanliness |
| workmanlike | (adjective) worthy of a good workman | - |
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| wormlike | (adjective) totally submissive | Synonyms: cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormy |
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| wraithlike | (adjective) lacking in substance | Synonyms: shadowy |
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| yarmelke | (noun) a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer) | Synonyms: yarmulka, yarmulke |
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| yarmulke | (noun) a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer) | Synonyms: yarmelke, yarmulka |
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| yeastlike | (adjective) of or resembling or containing yeast | Synonyms: yeasty |
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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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| yoke | (noun) stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team | - |
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| (noun) fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment | - |
| (noun) a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together | Synonyms: coupling |
| (noun) support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end | - |
| (noun) a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke | - |
| (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome |
| (noun) an oppressive power | - |
| (verb) put a yoke on or join with a yoke | - |
| (verb) link with or as with a yoke | Synonyms: link |
| (verb) become joined or linked together | - |