| amok | (adjective) wildly frenzied and out of control | Synonyms: amuck, berserk |
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| (adverb) in a murderous frenzy | Synonyms: amuck, murderously |
| (adverb) wildly; without self-control | Synonyms: amuck |
| bankbook | (noun) a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks | Synonyms: passbook |
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| billhook | (noun) a cutting tool with a sharp edge | Synonyms: bill |
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| bitok | (noun) a Russian dish made with patties of ground meat (mixed with onions and bread and milk) and served with a sauce of sour cream | - |
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| book | (noun) physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together | Synonyms: volume |
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| (noun) a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge | - |
| (noun) a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) | - |
| (noun) a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance | Synonyms: playscript, script |
| (noun) a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone | Synonyms: record, record book |
| (noun) a major division of a long written composition | - |
| (noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made | Synonyms: rule book |
| (noun) a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game | - |
| (noun) a record in which commercial accounts are recorded | Synonyms: account book, book of account, ledger, leger |
| (verb) engage for a performance | - |
| (verb) record a charge in a police register | - |
| (verb) arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance | Synonyms: hold, reserve |
| (verb) register in a hotel booker | - |
| brook | (noun) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) | Synonyms: creek |
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| (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
| buttonhook | (noun) a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole | - |
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| casebook | (adjective) according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical | Synonyms: textbook |
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| (noun) a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work | - |
| checkbook | (noun) a book issued to holders of checking accounts | Synonyms: chequebook |
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| chequebook | (noun) a book issued to holders of checking accounts | Synonyms: checkbook |
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| chinook | (noun) large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning | Synonyms: chinook salmon, king salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, quinnat salmon |
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| (noun) pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon | Synonyms: chinook salmon, king salmon |
| (noun) a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies | Synonyms: chinook wind, snow eater |
| cook | (noun) someone who cooks food | - |
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| (verb) transform and make suitable for consumption by heating | - |
| (verb) transform by heating | - |
| (verb) prepare for eating by applying heat | Synonyms: fix, make, prepare, ready |
| (verb) prepare a hot meal | - |
| (verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle |
| cookbook | (noun) a book of recipes and cooking directions | Synonyms: cookery book |
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| copybook | (noun) a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship | - |
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| crook | (noun) a long staff with one end being hook shaped | Synonyms: shepherd's crook |
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| (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: criminal, felon, malefactor, outlaw |
| (noun) a circular segment of a curve | Synonyms: bend, turn, twist |
| (verb) bend or cause to bend | Synonyms: curve |
| daybook | (noun) an accounting journal as a physical object | Synonyms: ledger |
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| (noun) a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred | Synonyms: journal |
| fishhook | (noun) a sharp barbed hook for catching fish | - |
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| gemsbok | (noun) large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks | Synonyms: gemsbuck, Oryx gazella |
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| gobbledygook | (noun) incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists | - |
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| gook | (noun) any thick, viscous matter | Synonyms: goo, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge |
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| grok | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, savvy |
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| guidebook | (noun) something that offers basic information or instruction | Synonyms: guide |
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| handbook | (noun) a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location | Synonyms: enchiridion, vade mecum |
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| hook | (noun) a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent | - |
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| (noun) a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer | Synonyms: draw, hooking |
| (noun) a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket | Synonyms: hook shot |
| (noun) a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something | - |
| (noun) a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something | Synonyms: claw |
| (noun) a catch for locking a door | - |
| (noun) anything that serves as an enticement | Synonyms: bait, come-on, lure, sweetener |
| (noun) a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook | Synonyms: crotchet |
| (verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors | Synonyms: accost, solicit |
| (verb) entice and trap | Synonyms: snare |
| (verb) secure with the foot | - |
| (verb) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) | Synonyms: addict |
| (verb) fasten with a hook | - |
| (verb) catch with a hook | - |
| (verb) hit with a hook | - |
| (verb) hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left | - |
| (verb) make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle | Synonyms: crochet |
| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
| (verb) take by theft | Synonyms: cop, glom, knock off, snitch, thieve |
| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
| hornbook | (noun) a primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge | - |
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| hymnbook | (noun) a songbook containing a collection of hymns | Synonyms: hymnal, hymnary |
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| inglenook | (noun) a corner by a fireplace | Synonyms: chimney corner |
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| jook | (noun) a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox | Synonyms: jook house, jook joint, juke, juke house, juke joint |
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| (noun) a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast | Synonyms: congee |
| kapok | (noun) massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber | Synonyms: Bombay ceiba, Ceiba pentandra, ceiba tree, God tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree |
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| (noun) a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation | Synonyms: silk cotton, vegetable silk |
| kook | (noun) someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group | Synonyms: odd fellow, odd fish, odd man out, queer bird, queer duck |
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| logbook | (noun) a book in which the log is written | - |
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| look | (noun) the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look | Synonyms: looking, looking at |
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| (noun) physical appearance | - |
| (noun) the feelings expressed on a person's face | Synonyms: aspect, expression, face, facial expression |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, smell, spirit, tone |
| (verb) to physically appear a certain way to another individual or group | - |
| (verb) look forward to the probable occurrence of | Synonyms: await, expect, wait |
| (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, count, depend, reckon, rely, swear |
| (verb) convey by one's expression | - |
| (verb) perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; look | - |
| (verb) give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect | Synonyms: appear, seem |
| (verb) search or seek | Synonyms: search |
| (verb) take charge of or deal with | Synonyms: attend, see, take care |
| (verb) be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to | Synonyms: face, front |
| (verb) accord in appearance with | - |
| matchbook | (noun) a small folder of paper safety matches | - |
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| nainsook | (noun) a soft lightweight muslin used especially for babies | - |
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| nook | (noun) an interior angle formed by two meeting walls | Synonyms: corner |
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| (noun) a sheltered and secluded place | - |
| notebook | (noun) a small compact portable computer | Synonyms: notebook computer |
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| (noun) a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda | - |
| ok | (adjective) being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition | Synonyms: all right, cool, fine, hunky-dory, o.k., okay |
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| outlook | (noun) the act of looking out | Synonyms: lookout |
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| (noun) belief about (or mental picture of) the future | Synonyms: expectation, prospect |
| (noun) a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations | Synonyms: mentality, mind-set, mindset |
| overcook | (verb) cook too long | - |
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| overlook | (noun) a high place affording a good view | - |
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| (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, pretermit |
| (verb) watch over | - |
| (verb) look past, fail to notice | - |
| (verb) look down on | Synonyms: command, dominate, overtop |
| (verb) be oriented in a certain direction | Synonyms: look across, look out on, look out over |
| passbook | (noun) a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks | Synonyms: bankbook |
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| phonebook | (noun) a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers | Synonyms: phone book, telephone book, telephone directory |
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| playbook | (noun) a scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign | - |
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| (noun) a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays | - |
| (noun) a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team) | - |
| 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 | - |
| pothook | (noun) an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire | - |
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| prayerbook | (noun) a book containing prayers | Synonyms: prayer book |
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| precook | (verb) cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long | - |
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| promptbook | (noun) the copy of the playscript used by the prompter | Synonyms: prompt copy |
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| ravehook | (noun) a hooked hand tool used to prepare the seams of a boat for oakum | - |
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| roadbook | (noun) a guidebook describing the roads of a country; contains maps and (sometimes) a gazetteer | - |
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| rook | (noun) common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow | Synonyms: Corvus frugilegus |
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| (noun) (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard | Synonyms: castle |
| (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
| schnook | (noun) (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised | Synonyms: shnook |
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| schoolbook | (noun) a book prepared for use in schools or colleges | Synonyms: school text, text, text edition, textbook |
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| scrapbook | (noun) an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted | - |
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| shnook | (noun) (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised | Synonyms: schnook |
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| shook | (noun) a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment | - |
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| sketchbook | (noun) a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn | Synonyms: sketch block, sketch pad |
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| skyhook | (noun) a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky | - |
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| (noun) helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects | - |
| snook | (noun) large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike | - |
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| songbook | (noun) a book containing a collection of songs | - |
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| spook | (noun) a mental representation of some haunting experience | Synonyms: ghost, shade, specter, spectre, wraith |
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| (noun) someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric | Synonyms: creep, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy |
| (verb) frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action | - |
| springbok | (noun) a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air | Synonyms: Antidorcas euchore, Antidorcas marsupialis, springbuck |
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| steenbok | (noun) small plains antelope of southeastern Africa | Synonyms: Raphicerus campestris, steinbok |
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| steinbok | (noun) small plains antelope of southeastern Africa | Synonyms: Raphicerus campestris, steenbok |
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| storybook | (noun) a book containing a collection of stories (usually for children) | - |
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| studbook | (noun) official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses | - |
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| tenterhook | (noun) one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter | - |
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| textbook | (adjective) according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical | Synonyms: casebook |
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| (noun) a book prepared for use in schools or colleges | Synonyms: school text, schoolbook, text, text edition |
| unhook | (verb) take off a hook | - |
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| wok | (noun) pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking | - |
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| wordbook | (noun) a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings) | - |
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| workbook | (noun) a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them | - |
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| yearbook | (noun) a reference book that is published regularly once every year | Synonyms: annual, yearly |
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| (noun) a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students | - |