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6,380 words match “AKE”

SNOWFLAKE n. 3 definitions
A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.
SOAKER n. 2 definitions
One who, or that which, soaks.
SPAKE n.
imp. of Speak.
SPAKENET n.
A net for catching crabs. Halliwell.
SPEAKER n. 4 definitions
nounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker.
SPEAKERSHIP n.
The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House of Representatives.
SPEECHMAKER n.
One who makes speeches; one accustomed to speak in a public assembly.
SPINNAKER n.
A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind.
SQUEAKER n. 2 definitions
One who, or that which, squeaks.
STAKE n. 9 definitions
ointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc. A sharpened stake strong Dryas found. Dryden.
STAKE-DRIVER n.
tiginosus); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen.
STAKEHEAD n.
A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.
STAKEHOLDER n.
The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.
STAYMAKER n.
One whose occupation is to make stays.
STRAKE n. 5 definitions
A streak. [Obs.] Spenser."White strake." Gen. xxx. 37.
STREAKED a. 2 definitions
Marked or variegated with stripes.
SWEEPSTAKE n. 2 definitions
A winning of all the stakes or prizes. Heylin.
SWEEPSTAKES n. 4 definitions
A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
SWOOPSTAKE n. 2 definitions
See Sweepstake. [Obs.]
TAKE p. 32 definitions
Taken. Chaucer.
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