risk 4 1 verb, noun, adjective v, n, adj noun • a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
• a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
• the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
• the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
verb • expose to a chance of loss or damage
• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
brisk 5 1 adjective adj adjective satellite • quick and energetic
• imparting vitality and energy
• very active
frisk 5 1 verb, noun v, n noun • the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
verb • play boisterously
• search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
whisk 5 1 verb, noun v, n noun • a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
• a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes
verb • move somewhere quickly
• move quickly and nimbly
• brush or wipe off lightly
• whip with or as if with a wire whisk
disk 4 1 verb, noun v, n noun • something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
• a flat circular plate
• sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
• (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
verb • draw a harrow over (land)
bisque 6 1 noun, adjective n, adj noun • a thick cream soup made from shellfish
disc 4 1 noun n noun • sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
• something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
• (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
• a flat circular plate
fisc 4 1 noun n noun • a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse
minidisc 8 3 noun n noun • A disc/disk in MiniDisc format
• A minidisc player or recorder.
obelisk 7 3 noun n noun • a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
• a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used
videodisk 9 4 noun n noun • a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
asterisk 8 3 noun n noun • a star-shaped character * used in printing
verb • mark with an asterisk
basilisk 8 3 noun n noun • (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
• ancient brass cannon
• small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America
tamarisk 8 3 noun n 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
fisk 4 1 verb, noun v, n
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lisk 4 1 noun n
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lentisk 7 2 verb, noun v, n noun • an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin
lutefisk 8 3 noun n noun • dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency
lutfisk 7 2 noun n noun • dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency
bisk 4 1 verb v
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odalisk 7 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun • A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.
• A desirable or sexually attractive woman.
odalisque 9 3 noun n noun • a woman slave in a harem
picaresque 10 3 adjective adj adjective satellite • involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
rayleigh disk 12 3 noun n noun • an acoustic radiometer consisting of a light disk suspended from a quartz thread; when exposed to a progressive sound wave its torque can measure velocity
laserdisk 9 3 noun, adjective n, adj
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run a risk 8 3 verb • take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
blastodisc 10 3 noun n noun • a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula
laserdisc 9 3 noun n noun • A home videodisc in the Laserdisc format.
lutefisks 9 3 noun n noun • dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency
multidisc 9 3 noun n
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odalisques 10 3 noun n noun • a woman slave in a harem
audio compact disc 16 6 noun n noun • compact discs used to reproduce sound (voice and music)
compact disc 11 3 noun n noun • a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser
germinal disc 12 3 noun n noun • a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula
hard disc 8 2 noun n noun • a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
herniated disc 13 5 noun n noun • a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
magnetic disc 12 4 noun n noun • (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
optic disc 9 2 noun n noun • the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light
optical disc 11 4 noun, adjective n, adj noun • a disk coated with plastic that can store digital data as tiny pits etched in the surface; is read with a laser that scans the surface
slipped disc 11 3 noun n noun • a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
videodisc 9 4 noun n noun • a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
acetate disk 11 5 noun n noun • a disk coated with cellulose acetate
brake disk 9 3 noun n noun • a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel; pressure is applied to it by the brake pads
compact disk 11 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun • a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser
fixed disk 9 3 noun n noun • a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
hard disk 8 2 noun n noun • a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
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