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- the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excessk; a single serving of a beveragek; any large deep body of waterk; the act of swallowingk; any liquid suitable for drinkingk; verb take in liquidsk; consume alcoholk; drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholick; be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention tok; propose a toast to

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beer - noun a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops

brio - noun quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

buck - noun mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope); United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973); a framework for holding wood that is being sawed; a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting; a piece of paper money worth one dollar; verb jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; resist; to strive with determination; move quickly and violently

burn - noun damage inflicted by fire; a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body); an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation; pain that feels hot as if it were on fire; a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun; verb burn with heat, fire, or radiation; undergo combustion; cause to undergo combustion; destroy by fire; feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; feel hot or painful; spend (significant amounts of money); burn at the stake; cause to burn or combust; shine intensely, as if with heat; get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun; burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; use up (energy); create by duplicating data; cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

caff - noun informal British term for a cafe

club - noun stout stick that is larger at one end; a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it; a formal association of people with similar interests; a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink; a building that is occupied by a social club; golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball; a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together; verb strike with a club or a bludgeon; gather and spend time together; unite with a common purpose

cola - noun carbonated drink flavored with extract from Kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States); large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts

cote - noun a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)

dram - noun the basic unit of money in Armenia; 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams; a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains

drop - noun the act of dropping something; a central depository where things can be left or picked up; a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property); a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); a shape that is spherical and small; a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery; a steep high face of rock; verb give birth; used for animals; stop pursuing or acting; go down in value; change from one level to another; utter casually; lose (a game); leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo; to fall vertically; let fall to the ground; terminate an association with; grow worse; lower the pitch of (musical notes); leave undone or leave out; cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; get rid of; let or cause to fall in drops; fall or drop to a lower place or level; pay out; stop associating with; hang freely

drug - noun a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic; verb administer a drug to; use recreational drugs

film - noun a thin coating or layer; photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies; a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things; a medium that disseminates moving pictures; a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; verb make a film or photograph of something; record in film

fils - noun a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar; 100 Yemeni fils are worth one Yemeni rial

flip - adj. marked by casual disrespect; noun a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water; the act of flipping a coin; hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg; (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return; verb go mad, go crazy; turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; move with a flick or light motion; throw or toss with a light motion; lightly throw to see which side comes up; cause to move with a flick; toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air; reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action); cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; look through a book or other written material

food - noun any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue; anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking; any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment

gill - noun respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water; any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus; a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces; a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters

inka - noun a member of the small group of Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors to create the great Inca empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s

kava - noun an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub

lean - adj. not profitable or prosperous; lacking in mineral content or combustible material; containing little excess; lacking excess flesh; noun the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; verb rely on for support; cause to lean or incline; to incline or bend from a vertical position; cause to lean to the side; have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

lilt - noun a jaunty rhythm in music; verb articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way

lime - noun the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees; any of various related trees bearing limes; any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber; a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds; a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide; a caustic substance produced by heating limestone; verb cover with lime so as to induce growth; spread birdlime on branches to catch birds

live - adj. exerting force or containing energy; of current relevance; in current use or ready for use; abounding with life and energy; actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing; charged with an explosive; highly reverberant; capable of erupting; possessing life; charged or energized with electricity; elastic; rebounds readily; adv. not recorded; verb lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; pursue a positive and satisfying existence; have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; have life, be alive; support oneself; continue to live; endure or last; inhabit or live in

mate - noun South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate; the officer below the master on a commercial ship; informal term for a friend of the same sex; the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea; a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king; an exact duplicate; a person's partner in marriage; a fellow member of a team; verb place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; bring two objects, ideas, or people together; make love

math - noun a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement

mead - noun made of fermented honey and water; United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931); United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)

milk - noun produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young; a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings; any of several nutritive milklike liquids; a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River; verb take milk from female mammals; add milk to; exploit as much as possible

milo - noun small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains

mors - noun (Roman mythology) Roman god of death; counterpart of Thanatos

oran - noun a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city

pace - noun a step in walking or running; the relative speed of progress or change; the rate of moving (especially walking or running); a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride; the distance covered by a step; the rate of some repeating event; verb measure (distances) by pacing; regulate or set the pace of; walk with slow or fast paces; go at a pace

pint - noun a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart; a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches; a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters

pulp - noun the soft inner part of a tooth; an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper; any soft or soggy mass; a soft moist part of a fruit; a mixture of cellulose fibers; verb reduce to pulp; remove the pulp from, as from a fruit

pump - noun a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction; a low-cut shoe without fastenings; the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body; verb question persistently; deliver forth; operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal; raise (gases or fluids) with a pump; move up and down; draw or pour with a pump; flow intermittently; supply in great quantities

purl - noun a basic knitting stitch; gold or silver wire thread; verb make a murmuring sound; embroider with gold or silver thread; edge or border with gold or silver embroidery; knit with a purl stitch; flow in a circular current, of liquids

rose - adj. of something having a dusty purplish pink color; noun a dusty pink color; any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses; pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began

sake - noun a reason for wanting something done; the purpose of achieving or obtaining; Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot

sima - noun rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust; rich in silicon and magnesium

snow - noun English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980); precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals; a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground; street names for cocaine; verb fall as snow; conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

solo - adj. composed or performed by a single voice or instrument; adv. without anybody else; noun a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied; any activity that is performed alone without assistance; a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment); verb perform a piece written for a single instrument; fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers

soma - noun personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual; leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink; alternative names for the body of a human being

sour - adj. smelling of fermentation or staleness; having a sharp biting taste; one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons; showing a brooding ill humor; inaccurate in pitch; in an unpalatable state; noun the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth; a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar; the property of being acidic; verb go sour or spoil; make sour or more sour

sura - noun one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran; the muscular back part of the shank

tang - noun any of various coarse seaweeds; the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907; any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria; brown algae seaweed with serrated edges; a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure; a tart spicy quality; the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

tilt - noun the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; a slight but noticeable partiality; pitching dangerously to one side; a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances; verb charge with a tilt; heel over; move sideways or in an unsteady way; to incline or bend from a vertical position

ting - noun a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell; verb make a light, metallic sound; go `ting'; cause to make a ting

trio - noun a musical composition for three performers; three people considered as a unit; a set of three similar things considered as a unit; three performers or singers who perform together

trip - noun an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; a light or nimble tread; a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); an exciting or stimulating experience; a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; verb get high, stoned, or drugged; put in motion or move to act; cause to stumble; make a trip for pleasure; miss a step and fall or nearly fall

unit - noun a single undivided whole; an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole; an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange

urge - noun a strong restless desire; an instinctive motive; verb force or impel in an indicated direction; urge on or encourage especially by shouts; push for something

wash - noun the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water); any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out; a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other; a thin coat of water-base paint; the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon); garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering; the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller; the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); verb to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; cleanse (one's body) with soap and water; form by erosion; remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to; clean with some chemical process; cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals); move by or as if by water; admit to testing or proof; be capable of being washed; wash or flow against; make moist

whey - noun watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates; the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese

wine - noun a red as dark as red wine; fermented juice (of grapes especially); verb treat to wine; drink wine

zarf - noun an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup

arrow - noun a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow; a mark to indicate a direction or relation

atole - noun eaten as mush or as a thin gruel

avena - noun oats

bhang - noun a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India

bijou - noun a small and delicately worked piece

boost - noun the act of giving hope or support to someone; the act of giving a push; an increase in cost; verb give a boost to; be beneficial to; increase or raise; push or shove upward, as if from below or behind; increase; contribute to the progress or growth of

brand - noun a recognizable kind; identification mark on skin, made by burning; a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning; a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard; a symbol of disgrace or infamy; a name given to a product or service; verb burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals; mark or expose as infamous; to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful

breve - noun a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound

brisk - adj. very active; quick and energetic; imparting vitality and energy; verb become brisk

brown - adj. (of skin) deeply suntanned; of a color similar to that of wood or earth; noun an orange of low brightness and saturation; abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858); Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858); a university in Rhode Island; verb fry in a pan until it changes color

champ - noun someone who has won first place in a competition; verb chafe at the bit, like horses; chew noisily

chase - noun United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873); the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; verb cut a groove into; go after with the intent to catch; pursue someone sexually or romantically; cut a furrow into a columns

cider - noun a beverage made from juice pressed from apples

cronk - verb cry like a goose; utter a hoarse sound, like a raven

deity - noun any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

derby - noun a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim

drink - noun the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; a single serving of a beverage; any large deep body of water; the act of swallowing; any liquid suitable for drinking; verb take in liquids; consume alcohol; drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to; propose a toast to

drunk - adj. stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); as if under the influence of alcohol; noun someone who is intoxicated; a chronic drinker

event - noun something that happens at a given place and time; a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory; a special set of circumstances; a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

fifth - adj. coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position; noun the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it; a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon; position five in a countable series of things; one part in five equal parts

float - noun something that remains on the surface of a liquid; a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco; an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade; the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public; the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment; a drink with ice cream floating in it; verb convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; allow (currencies) to fluctuate; make the surface of level or smooth; put into the water; move lightly, as if suspended; set afloat; be in motion due to some air or water current; be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink; circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with

fruit - noun the consequence of some effort or action; the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant; an amount of a product; verb bear fruit; cause to bear fruit

glass - noun a container for holding liquids while drinking; glassware collectively; the quantity a glass will hold; a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure; a small refracting telescope; a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror; an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant; verb put in a glass container; enclose with glass; scan (game in the forest) with binoculars; furnish with glass; become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance

grape - noun any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters; any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries

green - adj. of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; not fully developed or mature; not ripe; looking pale and unhealthy; concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party; naive and easily deceived or tricked; noun green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass; an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River; an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party; United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952); street names for ketamine; any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables; a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; verb turn or become green

jaffa - noun a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950

jesus - noun a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)

jones - noun English phonetician (1881-1967); one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652); American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792); United States golfer (1902-1971); United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900); United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)

juice - noun any of several liquids of the body; the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue; electric current; energetic vitality

kumis - noun an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia

kvass - noun fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley

laser - noun an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light

latte - noun strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk

ledum - noun evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions

lemon - noun an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory; a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons; yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh; a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit; a strong yellow color

litre - noun a metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 1.76 pints)

malta - noun a strategically located island south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea; a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964

match - noun lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; an exact duplicate; a burning piece of wood or cardboard; something that resembles or harmonizes with; a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete; the score needed to win a match; a pair of people who live together; a person who is of equal standing with another in a group; a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect; verb be equal or harmonize; make correspond or harmonize; bring two objects, ideas, or people together; give or join in marriage; provide funds complementary to; be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; set into opposition or rivalry; satisfy or fulfill; be equal to in quality or ability

mocha - noun superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia; flavoring made from mixed coffee and chocolate; soft suede glove leather from goatskin

oasis - noun a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface); a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

olive - adj. of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive; noun a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation; one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish; hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork; evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits; small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil

perry - noun a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider; United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819); United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858); United States philosopher (1876-1957)

plant - noun a living organism lacking the power of locomotion; buildings for carrying on industrial labor; something planted secretly for discovery by another; an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience; verb put firmly in the mind; place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive; put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; place into a river; fix or set securely or deeply; set up or lay the groundwork for

pruno - noun a liquor concocted from a mixture of ingredients (such as prunes and raisins and milk and sugar) that can be fermented to produce alcohol; made by prison inmates

punch - noun (boxing) a blow with the fist; a tool for making holes or indentations; an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl; verb deliver a quick blow to; make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation; drive forcibly as if by a punch

pussy - adj. "a purulent wound"; noun informal terms referring to a domestic cat; obscene terms for female genitals

quart - noun a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon; a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches; a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters

scots - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; noun the dialect of English used in Scotland

sedna - noun a planetoid of rock and ice about three-quarters the size of Pluto discovered in 2003; the most distant object known to orbit around the sun

shrub - noun a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches

slice - noun a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; a spatula for spreading paint or ink; a thin flat piece cut off of some object; a share of something; a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; a wound made by cutting; verb hit a ball so that it causes a backspin; cut into slices; hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction; make a clean cut through

slush - noun partially melted snow; verb spill or splash copiously or clumsily; make a splashing sound

smart - adj. capable of independent and apparently intelligent action; showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness; quick and brisk; painfully severe; improperly forward or bold; elegant and stylish; characterized by quickness and ease in learning; noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore; verb be the source of pain

stout - adj. euphemisms for `fat'; dependable; having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; noun a garment size for a large or heavy person; a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops

sudan - noun a region of northern Africa south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea; a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956

surge - noun a sudden or abrupt strong increase; a large sea wave; a sudden forceful flow; verb see one's performance improve; rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; rise or move forward; rise rapidly; rise and move, as in waves or billows

taboo - adj. forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands; excluded from use or mention; noun an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature; verb declare as sacred and forbidden

tasse - noun one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs

taste - noun a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); a brief experience of something; a small amount eaten or drunk; a strong liking; verb experience briefly; perceive by the sense of taste; distinguish flavors; have flavor; taste of something; take a sample of; have a distinctive or characteristic taste

toddy - noun a mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices and served hot

twist - noun turning or twisting around (in place); social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s; a jerky pulling movement; any clever maneuver; the act of rotating rapidly; the act of winding or twisting; a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair; an interpretation of a text or action; an unforeseen development; a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself; a circular segment of a curve; a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight; a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; verb twist suddenly so as to sprain; form into twists; practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; turn in the opposite direction; form into a spiral shape; do the twist; cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); extend in curves and turns

ursus - noun type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears

vault - noun the act of jumping over an obstacle; an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof; a burial chamber (usually underground); a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables; verb bound vigorously; jump across or leap over (an obstacle)

vodka - noun unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia

water - noun a fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent; once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles); a facility that provides a source of water; the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); liquid excretory product; verb secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; fill with tears; provide with water

yazoo - noun a river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg

adonis - noun (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone; any handsome young man; annual or perennial herbs

antler - noun deciduous horn of a member of the deer family

ariana - noun city in Tunisia

artist - noun a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

azalea - noun any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors

balsam - noun an ointment containing a fragrant resin; any seed plant yielding balsam; any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes

barrel - noun a cylindrical container that holds liquids; a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired; any of various units of capacity; the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold; a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends; verb put in barrels

beaker - noun a cup (usually without a handle); a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry

bottle - noun a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped; a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children; the quantity contained in a bottle; verb put into bottles; store (liquids or gases) in bottles

brandy - noun distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice

brewer - noun the owner or manager of a brewery; someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water

caesar - noun conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC); United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922)

carafe - noun a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water

casino - noun a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand; a public building for gambling and entertainment

chicha - noun an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water

chopin - noun the music of Chopin; French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849); United States writer who described Creole life in Louisiana (1851-1904)

citrus - noun any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions; any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds

coffea - noun coffee trees

coffee - noun a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans; any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans; a medium brown to dark-brown color; a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee

cognac - noun high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France

corona - noun a long cigar with blunt ends; (anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape; one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object; (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower; the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse; an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere

eggnog - noun a punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor

flagon - noun a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)

fridge - noun a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor

gallon - noun United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters; a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters

garage - noun an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles; a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired; verb keep or store in a garage

geisha - noun a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing

grappa - noun Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing

gunner - noun a serviceman in the artillery

jaguar - noun a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis

juicer - noun a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit; a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)

liquid - adj. clear and bright; smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness; existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow; filled or brimming with tears; in cash or easily convertible to cash; smooth and unconstrained in movement; changed from a solid to a liquid state; noun a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r'); the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility; a substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume; a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure

liquor - noun the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked; an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented; a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process

mother - noun a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation; a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); a term of address for a mother superior; a term of address for an elderly woman; a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar; verb care for like a mother; make children

nectar - noun fruit juice especially when undiluted; a sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators; (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal

noggin - noun informal terms for a human head

orange - adj. of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange; noun orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow; round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees; a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean; any citrus tree bearing oranges; any pigment producing the orange color

orgasm - noun the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

pepper - noun sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum; pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground; climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam; any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers; verb attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; add pepper to

platan - noun any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits

posset - noun sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer

postum - noun trade mark for a coffee substitute invented by C. W. Post and made with chicory and roasted grains

pucker - noun an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth); verb to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; become wrinkled or drawn together; draw fabric together and sew it tightly

pulque - noun fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey

queens - noun a borough of New York City

reload - verb place a new load on; load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully"

rhythm - noun recurring at regular intervals; the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle); an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

saucer - noun a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table; a disk used in throwing competitions; directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation; something with a round shape like a flat circular plate

sherry - noun dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif

spirit - noun a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character; any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings; the vital principle or animating force within living things; the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; animation and energy in action or expression; the intended meaning of a communication; the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); verb infuse with spirit

spring - noun a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed; a point at which water issues forth; a natural flow of ground water; the season of growth; a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards; the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length; verb develop suddenly; produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; spring back; spring away from an impact; move forward by leaps and bounds; develop into a distinctive entity

squash - noun a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets; edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable; any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits; verb to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

teapot - noun pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle

ullage - noun the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full

whisky - noun a liquor made from fermented mash of grain

wisent - noun European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison

alcohol - noun a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation

bandung - noun a city in Indonesia; located on western Java (southeast of Jakarta); a resort known for its climate

blinker - noun a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages; a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn; blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side; verb put blinders on (a horse)

bologna - noun large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork; the capital of Emilia-Romagna; located in northern Italy east of the Apennines

bourbon - noun whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels; a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily; a member of the European royal family that ruled France; a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South)

bramble - noun any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines

brewery - noun a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation

brewing - noun the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast

cacique - noun black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics

canteen - noun a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers; restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat; a recreation room in an institution; a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen; sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.

caribou - noun arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America

cassava - noun any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch; cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca; a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics

chapman - noun archaic term for an itinerant peddler; United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)

cheerio - noun a farewell remark

closure - noun termination of operations; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric; a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body; approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; the act of blocking; an obstruction in a pipe or tube; something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; verb terminate debate by calling for a vote

cocaine - noun a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive

company - noun an institution created to conduct business; a unit of firefighters including their equipment; a social gathering of guests or companions; organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); small military unit; usually two or three platoons; the state of being with someone; crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship; a band of people associated temporarily in some activity; a social or business visitor; verb be a companion to somebody

cordial - adj. sincerely or intensely felt; showing warm and heartfelt friendliness; diffusing warmth and friendliness; noun strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal

cristal - noun street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

crowbar - noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

dryness - noun the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water); objectivity and detachment; moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs

flavour - noun the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth; (physics) the six kinds of quarks; the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; verb lend flavor to

georgia - noun a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991; a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War; one of the British colonies that formed the United States

hideous - adj. so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

illegal - adj. prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules

jamaica - noun an island in the West Indies south of Cuba and west of Haiti; a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism

limeade - noun sweetened beverage of lime juice and water

liqueur - noun strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal

mistral - noun a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter

oenomel - noun wine mixed with honey

romanov - noun the Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917; a member of the imperial family that ruled Russia

rooibos - noun South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea

roselle - noun East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber

samaria - noun an ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan

sambuca - noun an Italian liqueur made with elderberries and flavored with licorice

scruple - noun an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action; uneasiness about the fitness of an action; a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains; verb have doubts about; raise scruples; hesitate on moral grounds

shooter - noun (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket); a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps; a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles; a professional killer who uses a gun; a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)

snifter - noun a globular glass with a small top; used for serving brandy

spirits - noun an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

steamer - noun a ship powered by one or more steam engines; a cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it; an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe; a clam that is usually steamed in the shell; verb travel by means of steam power

stripes - noun V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service

tea bag - noun small paper bag holding a measure of tea; a measured amount of tea in a bag for an individual serving of tea

tequila - noun Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant

tumbler - noun a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom; a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown; a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.; pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground

wassail - noun a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas; verb propose a toast to; celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities

absinthe - noun strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise; aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe

air well - noun a shaft for ventilation

aperitif - noun taken before a meal as an appetizer

aquarius - noun the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18; a zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Capricornus and Pisces; (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius

bagpiper - noun someone who plays the bagpipe

barbican - noun a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)

beverage - noun any liquid suitable for drinking

blending - adj. combining or mixing; noun the act of blending components together thoroughly; a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades

botanist - noun a biologist specializing in the study of plants

brooklyn - noun a borough of New York City

calisaya - noun Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

cloister - noun a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions); residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery); verb seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; surround with a cloister, as of a garden

cocktail - noun an appetizer served as a first course at a meal; a short mixed drink

cyclopia - noun a developmental abnormality in which there is only one eye

daiquiri - noun a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice

espresso - noun strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans

highball - noun a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass

hogshead - noun a large cask especially one holding 63 gals; a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages

ice milk - noun similar to ice cream but made of milk

imperial - adj. belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; relating to or associated with an empire; noun a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach; a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III

inventor - noun someone who is the first to think of or make something

june bug - noun any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.

kamikaze - noun a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II; a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash

lemonade - noun sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice

mahogany - noun any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish; wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture

medicine - noun the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease; the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques; punishment for one's actions; verb treat medicinally, treat with medicine

merchant - noun a businessperson engaged in retail trade

muscatel - noun sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine; wine from muscat grapes

mutchkin - noun a Scottish unit of liquid measure equal to 0.9 United States pint

paradise - noun (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death; any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

raw milk - noun unpasteurized milk

rose hip - noun the fruit of a rose plant

rum baba - noun a baba soaked in rum

schooner - noun sailing vessel used in former times; a large beer glass

smoothie - noun a thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk; someone with an assured and ingratiating manner

snowball - noun snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully); ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup; ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce; plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions; verb increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate; throw snowballs at

teaspoon - noun a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram; as much as a teaspoon will hold

template - noun a model or standard for making comparisons

thompson - noun English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814); United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)

tiramisu - noun an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate

victoria - noun capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island; a state in southeastern Australia; port city and the capital of Seychelles; a town in southeast Texas southeast of San Antonio; a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally; (Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike; queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)

wineskin - noun an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine

woodruff - noun any plant of the genus Asperula; Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula

antiquity - noun an artifact surviving from the past; the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe; extreme oldness

carnation - adj. pink or pinkish; noun a pink or reddish-pink color; Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors

chocolate - noun a medium brown to dark-brown color; a food made from roasted ground cacao beans; a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot

club soda - noun effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide

coca cola - noun Coca Cola is a trademarked cola

colostrum - noun milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition

condenser - noun lens used to concentrate light on an object; a hollow coil that condenses by abstracting heat; an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid; an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge

demitasse - noun small coffee cup; for serving black coffee; small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream

egg cream - noun made of milk and flavored syrup with soda water

framboise - noun the common European raspberry; fruit red or orange

fruitcake - noun a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on; a whimsically eccentric person

gold rush - noun a large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field; a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

grace cup - noun cup to be passed around for the final toast after a meal

greyhound - noun a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog

holloware - noun silverware serving dishes

hot toddy - noun a mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices and served hot

hydrology - noun the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation

lactation - noun the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands; the period following birth during which milk is secreted; feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast

margarita - noun a cocktail made of tequila and triple sec with lime and lemon juice

meltwater - noun melted snow or ice

milkshake - noun frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

miniature - adj. being on a very small scale; noun copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size; painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)

near beer - noun drink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcohol

old south - noun the South of the United States before the American Civil War

polonaise - noun a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt

root beer - noun carbonated drink containing extracts of roots and herbs

san mateo - noun a town in California south of San Francisco

sideritis - noun genus of woolly aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs of Mediterranean region

signature - noun a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book; your name written in your own handwriting; a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program; a distinguishing style; the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key

slivovitz - noun a colorless plum brandy popular in the Balkans

special k - noun street names for ketamine

tap water - noun water directly from the spigot

tea chest - noun chest for storing or transporting tea

antarctica - noun an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep

aqua vitae - noun strong distilled liquor or brandy

birch beer - noun carbonated drink containing an extract from bark of birch trees

blackthorn - noun erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries; a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits

buttermilk - noun residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture

california - noun a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes

cappuccino - noun equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream

church key - noun can opener that has a triangular pointed end that pierces the tops of cans

coffee cup - noun a cup from which coffee is drunk

cream soda - noun sweet carbonated drink flavored with vanilla

fever tree - noun African tree supposed to mark healthful regions; ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever; any of several trees having leaves or barks used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever; tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish

herbal tea - noun tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs

irish moss - noun dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America

kingfisher - noun nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish

loving cup - noun a large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that people drink out of in turn at a banquet; a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition

milk punch - noun a punch made of spirits and milk and sugar and spices

mint julep - noun bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice

mixologist - noun an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar

penicillin - noun any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases

poinsettia - noun tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers

polar bear - noun white bear of arctic regions

politician - noun a person active in party politics; a leader engaged in civil administration; a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways

relentless - adj. never-ceasing; not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

restaurant - noun a building where people go to eat

royal stag - noun stag with antlers of 12 or more branches

shot glass - noun a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey

soft drink - noun nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated)

tablespoon - noun a spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving; as much as a tablespoon will hold

tipsy cake - noun a trifle soaked in wine and decorated with almonds and candied fruit

toddy palm - noun tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving

up-to-date - adj. reflecting the latest information or changes; in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style

wheat beer - noun a general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent

attenuation - noun the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density; weakening in force or intensity

brown betty - noun baked pudding of apples and breadcrumbs

businessman - noun a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)

coffee bean - noun a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee

coffeehouse - noun a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold

fluid ounce - noun a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches; a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches)

fruit juice - noun drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit

ginger beer - noun carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger

iced coffee - noun strong sweetened coffee served over ice with cream

lactalbumin - noun albumin occurring in milk

malt liquor - noun a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer

malt whisky - noun whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still

malted milk - noun powder made of dried milk and malted cereals; a milkshake made with malt powder

mixed drink - noun made of two or more ingredients

mulled wine - noun wine heated with sugar and spices and often citrus fruit

new orleans - noun a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year

prohibition - noun the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; a decree that prohibits something; refusal to approve or assent to; the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment

spruce beer - noun a brew made by fermenting molasses and other sugars with the sap of spruce trees (sometimes with malt)

stirrup cup - noun a farewell drink (especially one offered to a horseman ready to depart); usually alcoholic

tonic water - noun lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine

transfusion - noun the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another; the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery

viticulture - noun the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing

wine bottle - noun a bottle for holding wine

wine cooler - noun a bucket of ice used to chill a bottle of wine

yerba buena - noun trailing perennial evergreen herb of northwestern United States with small white flowers; used medicinally

agent orange - noun a herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas

alphabetical - adj. arranged in order according to the alphabet; relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet

barley water - noun used to feed infants

boulevardier - noun a visitor of a city boulevard (especially in Paris)

cement mixer - noun a machine with a large revolving drum in which cement is mixed with other materials to make concrete

coconut milk - noun clear to whitish fluid from within a fresh coconut; white liquid obtained from compressing fresh coconut meat

corn whiskey - noun whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn

depth charge - noun a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water; antisubmarine device

entrepreneur - noun someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it

fermentation - noun a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol; a state of agitation or turbulent change or development

hand grenade - noun a grenade designed to be thrown by hand

labrador tea - noun evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution

lithia water - noun mineral water containing lithium salts

orange juice - noun bottled or freshly squeezed juice of oranges

pennsylvania - noun a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the British colonies that formed the United States; a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

prairie fire - noun an uncontrolled fire in a grassy area

rachmaninoff - noun composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943)

sarsaparilla - noun carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras; any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves

scalded milk - noun milk heated almost to boiling

skimmed milk - noun milk from which the cream has been skimmed

tea-strainer - noun a device to keep back tea leaves when pouring a cup of tea

tomato juice - noun the juice of tomatoes (usually bottled or canned)

advertisement - noun a public promotion of some product or service

arnold palmer - noun United States golfer (born in 1929)

black-and-tan - adj. having a pattern of black and tan

bottled water - noun drinking water (often spring water) that is put into bottles and offered for sale

coffee filter - noun filter (usually of paper) that passes the coffee and retains the coffee grounds

dairy farming - noun the business of a dairy

dessert spoon - noun a spoon larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon

fighting cock - noun a cock bred and trained for fighting

half-and-half - adj. in equal parts; adv. in equal parts; noun half milk and half light cream; contains 10% to 18% butterfat

hot chocolate - noun a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot

industrialist - noun someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise

mary pickford - noun United States film actress (born in Canada) who starred in silent films (1893-1979)

mineral water - noun water naturally or artificially impregnated with mineral salts or gasses; often effervescent; often used therapeutically

moustache cup - noun a drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man's mustache out of the drink

new englander - noun an American who lives in New England

powdered milk - noun dehydrated milk

soda fountain - noun an apparatus for dispensing soda water; a counter where ice cream and sodas and sundaes are prepared and served

swizzle stick - noun a small stick used to stir mixed drinks

tilia cordata - noun large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental

tom and jerry - noun hot rum toddy with a beaten egg

white russian - noun a cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur, and milk or cream; the Slavic language spoken in Belarus; a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia

chocolate milk - noun milk flavored with chocolate syrup

coffea arabica - noun shrubby tree of northeastern tropical Africa widely cultivated in tropical or near tropical regions for its seed which form most of the commercial coffee