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cricket
(name)
(place)
(definition)
n 1: leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the
forewings together
2: a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players;
teams take turns trying to score runs
v 1: play cricket
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pekoe
(definition)
n 1: a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka
and Java [syn: orange pekoe, pekoe]
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picot
(name)
(definition)
n 1: an edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon
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piquet
(definition)
n 1: a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32
cards
2: a form of military punishment used by the British in the late
17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one
foot on a pointed stake [syn: picket, piquet]
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ticket
(definition)
n 1: a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled
to something (as to ride on public transportation or to
enter a public entertainment)
2: a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic
that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature,
price, etc. [syn: tag, ticket]
3: a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who
violates a traffic regulation)
4: a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run
for election to public offices [syn: slate, ticket]
5: the appropriate or desirable thing; "this car could be just
the ticket for a small family" [syn: ticket, just the
ticket]
v 1: issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "I was fined for
parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or
else you will be ticketed!" [syn: ticket, fine]
2: provide with a ticket for passage or admission; "Ticketed
passengers can board now"
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wicket
(definition)
n 1: cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps
topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket
2: a small arch used as croquet equipment [syn: wicket,
hoop]
3: small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger
door) [syn: wicket, wicket door, wicket gate]
4: small opening (like a window in a door) through which
business can be transacted [syn: wicket, lattice,
grille]
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au
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent)
metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and
alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but
is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia [syn: gold, Au,
atomic number 79]
2: a unit of length used for distances within the solar system;
equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun
(approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
[syn: Astronomical Unit, AU]
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co
(definition)
n 1: an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of
incomplete combustion of carbon [syn: carbon monoxide,
carbon monoxide gas, CO]
2: a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent
metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal
nutrition [syn: cobalt, Co, atomic number 27]
3: one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of
conscience [syn: conscientious objector, CO]
4: a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains
[syn: Colorado, Centennial State, CO]
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briquet
(definition)
n 1: a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel
[syn: briquette, briquet]
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chico
(place)
(definition)
n 1: United States comedian; one of four brothers who made
motion pictures together (1891-1961) [syn: Marx, Leonard
Marx, Chico]
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pricket
(definition)
n 1: a sharp metal spike to hold a candle
2: male deer in his second year
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aux
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pico
(place)
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coe
(name)
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thicko
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vico
(place)