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apothecary
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n 1: a health professional trained in the art of preparing and
dispensing drugs [syn: pharmacist, druggist, chemist,
apothecary, pill pusher, pill roller]
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array
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n 1: an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle
order"
2: an impressive display; "it was a bewildering array of books";
"his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall"
3: especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: array,
raiment, regalia]
4: an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional
characteristics
v 1: lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line;
"lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments" [syn:
range, array, lay out, set out]
2: align oneself with a group or a way of thinking [syn:
align, array]
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cabaret
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n 1: a spot that is open late at night and that provides
entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing
and food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a
cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by
visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at a
jazz club" [syn: cabaret, nightclub, night club,
club, nightspot]
2: a series of acts at a night club [syn: cabaret,
floorshow, floor show]
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cookery
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n 1: the act of preparing something (as food) by the application
of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed
who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation
of meals to his wife" [syn: cooking, cookery,
preparation]
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crockery
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n 1: tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively [syn:
crockery, dishware]
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cure
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n 1: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
[syn: remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic]
v 1: provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment
cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal
patients but never managed to" [syn: bring around,
cure, heal]
2: prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order
to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
3: make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure
resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"
4: be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun"
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daiquiri
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n 1: a cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice [syn:
daiquiri, rum cocktail]
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grotesquery
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n 1: ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion [syn:
grotesqueness, grotesquery, grotesquerie]
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mockery
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n 1: showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering,
mockery, scoff, scoffing]
2: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's
style, usually in a humorous way [syn: parody, lampoon,
spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque,
travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on]
3: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: parody, mockery,
takeoff]
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peccary
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n 1: nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America
and South America [syn: peccary, musk hog]
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pro
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adv 1: in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc. [ant: con]
adj 1: in favor of (an action or proposal etc.); "a pro vote"
[ant: anti]
n 1: an athlete who plays for pay [syn: professional, pro]
[ant: amateur]
2: an argument in favor of a proposal [ant: con]
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puree
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n 1: food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a
blender
v 1: rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender;
"puree the vegetables for the baby" [syn: puree,
strain]
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quackery
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n 1: medical practice and advice based on observation and
experience in ignorance of scientific findings [syn:
quackery, empiricism]
2: the dishonesty of a charlatan [syn: charlatanism,
quackery]
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rockery
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n 1: a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants [syn: rock
garden, rockery]
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rookery
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n 1: a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
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whiskery
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adj 1: having hair on the cheeks and chin [syn: bearded,
barbate, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery]
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thackeray
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n 1: English writer (born in India) (1811-1863) [syn:
Thackeray, William Makepeace Thackeray]
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gimcrackery
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n 1: ornamental objects of no great value [syn: folderal,
falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense,
trumpery]
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valkyrie
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n 1: (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose
heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
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terpsichore
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the Muse of the dance and of choral song
2: taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time
to music [syn: dancing, dance, terpsichore,
saltation]
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piscary
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n 1: a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold
[syn: fishery, piscary]
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succory
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n 1: perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with
blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp
edible leaves used in salads [syn: chicory, succory,
chicory plant, Cichorium intybus]
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aye
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knackery
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ay
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ae
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bourree
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tempore
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hypothecary
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zachary
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hackery
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puckery
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brusquerie
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monkery
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