anorak noun a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
arawak noun a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern S…
arrack noun any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of todd…
attack verb launch an attack or assault on
bemock verb treat with contempt
canuck noun informal term for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particu…
carack noun a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman
copeck noun 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia
damask adjective having a woven pattern
debunk verb expose while ridiculing
detick verb free (a pet) of ticks
dibbuk noun (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and …
dvorak noun Czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841…
dybbuk noun (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and …
embank verb enclose with banks, as for support or protection
hijack verb take arbitrarily or by force
kodiak noun an island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska
kopeck noun 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia
medick noun any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flow…
mohawk noun a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk Rive…
moujik noun a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)
muzhik noun a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)
muzjik noun a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)
newark noun the largest city in New Jersey
nudnik noun (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest
ostyak noun a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (…
padauk noun tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or…
padouk noun tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or…
polack noun a person of Polish descent
rework verb use again in altered form
screak verb make a high-pitched, screeching noise
seljuk adjective of or relating to the Seljuks
shlock noun merchandise that is shoddy or inferior
shnook noun (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised
shriek verb utter a shrill cry
shrink verb wither, as with a loss of moisture
shtick noun (Yiddish) a little
slovak noun a native or inhabitant of Slovakia
squark noun a quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of a…
squawk verb utter a harsh abrupt scream
squeak verb make a high-pitched, screeching noise
streak verb move quickly in a straight line
struck adjective (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
suslik noun rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel
tadjik noun a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the nor…
thwack verb deliver a hard blow to
tombak noun an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate go…
tugrik noun the basic unit of money in Mongolia
undock verb move out of a dock
unmask verb reveal the true nature of
unpack verb remove from its packing
unpick verb become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
uplink noun a transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transm…
votyak noun a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European…