15-letter words containing ake
- make certain of — to ensure (that one will get something); confirm
- make it hot for — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- make mention of — allude to
- make no mistake — believe me, let me assure you
- make nothing of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- make one's mark — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- make one's move — to pass from one place or position to another.
- make sb welcome — If you make someone welcome or make them feel welcome, you make them feel happy and accepted in a new place.
- make the effort — try
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- make tracks for — to go or head towards
- make-up remover — a substance that you use to remove make-up from your face
- microearthquake — an earthquake of very low intensity (magnitude of 2 or less on the Richter scale).
- no great shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- pancake make-up — make up in cake form applied to the face with a sponge in order to cover up imperfections and even out skin tone
- parachute brake — a parachute opened horizontally from the tail of an airplane upon landing, used as an aid in braking. Also called parabrake. Compare drogue parachute (def 2).
- plumber's snake — snake (def 3a).
- prairie breaker — breaker1 (def 6).
- programme-maker — someone who creates programmes for television and radio
- put the make on — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- rake's progress — a series of paintings and engravings by William Hogarth.
- saint-john-lake — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- south salt lake — a town in N Utah.
- take a crack at — attempt sth
- take a shine to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- take account of — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- take down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
- take for a ride — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- take issue with — disagree with
- take it from me — You can say 'take it from me' to tell someone that you are absolutely sure that what you are saying is correct, and that they should believe you.
- take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- take one's ease — to relax and be comfortable
- take one's hour — to do something in a leisurely manner
- take one's pick — If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things.
- take one's time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- take one's word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- take sb to task — If you take someone to task, you criticize them or tell them off because of something bad or wrong that they have done.
- take the mickey — mock
- take the pledge — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- take the plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- the earthshaker — Poseidon (or Neptune) in his capacity as the bringer of earthquakes
- to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
- to take up arms — If one group or country takes up arms against another, they prepare to attack and fight them.
- white bear lake — a city in E Minnesota: summer resort.
- white snakeroot — a North American plant, Eupatorium urticaefolium, the roots or rhizomes of which have been used as a remedy for snakebite