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Risk
- noun - a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
- a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
- expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong"
- Gamble
- take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
- the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
- the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
Sick
- adjective -
- (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble;
- affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
- affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
- deeply affected by a strong feeling; "sat completely still, sick with envy"; "she was sick with longing"
- feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
- having a strong distaste from surfeit; "grew more and more disgusted"; "fed up with their complaints"; "sick of it all"; "sick to death of flattery"; "gossip that makes one sick"; "tired of the noise and smoke"
- people who are sick; "they devote their lives to caring for the sick"
- shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures c
Silk
- noun - a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
- animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders
- Queen's counsel (coll)
Sink
- noun - (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system; "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
- appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
- cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"
- descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"
- embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"
- fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"
- fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"
- fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits s
Tick
- noun -
- a light mattress
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.;
- a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock"
- any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
- make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
- make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
- sew; "tick a mattress"
Tink
- verb - make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells"
Wick
- noun - A dialect word for a dairy farm
- a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
- any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action; "the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it"
Wink
- noun - a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
- briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"
- closing one eye quickly as a signal
- force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears"
- gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
- signal by winking; "She winked at him"