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| mince pie |
a pie with a mincemeat filling. |
| napoleon |
a layered puff pastry with a custard filling. [1/3 definitions] |
| omelet |
a dish made from beaten eggs that are cooked into a single sheet and folded, often over a filling of cheese, tomatoes, mushrooms, or other ingredients. |
| pie1 |
a pastry crust filled with meat, cheese, fruit, or other filling, sometimes covered with a layer of crust, and baked in a shallow pan. |
| poppy seed |
the seed of the poppy plant, used as a garnish or filling in baking. |
| prime |
to prepare (a carburetor) for operation by filling with gasoline. [1/17 definitions] |
| putty |
any of several semisolid, pliable substances used for sealing joints, securing window panes, filling small holes, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| quad2 |
in printing, a piece of type that does not register, used for filling blank areas and spaces. [1/2 definitions] |
| roulade |
a small, thin slice of meat rolled around a filling and cooked. [1/2 definitions] |
| saponite |
a hydrous silicate of aluminum and magnesium that is found as a soft, soapy filling in cavities of certain rocks. |
| saturation |
the act or process of filling, soaking, or absorbing. [1/2 definitions] |
| sausage |
a meat preparation made by filling an animal intestine or similar casing with a seasoned mixture of minced beef, pork, or the like. |
| stodgy |
heavy and filling, as food. [1/3 definitions] |
| taco |
a Mexican dish consisting of a folded tortilla with a filling, as of meat or cheese. |
| tart2 |
a shallow, baked pastry shell with a sweet or savory filling, usu. having no top crust. [1/2 definitions] |
| tick-tack-toe |
a game for two players, one marking X's and the other marking O's in turn on a grid of nine squares until one succeeds in filling three squares with the same mark in a row down, across, or on a diagonal. |
| tree surgery |
the treatment of diseased and damaged trees, as by removing limbs, filling cavities, and dressing wounds in the bark. |
| turnover |
a small pastry made by placing a sweet or savory filling on one half of a piece of dough, turning the other half over this, and sealing the edges. [1/6 definitions] |
| twill |
the weave that produces this effect, in which the filling threads pass over or under two or more warp threads at a time. [1/3 definitions] |
| voluminous |
of written text, filling or sufficient to fill volumes. [1/2 definitions] |
| whipped cream |
a rich sweet cream, made stiff by beating and used as a topping or filling for desserts. |
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