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| pink lady |
a cocktail made of gin, egg white, lemon or lime juice, and grenadine. |
| planter's punch |
a chilled drink made of rum, lemon or lime juice, soda or water, and sugar. |
| plaster |
a paste of sand, lime or gypsum, or the like, and water that hardens when it dries, used esp. to cover walls and ceilings. [1/4 definitions] |
| quicklime |
calcium oxide, obtained by roasting limestone, shells, and the like; unslaked lime. |
| rickey |
a drink made of soda water, lime juice, sugar, and often gin. |
| seviche |
a Latin American seafood dish containing raw fish or shellfish marinated in lime juice with chilies, chopped tomatoes, and herbs. |
| slake |
of lime, to crumble or disintegrate during processing with water. [1/3 definitions] |
| slaked lime |
a powder produced by combining lime with water and used in mortars, plasters, and cements; calcium hydroxide. |
| sling2 |
a sweet alcoholic drink that is flavored with lemon or lime and usu. made with gin. |
| sour |
an alcoholic drink made with lemon or lime juice, sugar, whisky or gin, and sometimes soda water. [1/10 definitions] |
| stucco |
a durable, rough plaster usu. made of cement, sand, and lime, applied while wet and used on exterior walls. [1/3 definitions] |
| Tom Collins |
an alcoholic mixed drink containing gin, lemon or lime juice, carbonated water, and sugar, usu. served over ice in a tall glass. |
| whitewash |
a coating usu. made of lime and water, applied to walls, fences, or foundations as a whitener. [1/6 definitions] |
| zest |
the topmost layer of the peel of a lemon, lime, orange or other citrus fruit, often grated and used to add flavor to foods. [1/4 definitions] |
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