Word Finder - biscuits

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(rare in the US) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm: a cookie.

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A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.

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A cracker.

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cheese and biscuits

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The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.

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A form of unglazed earthenware.

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A light brown colour.

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A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.

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• dowel
• finger joint
• glue strip
• spline

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A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.

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(hiphop) A handgun, especially a revolver.

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(shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck).

She started placing biscuits in the waiting pan.

Fried chicken, gravy, biscuits - did they eat like this all the time?

By the time Alex walked into the kitchen, she was retrieving a pan of biscuits from the oven.

How about some of those left over biscuits instead?

There are manufactures of biscuits.

Lisa washed her hands and put the biscuits in the oven before picking her up.

Dijon is well known for its mustard, and for the black currant liqueur called cassis de Dijon; its industries include the manufacture of machinery, automobiles, bicycles, soap, biscuits, brandy, leather, boots and shoes, candles and hosiery.

She stopped in the kitchen when she spotted the skillet of scrambled eggs and a pan of biscuits beside it.

Sarah entered the room carrying a pan of steaming biscuits.

He stood watching her uncomfortably as she rolled biscuits.

The town has a tribunal of commerce and a communal college, flour-mills, manufactories of earthenware, biscuits, furniture, casks, and glass and brick works; the port has trade in grain, timber, hemp, flax, &c.

The flat rounded cakes of rubber made in this manner are known in the London market as " biscuits.

Plantation rubber comes into commerce in the form of the crinkled ribbons known as crepe, in sheets or biscuits, and sometimes in large blocks made by compressing the crepe rubber.

Brewing, saw-milling, boat-building, and the manufacture of biscuits, soap and submarine cables are also carried on.

The manufacture of biscuits and gingerbread, and of leather and farm implements is carried on, and there is considerable traffic in wood, wine, and the live-stock and agricultural produce of the surrounding country.

The industries of Prato embrace the manufacture of woollens (the most important), straw-plaiting, biscuits, hats, macaroni, candles, silk, olive oil, clothing nd furniture, also copper and iron works, and printing.

The chief are tanning, fellmongery, wool-washing, bacon-curing, flour milling, brewing, iron-founding, brick-making, soap-boiling, the manufacture of pottery, candles, cheese, cigars, snuff, jams, biscuits, jewelry, furniture, boots, clothing and leather and woollen goods.

It has an important trade in corn, timber, horned cattle, pigs and horses, fowls, dairy produce and lard; and considerable manufactures, including machinery, cast-iron, copper and brass goods, calico, gunpowder, oil, paper, articles in felt, flour, leather and biscuits.

A large business is carried on in wooden furniture, tobacco and cigars, paper, ribbons, leather wares, chemicals, liqueurs, confectionery and biscuits.

The coconut was barely detectable, the glaze a little thin and weedy, and the biscuits on the side seemed a bland afterthought.

Inside, on the ground floor, the aroma of fresh coffee and home-made biscuits filled the circular kitchen.

Melt the low fat spread over a gentle heat and mix the crushed biscuits into the melted fat.

Children love savory biscuits, try Quaker's mini rice cakes with different flavors.

I find I can eat a Mars bar every day with no trouble but 3 or 4 shortbread biscuits will start an attack.

Ginger tea or ginger biscuits may also be helpful.

I thought they were going to breakout the choccie biscuits!

Instead of cakes or biscuits, try having a currant bun, a slice of melon or some malt loaf with low-fat spread.

After reading a paragraph, Ryan who had been stuffing his face with juice and biscuits suddenly burped!

Cook choux pastry in a medium heat and you will probably end up with a tray of rather chewy flat biscuits.

After a while I would wake up in the night and stuff myself full of chocolate and bread and cherry coke and biscuits.

Soon after the gorge we found a shack where we could buy coca cola, chocolate, biscuits or sweets.

He then runs the popular trolley shop, selling confectionary and biscuits, before helping out with activities in the afternoons.

Cut into bone-shaped biscuits with a small knife, or use a bone-shaped cookie cutter.

Langoustines were served separately the first time, set in a sharp red pepper coulis topped with micro thin sesame seed biscuits.

A hot cuppa is never quite the same without a couple of your fave biscuits close at hand for a good dunking!

Contemporary, spacious bedrooms with king-sized beds and with welcoming touches such as fresh flowers, a port decanter and home-made biscuits.

Similarly one plain digestive has a Points value of 1, whilst two biscuits have a Points value of 2½ .

I prefer it with almond biscuits dunked into the wine.

These are particularly found in red meat, meat pies, sausages, butter, cheese, cakes and biscuits made with hydrogenated fats.

The casket originally held biscuits; not gold, frankincense or myrrh.

Try decorating homemade Christmas biscuits in the same way.

Clive made Des feel extremely jealous by munching his biscuits in his ear all the way home.

Lebkuchen spice mix (organic) I remember the smells of Christmas biscuits and cakes being made.

Really enjoy beating the biscuits up with a rolling pin.

United Biscuits pleaded guilty to two breaches of health safety regulations at a previous hearing.

Sadly the walk DIDN'T send grumpy scruff off to sleep but i kept her quiet with biscuits!

With the oven ready, the friends created chocolate spiral shortbread, macaroons and Baci Di Dama biscuits.

A deliciously yummy pudding which children and adults can share using Glutafin all butter shortbread biscuits.

Come and learn how to make some traditional British teatime treats such as scones, raisin buns and chocolate chip shortbread biscuits.

Delicious barbecues, American and local dishes are served; breads, biscuits and baked snacks come strait from the oven.