Word Finder - streak

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An irregular line left from smearing or motion.

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The picture I took out the car window had streaks.

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A continuous series of like events.

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I hope I can keep up this streak of accomplishments.

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The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.

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A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella.

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A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.

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She's a quiet, bookish person, but she has a rebellious streak.

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A strake.

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A rung or round of a ladder.

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The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area

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To have or obtain streaks.

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If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.

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To run naked in public. (Contrast flash)

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It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.

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To create streaks.

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You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.

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To move very swiftly.

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To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.

The streak is greyish or brownish-black.

Its streak is always red.

She suspected fireworks and saw something streak into the sky.

The man had a vindictive streak as wide as the valley, no doubt there.

Her words sent a streak of cold through him.

She brushed away a tear, leaving a streak of smeared rouge and mascara.

At several stations in Greenland auroral curtains have been observed when passing right overhead to narrow to a thin luminous streak, exactly as a vertical sheet of light would seem to do to one passing underneath it.

Though existing horses are usually not marked in any definite manner, or only irregularly dappled, or spotted with light surrounded by a darker ring, many examples are met with showing a dark median dorsal streak like that found in all the other members of the genus, and even with dark stripes on the shoulders and legs.

In thus rapidly penetrating the air heat is generated, the meteor becomes incandescent, and the phenomena of the streak or train is produced.

The streak is black in anthracite, but more or less brown in the softer varieties.

The colour of the mineral is silver-white or steel-grey, with a metallic lustre, but it is often tarnished yellow; the streak is greyish-black.

For this reason the mineral is not always readily recognized by inspection, though the perfect dodecahedral cleavage, the adamantine lustre, and the brown streak are characters which may be relied upon.

She looked up at Darian a short distance away, watching his dark-light power streak around the room.

Seems like it would appeal to your cruel streak of messing with people to see what they'll do.

The streak, or colour of the powder, is brownish or light yellow, rarely white.

He had a sentimental streak in him a mile wide, but he'd never admit it.

You would be hard pressed to find an emo individual whose hair didn't include at least a streak or two of black color.

A glandular streak extending from the nostril towards the eye is the lachrymal canal.

Its streak is yellowish-black, its specific gravity 3.6 to 4.0, and its hardness 5 to 5.5.

The colour is brass-yellow, and the lustre metallic; the streak, or colour of the powder, is greenish-black.

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When crystallized, however, haematite often presents a dark colour, even iron-black; but on scratching the surface, the powder of the streak shows the colour of dried blood.

She sat behind the bookcase with her eyes fixed on a streak of light escaping from the pantry door and listened to herself and pondered.

The park's lineup of roller coasters includes two wooden coasters - Blue Streak and Mean Streak - as well as 15 steel coasters.

Getting longer streak combos is more important than the extra points afforded by the whammy bar.

They also work with the Brood Wars expansion, so your winning streak can go untarnished.

Those with dark hair will often add a dramatic streak of blonde and vice versa.

Visual/spatial learners are often those who have a good sense of artistic aesthetics, as well as a visually creative streak.

Ideal for anyone with a creative streak, this fun program offers plenty of templates and special effects to give that big screen touch to your film.

If you do have a crafty streak, there are dozens of different gifts you can make that are inexpensive and practical.

Instead, he lets his creative streak run wild, designing everything from flat boots to stiletto-heeled boots and touching them all with either a hint or plenty of faux fur.

Among the great soap opera award history associated with the Daytime Emmy is the 19 year losing streak of actress Susan Lucci.

Characters that undergo dramatic personality changes, for example, can be credited to the writer's imaginative streak.

Lucci plays the indefatigable Erica Kane and in 1999, she was honored with a standing ovation after breaking a 19-year losing streak with her first Outstanding Lead Actress win at the Daytime Emmys.

Although the former teen sensation has a wild and rebellious streak, her tattoo inspirations are undeniably feminine.

Sometimes all it takes is the right tools to get the window cleaning job done easier, faster, and perfectly streak and lint free.

Following a few basic guidelines, while using the above tools, will ensure your windows look streak free and professionally cleaned.

Squeegee in one continuous motion because each time you lift it there is the potential for a streak mark.

After you use a squeegee you need to dry the edges and streak lines from the window.

He smelled the burning trees and metal when Jim opened the door and saw lasers streak through the skies.

A streak tore past him just as he reached the portal.

He had a streak of honor that marked him the son of a White God as much as his golden eyes.

She'd be lucky to get any sleep with the vamps hovering over her and before facing one god no longer under her influence and another with a wild streak that might get them all killed.

You've got a wild streak.

Xander studied the wily Grey God, aware of Darian's reputation for having a wild streak that bordered on suicidal.

When scratched, it yields a black streak.

A coal of this kind is generally to be Lignite distinguished by its brown colour, either in mass or in the blacker varieties in the streak.

An important character, and one by which the mineral may always be recognized, is the perfect cubical cleavage, on which the lustre is brilliant and metallic. The colour of the mineral and of its streak is lead-grey; it is opaque; the hardness is 2 2 and the specific gravity 7.5.

It is black with a black streak.

It is golden-yellow, with a greenish or brownish-black streak.