snākˈiness noun

snākˈish adjective

snākˈishness noun

snākˈy adjective

1. Snakelike
2. Treacherous

snakeˈbird noun

1. The darter
2. The wryneck

snakeˈbite noun

1. The bite of a venomous snake
2. The condition or symptoms of a victim of a snakebite
3. A drink made of lager and cider in equal measures

snakeˈ-charmer noun

A person who handles snakes and gets them to perform rhythmical movements

snake cult noun

Serpent-worship

snake dance noun

A religious dance of the Hopi people in which snakes are handled

snake eel noun

An eel without a tail fin

snake eyes singular noun

A score of two ones made when two dice are thrown

snake fence noun (US)

A worm fence (qv)

snake fly noun

A neuropterous insect (genus Raphidia) with a necklike prothorax

snakeˈhead noun

1. A freshwater fish of tropical Asia and Africa with a snakelike body
2. A member of a Chinese criminal gang specializing in transporting illegal migrants to other countries

snakeˈ-hipped adjective

Slim-hipped

snakeˈ-house noun

A place where snakes are kept

snake lizard noun

A legless lizard of Australia and New Guinea

snakeˈ-oil noun

Any substance or mixture without medicinal value but sold as medicine

snakeˈ-pit noun (figurative)

1. A mental hospital
2. A place, or circumstances, characterized by disordered emotions and relationships

snakeˈroot noun

Bistort, milkwort, Aristolochia, or any other plant whose root has been thought good for snakebites

snake'sˈ-head noun

Fritillary

snakeˈskin noun

The skin of a snake, esp when made into leather (also adjective)

snakeˈstone noun

1. A fossil ammonite
2. A stone thought to cure snakebite

snakeˈweed noun

Bistort

snakeˈwood noun

Letterwood

snake in the grass (figurative)

1. Someone who injures treacherously or furtively
2. A lurking danger

snakes and ladders

A board game played with counters and dice in which ‘ladders' afford short cuts to the finish, but ‘snakes' oblige players to descend to nearer the starting-point