finger

To make no effort to help

Being ready to act quickly when a chance or danger appears

To make someone do what you want by charming them

Having a very strong taste that makes you want to eat every last bit

To check what people think before you decide

A sudden change that breaks your plans, often causing trouble

To have a part in something and some control

Receive a rude hand gesture when someone raises their middle finger

To take part in many different activities at once

To start working hard after not doing much

To start trying much harder after being lazy

To show anger or insult someone by lifting the middle finger

A finger next to the thumb used for pointing or pressing

Blaming other people for a problem instead of trying to fix it

The smallest finger on the hand that is farthest from the thumb

The finger between the middle finger and little finger where people often wear wedding rings

Food that you eat with your fingers

The finger between the index and ring fingers on the hand

A rude hand sign made by raising the finger in the middle to insult someone

A long thin piece of fish covered in breadcrumbs and fried or baked

A small bowl of water for rinsing fingers between courses

A person who often steals small things

A soft colored paste children use with their fingers to make pictures

An act of stealing small items from a shop, often said as a joke

A mistake you make by pressing the wrong key or button

A pair of small metal discs worn on the fingers and tapped to make a bright ring used in dance

A hole for a finger that helps you hold or move something

A region of long narrow lakes in central New York that run north to south

A basketball shot made near the basket by rolling the ball off the fingertips

A strong urge to act quickly without thinking

Hand signs that show the letters of the alphabet for people who are deaf

A small hand tool for making tiny holes in material like jewelry

A common grass that often grows as a weed in fields and lawns

A hole on a wind instrument like a flute covered or uncovered by your finger to change the note

A cereal plant from Asia and Africa with small seeds used to make flour

A tall plant with large pink-purple tube flowers whose leaves are poisonous but make heart medicine

A flat plate on a door that protects the paint from finger marks

A way to identify a person by using a machine that reads the patterns on their fingertip

To use a person's fingerprints to check who they are

A way to show each letter of the alphabet using hand signs

A small greeting or goodbye made by moving the fingers

A way of painting using fingers to spread paint or a picture done that way

A plant with a five-petaled flower that people use in home herbal remedies

A simple practice using all five fingers to improve their speed and control

A vegetable plant that makes long green pods used in soups and stews, also called okra

A grass from Europe grown for hay and often a weed in fields

A hand signal made by raising three fingers to show protest or support

A long thin delicate finger that looks like a spider's leg