Her quick action was a finger in the dike that kept the project from collapsing.

The volunteers served as fingers in the dike, holding back panic until help arrived.

Older texts list fill-dike as an alternative form of the February fill-dike.

In the lecture, the professor explained that the term 'bull dike' is an alternative form of a derogatory slang used against masculine lesbians.

The bull-dikes in the field were strong and sturdy.

The documentary featured interviews with several bull dikes who reflected on the early gay rights movement.

The lexicographer recorded bull-dike as an alternative form of bull dyke.

On the farmhouse calendar, we always circle February fill-dike as the time to check the levees.

Diketoses are less common than monoketoses but play important roles in certain metabolic pathways.

In our synthesis, diketene was used as a key intermediate to form β-keto esters through nucleophilic addition.