akra

The akra is a small fritter or pancake, which may be made of fifty different things, -- among others codfish, titiri, beans, brains, _choux - caraïbes_, little black peas (_poix-zié-nouè_, "black-eyed peas"), or of crawfish (_akra-cribîche_).

Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877

"it's manufactured by a company in akra, which is near calcutta. it's called bhatpara chemical. bhatpara chemical is a wholly owned subsidiary of ..." he smirked expectantly at doyle. doyle frowned.

The Shadow Box Maxim, John R. 1996

The major and the minor are called the extremes (akra), i.e., the major extreme (meizon akron) and the minor extreme

The Statue of a Writer 2009

Crispy on the outside and creamy in the middle, they are variously known as akra, acra, accra, acrat and acarajé.

BRASIL AS A GIRL Maggie Jochild 2007

It began as the Senegal Manor, a large restaurant that attracted politicians and middle-class Haitians for lunches of akra and Creole chicken.

Incident in the 70th Precinct Brenner, Marie 1997

Cxi tiun mi tenis per forko, kaj trancxis per akra trancxilo.

A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922

Prefixes are separated from the words to which they are attached, as "dis-meti", "mal-akra", and compound words are divided into their component parts, as "cxef-urbo", "sun-ombrelo".

A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922

Graece enim fulmen [Greek: keraunos] ceraunos dicitur, et acra [Greek: akra] sumitas '; and a great many Greek and Hebrew words are given transliterated into Latin, ballein, fagein, Ennosigaeus.

The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London 1901

But occasional instances formerly occurred in which the child's neck was placed under one leg of its mother's cot, or it was poisoned with opium or by placing the juice of the _akra_ or swallow-wort plant on the mother's nipple.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

The _akra_ or swallow-wort (_Calotropis gigantea_) is a very common plant growing on waste land with mauve or purple flowers.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894