Words that rhyme with afoul

• befoul 0
  v 1: spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: foul, befoul, defile, maculate]
• cowl 0
  n 1: protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine" [syn: hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling] 2: a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk) v 1: cover with or as with a cowl; "cowl the boys and veil the girls"
• foul 0
  adj 1: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench" [syn: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky] 2: offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky" [syn: fetid, foetid, foul, foul- smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill- scented] 3: violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn: cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike] 4: (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines [ant: fair] 5: (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy" [syn: dirty, foul, marked-up] 6: characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes" [syn: cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty] 7: disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room" [syn: filthy, foul, nasty] 8: especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor" [syn: afoul(ip), foul, fouled] n 1: an act that violates the rules of a sport v 1: hit a foul ball 2: make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" [syn: pollute, foul, contaminate] 3: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn: clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul] [ant: unclog] 4: commit a foul; break the rules 5: spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: foul, befoul, defile, maculate] 6: make unclean; "foul the water" 7: become soiled and dirty
• fowl 0
  n 1: a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl [syn: domestic fowl, fowl, poultry] 2: the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food [syn: bird, fowl] v 1: hunt fowl 2: hunt fowl in the forest
• growl 0
  n 1: the sound of growling (as made by animals) [syn: growl, growling] v 1: to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he grumbled a rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff" [syn: grumble, growl, rumble]
• howl 0
  n 1: a long loud emotional utterance; "he gave a howl of pain"; "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect" [syn: howl, howling, ululation] 2: the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf 3: a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound; "the howl of the wind made him restless" v 1: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" [syn: howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup] 2: cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert" [syn: howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl] 3: make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute" [syn: roar, howl] 4: laugh unrestrainedly and heartily [syn: roar, howl]
• jowl 0
  n 1: the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth [syn: lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl] 2: a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)
• moorfowl 0
  n 1: reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain [syn: red grouse, moorfowl, moorbird, moor-bird, moorgame, Lagopus scoticus]
• owl 0
  n 1: nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes [syn: owl, bird of Minerva, bird of night, hooter]
• peafowl 0
  n 1: very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird [syn: peafowl, bird of Juno]
• prowl 0
  n 1: the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner) v 1: move about in or as if in a predatory manner; "The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town" 2: loiter about, with no apparent aim [syn: prowl, lurch]
• scowl 0
  n 1: a facial expression of dislike or displeasure [syn: frown, scowl] v 1: frown with displeasure
• towel 0
  n 1: a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping v 1: wipe with a towel; "towel your hair dry"
• vowel 0
  n 1: a speech sound made with the vocal tract open [syn: vowel, vowel sound] [ant: consonant] 2: a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
• waterfowl 0
  n 1: freshwater aquatic bird [syn: waterfowl, water bird, waterbird]
• wildfowl 0
  n 1: flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food
• yowl 0
  n 1: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl] v 1: cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert" [syn: howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl] 2: utter shrieks, as of cats [syn: yowl, caterwaul]
• coull 0
• crowl 0
• crowle 0
• houle 0
• moul 0
• raul 0
• soule 0
• sproul 0
• sprowl 0
• towle 0
• rabaul 0

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