Words that rhyme with aull

n 1: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" [syn: alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant] 2: any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation

adv 1: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea" [syn: wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole] [ant: part, partially, partly] adj 1: quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class; "we sat up all night"; "ate all the food"; "all men are mortal"; "all parties are welcome" [ant: no(a), some(a)] 2: completely given to or absorbed by; "became all attention"

n 1: an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon

n 1: a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes

n 1: round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; "the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; "the mayor threw out the first ball"; "the ball rolled into the corner pocket" 2: a solid projectile that is shot by a musket; "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball" [syn: musket ball, ball] 3: an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" [syn: ball, globe, orb] 4: the people assembled at a lavish formal dance; "the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded" 5: one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" [syn: testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg] 6: a spherical object used as a plaything; "he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub" 7: United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989) [syn: Ball, Lucille Ball] 8: a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" [syn: ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk] 9: a lavish dance requiring formal attire [syn: ball, formal] 10: a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; "the ball at the base of the thumb"; "he stood on the balls of his feet" 11: the game of baseball 12: a pitch that is not in the strike zone; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him" v 1: form into a ball by winding or rolling; "ball wool"

adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn]

n 1: a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" [syn: baseball, baseball game] 2: a ball used in playing baseball

n 1: a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop [syn: basketball, basketball game, hoops] 2: an inflated ball used in playing basketball

v 1: shout loudly and without restraint [syn: bawl, bellow] 2: make a raucous noise [syn: yawp, bawl] 3: cry loudly; "Don't bawl in public!"

v 1: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: befall, bechance, betide] 2: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana) [syn: happen, befall, bechance]

n 1: the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto [syn: barring, blackball] v 1: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball] 2: vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill" [syn: veto, blackball, negative]

n 1: a shop where books are sold [syn: bookshop, bookstore, bookstall]

n 1: an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws [syn: bradawl, pricker]

n 1: an uproarious party [syn: bash, do, brawl] 2: a noisy fight in a crowd [syn: brawl, free-for-all] v 1: to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street" [syn: brawl, wrangle]

n 1: a rotund individual [syn: fatso, fatty, fat person, roly-poly, butterball] [ant: scrag, skin and bones, thin person] 2: small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage [syn: bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela albeola]

n 1: a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue [syn: cabal, faction, junto, camarilla] 2: a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) [syn: conspiracy, cabal] v 1: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" [syn: conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate]

n 1: a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call" [syn: call, phone call, telephone call] 2: a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call" 3: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" [syn: cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation] 4: a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" [syn: call, claim] 5: the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age" [syn: birdcall, call, birdsong, song] 6: a brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"; "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence" 7: a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement [syn: margin call, call] 8: a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call" 9: a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips" 10: an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed" 11: a visit in an official or professional capacity; "the pastor's calls on his parishioners"; "the salesman's call on a customer" 12: (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call" 13: the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date [syn: call option, call] [ant: put, put option] v 1: assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader" [syn: name, call] 2: ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; "He called me a bastard"; "She called her children lazy and ungrateful" 3: get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" [syn: call, telephone, call up, phone, ring] 4: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" [syn: shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall] 5: order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" [syn: call, send for] 6: pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens" [syn: visit, call in, call] 7: call a meeting; invite or command to meet; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week" 8: read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll" 9: send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling" 10: utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another" 11: stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game" 12: greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name" [syn: address, call] 13: make a stop in a harbour; "The ship will call in Honolulu tomorrow" 14: demand payment of (a loan); "Call a loan" [syn: call, call in] 15: make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump" [syn: bid, call] 16: give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance [syn: call, call off] 17: indicate a decision in regard to; "call balls and strikes behind the plate" 18: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise] 19: require the presentation of for redemption before maturation; "Call a bond" 20: challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that" 21: declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee; "call a runner out" 22: lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; "Call ducks" 23: order or request or give a command for; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday" 24: order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty" 25: utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids" 26: challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; "call the speaker on a question of fact" 27: consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful" 28: rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"

n 1: a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon [syn: cannonball, cannon ball, round shot]

n 1: a capacious bag or basket [syn: carryall, holdall, tote, tote bag]

n 1: a cry expressing disapproval v 1: utter catcalls at

n 1: an enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends

n 1: the yowling sound made by a cat in heat v 1: utter shrieks, as of cats [syn: yowl, caterwaul]

n 1: an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues [syn: cholesterol, cholesterin]

n 1: a loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing

n 1: a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl" 2: a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick [syn: crawl, front crawl, Australian crawl] 3: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" [syn: crawl, crawling, creep, creeping] v 1: move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" [syn: crawl, creep] 2: feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified" 3: be full of; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots" 4: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel] 5: swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"

n 1: a small replica of a person; used as a toy [syn: doll, dolly] 2: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird]

n 1: failure that results in a loss of position or reputation [syn: downfall, ruin, ruination] 2: the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) [syn: precipitation, downfall] 3: a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg" [syn: fall, downfall] [ant: rise]

n 1: a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels v 1: lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels"

v 1: hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant: disenchant, disillusion]

n 1: the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline [syn: ethyl alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol]

n 1: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle]

n 1: the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye [syn: eyeball, orb] v 1: look at [syn: eye, eyeball]

n 1: the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973" [syn: fall, autumn] 2: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" [syn: spill, tumble, fall] 3: the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall" 4: a downward slope or bend [syn: descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope] [ant: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade] 5: a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue" 6: a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg" [syn: fall, downfall] [ant: rise] 7: a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides" [ant: ascension, ascent, rise, rising] 8: the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" [syn: capitulation, fall, surrender] 9: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle] 10: when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat [syn: fall, pin] 11: a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height" [syn: drop, fall] 12: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall" [syn: drop, dip, fall, free fall] v 1: descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse" 2: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" [syn: descend, fall, go down, come down] [ant: arise, ascend, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise] 3: pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" 4: come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading" [syn: fall, come] 5: fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" [syn: precipitate, come down, fall] 6: suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside" 7: die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" 8: touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" [syn: fall, shine, strike] 9: be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy" 10: occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable" 11: decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" [syn: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall] [ant: increase] 12: yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell" 13: lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen" 14: to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student" 15: move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward" 16: be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month" 17: lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman" 18: to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter" 19: come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son" [syn: accrue, fall] 20: fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" [syn: fall, light] 21: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: fall, return, pass, devolve] 22: slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean" 23: lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead" [syn: fall, fall down] 24: drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees" 25: fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back" [syn: hang, fall, flow] 26: assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell" 27: be cast down; "his eyes fell" 28: come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth" 29: be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon" 30: begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away" 31: go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts" 32: come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" [syn: fall, descend, settle]

n 1: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" [syn: fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet]

n 1: a sheath worn to protect a finger [syn: fingerstall, cot]

n 1: an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) [syn: bolide, fireball] 2: a highly energetic and indefatigable person [syn: powerhouse, human dynamo, ball of fire, fireball] 3: a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning) 4: the luminous center of a nuclear explosion

n 1: any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal [syn: football, football game] 2: the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football

n 1: the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch" [syn: footfall, footstep, step]

n 1: an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) [syn: pedestal, plinth, footstall]

n 1: the lower wall of an inclined fault

v 1: keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" [syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid] 2: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn: anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter]

n 1: an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle [syn: saddle sore, gall] 2: a skin sore caused by chafing 3: abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury 4: a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will [syn: resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour] 5: a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats [syn: bile, gall] 6: the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties [syn: crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness] v 1: become or make sore by or as if by rubbing [syn: chafe, gall, fret] 2: irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit" [syn: gall, irk]

n 1: a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn

n 1: a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent [syn: ethylene glycol, glycol, ethanediol] 2: any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule [syn: diol, glycol, dihydric alcohol]

n 1: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool [syn: fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany] 2: a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior [syn: clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew]

n 1: the hall of a guild or corporation

n 1: a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) [syn: hairball, hair ball, trichobezoar]

n 1: an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the elevators were at the end of the hall" [syn: hallway, hall] 2: a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule] 3: a large room for gatherings or entertainment; "lecture hall"; "pool hall" 4: a college or university building containing living quarters for students [syn: dormitory, dorm, residence hall, hall, student residence] 5: the large room of a manor or castle [syn: manor hall, hall] 6: English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943) [syn: Hall, Radclyffe Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe Hall] 7: United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924) [syn: Hall, G. Stanley Hall, Granville Stanley Hall] 8: United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914) [syn: Hall, Charles Martin Hall] 9: United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871) [syn: Hall, Charles Francis Hall] 10: United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907) [syn: Hall, Asaph Hall] 11: a large and imposing house [syn: mansion, mansion house, manse, hall, residence] 12: a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research; "halls of learning" 13: a large building for meetings or entertainment

n 1: a small rubber ball used in playing the game of handball 2: a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands

n 1: a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics; "they play hardball in the Senate" 2: baseball as distinguished from softball [ant: softball, softball game]

n 1: the act of drawing or hauling something; "the haul up the hill went very slowly" [syn: draw, haul, haulage] 2: the quantity that was caught; "the catch was only 10 fish" [syn: catch, haul] v 1: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: haul, hale, cart, drag] 2: transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market"

n 1: the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head [syn: headstall, headpiece]

n 1: a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass

n 1: a capacious bag or basket [syn: carryall, holdall, tote, tote bag]

n 1: a steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall

v 1: set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink" [syn: install, instal, put in, set up] 2: put into an office or a position; "the new president was installed immediately after the election" [syn: install, instal] 3: place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz" [syn: install, instal, set up, establish]

n 1: the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water) 2: the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)

v 1: hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled" [syn: droop, loll] 2: be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day" [syn: bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about]

n 1: a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk [syn: promenade, mall] 2: mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace; "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls" [syn: plaza, mall, center, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre]

n 1: a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges [syn: maul, sledge, sledgehammer] v 1: split (wood) with a maul and wedges 2: injure badly by beating [syn: maul, mangle]

n 1: ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth

n 1: a crystalline compound that has the cool and minty taste and odor that occurs naturally in peppermint oil; used as a flavoring and in medicine to relieve itching, pain, and nasal congestion 2: a lotion containing menthol which gives it the smell of mint

v 1: assign in incorrect name to; "These misnamed philanthropists" [syn: misname, miscall]

n 1: the girlfriend of a gangster [syn: moll, gun moll, gangster's moll]

n 1: a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing [syn: mothball, camphor ball] v 1: put into long-term storage

adj 1: relating to or accompanying birth; "natal injuries"; "natal day"; "natal influences" 2: of or relating to the buttocks n 1: a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994" [syn: Natal, KwaZulu-Natal] 2: a port city in northeastern Brazil

n 1: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle]

n 1: a person with an unusual or odd personality [syn: eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek]

n 1: the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water

adj 1: involving only main features; "the overall pattern of his life" 2: including everything; "the overall cost" n 1: (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps) 2: a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work [syn: overall, boilersuit, boilers suit]

n 1: periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor" [syn: overhaul, inspection and repair, service] 2: the act of improving by renewing and restoring; "they are pursuing a general program of renovation to the entire property"; "a major overhal of the healthcare system was proposed" [syn: renovation, redevelopment, overhaul] v 1: travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" [syn: pass, overtake, overhaul] 2: make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system" [syn: overhaul, modernize, modernise]

n 1: a sudden numbing dread [syn: chill, pall] 2: burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn: pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes] 3: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) [syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall] v 1: become less interesting or attractive [syn: pall, dull] 2: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare] 3: cover with a pall 4: cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite" [syn: cloy, pall] 5: cause to become flat; "pall the beer" 6: lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall" [syn: die, pall, become flat] 7: lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her" 8: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" [syn: tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade]

n 1: a handheld collapsible source of shade [syn: parasol, sunshade]

n 1: a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets [syn: pinball, pinball game]

n 1: an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty [syn: pitfall, booby trap] 2: a trap in the form of a concealed hole [syn: pit, pitfall]

n 1: a fall onto your buttocks 2: an embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo]

n 1: (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data [syn: protocol, communications protocol] 2: forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state 3: code of correct conduct; "safety protocols"; "academic protocol"

n 1: water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere [syn: rain, rainfall]

n 1: a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) [syn: recall, callback] 2: a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador" 3: a bugle call that signals troops to return 4: the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode" [syn: recall, recollection, reminiscence] 5: the act of removing an official by petition v 1: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block, draw a blank, forget] 2: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" [syn: hark back, return, come back, recall] 3: call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" [syn: echo, recall] 4: summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession" [syn: recall, call back] 5: cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh" 6: make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty" [ant: issue, supply] 7: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn: recall, call in, call back, withdraw]

v 1: install again; "She reinstalled the washer after it had been repaired"

n 1: the basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia [syn: Saudi Arabian riyal, riyal] 2: the basic unit of money in Qatar [syn: Qatari riyal, riyal]

n 1: poor handwriting [syn: scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography] v 1: write carelessly [syn: scribble, scrawl]

adj 1: foolish; totally unsound; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working" [syn: crazy, half-baked, screwball, softheaded] n 1: a whimsically eccentric person [syn: crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball] 2: a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown

n 1: cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders

n 1: the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit" [syn: deficit, shortage, shortfall]

adv 1: on a small scale; "think small" [ant: big] adj 1: limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group" [syn: small, little] [ant: big, large] 2: limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket- size country" [syn: minor, modest, small, small- scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized] 3: (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children" [syn: little, small] 4: slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in between" 5: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" [syn: humble, low, lowly, modest, small] 6: lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters" [syn: little, minuscule, small] 7: (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice" [syn: little, small] 8: have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain" 9: not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way" [syn: modest, small] 10: made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small" [syn: belittled, diminished, small] n 1: the slender part of the back 2: a garment size for a small person

n 1: plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions [syn: snowball, sweet sand verbena, Abronia elliptica] 2: ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce 3: ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup 4: snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) v 1: increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate 2: throw snowballs at

n 1: precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals [syn: snow, snowfall]

n 1: ball used in playing softball [syn: softball, playground ball] 2: a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer [syn: softball, softball game] [ant: hardball]

n 1: an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities [syn: conurbation, urban sprawl, sprawl] 2: an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about [syn: sprawl, sprawling] v 1: sit or lie with one's limbs spread out 2: go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far" [syn: sprawl, straggle]

n 1: sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation v 1: make high-pitched, whiney noises [syn: squall, waul, wawl] 2: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" [syn: shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall] 3: blow in a squall; "When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs his sails"

n 1: a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed 2: small area set off by walls for special use [syn: booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk] 3: a booth where articles are displayed for sale [syn: stall, stand, sales booth] 4: a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge; "the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it" 5: seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater 6: small individual study area in a library [syn: carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall] 7: a tactic used to mislead or delay [syn: stall, stalling] v 1: postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally] 2: come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway" [syn: stall, conk] 3: deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling" 4: put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse" 5: experience a stall in flight, of airplanes 6: cause an airplane to go into a stall 7: cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"

n 1: a form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle [syn: stickball, stickball game]

v 1: obstruct or hinder any discussion; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls" 2: engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate; "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist"

adj 1: great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships" [ant: little, short] 2: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" [syn: grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall] 3: impressively difficult; "a tall order" 4: too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" [syn: improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall(a)] n 1: a garment size for a tall person

n 1: a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole

adv 1: together with all that; besides; "thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal remit thy other forfeits"- Shakespeare

n 1: the state of being under the control of another person [syn: bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldom] 2: someone held in bondage

n 1: a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) [syn: trawl, trawl line, spiller, setline, trotline] 2: a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths [syn: trawl, dragnet, trawl net] v 1: fish with trawlers

n 1: a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands [syn: volleyball, volleyball game] 2: an inflated ball used in playing volleyball