Words that rhyme with bessel

• abyssal 0
  adj 1: relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters 2: resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable; "the abyssal depths of the ocean" [syn: abysmal, abyssal, unfathomable]
• bristle 0
  n 1: a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic 2: a stiff hair v 1: be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers" [syn: abound, burst, bristle] 2: rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!" [syn: bristle, uprise, stand up] 3: have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles; "bristling leaves" 4: react in an offended or angry manner; "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"
• cacomistle 0
  n 1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings [syn: bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring- tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus]
• carboxyl 0
  adj 1: relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical [syn: carboxyl, carboxylic] n 1: the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids [syn: carboxyl, carboxyl group]
• codicil 0
  n 1: a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will
• decal 0
  n 1: either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface [syn: decal, decalcomania]
• diesel 0
  n 1: German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913) [syn: Diesel, Rudolf Diesel, Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel] 2: an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil [syn: diesel, diesel engine, diesel motor]
• dismissal 0
  n 1: a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial [syn: judgment of dismissal, judgement of dismissal, dismissal] 2: official notice that you have been fired from your job [syn: dismissal, dismission, pink slip] 3: permission to go; the sending away of someone 4: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) [syn: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking]
• epistle 0
  n 1: a specially long, formal letter 2: a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle
• gristle 0
  n 1: tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults [syn: cartilage, gristle]
• hydroxyl 0
  n 1: the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols [syn: hydroxyl, hydroxyl group, hydroxyl radical]
• nestle 0
  n 1: a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace [syn: cuddle, nestle, snuggle] v 1: move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags" [syn: cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw close] 2: lie in a sheltered position; "The little cottage nestles in the forest" 3: position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow" [syn: nestle, snuggle]
• pestle 0
  n 1: machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores [syn: stamp, pestle] 2: a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone [syn: pestle, muller, pounder] 3: a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar v 1: grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic"
• teasel 0
  n 1: any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts [syn: teasel, teazel, teasle]
• thistle 0
  n 1: any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
• trestle 0
  n 1: a supporting tower used to support a bridge 2: sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
• vessel 0
  n 1: a tube in which a body fluid circulates [syn: vessel, vas] 2: a craft designed for water transportation [syn: vessel, watercraft] 3: an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
• whistle 0
  n 1: the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture [syn: whistle, whistling] 2: the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle; "the whistle signalled the end of the game" [syn: whistle, whistling] 3: a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it 4: acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound 5: an inexpensive fipple flute [syn: pennywhistle, tin whistle, whistle] v 1: make whistling sounds; "He lay there, snoring and whistling" 2: move with, or as with, a whistling sound; "The bullets whistled past him" 3: utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody" 4: move, send, or bring as if by whistling; "Her optimism whistled away these worries" 5: make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" [syn: whistle, sing] 6: give a signal by whistling; "She whistled for her maid"
• windowsill 0
  n 1: the sill of a window; the horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame
• wrestle 0
  n 1: the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully" [syn: wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle] v 1: combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority" 2: engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years" 3: to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace" [syn: writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist] 4: engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"
• gracile 0
  adj 1: slender and graceful [syn: gracile, willowy]
• decile 0
  n 1: (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores
• wiesel 0
  n 1: United States writer (born in Romania) who survived Nazi concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928) [syn: Wiesel, Elie Wiesel, Eliezer Wiesel]
• scissile 0
• cecil 0
• bissell 0
• kriesel 0
• kiesel 0
• chessel 0

See also bessel definition