Words that rhyme with birtle

adj 1: capable of reproducing [ant: infertile, sterile, unfertile] 2: intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination" [syn: fecund, fertile, prolific] 3: bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree" [syn: prolific, fertile] 4: marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: fat, fertile, productive, rich]

adj 1: of or relating to the craft of pottery; "the fictile art"; "fictile ware" 2: susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda" [syn: fictile, pliable] 3: capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax or clay" [syn: fictile, moldable, plastic]

n 1: a race (as in swimming) in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use

v 1: move with or as if with a rushing sound; "The cars hurtled by" 2: make a thrusting forward movement [syn: lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust] 3: throw forcefully [syn: hurl, hurtle, cast]

adj 1: incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple" [syn: sterile, unfertile, infertile] [ant: fertile]

n 1: widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers [syn: myrtle, Vinca minor] 2: any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus

n 1: (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores

n 1: any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms [syn: reptile, reptilian]

adj 1: capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back; "cats have retractile claws" [ant: nonretractable, nonretractile]

adj 1: of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch; "haptic data"; "a tactile reflex" [syn: haptic, tactile, tactual] 2: producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair" [syn: tactile, tactual]

adj 1: of or relating to fabrics or fabric making; "textile research" n 1: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" [syn: fabric, cloth, material, textile]

n 1: a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering

n 1: a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar [syn: turtleneck, turtle, polo-neck] 2: any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming v 1: overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!" [syn: capsize, turtle, turn turtle] 2: hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation

adj 1: being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society" [syn: useful, utile] [ant: useless]

adj 1: having great diversity or variety; "his various achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition" [syn: versatile, various] 2: changeable or inconstant; "versatile moods" 3: competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another; "a versatile writer" 4: able to move freely in all directions; "an owl's versatile toe can move backward and forward"; "an insect's versatile antennae can move up and down or laterally"; "a versatile anther of a flower moves freely in the wind"

adj 1: evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures; "volatile oils"; "volatile solvents" [ant: nonvolatile, nonvolatilisable, nonvolatilizable] 2: liable to lead to sudden change or violence; "an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation" [syn: explosive, volatile] 3: marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections" [syn: fickle, volatile] 4: tending to vary often or widely; "volatile stocks"; "volatile emotions" n 1: a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor; "it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"

n 1: a roofing tile with a S-shape; laid so that curves overlap

n 1: a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court

adj 1: marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structure [syn: prostyle, pseudoprostyle]

adj 1: (obsolete) cut short; "a dog with a curtal tail"

n 1: a mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form; occurs in metamorphic and plutonic rocks and is a major source of titanium