Words that rhyme with carl

v 1: entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh [syn: enmesh, mesh, ensnarl]

n 1: something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots" [syn: knot, gnarl] v 1: twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree" 2: make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked" [syn: murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl]

n 1: a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime

adv 1: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" [syn: very, really, real, rattling] adj 1: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow [syn: real, existent] [ant: unreal] 2: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money" [ant: unreal] 3: not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real" 4: capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor" [syn: real, tangible] 5: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual, genuine, literal, real] 6: of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages" [ant: nominal] 7: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, real, material] [ant: insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial] 8: (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings" 9: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson [syn: veridical, real] n 1: any rational or irrational number [syn: real number, real] 2: the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos 3: an old small silver Spanish coin

n 1: the basic unit of money in Yemen; equal to 100 fils [syn: Yemeni rial, rial] 2: the basic unit of money in Oman [syn: riyal-omani, Omani rial, rial] 3: the basic unit of money in Iran [syn: Iranian rial, rial]

n 1: a vicious angry growl 2: an angry vicious expression 3: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations" [syn: tangle, snarl, maze] v 1: utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us" [syn: snap, snarl] 2: make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise; "Bullets snarled past us" 3: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" [syn: entangle, tangle, mat, snarl] [ant: disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl] 4: make more complicated or confused through entanglements [syn: snarl, snarl up, embrangle]

n 1: a light semitransparent fabric

n 1: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries [syn: Aries, Ram] 2: a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Pisces and Taurus 3: the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19 [syn: Aries, Aries the Ram, Ram]

n 1: tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics [syn: pigeon pea, pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, red gram, dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajan] 2: small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant [syn: cajan pea, pigeon pea, dahl]

n 1: a city in northwestern Switzerland [syn: Basel, Basle, Bale]

n 1: a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade 2: a pen for livestock in southern Africa

n 1: any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god

n 1: tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics [syn: pigeon pea, pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, red gram, dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajan]

n 1: an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish [syn: Afrikaans, Taal, South African Dutch]

n 1: a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle" [syn: rattle, rattling, rale]