Words that rhyme with hankel

n 1: a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus [syn: ankle, ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis]

v 1: scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn" [syn: sprinkle, sparge, besprinkle]

n 1: deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets 2: an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus

n 1: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" [syn: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line] v 1: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane" [syn: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp] 2: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" [syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle]

n 1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject] v 1: remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd" 2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn: pick, pluck, cull]

n 1: a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus [syn: boil, furuncle]

v 1: gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" [syn: eat into, fret, rankle, grate]

n 1: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby [syn: scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling] 2: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt" [syn: sprinkle, sprinkling, sparge] v 1: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" [syn: scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse] 2: cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her" [syn: sprinkle, splash, splosh] 3: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" [syn: sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter- patter] 4: scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn" [syn: sprinkle, sparge, besprinkle]

n 1: a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell [syn: ting, tinkle] v 1: make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle, tink, clink, chink]

n 1: a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn: twinkle, scintillation, sparkling] 2: merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes" [syn: sparkle, twinkle, spark, light] v 1: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" [syn: flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle] 2: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" [syn: twinkle, winkle, scintillate]

n 1: the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt [ant: aunt, auntie, aunty] 2: a source of help and advice and encouragement; "he played uncle to lonely students"

n 1: small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked [syn: periwinkle, winkle] 2: edible marine gastropod [syn: periwinkle, winkle] v 1: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" [syn: twinkle, winkle, scintillate] 2: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" [syn: flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle] 3: remove or displace from a position [syn: winkle, winkle out]

n 1: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" [syn: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line] 2: a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out" 3: a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different) v 1: gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips" [syn: purse, wrinkle] 2: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane" [syn: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp] 3: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: furrow, wrinkle, crease] 4: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" [syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle]

n 1: a passage with access only at one end [syn: cul, cul de sac, dead end]

n 1: the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body 2: stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower 3: a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain [syn: peduncle, cerebral peduncle]

n 1: an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds [syn: caruncle, caruncula]