Words that rhyme with mol

• all 0
  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"
• awl 0
  n 1: a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
• ball 0
  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"
• banal 0
  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]
• baseball 0
  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
• basketball 0
  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
• bawl 0
  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!"
• befall 0
  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]
• bole 0
  n 1: a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment) 2: the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber [syn: trunk, tree trunk, bole] 3: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa [syn: Bole, Bolanci]
• boll 0
  n 1: the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
• bowl 0
  n 1: a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids; 2: a concave shape with an open top [syn: bowl, trough] 3: a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods 4: the quantity contained in a bowl [syn: bowl, bowlful] 5: a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments [syn: stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium] 6: a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling [syn: bowling ball, bowl] 7: a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling 8: a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco [syn: bowl, pipe bowl] 9: the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) [syn: roll, bowl] v 1: roll (a ball) 2: hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end 3: engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights"
• brawl 0
  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]
• cabal 0
  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]
• call 0
  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"
• crawl 0
  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"
• dole 0
  n 1: a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given 2: money received from the state [syn: dole, pogy, pogey]
• doll 0
  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]
• drawl 0
  n 1: a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels v 1: lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels"
• droll 0
  adj 1: comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor"
• enthral 0
  v 1: hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant: disenchant, disillusion]
• fall 0
  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]
• foal 0
  n 1: a young horse v 1: give birth to a foal; "the mare foaled"
• forestall 0
  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]
• gall 0
  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]
• goal 0
  n 1: the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means" [syn: goal, end] 2: the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view" [syn: finish, destination, goal] 3: game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points 4: a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play"
• hall 0
  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
• haul 0
  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"
• hole 0
  n 1: an opening into or through something 2: an opening deliberately made in or through something 3: one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; "he played 18 holes" [syn: hole, golf hole] 4: an unoccupied space 5: a depression hollowed out of solid matter [syn: hole, hollow] 6: a fault; "he shot holes in my argument" 7: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish] 8: informal terms for the mouth [syn: trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob] v 1: hit the ball into the hole [syn: hole, hole out] 2: make holes in
• install 0
  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]
• knoll 0
  n 1: a small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock]
• loll 0
  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]
• mall 0
  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]
• maul 0
  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]
• mote 0
  n 1: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck]
• natal 0
  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
• pall 0
  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]
• pole 0
  n 1: a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic 2: a native or inhabitant of Poland 3: one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart" 4: a linear measure of 16.5 feet [syn: perch, rod, pole] 5: a square rod of land [syn: perch, rod, pole] 6: one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere [syn: pole, celestial pole] 7: one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface 8: a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves [syn: terminal, pole] 9: a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting 10: one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated [syn: pole, magnetic pole] v 1: propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge" [syn: punt, pole] 2: support on poles; "pole climbing plants like beans" 3: deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
• poll 0
  n 1: an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people [syn: poll, opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass] 2: the top of the head [syn: pate, poll, crown] 3: the part of the head between the ears 4: a tame parrot [syn: poll, poll parrot] 5: the counting of votes (as in an election) v 1: get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions [syn: poll, canvass, canvas] 2: vote in an election at a polling station 3: get the votes of 4: convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" [syn: poll, pollard]
• recall 0
  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]
• reinstall 0
  v 1: install again; "She reinstalled the washer after it had been repaired"
• role 0
  n 1: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role" [syn: function, office, part, role] 2: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" [syn: character, role, theatrical role, part, persona] 3: what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" [syn: function, purpose, role, use] 4: normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting; "what is your role on the team?"
• roll 0
  n 1: rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation" [syn: axial rotation, axial motion, roll] 2: a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls" [syn: roll, roster] 3: a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore [syn: roller, roll, rolling wave] 4: photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light 5: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll] 6: a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.); "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag" [syn: bankroll, roll] 7: small rounded bread either plain or sweet [syn: bun, roll] 8: a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) [syn: peal, pealing, roll, rolling] 9: the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously [syn: paradiddle, roll, drum roll] 10: a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) [syn: scroll, roll] 11: anything rolled up in cylindrical form 12: the act of throwing dice [syn: cast, roll] 13: walking with a swaying gait 14: a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude 15: the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) [syn: roll, bowl] v 1: move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side" [syn: roll, turn over] 2: move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" [syn: wheel, roll] 3: occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past" [syn: roll, undulate] 4: flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper" [syn: roll out, roll] 5: emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums" 6: arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" [syn: wind, wrap, roll, twine] [ant: unroll, unwind, wind off] 7: begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling" 8: shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette" 9: execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped" 10: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity [syn: hustle, pluck, roll] 11: move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" [syn: roll, undulate, flap, wave] 12: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond] 13: move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas" 14: cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words" [syn: roll, revolve] 15: pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's" 16: boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled" [syn: seethe, roll] 17: take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well" 18: show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly" [syn: roll, roll up]
• scrawl 0
  n 1: poor handwriting [syn: scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography] v 1: write carelessly [syn: scribble, scrawl]
• scroll 0
  n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll] 2: a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) [syn: scroll, roll] v 1: move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen; "Scroll down to see the entire text"
• shawl 0
  n 1: cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders
• shoal 0
  n 1: a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide 2: a stretch of shallow water [syn: shoal, shallow] 3: a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by" [syn: school, shoal] v 1: make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" [syn: shallow, shoal] 2: become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" [syn: shallow, shoal]
• small 0
  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
• sole 0
  adj 1: not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication" [syn: exclusive, sole(a)] 2: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky" [syn: lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a)] n 1: the underside of footwear or a golf club 2: lean flesh of any of several flatfish [syn: sole, fillet of sole] 3: the underside of the foot 4: right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European v 1: put a new sole on; "sole the shoes" [syn: sole, resole]
• soul 0
  n 1: the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life [syn: soul, psyche] 2: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" [syn: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul] 3: deep feeling or emotion [syn: soul, soulfulness] 4: the human embodiment of something; "the soul of honor" 5: a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"
• sprawl 0
  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]
• squall 0
  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"
• stall 0
  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"
• stole 0
  n 1: a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
• stroll 0
  n 1: a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation] v 1: walk leisurely and with no apparent aim [syn: stroll, saunter]
• tall 0
  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
• thrall 0
  n 1: the state of being under the control of another person [syn: bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldom] 2: someone held in bondage
• toll 0
  n 1: a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance) 2: value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?" [syn: price, cost, toll] 3: the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells" [syn: bell, toll] v 1: ring slowly; "For whom the bell tolls" 2: charge a fee for using; "Toll the bridges into New York City"
• trawl 0
  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
• troll 0
  n 1: (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains 2: a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time; "they enjoyed singing rounds" [syn: round, troll] 3: a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling; "he used a spinner as his troll" 4: angling by drawing a baited line through the water [syn: troll, trolling] v 1: circulate, move around 2: cause to move round and round; "The child trolled her hoop" 3: sing the parts of (a round) in succession 4: angle with a hook and line drawn through the water 5: sing loudly and without inhibition 6: praise or celebrate in song; "All tongues shall troll you" 7: speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice
• vote 0
  n 1: a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person" [syn: vote, ballot, voting, balloting] 2: the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote" 3: a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920" [syn: right to vote, vote, suffrage] 4: a body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to get the Black vote" 5: the total number of voters who participated; "they are expecting a large vote" [syn: vote, voter turnout] v 1: express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote; "He voted for the motion"; "None of the Democrats voted last night" 2: express one's choice or preference by vote; "vote the Democratic ticket" 3: express a choice or opinion; "I vote that we all go home"; "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant" 4: be guided by in voting; "vote one's conscience" 5: bring into existence or make available by vote; "They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia"
• wall 0
  n 1: an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures" 2: anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect; "a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall" 3: (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; "stomach walls" [syn: wall, paries] 4: a difficult or awkward situation; "his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall" 5: a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) 6: a layer of material that encloses space; "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue" 7: a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden); "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited" 8: an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down" [syn: rampart, bulwark, wall] v 1: surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn: wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround]
• whole 0
  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: including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread" [ant: fractional] 2: (of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and sisters" [ant: half] 3: not injured [syn: unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, whole] 4: exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again" [syn: hale, whole] 5: acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid voting bloc" [syn: solid, unanimous, whole] n 1: all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature" 2: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit" [syn: whole, unit]
• joel 0
  n 1: a Hebrew minor prophet 2: an Old Testament book telling Joel's prophecies [syn: Joel, Book of Joel]
• seoul 0
  n 1: the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia; located in northwestern South Korea [syn: Seoul, capital of South Korea]
• caul 0
  n 1: part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines [syn: greater omentum, gastrocolic omentum, caul] 2: the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) [syn: caul, veil, embryonic membrane]
• dahl 0
  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]
• dol 0
  n 1: a unit of pain intensity 2: the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 [syn: Department of Labor, Labor Department, Labor, DoL]
• gaul 0
  n 1: a person of French descent [syn: frog, Gaul] 2: a Celt of ancient Gaul 3: an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands [syn: Gaul, Gallia]
• paul 0
  n 1: United States feminist (1885-1977) [syn: Paul, Alice Paul] 2: (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle; "Paul's name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity" [syn: Paul, Saint Paul, St. Paul, Apostle Paul, Paul the Apostle, Apostle of the Gentiles, Saul, Saul of Tarsus]
• saul 0
  n 1: (Old Testament) the first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines) 2: (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle; "Paul's name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity" [syn: Paul, Saint Paul, St. Paul, Apostle Paul, Paul the Apostle, Apostle of the Gentiles, Saul, Saul of Tarsus]
• sol 0
  n 1: a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid [syn: sol, colloidal solution, colloidal suspension] 2: (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios 3: the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization [syn: sol, soh, so]
• spall 0
  n 1: a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge; "a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls" [syn: spall, spawl]
• appall 0
  v 1: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage] 2: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us" [syn: dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify]
• chagall 0
  n 1: French painter (born in Russia) noted for his imagery and brilliant colors (1887-1985) [syn: Chagall, Marc Chagall]
• nepal 0
  n 1: a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China [syn: Nepal, Kingdom of Nepal]
• transvaal 0
  n 1: a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers
• montreal 0
  n 1: a city in southern Quebec province on the Saint Lawrence River; the largest city in Quebec and 2nd largest in Canada; the 2nd largest French-speaking city in the world
• senegal 0
  n 1: a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960 [syn: Senegal, Republic of Senegal]
• dhole 0
  n 1: fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs [syn: dhole, Cuon alpinus]
• kohl 0
  n 1: a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids
• thole 0
  n 1: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock]
• bahl 0
• bol 0
• bolle 0
• coll 0
• crall 0
• dall 0
• daul 0
• dolle 0
• faal 0
• fahl 0
• gaal 0
• goll 0
• golle 0
• grahl 0
• grall 0
• graul 0
• hahl 0
• holl 0
• holle 0

See also mol definition and mol synonyms