Words that rhyme with mothball

• 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"
• 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]
• blackball 0
  n 1: the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto [syn: barring, blackball] v 1: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball] 2: vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill" [syn: veto, blackball, negative]
• 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]
• 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"
• cannonball 0
  n 1: a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon [syn: cannonball, cannon ball, round shot]
• 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"
• drawl 0
  n 1: a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels v 1: lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels"
• eyeball 0
  n 1: the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye [syn: eyeball, orb] v 1: look at [syn: eye, eyeball]
• fastball 0
  n 1: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" [syn: fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet]
• fireball 0
  n 1: an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) [syn: bolide, fireball] 2: a highly energetic and indefatigable person [syn: powerhouse, human dynamo, ball of fire, fireball] 3: a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning) 4: the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
• football 0
  n 1: any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal [syn: football, football game] 2: the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
• 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]
• handball 0
  n 1: a small rubber ball used in playing the game of handball 2: a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands
• hardball 0
  n 1: a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics; "they play hardball in the Senate" 2: baseball as distinguished from softball [ant: softball, softball game]
• 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"
• highball 0
  n 1: a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass
• 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]
• knuckleball 0
  n 1: a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin [syn: knuckleball, knuckler]
• meatball 0
  n 1: ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth
• oddball 0
  n 1: a person with an unusual or odd personality [syn: eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek]
• pinball 0
  n 1: a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets [syn: pinball, pinball game]
• 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]
• scrawl 0
  n 1: poor handwriting [syn: scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography] v 1: write carelessly [syn: scribble, scrawl]
• screwball 0
  adj 1: foolish; totally unsound; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working" [syn: crazy, half-baked, screwball, softheaded] n 1: a whimsically eccentric person [syn: crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball] 2: a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
• 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
• snowball 0
  n 1: plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions [syn: snowball, sweet sand verbena, Abronia elliptica] 2: ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce 3: ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup 4: snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) v 1: increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate 2: throw snowballs at
• softball 0
  n 1: ball used in playing softball [syn: softball, playground ball] 2: a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer [syn: softball, softball game] [ant: hardball]
• 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"
• stickball 0
  n 1: a form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle [syn: stickball, stickball game]
• 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
• 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
• volleyball 0
  n 1: a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands [syn: volleyball, volleyball game] 2: an inflated ball used in playing volleyball
• 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]
• 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]
• nepal 0
  n 1: a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China [syn: Nepal, Kingdom of Nepal]
• 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]
• lowball 0
  v 1: make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed" [syn: lowball, underestimate]
• paintball 0
  n 1: a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball 2: a game that simulates military combat; players on one team try to eliminate players on the opposing team by shooting capsules of paint at them
• punchball 0
  n 1: an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing [syn: punching bag, punch bag, punching ball, punchball]
• cornball 0
• heelball 0
• speedball 0
• aul 0
• aull 0
• rollerball 0
• goalball 0
• patball 0
• stoolball 0

See also mothball definition and mothball synonyms