Words that rhyme with pastille

• acetyl 0
  n 1: the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-) [syn: acetyl, acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group, ethanoyl radical]
• borstal 0
  n 1: formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison
• butyl 0
  n 1: a hydrocarbon radical (C4H9)
• castile 0
  n 1: a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479 [syn: Castile, Castilla]
• coastal 0
  adj 1: of or relating to a coast; "coastal erosion" 2: located on or near or bordering on a coast; "coastal marshes"; "coastal waters"; "the Atlantic coastal plain" [ant: inland]
• costal 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or near a rib
• crystal 0
  n 1: a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure 2: a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices 3: a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces [syn: crystal, crystallization] 4: colorless glass made of almost pure silica [syn: quartz glass, quartz, vitreous silica, lechatelierite, crystal] 5: glassware made of quartz 6: a protective cover that protects the face of a watch [syn: crystal, watch crystal, watch glass]
• distil 0
  v 1: undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" [syn: condense, distill, distil] 2: extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" [syn: distill, extract, distil] 3: undergo the process of distillation [syn: distill, distil] 4: give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound" [syn: distill, distil]
• festal 0
  adj 1: offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: gay, festal, festive, merry]
• genteel 0
  adj 1: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite]
• hill 0
  n 1: a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia" 2: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind" [syn: mound, hill] 3: United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916) [syn: Hill, J. J. Hill, James Jerome Hill] 4: risque English comedian (1925-1992) [syn: Hill, Benny Hill, Alfred Hawthorne] 5: (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands [syn: mound, hill, pitcher's mound] v 1: form into a hill
• hostel 0
  n 1: a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn: hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge] 2: inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips) [syn: hostel, youth hostel, student lodging]
• ill 0
  adv 1: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill- conceived plan" [syn: ill, badly, poorly] [ant: good, well] 2: unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" [syn: ill, badly] [ant: well] 3: with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now" adj 1: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering" [syn: ill, sick] [ant: well] 2: resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good" 3: distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute" 4: indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will" 5: presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by- election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government" [syn: ill, inauspicious, ominous] n 1: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining [syn: ailment, complaint, ill]
• instil 0
  v 1: enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye" [syn: instill, instil]
• kill 0
  n 1: the act of terminating a life [syn: killing, kill, putting to death] 2: the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission" v 1: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" 2: thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" [syn: kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out] 3: end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!" [syn: stamp out, kill] 4: be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills" 5: be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!" 6: overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!" 7: hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball" 8: hit with great force; "He killed the ball" 9: deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa" 10: cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars" 11: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work" [syn: toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill] 12: mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" [syn: kill, obliterate, wipe out] 13: tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her" 14: cause to cease operating; "kill the engine" 15: destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
• krill 0
  n 1: shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales
• lentil 0
  n 1: round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food 2: the fruit or seed of a lentil plant 3: widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder [syn: lentil, lentil plant, Lens culinaris]
• mill 0
  n 1: a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing [syn: factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory] 2: Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836) [syn: Mill, James Mill] 3: English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873) [syn: Mill, John Mill, John Stuart Mill] 4: machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing [syn: mill, grinder, milling machinery] 5: the act of grinding to a powder or dust [syn: grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation] v 1: move about in a confused manner [syn: mill, mill about, mill around] 2: grind with a mill; "mill grain" 3: produce a ridge around the edge of; "mill a coin" 4: roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
• nil 0
  n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]
• pastel 0
  adj 1: lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music" 2: delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink" n 1: any of various pale or light colors
• pedestal 0
  n 1: a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" [syn: base, pedestal, stand] 2: a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal" 3: an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) [syn: pedestal, plinth, footstall]
• pestle 0
  n 1: machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores [syn: stamp, pestle] 2: a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone [syn: pestle, muller, pounder] 3: a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar v 1: grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic"
• pill 0
  n 1: something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size 2: a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet [syn: pill, lozenge, tablet, tab] 3: a unpleasant or tiresome person 4: something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take" 5: a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception [syn: pill, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug, anovulant]
• pistil 0
  n 1: the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma
• pistol 0
  n 1: a firearm that is held and fired with one hand [syn: pistol, handgun, side arm, shooting iron]
• postal 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the system for delivering mail; "postal delivery"
• quill 0
  n 1: pen made from a bird's feather [syn: quill, quill pen] 2: a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog 3: any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird [syn: flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather] 4: the hollow spine of a feather [syn: quill, calamus, shaft]
• refill 0
  n 1: a prescription drug that is provided again; "he got a refill of his prescription"; "the prescription specified only one refill" 2: a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents; "he got a refill for his ball-point pen"; "he got a refill for his notebook" v 1: fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please" [syn: replenish, refill, fill again]
• rill 0
  n 1: a small stream [syn: rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet] 2: a small channel (as one formed by soil erosion)
• shill 0
  n 1: a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others v 1: act as a shill; "The shill bid for the expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up"
• sill 0
  n 1: structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure 2: (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock
• skill 0
  n 1: an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment] 2: ability to produce solutions in some problem domain; "the skill of a well-trained boxer"; "the sweet science of pugilism" [syn: skill, science]
• spill 0
  n 1: liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills" 2: a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction [syn: spillway, spill, wasteweir] 3: the act of allowing a fluid to escape [syn: spill, spillage, release] 4: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" [syn: spill, tumble, fall] v 1: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [syn: spill, slop, splatter] 2: flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" [syn: spill, run out] 3: cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" [syn: spill, shed, disgorge] 4: pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee" [syn: spill, shed, pour forth] 5: reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details" [syn: spill, talk] 6: reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
• standstill 0
  n 1: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill] 2: an interruption of normal activity [syn: stand, standstill, tie-up]
• still 0
  adv 1: with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation; "it's still warm outside"; "will you still love me when we're old and grey?" [ant: no longer, no more] 2: despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go" [syn: however, nevertheless, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstanding] 3: to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale" [syn: even, yet, still] 4: without moving or making a sound; "he sat still as a statue"; "time stood still"; "they waited stock-still outside the door"; "he couldn't hold still any longer" [syn: still, stock-still] adj 1: not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest" [syn: inactive, motionless, static, still] 2: marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still" [syn: silent, soundless, still] 3: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water" [syn: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled] 4: used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion; "a still photograph"; "Cezanne's still life of apples" [ant: moving] 5: not sparkling; "a still wine"; "still mineral water" [syn: still, noneffervescent] [ant: effervescent, sparkling] 6: free from noticeable current; "a still pond"; "still waters run deep" n 1: a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes); "he wanted some stills for a magazine ad" 2: (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night" [syn: hush, stillness, still] 3: an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed 4: a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation [syn: distillery, still] v 1: make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" [syn: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still] [ant: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on] 2: cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" [syn: hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up] [ant: louden] 3: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: still, allay, relieve, ease] 4: make motionless
• swill 0
  n 1: wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk [syn: slop, slops, swill, pigswill, pigwash] v 1: feed pigs [syn: slop, swill] 2: drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink) [syn: swill, swill down]
• thrill 0
  n 1: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn: bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick] 2: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" [syn: frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle] 3: something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation; "the thrills of space travel" v 1: cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input; "The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow" 2: feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine" [syn: thrill, tickle, vibrate] 3: tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement [syn: shudder, shiver, throb, thrill] 4: fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" [syn: exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify]
• till 0
  n 1: unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together [syn: till, boulder clay] 2: a treasury for government funds [syn: public treasury, trough, till] 3: a strongbox for holding cash [syn: cashbox, money box, till] v 1: work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"
• trill 0
  n 1: a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it [syn: trill, shake] 2: the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula; "he pronounced his R's with a distinct trill" v 1: pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'; "Some speakers trill their r's" 2: sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below [syn: warble, trill, quaver]
• twill 0
  n 1: a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs [syn: twill, twill weave] 2: a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs v 1: weave diagonal lines into (textiles)
• uphill 0
  adv 1: against difficulties; "she was talking uphill" 2: upward on a hill or incline; "this street lay uphill" adj 1: sloping upward [syn: acclivitous, rising, uphill] n 1: the upward slope of a hill
• vestal 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Vesta; "vestal virgin" 2: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal" [syn: pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous] n 1: a chaste woman
• will 0
  n 1: the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; "the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith [syn: volition, will] 2: a fixed and persistent intent or purpose; "where there's a will there's a way" 3: a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die [syn: will, testament] v 1: decree or ordain; "God wills our existence" 2: determine by choice; "This action was willed and intended" 3: leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" [syn: bequeath, will, leave] [ant: disinherit, disown]
• lille 0
  n 1: an industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders
• bastille 0
  n 1: a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution 2: a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
• brill 0
  n 1: European food fish [syn: brill, Scophthalmus rhombus]
• il 0
  adj 1: being nine more than forty [syn: forty-nine, 49, il] n 1: a midwestern state in north-central United States [syn: Illinois, Prairie State, Land of Lincoln, IL]
• pentecostal 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members 2: of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost n 1: any member of a Pentecostal religious body [syn: Pentecostal, Pentecostalist]
• crustal 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon
• intercostal 0
  adj 1: located or occurring between the ribs; "intercostal muscles" n 1: muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration [syn: intercostal, intercostal muscle, musculus intercostalis]
• dentil 0
• until 0
• jill 0
• phil 0
• chrystal 0
• postil 0
• syndactyl 0
• listel 0

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