Words that rhyme with rowel

• boil 0
  n 1: a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus [syn: boil, furuncle] 2: the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level; "they brought the water to a boil" [syn: boiling point, boil] v 1: come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius" [ant: freeze] 2: immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes; "boil potatoes"; "boil wool" 3: bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point; "boil this liquid until it evaporates" 4: be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" [syn: churn, boil, moil, roil] 5: be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger" [syn: seethe, boil]
• broil 0
  n 1: cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) [syn: broil, broiling, grilling] v 1: cook under a broiler; "broil fish" [syn: broil, oven broil] 2: heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer" [syn: broil, bake] 3: be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun; "The town was broiling in the sun"; "the tourists were baking in the heat" [syn: bake, broil]
• coil 0
  n 1: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix] 2: 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] 3: a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine 4: a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb 5: tubing that is wound in a spiral 6: reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit v 1: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" [syn: gyrate, spiral, coil] 2: make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand- builds all of her vessels" [syn: handbuild, hand-build, coil] 3: wind around something in coils or loops [syn: coil, loop, curl] [ant: uncoil]
• gnarl 0
  n 1: something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots" [syn: knot, gnarl] v 1: twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree" 2: make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked" [syn: murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl]
• marl 0
  n 1: a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime
• moil 0
  v 1: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil] 2: be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" [syn: churn, boil, moil, roil] 3: moisten or soil; "Her tears moiled the letter"
• oil 0
  n 1: a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water 2: oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist [syn: oil, oil color, oil colour] 3: a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons [syn: petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil] 4: any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants [syn: vegetable oil, oil] v 1: cover with oil, as if by rubbing; "oil the wooden surface" 2: administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing [syn: anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate]
• real 0
  adv 1: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" [syn: very, really, real, rattling] adj 1: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow [syn: real, existent] [ant: unreal] 2: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money" [ant: unreal] 3: not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real" 4: capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor" [syn: real, tangible] 5: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual, genuine, literal, real] 6: of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages" [ant: nominal] 7: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, real, material] [ant: insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial] 8: (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings" 9: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson [syn: veridical, real] n 1: any rational or irrational number [syn: real number, real] 2: the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos 3: an old small silver Spanish coin
• rial 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in Yemen; equal to 100 fils [syn: Yemeni rial, rial] 2: the basic unit of money in Oman [syn: riyal-omani, Omani rial, rial] 3: the basic unit of money in Iran [syn: Iranian rial, rial]
• voile 0
  n 1: a light semitransparent fabric
• joel 0
  n 1: a Hebrew minor prophet 2: an Old Testament book telling Joel's prophecies [syn: Joel, Book of Joel]
• kraal 0
  n 1: a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade 2: a pen for livestock in southern Africa
• boyle 0
  n 1: United States writer (1902-1992) [syn: Boyle, Kay Boyle] 2: Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691) [syn: Boyle, Robert Boyle]
• baal 0
  n 1: any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god
• dhal 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]
• taal 0
  n 1: an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish [syn: Afrikaans, Taal, South African Dutch]
• rale 0
  n 1: a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle" [syn: rattle, rattling, rale]
• lowell 0
  n 1: United States poet (1917-1977) [syn: Lowell, Robert Lowell, Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr.] 2: United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916) [syn: Lowell, Percival Lowell] 3: United States poet (1874-1925) [syn: Lowell, Amy Lowell] 4: United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943) [syn: Lowell, Abbott Lawrence Lowell]
• escorial 0
• doyle 0
• foyle 0
• royle 0
• auel 0
• mohel 0
• carl 0
• harl 0
• karl 0
• nowell 0
• poel 0
• harle 0
• noil 0

See also rowel definition