Words that rhyme with sperle

adj 1: of or pertaining to hearing or the ear; "an animal with a very sensitive aural apparatus" 2: relating to or characterized by an aura; "various aural effects that precede a migraine headache"

adj 1: relating to or having or hearing with two ears; "binaural hearing" [syn: binaural, biaural] [ant: monaural]

adj 1: relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind 2: toward or located in the north; "the boreal signs of the Zodiac" 3: comprising or throughout far northern regions [syn: boreal, circumboreal]

adj 1: related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir; "choral composition"; "choral ensemble" n 1: a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune [syn: chorale, choral]

adj 1: of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color n 1: a variable color averaging a deep pink 2: the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry [syn: coral, red coral, precious coral] 3: unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces 4: marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs

adj 1: resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers; "an unusual floral design" [syn: floral, flowered] 2: relating to or associated with flowers; "floral organs" 3: of or relating to the plant life in a particular region; "characteristic alpine floral elements"

n 1: small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains [syn: goral, Naemorhedus goral]

adj 1: deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong [ant: moral] 2: not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds" [syn: base, immoral]

n 1: any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family 2: United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965) [syn: Laurel, Stan Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel] 3: (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory [syn: laurel, laurel wreath, bay wreath]

adj 1: concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life" [ant: immoral] 2: psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect; "a moral victory"; "moral support" n 1: the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor" [syn: moral, lesson]

adj 1: using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement" [syn: oral, unwritten] 2: of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth; "oral hygiene"; "an oral thermometer"; "an oral vaccine" 3: of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located; "the oral cavity"; "the oral mucous membrane"; "the oral surface of a starfish" [ant: aboral] 4: a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression [ant: anal, anal retentive] n 1: an examination conducted by spoken communication [syn: oral, oral exam, oral examination, viva voce, viva]

adj 1: of or relating to the pleura or the walls of the thorax; "pleural muscles"

adj 1: composed of more than one member, set, or kind [ant: singular] 2: grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units [ant: singular] n 1: the form of a word that is used to denote more than one [syn: plural, plural form] [ant: singular, singular form]

n 1: an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" [syn: quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup] 2: an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges v 1: have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" [syn: quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate]

adj 1: living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural" [ant: urban] 2: of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city; "rural electrification"; "rural free delivery"

adj 1: of a light brownish color [syn: sorrel, brownish- orange] n 1: any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis [syn: oxalis, sorrel, wood sorrel] 2: any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine [syn: dock, sorrel, sour grass] 3: East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber [syn: roselle, rozelle, sorrel, red sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa] 4: large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces [syn: sorrel, common sorrel] 5: a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color

n 1: the shape of something rotating rapidly [syn: whirl, swirl, vortex, convolution] v 1: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" [syn: twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl] 2: flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl]

n 1: a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight [syn: kink, twist, twirl] 2: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" [syn: spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl] v 1: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" [syn: twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl] 2: cause to spin; "spin a coin" [syn: whirl, birl, spin, twirl]

v 1: unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state; "unfurl a banner" [syn: unfurl, unroll] [ant: roll up, wrap up]

n 1: confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits" [syn: whirl, commotion] 2: the shape of something rotating rapidly [syn: whirl, swirl, vortex, convolution] 3: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer] 4: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" [syn: spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl] v 1: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" [syn: twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl] 2: cause to spin; "spin a coin" [syn: whirl, birl, spin, twirl] 3: flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl] 4: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" [syn: spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate] 5: fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air" [syn: whirl, tumble, whirl around]

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 strand or cluster of hair [syn: lock, curl, ringlet, whorl] 3: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix]

n 1: large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe [syn: horse mackerel, saurel, Trachurus trachurus] 2: a California food fish [syn: horse mackerel, jack mackerel, Spanish mackerel, saurel, Trachurus symmetricus]

n 1: English writer of Irish descent who spent much of his life in Mediterranean regions (1912-1990) [syn: Durrell, Lawrence Durrell, Lawrence George Durrell]

adj 1: of or relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras; "a prominent green line in the spectrum of the auroras is called the `auroral line'" 2: characteristic of the dawn; "a dim auroral glow" [syn: auroral, aurorean]

n 1: a sturdy laced walking shoe 2: a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side [syn: Balmoral, bluebonnet]