Words that rhyme with throstle

  • apostle
    n 1: an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform; "an apostle of revolution" 2: any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people [syn: Apostle, Apostelic Father] 3: (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel
  • bottle
    n 1: a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped 2: the quantity contained in a bottle [syn: bottle, bottleful] 3: a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children [syn: bottle, feeding bottle, nursing bottle] v 1: store (liquids or gases) in bottles 2: put into bottles; "bottle the mineral water"
  • colossal
    adj 1: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand" [syn: colossal, prodigious, stupendous]
  • docile
    adj 1: willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" [ant: obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate] 2: ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters" [syn: docile, teachable] 3: easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient" [syn: docile, gentle]
  • dossal
    n 1: an ornamental hanging of rich fabric hung behind the altar of a church or at the sides of a chancel [syn: dossal, dossel]
  • fossil
    adj 1: characteristic of a fossil n 1: someone whose style is out of fashion [syn: dodo, fogy, fogey, fossil] 2: the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
  • hustle
    n 1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam] 2: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir] v 1: cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater" 2: move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" [syn: bustle, bustle about, hustle] 3: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity [syn: hustle, pluck, roll] 4: get by trying hard; "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter" 5: pressure or urge someone into an action
  • jostle
    n 1: the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing) [syn: jostle, jostling] v 1: make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving; "We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform" 2: come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train" [syn: jostle, shove]
  • microfossil
    n 1: a fossil that must be studied microscopically
  • nozzle
    n 1: a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged [syn: nozzle, nose] 2: informal terms for the nose [syn: beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz]
  • wassail
    n 1: a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas v 1: celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!" [syn: revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail] 2: propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year" [syn: toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail]
  • roselle
    n 1: 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]
  • glossal
  • basile
  • fossel
  • rossell
  • stossel
  • trostle
  • vasile
  • possehl
  • postle
  • losel

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