Words that rhyme with trefoil

• 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]
• cinquefoil 0
  n 1: any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties [syn: cinquefoil, five-finger] 2: an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle
• 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]
• counterfoil 0
  n 1: the part of a check that is retained as a record [syn: stub, check stub, counterfoil]
• hydrofoil 0
  n 1: a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through; "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils" [syn: hydrofoil, foil] 2: a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds; "the museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the record" [syn: hydrofoil, hydroplane]
• milfoil 0
  n 1: ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America [syn: yarrow, milfoil, Achillea millefolium]
• tinfoil 0
  n 1: foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead [syn: tinfoil, tin foil]
• airfoil 0
  n 1: a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight [syn: airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface]
• 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]
• quatrefoil 0
• sexfoil 0
• multifoil 0

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