Words that rhyme with wassail
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abseil
n 1: (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body [syn: rappel, abseil] v 1: lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing" [syn: rappel, abseil, rope down] -
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 -
assail
v 1: attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" [syn: assail, assault, set on, attack] 2: launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" [syn: attack, assail] [ant: defend] 3: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault] -
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] -
foresail
n 1: the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel -
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 -
headsail
n 1: any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel -
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] -
mainsail
n 1: the lowermost sail on the mainmast -
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] -
resale
n 1: the selling of something purchased -
skysail
n 1: the sail above the royal on a square-rigger -
spritsail
n 1: a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit -
staysail
n 1: a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts) -
topsail
n 1: a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast -
wholesale
adv 1: at a wholesale price; "I can sell it to you wholesale" [ant: retail] 2: on a large scale without careful discrimination; "I buy food wholesale" [syn: wholesale, in large quantities] adj 1: ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction" [syn: sweeping, wholesale] n 1: the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers [ant: retail] v 1: sell in large quantities [ant: retail] -
outsail
v 1: sail faster or better than; "They outsailed the Roman fleet" -
throstle
n 1: a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously 2: common Old World thrush noted for its song [syn: song thrush, mavis, throstle, Turdus philomelos] -
trysail
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glossal
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basile
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fossel
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rossell
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stossel
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trostle
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vasile
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possehl
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postle
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