Words that rhyme with we'll

v 1: bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass" [syn: anneal, temper, normalize]

n 1: earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm" [syn: entreaty, prayer, appeal] 2: attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her" [syn: appeal, appealingness, charm] 3: (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial; "their appeal was denied in the superior court" 4: request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children" [syn: solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering] v 1: take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately" 2: request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble" [syn: appeal, invoke] 3: be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people" [syn: attract, appeal] [ant: repel, repulse] 4: challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict" 5: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law" [syn: invoke, appeal]

n 1: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" [syn: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar] v 1: travel in an automobile

n 1: a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill" [syn: bill, measure] 2: an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe" [syn: bill, account, invoice] 3: a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" [syn: bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback] 4: the entertainment offered at a public presentation 5: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway] 6: a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions" [syn: poster, posting, placard, notice, bill, card] 7: a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare) 8: a long-handled saw with a curved blade; "he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree" [syn: bill, billhook] 9: a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead" [syn: bill, peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor] 10: horny projecting mouth of a bird [syn: beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker] v 1: demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" [syn: charge, bill] 2: advertise especially by posters or placards; "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso" 3: publicize or announce by placards [syn: placard, bill]

n 1: coldness due to a cold environment [syn: chill, iciness, gelidity] 2: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" [syn: frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle] 3: a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever [syn: chill, shivering] 4: a sudden numbing dread [syn: chill, pall] v 1: depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers" 2: make cool or cooler; "Chill the food" [syn: cool, chill, cool down] [ant: heat, heat up] 3: loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm" [syn: cool, chill, cool down] [ant: heat, heat up, hot up]

v 1: prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" [syn: hide, conceal] [ant: show] 2: hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals her anger well" [syn: conceal, hold back, hold in]

v 1: become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" [syn: jell, set, congeal]

n 1: a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish

n 1: a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal" [syn: deal, trade, business deal] 2: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals" [syn: bargain, deal] 3: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 4: a plank of softwood (fir or pine board) 5: wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) [syn: softwood, deal] 6: the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" [syn: hand, deal] 7: the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car" 8: the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise" 9: the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions" v 1: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" [syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address] 2: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn: consider, take, deal, look at] 3: take action with respect to (someone or something); "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students" 4: come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn: cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage] 5: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out] 6: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: deal, sell, trade] 7: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" [syn: manage, deal, care, handle] 8: behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees" 9: distribute cards to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?" 10: direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this" [syn: conduct, carry on, deal] 11: give out as one's portion or share [syn: share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal] 12: give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" 13: sell; "deal hashish"

n 1: aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning [syn: dill, Anethum graveolens] 2: aromatic threadlike foliage of the dill plant used as seasoning [syn: dill, dill weed]

v 1: undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" [syn: condense, distill, distil] 2: extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" [syn: distill, extract, distil] 3: undergo the process of distillation [syn: distill, distil] 4: give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound" [syn: distill, distil]

adv 1: toward a lower or inferior state; "your performance has been going downhill for a long time now" 2: toward the bottom of a hill; "running downhill, he gained a lot of speed" adj 1: sloping down rather steeply [syn: declivitous, downhill, downward-sloping] n 1: the downward slope of a hill 2: a ski race down a trail

n 1: a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows) 2: similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored [syn: drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus] 3: systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect" [syn: exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation] 4: (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms v 1: make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall" [syn: bore, drill] 2: train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons 3: learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales" [syn: drill, exercise, practice, practise] 4: teach by repetition 5: undergo military training or do military exercises

n 1: the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled 2: voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins

n 1: an intuitive awareness; "he has a feel for animals" or "it's easy when you get the feel of it"; 2: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell] 3: a property perceived by touch [syn: tactile property, feel] 4: manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel" v 1: undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" [syn: feel, experience] 2: come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining" [syn: find, feel] 3: perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car" [syn: feel, sense] 4: be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss" 5: have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves" 6: undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her" 7: be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft" 8: grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet" 9: examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater" [syn: feel, finger] 10: examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse" [syn: palpate, feel] 11: find by testing or cautious exploration; "He felt his way around the dark room" 12: produce a certain impression; "It feels nice to be home again" 13: pass one's hands over the sexual organs of; "He felt the girl in the movie theater"

n 1: a quantity sufficient to satisfy; "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip" 2: any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench" [syn: filling, fill] v 1: make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" [syn: fill, fill up, make full] [ant: empty] 2: become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly" [syn: fill, fill up] [ant: discharge, empty] 3: occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container" [syn: occupy, fill] 4: assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne" [syn: fill, take, occupy] 5: fill or meet a want or need [syn: meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil] 6: appoint someone to (a position or a job) 7: eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey" [syn: fill up, fill] 8: fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" [syn: satiate, sate, replete, fill] 9: plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"

n 1: (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs 2: an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal [syn: frill, ruff] 3: a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim [syn: frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow] 4: ornamental objects of no great value [syn: folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery]

adj 1: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite]

n 1: a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters 2: a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces 3: any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus [syn: gill, lamella] 4: respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water [syn: gill, branchia]

n 1: (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets) [syn: good will, goodwill] 2: the friendly hope that something will succeed [syn: good will, goodwill] 3: a disposition to kindness and compassion; "the victor's grace in treating the vanquished" [syn: grace, good will, goodwill]

n 1: a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill [syn: grillroom, grill] 2: a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill" [syn: grill, grille, grillwork] v 1: cook over a grill; "grill the sausages" 2: examine thoroughly; "the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology"

n 1: small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted [syn: wicket, lattice, grille] 2: grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator [syn: grille, radiator grille] 3: a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill" [syn: grill, grille, grillwork]

v 1: heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" [syn: mend, heal] 2: get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly" 3: provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to" [syn: bring around, cure, heal]

n 1: the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation 2: the back part of the human foot 3: someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn: cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel] 4: one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread 5: the lower end of a ship's mast 6: (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft v 1: tilt to one side; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard" [syn: list, heel] 2: follow at the heels of a person 3: perform with the heels; "heel that dance" 4: strike with the heel of the club; "heel a golf ball" 5: put a new heel on; "heel shoes" [syn: heel, reheel]

n 1: a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia" 2: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind" [syn: mound, hill] 3: United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916) [syn: Hill, J. J. Hill, James Jerome Hill] 4: risque English comedian (1925-1992) [syn: Hill, Benny Hill, Alfred Hawthorne] 5: (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands [syn: mound, hill, pitcher's mound] v 1: form into a hill

adj 1: conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal 2: constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception; "a poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content" 3: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas [syn: ideal, idealistic] n 1: the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain 2: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch]

adv 1: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill- conceived plan" [syn: ill, badly, poorly] [ant: good, well] 2: unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" [syn: ill, badly] [ant: well] 3: with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now" adj 1: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering" [syn: ill, sick] [ant: well] 2: resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good" 3: distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute" 4: indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will" 5: presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by- election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government" [syn: ill, inauspicious, ominous] n 1: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining [syn: ailment, complaint, ill]

n 1: a projection or ridge that suggests a keel 2: the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly 3: one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen]

n 1: the act of terminating a life [syn: killing, kill, putting to death] 2: the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission" v 1: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" 2: thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" [syn: kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out] 3: end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!" [syn: stamp out, kill] 4: be fatal; "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills" 5: be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!" 6: overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!" 7: hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; "She killed the ball" 8: hit with great force; "He killed the ball" 9: deprive of life; "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa" 10: cause the death of, without intention; "She was killed in the collision of three cars" 11: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work" [syn: toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill] 12: mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" [syn: kill, obliterate, wipe out] 13: tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her" 14: cause to cease operating; "kill the engine" 15: destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"

n 1: supporting yourself on your knees [syn: kneel, kneeling] v 1: rest one's weight on one's knees; "In church you have to kneel during parts of the service"

n 1: shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales

n 1: the food served and eaten at one time [syn: meal, repast] 2: any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times 3: coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse

n 1: a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound 2: a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km [syn: mile, mil, Swedish mile] 3: a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire) 4: a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter [syn: milliliter, millilitre, mil, ml, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, cc] 5: an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution

n 1: a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing [syn: factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory] 2: Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836) [syn: Mill, James Mill] 3: English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873) [syn: Mill, John Mill, John Stuart Mill] 4: machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing [syn: mill, grinder, milling machinery] 5: the act of grinding to a powder or dust [syn: grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation] v 1: move about in a confused manner [syn: mill, mill about, mill around] 2: grind with a mill; "mill grain" 3: produce a ridge around the edge of; "mill a coin" 4: roll out (metal) with a rolling machine

n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]

n 1: a severe or trying experience 2: a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence [syn: ordeal, trial by ordeal]

n 1: a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) [syn: peal, pealing, roll, rolling] v 1: ring recurrently; "bells were pealing" 2: sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" [syn: ring, peal]

n 1: British politician (1788-1850) [syn: Peel, Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel] 2: the rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn: peel, skin] v 1: strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: skin, peel, pare] 2: come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off" [syn: peel off, peel, flake off, flake] 3: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" [syn: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel] [ant: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog]

n 1: something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size 2: a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet [syn: pill, lozenge, tablet, tab] 3: a unpleasant or tiresome person 4: something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take" 5: a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception [syn: pill, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug, anovulant]

adj 1: of or characteristic of a child; "puerile breathing" 2: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" [syn: adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile]

n 1: pen made from a bird's feather [syn: quill, quill pen] 2: a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog 3: any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird [syn: flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather] 4: the hollow spine of a feather [syn: quill, calamus, shaft]

n 1: a prescription drug that is provided again; "he got a refill of his prescription"; "the prescription specified only one refill" 2: a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents; "he got a refill for his ball-point pen"; "he got a refill for his notebook" v 1: fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please" [syn: replenish, refill, fill again]

n 1: the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation [syn: abrogation, repeal, annulment] v 1: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate]

v 1: make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her" [syn: uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal] 2: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out] 3: disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"

n 1: a small stream [syn: rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet] 2: a small channel (as one formed by soil erosion)

n 1: fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters [syn: sealing wax, seal] 2: a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents [syn: seal, stamp] 3: the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; "a coat of seal" [syn: seal, sealskin] 4: a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare; "SEAL is an acronym for Sea Air and Land" [syn: Navy SEAL, SEAL] 5: a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it); "the warrant bore the sheriff's seal" 6: an indication of approved or superior status [syn: cachet, seal, seal of approval] 7: a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture 8: fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure 9: any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions v 1: make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows" [syn: seal, seal off] 2: close with or as if with a seal; "She sealed the letter with hot wax" [ant: unseal] 3: decide irrevocably; "sealing dooms" 4: affix a seal to; "seal the letter" 5: cover with varnish [syn: varnish, seal] 6: hunt seals

n 1: a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others v 1: act as a shill; "The shill bid for the expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up"

adj 1: having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones ; "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety" [syn: shrill, sharp] 2: being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism" [syn: strident, shrill] 3: of colors that are bright and gaudy; "a shrill turquoise" v 1: utter a shrill cry [syn: shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe]

n 1: structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure 2: (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock

n 1: an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment] 2: ability to produce solutions in some problem domain; "the skill of a well-trained boxer"; "the sweet science of pugilism" [syn: skill, science]

n 1: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson) [syn: spiel, patter, line of gab] v 1: replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully" [syn: play, spiel] 2: speak at great length (about something)

n 1: liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills" 2: a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction [syn: spillway, spill, wasteweir] 3: the act of allowing a fluid to escape [syn: spill, spillage, release] 4: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" [syn: spill, tumble, fall] v 1: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [syn: spill, slop, splatter] 2: flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" [syn: spill, run out] 3: cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" [syn: spill, shed, disgorge] 4: pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee" [syn: spill, shed, pour forth] 5: reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details" [syn: spill, talk] 6: reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)

n 1: a high-pitched howl v 1: utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs [syn: squeal, oink] 2: confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure [syn: confess, squeal, fink]

n 1: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn: bargain, buy, steal] 2: a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch) v 1: take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" 2: move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness" [syn: steal, slip] 3: steal a base

n 1: an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range 2: a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard [syn: sword, blade, brand, steel] 3: knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod v 1: get ready for something difficult or unpleasant [syn: steel, nerve] 2: cover, plate, or edge with steel

n 1: the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant 2: an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings [syn: stele, stela]

adv 1: with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation; "it's still warm outside"; "will you still love me when we're old and grey?" [ant: no longer, no more] 2: despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go" [syn: however, nevertheless, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstanding] 3: to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale" [syn: even, yet, still] 4: without moving or making a sound; "he sat still as a statue"; "time stood still"; "they waited stock-still outside the door"; "he couldn't hold still any longer" [syn: still, stock-still] adj 1: not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest" [syn: inactive, motionless, static, still] 2: marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still" [syn: silent, soundless, still] 3: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water" [syn: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled] 4: used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion; "a still photograph"; "Cezanne's still life of apples" [ant: moving] 5: not sparkling; "a still wine"; "still mineral water" [syn: still, noneffervescent] [ant: effervescent, sparkling] 6: free from noticeable current; "a still pond"; "still waters run deep" n 1: a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes); "he wanted some stills for a magazine ad" 2: (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night" [syn: hush, stillness, still] 3: an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed 4: a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation [syn: distillery, still] v 1: make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" [syn: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still] [ant: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on] 2: cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" [syn: hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up] [ant: louden] 3: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: still, allay, relieve, ease] 4: make motionless

adj 1: characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature" [syn: phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealistic] 2: resembling a dream; "night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality"; "as irrational and surreal as a dream" [syn: dreamlike, surreal]

n 1: wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk [syn: slop, slops, swill, pigswill, pigwash] v 1: feed pigs [syn: slop, swill] 2: drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink) [syn: swill, swill down]

adj 1: of a bluish shade of green [syn: bluish green, blue- green, cyan, teal] n 1: a blue-green color or pigment; "they painted it a light shade of bluish green" [syn: bluish green, blue green, teal] 2: any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America

n 1: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn: bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick] 2: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" [syn: frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle] 3: something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation; "the thrills of space travel" v 1: cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input; "The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow" 2: feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine" [syn: thrill, tickle, vibrate] 3: tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement [syn: shudder, shiver, throb, thrill] 4: fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" [syn: exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify]

n 1: unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together [syn: till, boulder clay] 2: a treasury for government funds [syn: public treasury, trough, till] 3: a strongbox for holding cash [syn: cashbox, money box, till] v 1: work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"

n 1: a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it [syn: trill, shake] 2: the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula; "he pronounced his R's with a distinct trill" v 1: pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'; "Some speakers trill their r's" 2: sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below [syn: warble, trill, quaver]

n 1: a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs [syn: twill, twill weave] 2: a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs v 1: weave diagonal lines into (textiles)

adj 1: lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news" [ant: existent, real] 2: not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art" [ant: real(a)] 3: contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" [syn: artificial, unreal] [ant: natural] 4: lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" [syn: insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal] [ant: material, real, substantial]

v 1: break the seal of; "He unsealed the letter" [ant: seal]

adv 1: against difficulties; "she was talking uphill" 2: upward on a hill or incline; "this street lay uphill" adj 1: sloping upward [syn: acclivitous, rising, uphill] n 1: the upward slope of a hill

n 1: a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions [syn: wale, welt, weal, wheal]

n 1: a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions [syn: wale, welt, weal, wheal]

n 1: a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) 2: a handwheel that is used for steering [syn: steering wheel, wheel] 3: forces that provide energy and direction; "the wheels of government began to turn" 4: a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel 5: game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in [syn: roulette wheel, wheel] 6: an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims [syn: rack, wheel] 7: a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals [syn: bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle] v 1: change directions as if revolving on a pivot; "They wheeled their horses around and left" [syn: wheel, wheel around] 2: wheel somebody or something [syn: wheel, wheel around] 3: move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" [syn: wheel, roll] 4: ride a bicycle [syn: bicycle, cycle, bike, pedal, wheel]

n 1: the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; "the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith [syn: volition, will] 2: a fixed and persistent intent or purpose; "where there's a will there's a way" 3: a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die [syn: will, testament] v 1: decree or ordain; "God wills our existence" 2: determine by choice; "This action was willed and intended" 3: leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" [syn: bequeath, will, leave] [ant: disinherit, disown]

n 1: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal" [syn: ardor, ardour, elan, zeal] 2: excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end; "he had an absolute zeal for litigation" 3: prompt willingness; "readiness to continue discussions"; "they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel"; "they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority"; "he tried to explain his forwardness in battle" [syn: readiness, eagerness, zeal, forwardness]

adj 1: of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself; "Tamil agglutinative phrases" n 1: a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka 2: the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka

n 1: German composer; collaborated with Bertolt Brecht (1900-1950) [syn: Weill, Kurt Weill]

n 1: the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter [syn: Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil, Brasil]

adj 1: faithful and true; "leal to the core of her intrepid Scottish heart"- Harry Lauder

n 1: an industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders

v 1: sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons

n 1: English writer (1672-1729) [syn: Steele, Sir Richrd Steele]

n 1: the boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

n 1: a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces [syn: white poplar, white aspen, abele, aspen poplar, silver-leaved poplar, Populus alba]

n 1: a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution 2: a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)

n 1: European food fish [syn: brill, Scophthalmus rhombus]

adj 1: being nine more than forty [syn: forty-nine, 49, il] n 1: a midwestern state in north-central United States [syn: Illinois, Prairie State, Land of Lincoln, IL]

n 1: bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant 2: having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties [syn: sea squill, sea onion, squill, Urginea maritima] 3: an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers [syn: scilla, squill]

n 1: one of two shafts extending from the body of a cart or carriage on either side of the animal that pulls it

n 1: one of a pair of small metallic cymbals worn on the thumb and middle finger; used in belly dancing in rhythm with the dance

n 1: the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter [syn: Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil, Brasil] 2: three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell [syn: brazil nut, brazil]

v 1: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water" [syn: purify, sublimate, make pure, distill] 2: undergo the process of distillation [syn: distill, distil] 3: extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" [syn: distill, extract, distil] 4: undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" [syn: condense, distill, distil] 5: give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound" [syn: distill, distil]

v 1: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation" [syn: carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil] 2: meet the requirements or expectations of [syn: satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to] [ant: fall short of] 3: fill or meet a want or need [syn: meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil]

v 1: impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students" [syn: instill, transfuse] 2: enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye" [syn: instill, instil] 3: produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" [syn: impress, ingrain, instill] 4: teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation" [syn: inculcate, instill, infuse] 5: fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" [syn: impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture]

n 1: a city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain [syn: Sevilla, Seville]