Words that rhyme with well

• beck 0
  n 1: a beckoning gesture
• bell 0
  n 1: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck 2: a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed [syn: doorbell, bell, buzzer] 3: the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells" [syn: bell, toll] 4: (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m. [syn: bell, ship's bell] 5: the shape of a bell [syn: bell, bell shape, campana] 6: a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) [syn: Bell, Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell] 7: English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) [syn: Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen] 8: United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) [syn: Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell] 9: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument [syn: chime, bell, gong] 10: the flared opening of a tubular device v 1: attach a bell to; "bell cows"
• belle 0
  n 1: a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals; "she was the belle of the ball"
• cartel 0
  n 1: a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service; "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly" [syn: trust, corporate trust, combine, cartel]
• cell 0
  n 1: any small compartment; "the cells of a honeycomb" 2: (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals 3: a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction [syn: cell, electric cell] 4: a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement [syn: cell, cadre] 5: a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver [syn: cellular telephone, cellular phone, cellphone, cell, mobile phone] 6: small room in which a monk or nun lives [syn: cell, cubicle] 7: a room where a prisoner is kept [syn: cell, jail cell, prison cell]
• check 0
  n 1: a written order directing a bank to pay money; "he paid all his bills by check" [syn: check, bank check, cheque] 2: an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress" [syn: assay, check] 3: the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check" [syn: check, chit, tab] 4: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat" [syn: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage] 5: additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" [syn: confirmation, verification, check, substantiation] 6: the act of inspecting or verifying; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure" [syn: check, checkout, check-out procedure] 7: a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name" [syn: check mark, check, tick] 8: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress [syn: hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap] 9: a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something [syn: check, chip] 10: a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard); "she wore a skirt with checks" 11: the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper" [syn: bridle, check, curb] 12: obstructing an opponent in ice hockey 13: (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king v 1: examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" [syn: check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into] 2: make an examination or investigation; "check into the rumor"; "check the time of the class" 3: be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" [syn: see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure] 4: lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" [syn: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate] 5: stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; "She checked for an instant and missed a step" 6: put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units" [syn: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick] 7: slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" [syn: check, retard, delay] 8: be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; "These stories don't check!" [syn: check, check out] 9: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord] 10: block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey 11: develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?" [syn: discipline, train, check, condition] 12: consign for shipment on a vehicle; "check your luggage before boarding" 13: hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping; "Check your coat at the door" 14: abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey 15: stop in a chase especially when scent is lost; "The dog checked" 16: mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on [syn: check, checker, chequer] 17: decline to initiate betting 18: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" [syn: check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back] 19: place into check; "He checked my kings" 20: write out a check on a bank account 21: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" [syn: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn] 22: verify by consulting a source or authority; "check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts" 23: arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve" 24: make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" [syn: check, chink] 25: become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" [syn: crack, check, break]
• cheque 0
  n 1: a written order directing a bank to pay money; "he paid all his bills by check" [syn: check, bank check, cheque] v 1: withdraw money by writing a check [syn: cheque, check out]
• clientele 0
  n 1: customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele" [syn: clientele, patronage, business]
• compel 0
  v 1: force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form" [syn: compel, oblige, obligate] 2: necessitate or exact; "the water shortage compels conservation"
• deck 0
  n 1: any of various platforms built into a vessel 2: street name for a packet of illegal drugs 3: a pack of 52 playing cards [syn: pack of cards, deck of cards, deck] 4: a porch that resembles the deck on a ship v 1: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify] 2: decorate; "deck the halls with holly" [syn: deck, bedight, bedeck] 3: knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" [syn: deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor]
• dell 0
  n 1: a small wooded hollow [syn: dell, dingle]
• dispel 0
  v 1: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" [syn: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off] 2: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter]
• dwell 0
  v 1: think moodily or anxiously about something [syn: brood, dwell] 2: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" [syn: dwell, consist, lie, lie in] 3: inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" [syn: populate, dwell, live, inhabit] 4: exist or be situated within; "Strange notions inhabited her mind" [syn: dwell, inhabit] 5: come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things" [syn: harp, dwell]
• el 0
  n 1: angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) [syn: elevation, EL, altitude, ALT] 2: a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level [syn: elevated railway, elevated railroad, elevated, el, overhead railway]
• ell 0
  n 1: an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
• excel 0
  v 1: distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" [syn: excel, stand out, surpass]
• expel 0
  v 1: force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country" [syn: expel, throw out, kick out] 2: remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" [syn: oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel] 3: cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" [syn: rout, rout out, expel] 4: eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" [syn: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release]
• farewell 0
  n 1: an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting [syn: farewell, word of farewell] 2: the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn: farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting]
• fell 0
  adj 1: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" [syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious] n 1: the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) [syn: hide, fell] 2: seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges [syn: fell, felled seam] 3: the act of felling something (as a tree) v 1: cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" [syn: fell, drop, strike down, cut down] 2: pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" [syn: fly, fell, vanish] 3: sew a seam by folding the edges
• fleck 0
  n 1: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap] 2: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation] v 1: make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" [syn: spot, fleck, blob, blot]
• foretell 0
  v 1: foreshadow or presage [syn: announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald] 2: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise] 3: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]
• gazelle 0
  n 1: small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes
• gel 0
  n 1: a colloid in a more solid form than a sol [syn: gel, colloidal gel] 2: a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects [syn: gelatin, gel] v 1: become a gel; "The solid, when heated, gelled" 2: apply a styling gel to; "she mousses her hair" [syn: mousse, gel]
• hell 0
  n 1: any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; [syn: hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno] 2: a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes" [syn: hell, blaze] 3: (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson [syn: Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit] [ant: Heaven] 4: (religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis [syn: Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld] 5: violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin" [syn: sin, hell] 6: noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" [syn: hell, blaze]
• hotel 0
  n 1: a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
• impel 0
  v 1: urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate [syn: impel, force] 2: cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship" [syn: propel, impel]
• jell 0
  v 1: become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" [syn: jell, set, congeal]
• knell 0
  n 1: the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something v 1: ring as in announcing death 2: make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church" [syn: ring, knell]
• lapel 0
  n 1: lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar
• mademoiselle 0
  n 1: small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico [syn: silver perch, mademoiselle, Bairdiella chrysoura]
• materiel 0
  n 1: equipment and supplies of a military force [syn: materiel, equipage]
• misspell 0
  v 1: spell incorrectly
• morel 0
  n 1: any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap
• motel 0
  n 1: a motor hotel
• neck 0
  n 1: the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck"; "the horse won by a neck" [syn: neck, cervix] 2: a narrow elongated projecting strip of land 3: a cut of meat from the neck of an animal 4: a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form; "the banjo had a long neck"; "the bottle had a wide neck" 5: an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck [syn: neck, neck opening] v 1: kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" [syn: neck, make out]
• outsell 0
  v 1: be sold more often than other, similar products; "The new Toyota outsells the Honda by a wide margin" 2: sell more than others; "This salesman outsells his colleagues"
• pastel 0
  adj 1: lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music" 2: delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink" n 1: any of various pale or light colors
• peck 0
  n 1: (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] 2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons 3: a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches v 1: hit lightly with a picking motion [syn: peck, pick, beak] 2: eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: peck, pick up] 3: kiss lightly [syn: smack, peck] 4: eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food" [syn: pick at, peck at, peck] 5: bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long" [syn: nag, peck, hen-peck]
• personnel 0
  n 1: group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" [syn: force, personnel] 2: the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management [syn: personnel department, personnel office, personnel, staff office]
• propel 0
  v 1: cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship" [syn: propel, impel] 2: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" [syn: motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite]
• quell 0
  v 1: suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion" [syn: squelch, quell, quench] 2: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" [syn: quell, stay, appease]
• ravel 0
  n 1: French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937) [syn: Ravel, Maurice Ravel] 2: a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking" [syn: run, ladder, ravel] v 1: disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?" [syn: ravel, unravel, ravel out] [ant: knot, ravel, tangle] 2: tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" [syn: ravel, tangle, knot] [ant: ravel, ravel out, unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle]
• rebel 0
  n 1: `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms [syn: Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback] 2: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) [syn: insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel] 3: someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action [syn: maverick, rebel] v 1: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance [syn: rebel, arise, rise, rise up] 2: break with established customs [syn: rebel, renegade]
• repel 0
  v 1: cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" [syn: repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back] [ant: attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in] 2: be repellent to; cause aversion in [syn: repel, repulse] [ant: appeal, attract] 3: force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" [syn: repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back] 4: reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" [syn: rebuff, snub, repel] 5: fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" [syn: disgust, gross out, revolt, repel]
• resell 0
  v 1: sell (something) again after having bought it
• retell 0
  v 1: render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" [syn: recite, retell] 2: make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel" [syn: fictionalize, fictionalise, retell] 3: to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" [syn: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell]
• sec 0
  adj 1: (of champagne) moderately dry [syn: sec, unsweet] n 1: 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites [syn: second, sec, s] 2: ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right- angled triangle [syn: secant, sec] 3: an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors [syn: Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC]
• sell 0
  n 1: the activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard sell" v 1: exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" [ant: buy, purchase] 2: be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes" 3: persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" 4: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: deal, sell, trade] 5: give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a successful career" 6: be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well in certain circles" 7: be responsible for the sale of; "All her publicity sold the products" 8: deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country" [syn: betray, sell]
• shell 0
  n 1: ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun 2: the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals 3: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles [syn: carapace, shell, cuticle, shield] 4: the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts 5: the exterior covering of a bird's egg [syn: shell, eggshell] 6: a rigid covering that envelops an object; "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice" 7: a very light narrow racing boat [syn: shell, racing shell] 8: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: shell, case, casing] 9: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) [syn: plate, scale, shell] 10: the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod v 1: use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" [syn: blast, shell] 2: create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain" [syn: blast, shell] 3: fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled" 4: hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning" 5: look for and collect shells by the seashore 6: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" [syn: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish] 7: remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels" 8: remove the husks from; "husk corn" [syn: husk, shell]
• smell 0
  n 1: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" [syn: smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception] 2: any property detected by the olfactory system [syn: olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent] 3: 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] 4: the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents [syn: smell, sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality] 5: the act of perceiving the odor of something [syn: smell, smelling] v 1: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense 2: emit an odor; "The soup smells good" 3: smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells" 4: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" [syn: smack, reek, smell] 5: become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption" [syn: smell, smell out, sense]
• spec 0
  n 1: a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work [syn: specification, spec]
• speck 0
  n 1: a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky" [syn: speck, pinpoint] 2: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck] 3: a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon] v 1: produce specks in or on; "speck the cloth"
• spell 0
  n 1: a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation [syn: enchantment, spell, trance] 2: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: go, spell, tour, turn] 3: a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather" [syn: while, piece, spell, patch] 4: a verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese" [syn: spell, magic spell, magical spell, charm] v 1: orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of; "How do you spell this word?" "We had to spell out our names for the police officer" [syn: spell, spell out] 2: indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!" [syn: spell, import] 3: write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter" [syn: spell, write] 4: relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn; "She spelled her husband at the wheel" 5: place under a spell [ant: unspell] 6: take turns working; "the workers spell every four hours"
• swell 0
  adj 1: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing] n 1: the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea [syn: swell, crestless wave] 2: a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) 3: a crescendo followed by a decrescendo 4: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse] v 1: increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo" 2: become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son" [syn: swell, puff up] 3: expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" [syn: swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce] 4: come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it" [syn: well up, swell] 5: come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up" [syn: well, swell] 6: cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"
• tech 0
  n 1: a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences [syn: technical school, tech]
• tell 0
  n 1: a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap) [syn: Tell, William Tell] v 1: express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" [syn: state, say, tell] 2: let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late" 3: narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" [syn: tell, narrate, recount, recite] 4: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" [syn: order, tell, enjoin, say] 5: discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy" 6: inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!" [syn: assure, tell] 7: give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague" [syn: tell, evidence] 8: mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" [syn: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart]
• trek 0
  n 1: a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers) 2: any long and difficult trip v 1: journey on foot, especially in the mountains; "We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas" 2: make a long and difficult journey; "They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis"
• wreck 0
  n 1: something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation; "the house was a wreck when they bought it"; "thanks to that quack I am a human wreck" 2: an accident that destroys a ship at sea [syn: shipwreck, wreck] 3: a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane" [syn: crash, wreck] 4: a ship that has been destroyed at sea v 1: smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car" [syn: bust up, wreck, wrack]
• yell 0
  n 1: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" [syn: cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation] 2: a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain" [syn: cry, yell] v 1: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" [syn: shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall] 2: utter or declare in a very loud voice; "You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine" [syn: yell, scream]
• czech 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language; "The Czech border"; "Czechoslovak nationalists"; "The Czechoslovakian population" [syn: Czech, Czechoslovakian] n 1: a native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic 2: a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia [syn: Czechoslovakian, Czechoslovak, Czech] 3: the Slavic language of Czechs
• dec 0
  n 1: the last (12th) month of the year [syn: December, Dec] 2: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere [syn: declination, celestial latitude, dec]
• dreck 0
  n 1: merchandise that is shoddy or inferior [syn: schlock, shlock, dreck]
• lek 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in Albania
• tec 0
  n 1: a police officer who investigates crimes [syn: detective, investigator, tec, police detective]
• cabell 0
  n 1: United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958) [syn: Cabell, James Branch Cabell]
• bel 0
  n 1: a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels [syn: Bel, B] 2: Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil
• l 0
  adj 1: being ten more than forty [syn: fifty, 50, l] n 1: a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) [syn: liter, litre, l, cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre] 2: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five [syn: fifty, 50, L] 3: a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter [syn: lambert, L] 4: the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: L, l]
• cattell 0
  n 1: American psychologist (born in England) who developed a broad theory of human behavior based on multivariate research (1905-1998) [syn: Cattell, Ray Cattell, R. B. Cattell, Raymond B. Cattell, Raymond Bernard Cattell] 2: American psychologist and editor (1860-1944) [syn: Cattell, James McKeen Cattell]
• cavell 0
  n 1: English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915) [syn: Cavell, Edith Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell]
• cornell 0
  n 1: United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974) [syn: Cornell, Katherine Cornell] 2: United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874) [syn: Cornell, Ezra Cornell]
• hillel 0
  n 1: Palestinian rabbi and interpreter of Judaic law
• mantell 0
  n 1: English geologist remembered as the first person to recognize that dinosaurs were reptiles (1790-1852) [syn: Mantell, Gideon Algernon Mantell]
• marcel 0
  n 1: a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron v 1: make a marcel in a woman's hair
• marvell 0
  n 1: English poet (1621-1678) [syn: Marvell, Andrew Marvell]
• moselle 0
  n 1: German white wine from the Moselle valley or a similar wine made elsewhere
• nobel 0
  n 1: Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896) [syn: Nobel, Alfred Nobel, Alfred Bernhard Nobel]
• noel 0
  n 1: period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 [syn: Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel]
• purcell 0
  n 1: English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695) [syn: Purcell, Henry Purcell]
• rozelle 0
  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]
• raphael 0
  n 1: Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520) [syn: Raphael, Raffaello Santi, Raffaello Sanzio] 2: an archangel of the Hebrew tradition
• rockwell 0
  n 1: United States illustrator whose works present a sentimental idealized view of everyday life (1894-1978) [syn: Rockwell, Norman Rockwell]
• befell 0
• carvel 0
• heck 0
• nouvelle 0
• yecch 0
• carvell 0
• keck 0
• rec 0
• reck 0
• sneck 0
• teck 0
• zech 0
• nadel 0
• accel 0
• kanell 0
• dalziel 0
• adel 0
• adele 0
• adell 0

See also well definition and well synonyms