7 Letter 9 Letter 9 Letter Countdown Words Ending With L

AAL (3) AIL (3) [noun] An ailment; trouble; illness. | [verb] To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.) | [verb] To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled. | [adjective] Painful; troublesome. | [noun] The awn of barley or other types of corn. ALL (3) [noun] (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of. | [noun] The totality of one's possessions. | [adjective] All gone; dead. AWL (6) [noun] A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc. | [noun] Any of various hesperiid butterflies. BAL (5) [noun] A festival or celebration, especially a masked ball. | [noun] In Indian English, a child or young person. BEL (5) [noun] A measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively. | [noun] A tropical fruit tree from India, Aegle marmelos. | [noun] The fruit of the tree, also called the wood apple. CEL (5) [noun] A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film. | [noun] Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried. | [noun] (by extension) Abstinence from sexual relations. COL (5) [noun] A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks. | [noun] A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions. DAL (4) [noun] Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils. | [noun] A dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc. | [noun] A tropical herb with yellow flowers; the pigeon pea. DEL (4) [noun] The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator. | [noun] The symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential | [noun] A part, portion | [noun] A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy DOL (4) [noun] The unit of measurement for pain. EEL (3) [noun] Any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes. | [noun] The European eel, Anguilla anguilla. | [verb] To fish for eels. ELL (3) [noun] A measure for cloth. An English ell was 1 1/4 yards (45 inches), whereas a Scottish ell measured only about 37 inches and a Flemish ell was 3/4 yard (27 inches). | [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter L. | [noun] An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building. FIL (6) [noun] A Nordic dairy product, similar to yogurt, but using different bacteria which give a different taste and texture. GAL (4) [noun] A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints | [noun] Exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon | [noun] 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon") | [noun] A young woman. | [noun] A galileo (a unit of acceleration). GEL (4) [noun] A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal. | [noun] Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair. | [verb] To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc). | [noun] A girl. GUL (4) ILL (3) [noun] (often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity. | [noun] Harm or injury. | [noun] Evil; moral wrongfulness. MEL (5) MIL (5) [noun] An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries. | [noun] A unit of measurement equal to 1⁄1000 of an inch, usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic. | [noun] A former subdivision (1/1000) of the Maltese lira MOL (5) [noun] In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.) as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12. Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. NIL (3) [noun] Nothing; zero. OIL (3) [noun] Liquid fat. | [noun] Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant. | [noun] An oil painting. | [verb] To lubricate with oil. OWL (6) [noun] Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. | [noun] (by extension) A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active. | [noun] The owl pigeon. PAL (5) [noun] A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with. | [noun] An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way. | [verb] Be friends with, hang around with. POL (5) [noun] A politician. PUL (5) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Afghan afghani. SAL (3) [noun] Salt | [noun] Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree. SEL (3) SOL (3) [noun] The fifth step in the solfège scale of C (Ut), preceded by fa and followed by la. | [noun] A solar day on Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds). | [noun] A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value. | [noun] A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid. | [noun] An old French coin worth 12 deniers. TEL (3) [noun] A message transmitted by telegraph. | [noun] An apparatus, or a process, for communicating rapidly between distant points, especially by means of established visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical means. | [noun] A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take. | [noun] A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold. TIL (3) [preposition] Until, till | [preposition] ~ to: as far as; down to; up to, until | [conjunction] Until, till | [noun] The sesame plant

ACYL (9) [noun] Any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid. AMYL (9) [noun] Pentyl | [adjective] Of or pertaining to starch ANAL (4) [noun] Any of the anal scales of a reptile. | [noun] Anal sex. | [adjective] Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. ANIL (4) [noun] A West Indian shrub from which indigo dye is obtained. | [noun] The indigo dye itself. ARIL (4) [noun] A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates. ARYL (7) [noun] Any univalent organic radical derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon by removing a hydrogen atom. AWOL (7) [noun] Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed. | [noun] A person who holds AWOL status. | [noun] (generic) Somebody who is absent without permission. AXAL (11) AXEL (11) [noun] A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air. AXIL (11) [noun] The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. BAAL (6) [noun] A deity worshipped in ancient Phoenician and Hebrew cultures. | [noun] In Scrabble, a valid word referring to a false god or idol. BAIL (6) [noun] Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial. | [noun] Release from imprisonment on payment of such money. | [noun] The person providing such payment. | [verb] To exit quickly. | [noun] A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket). | [verb] To confine. BALL (6) [noun] A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass. | [noun] A round or ellipsoidal object. | [noun] (mildly, usually in the plural) A testicle. | [noun] A formal dance. BAWL (9) [noun] A loud, intense shouting or wailing. | [verb] To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner. | [verb] To wail; to give out a blaring cry. BELL (6) [noun] A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck. | [noun] The sounding of a bell as a signal. | [noun] A telephone call. | [noun] The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut. BILL (6) [noun] Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff. | [noun] A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. | [noun] Somebody armed with a bill; a billman. | [noun] The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal. | [noun] A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.) | [noun] The bell, or boom, of the bittern. BIRL (6) [verb] To pour a drink (for). | [verb] To drink deeply or excessively; carouse. | [noun] A girl of boyish appearance. BOIL (6) [noun] A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection. | [noun] The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour. | [noun] A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood. BOLL (6) [noun] The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant. | [noun] An old dry measure equal to six bushels. | [verb] To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed. BOWL (9) [noun] A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items. | [noun] As much as is held by a bowl. | [noun] A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl. | [noun] The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls. BUHL (9) [noun] A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works. | [noun] Furniture having ornamentation of this kind. BULL (6) [noun] An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen. | [noun] A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age. | [noun] Any adult male bovine. | [verb] To force oneself (in a particular direction). | [noun] A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope. | [noun] A lie. | [noun] (16th century) A bubble. BURL (6) [noun] A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner. | [noun] Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth. | [noun] A knot or lump in thread or cloth. BYRL (9) CALL (6) [noun] A telephone conversation. | [noun] A short visit, usually for social purposes. | [noun] A visit by a ship or boat to a port. CARL (6) [noun] A rude, rustic man; a churl. | [noun] A stingy person; a niggard. | [verb] To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly. CAUL (6) [noun] A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen. | [noun] (often capitalized, used on maps) An entry to a mill lead taken from a burn or stream (a mill lead (or mill waterway) is generally smaller than a canal but moves a large volume of water). | [noun] A membrane. CEIL (6) [verb] To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar. | [verb] To set a higher bound. | [noun] A ceiling | [noun] The overhead closure of a room. CELL (6) [noun] A single-room dwelling for a hermit. | [noun] A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment. | [noun] A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person. | [noun] A cellular phone. COAL (6) [noun] A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel. | [noun] A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English) | [noun] A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof. COIL (6) [noun] Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral. | [noun] Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped. | [noun] A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow. | [noun] A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil. COOL (6) [noun] A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness. | [noun] A calm temperament. | [noun] The property of being cool, popular or in fashion. | [verb] To lose heat, to get colder. COWL (9) [noun] A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it. | [noun] A mask that covers the majority of the head. | [noun] A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling. | [noun] A vessel carried on a pole, a soe. | [noun] A caul (the amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth). CULL (6) [noun] A selection. | [noun] An organised killing of selected animals. | [noun] (farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded. | [noun] A fool, gullible person; a dupe. CURL (6) [noun] A piece or lock of curling hair; a ringlet. | [noun] A curved stroke or shape. | [noun] A spin making the trajectory of an object curve. DAHL (8) DEAL (5) [noun] A division, a portion, a share. | [noun] (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good). | [noun] An act of dealing or sharing out. | [noun] Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir). DEIL (5) DELL (5) [noun] A valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep. | [noun] A young woman; a wench. DHAL (8) [noun] Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils. | [noun] A dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc. | [noun] A tropical herb with yellow flowers; the pigeon pea. DIAL (5) [noun] A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed). | [noun] A clock face. | [noun] A sundial. DIEL (5) [adjective] Having a 24-hour period regardless of day or night. DILL (5) [noun] Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed. | [noun] A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring | [noun] A fool. | [verb] To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain. DIOL (5) [noun] Any organic compound having two hydroxy functional groups DIRL (5) DOLL (5) [noun] A toy in the form of a human. | [noun] (sometimes offensive) An attractive young woman | [noun] A term of endearment: darling, sweetheart. DUAL (5) [noun] Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair. | [noun] Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces. | [noun] (grammar) dual number The grammatical number of a noun marking two of something (as in singular, dual, plural), sometimes referring to two of anything (a couple of, exactly two of), or a chirality-marked pair (as in left and right, as with gloves or shoes) or in some languages as a discourse marker, "between you and me". A few languages display trial number. DUEL (5) [noun] Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor. | [noun] Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat) | [noun] Any struggle between two contending persons, groups or ideas. DULL (5) [verb] To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp. | [verb] To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy. | [verb] To lose a sharp edge; to become dull. EARL (4) [noun] (nobility) A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts. EGAL (5) ENOL (4) EVIL (7) [noun] Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good. | [noun] Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief. | [noun] A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula). | [adverb] Wickedly, evilly, iniquitously FAIL (7) [noun] Poor quality; substandard workmanship. | [noun] A failure (condition of being unsuccessful) | [noun] A failure (something incapable of success) | [noun] A piece of turf cut from grassland. FALL (7) [noun] The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity. | [noun] A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc. | [noun] The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. | [noun] The chasing of a hunted whale. FARL (7) [noun] A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake. | [noun] Any such cake or bread, now particularly used for Irish specialities as soda farls and potato farls. | [verb] To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag) FEAL (7) FEEL (7) [noun] A quality of an object experienced by touch. | [noun] A vague mental impression. | [noun] An act of fondling. | [adjective] Much; many. FELL (7) [noun] A cutting-down of timber. | [noun] The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down. | [noun] The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft. | [noun] An animal skin, hide, pelt. | [noun] (obsolete outside Britain) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains. | [adjective] Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage. | [noun] Anger; gall; melancholy. | [noun] The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting. | [verb] (heading) To be moved downwards. FILL (7) [verb] To occupy fully, to take up all of. | [verb] To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full. | [verb] To enter (something), making it full. | [noun] (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount. | [noun] One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. FOAL (7) [noun] A young horse or related animal, especially just after birth or less than a year old. | [noun] A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub. | [verb] To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring. FOIL (7) [noun] A very thin sheet of metal. | [noun] Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food. | [noun] A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant. | [noun] Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage. | [noun] The track of an animal. | [verb] To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials. | [verb] To defile; to soil. FOOL (7) [noun] A person with poor judgment or little intelligence. | [noun] A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages). | [noun] Someone who derives pleasure from something specified. FOUL (7) [adjective] Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty. | [adjective] (of words or a way of speaking) obscene, vulgar or abusive. | [adjective] Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome. | [noun] A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball. FOWL (10) [noun] A bird. | [noun] A bird of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail. | [noun] Birds which are hunted or kept for food, including Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans. | [adjective] Foul FUEL (7) [noun] Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction. | [noun] Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food. | [noun] Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action. FULL (7) [adjective] Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available. | [adjective] Complete; with nothing omitted. | [adjective] Total, entire. | [noun] Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill. | [verb] To baptise. | [verb] To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing, to waulk, walk FURL (7) [verb] To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag) GALL (5) [noun] Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver. | [noun] The gall bladder. | [noun] Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances. | [noun] A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii. GAOL (5) [noun] A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. | [noun] Confinement in a jail. | [noun] The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days). GILL (5) [noun] (animal anatomy) a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals | [noun] (of a fish) a gill slit or gill cover | [noun] One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne | [noun] A drink measure for spirits and wine (size varies regionally but it is about one quarter of a pint) | [noun] Rivulet | [noun] A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber | [noun] A leech | [noun] A female ferret GIRL (5) [noun] A female child, adolescent, or a young woman. | [noun] A young female animal. | [noun] (sometimes offensive) A woman, especially a young woman GOAL (5) [noun] A result that one is attempting to achieve. | [noun] In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object. | [noun] The act of placing the object into the goal. GULL (5) [noun] A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae. | [noun] Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora. | [noun] A cheating trick; a fraud. HAIL (7) [noun] Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm. | [verb] Of hail, to fall from the sky. | [verb] To send or release hail. | [verb] To greet; give salutation to; salute. HALL (7) [noun] A corridor; a hallway. | [noun] A meeting room. | [noun] A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion). HARL (7) HAUL (7) [noun] An act of hauling or pulling, particularly with force; a (violent) pull or tug. | [noun] The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long. | [noun] An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish, illegal loot, or items purchased on a shopping trip. HEAL (7) [noun] A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment. | [noun] Health | [verb] To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure. | [verb] To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure. HEEL (7) [noun] The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg. | [noun] The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel. | [noun] The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot. | [noun] The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant. | [verb] To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure. HEIL (7) HELL (7) HERL (7) [noun] A strand of hair | [noun] The fibrous shaft or barb of a feather (especially that of the ostrich or peacock) used to make artificial flies for angling | [noun] An artificial fly made with this barb HILL (7) [noun] An elevated location smaller than a mountain. | [noun] A sloping road. | [noun] A heap of earth surrounding a plant. HOWL (10) [noun] The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound. | [noun] A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail. | [verb] To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. HULL (7) [noun] The outer covering of a fruit or seed. | [noun] Any covering. | [verb] To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed. | [noun] The body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane. HURL (7) [noun] A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling. | [noun] The act of vomiting. | [noun] The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley. IDOL (5) [noun] A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power. | [noun] A cultural icon, or especially popular person. | [noun] (originally Japan) Popular entertainer; usually young, captivating, attractive; and often female, with an image of being close to fans. IDYL (8) [noun] Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the Idylls. | [noun] An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience. | [noun] A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner. JAIL (11) [noun] A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. | [noun] Confinement in a jail. | [noun] The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days). JARL (11) [noun] A medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark. JELL (11) [noun] A jelly or gel | [verb] To gel JILL (11) [verb] (of a female) To masturbate. | [noun] A female ferret. JOWL (14) [noun] The jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible. | [verb] To throw, dash, or knock. | [noun] A fold of fatty flesh under the chin, around the cheeks, or lower jaw (as a dewlap, wattle, crop, or double chin). KAIL (8) [noun] Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables. | [noun] A broth made with kale or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner. | [noun] An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) KEEL (8) [noun] Red chalk; ruddle. | [verb] To mark with ruddle. | [verb] To put to death; to extinguish the life of. KILL (8) [noun] The act of killing. | [noun] Specifically, the death blow. | [noun] The result of killing; that which has been killed. | [noun] (north-east US) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea. | [noun] A kiln. KOEL (8) [noun] A cuckoo of the genus Eudynamys, native to Asia, Australia and the Pacific. KOHL (11) [noun] A dark powder (usually powdered antimony) used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries; stibnite. | [verb] To decorate one's eyes with kohl. LALL (4) LEAL (4) [adjective] Loyal, honest. | [adjective] True, genuine. LOLL (4) [verb] To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. | [verb] To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. | [verb] To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way. LULL (4) [noun] A period of rest or soothing. | [noun] A period of reduced activity; a respite | [noun] A period without waves or wind. MAIL (6) [noun] A bag or wallet. | [noun] A bag containing letters to be delivered by post. | [noun] The material conveyed by the postal service. | [noun] Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together. | [noun] An old French coin worth half a denier. MALL (6) [noun] A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct. | [noun] An enclosed shopping centre. | [noun] An alley where the game of pall mall was played. MARL (6) [noun] A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. | [verb] To cover with the earthy substance called marl. | [verb] To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding. MAUL (6) [noun] A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat. | [noun] A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier. | [verb] To handle someone or something in a rough way. MEAL (6) [noun] Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack). | [noun] Food served or eaten as a repast. | [noun] A time or an occasion. | [noun] The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour or a coarser blend than flour. | [noun] A speck or spot. MELL (6) MERL (6) [noun] The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula. | [noun] Any blackbird. | [noun] A type of mottled colouration on dogs. MEWL (9) [noun] A soft cry or whimper; an act of mewling. | [verb] To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine. MILL (6) [noun] A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. | [noun] The building housing such a grinding apparatus. | [noun] A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process. | [noun] An obsolete coin worth one thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent. | [noun] An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries. | [noun] A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games. | [noun] (trading card games) Discarding a card from one's deck. MOIL (6) [noun] Hard work. | [noun] Confusion, turmoil. | [noun] A spot; a defilement. | [noun] The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather. MOLL (6) [noun] A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute. | [noun] A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals. | [noun] Bitch, slut; an insulting epithet applied to a female. | [adjective] Minor; in the minor mode MOOL (6) MULL (6) [noun] A thin, soft muslin. | [noun] Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking. | [noun] A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers. | [noun] A promontory. | [noun] Dirt; rubbish NAIL (4) [noun] The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals. | [noun] The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera. | [noun] The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds. | [verb] To fix (an object) to another object using a nail. NILL (4) NOEL (4) [noun] Christmas | [noun] A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol. NOIL (4) [noun] A short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns. Sometimes it is referred to as 'Raw Silk', although this is somewhat of a misnomer. NURL (4) OBOL (6) [noun] A silver coin of Ancient Greece. | [noun] A weight, equivalent to one sixth of a drachma. ODYL (8) OPAL (6) [noun] A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O. | [noun] A colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UGA." | [noun] Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Nesolycaena. ORAL (4) [noun] A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class. | [noun] A physical examination of the mouth. | [noun] Oral sex. OVAL (7) [noun] An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse. | [noun] A thing having such a shape, such as an arena. | [noun] In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point. PAIL (6) [noun] A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover). | [noun] (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container. PALL (6) [noun] Senses relating to cloth. | [noun] Senses relating to clothing. | [verb] To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall. | [verb] To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken. | [noun] A feeling of nausea caused by disgust or overindulgence. PAWL (9) [noun] A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction. | [noun] A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets. | [verb] To stop with a pawl. PEAL (6) [noun] A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc. | [noun] A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale. | [noun] The changes rung on a set of bells. | [noun] A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. PEEL (6) [noun] (usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc. | [noun] The action of peeling away from a formation. | [noun] A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate. | [noun] A stake. | [noun] A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven. | [noun] An equal or match; a draw. | [verb] To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own). | [verb] To plunder; to pillage, rob. | [noun] A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. PIAL (6) PILL (6) [noun] A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. | [noun] (definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill. | [noun] A comical or entertaining person. | [noun] The peel or skin. | [noun] An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay. POLL (6) [noun] A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. | [noun] A formal election. | [noun] A polling place (usually as plural, polling places) | [noun] A pet parrot. | [noun] (Cambridge University) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman. POOL (6) [noun] A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water. | [noun] A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle. | [noun] A supply of resources. | [noun] (game) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game. PULL (6) [noun] An act of pulling (applying force) | [noun] An attractive force which causes motion towards the source | [noun] Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope PURL (6) [noun] A particular stitch in knitting; an inversion of stitches giving the work a ribbed or waved appearance. | [noun] The edge of lace trimmed with loops. | [noun] An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band. | [noun] A heavy or headlong fall; an upset. | [noun] A circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple. | [noun] Ale or beer spiced with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic. | [noun] A tern. RAIL (4) [noun] A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing. | [noun] The metal bar that makes the track for a railroad. | [noun] A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation. | [noun] Any of several birds in the family Rallidae. | [verb] To complain violently (against, about). | [noun] An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress. | [verb] (of a liquid) To gush, flow. REAL (4) [noun] A commodity; see realty. | [noun] (grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages. | [noun] A real number. | [noun] Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies. | [noun] A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942. REEL (4) [noun] A shaky or unsteady gait. | [noun] A lively dance originating in Scotland; also, the music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel. | [noun] A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound. RIAL (4) [noun] The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen. | [noun] An old gold coin of England. RIEL (4) [noun] The monetary unit of Cambodia, equivalent to 100 sen or 10 kak. Symbol: ៛ RILL (4) [noun] A very small brook; a streamlet. | [verb] To trickle, pour, or run like a small stream. | [noun] A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies. ROIL (4) [verb] To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of. | [verb] To annoy; to make someone angry. | [verb] To bubble, seethe. ROLL (4) [noun] The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled. | [noun] A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble. | [noun] Something which rolls. | [noun] That which is rolled up. ROTL (4) SAIL (4) [noun] A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes. | [noun] (nautical,uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance. | [noun] The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport. | [verb] To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power. SALL (4) SAUL (4) SEAL (4) [noun] A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal. | [noun] A bearing representing a creature something like a walrus. | [verb] To hunt seals. | [noun] A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax. | [verb] To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls. SEEL (4) [adjective] Good; fortunate; opportune; happy. | [noun] Good fortune; happiness; bliss. | [noun] Opportunity; time; season. | [verb] To sew together the eyes of a young hawk. | [noun] The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. SELL (4) [noun] An act of selling. | [noun] An easy task. | [noun] An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity. | [noun] A seat or stool. | [noun] A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope). SHUL (7) [noun] The synagogue. SIAL (4) [noun] The rocks rich in silicon and aluminum that form the upper layer of the earth's crust, which lies beneath all continental landmasses. SILL (4) [noun] (also window sill) A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window. | [noun] A horizontal, structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings or lying on the ground in earth-fast construction and bearing the upright portion of a frame. Also called a ground plate, groundsill, sole, sole-plate, mudsill. An interrupted sill fits between posts instead of being below and supporting the posts in timber framing. | [noun] A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds. | [noun] A young herring. | [noun] The shaft or thill of a carriage. SOIL (4) [noun] A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth. | [noun] The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants. | [noun] The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics. | [noun] Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes. | [noun] A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted. | [verb] To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food. SOUL (4) [noun] The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality. Often believed to live on after the person's death. | [noun] The spirit or essence of anything. | [noun] Life, energy, vigor. | [verb] To afford suitable sustenance. TAEL (4) [noun] Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams. | [noun] Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver. | [noun] Leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms TAIL (4) [noun] The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus. | [noun] An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails. | [noun] The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything. | [noun] Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs. TALL (4) [noun] (possibly nonstandard) Someone or something that is tall. | [adjective] (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall. | [adjective] (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high. TEAL (4) [noun] Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks. | [noun] A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan. | [adjective] Having a bluish-green colour TEEL (4) TELL (4) [noun] A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold. | [noun] That which is told; a tale or account. | [noun] A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper. | [noun] A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements. TILL (4) [preposition] Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time). | [preposition] To, up to (physically). | [preposition] To make it possible that. | [noun] A cash register. | [verb] To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.). | [noun] Glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders | [noun] A vetch; a tare. TIRL (4) TOIL (4) [noun] Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature. | [noun] Trouble, strife. | [noun] (usually in plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey. TOLL (4) [noun] Loss or damage incurred through a disaster. | [noun] A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc. | [noun] A fee for using any kind of material processing service. | [noun] The act or sound of tolling | [verb] To draw; pull; tug; drag. | [verb] To take away; to vacate; to annul. TOOL (4) [noun] A mechanical device intended to make a task easier. | [noun] Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade. | [noun] Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means. VAIL (7) [noun] Profit; return; proceeds. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale. | [noun] Submission. | [noun] Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. VEAL (7) [noun] The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food. VEIL (7) [noun] Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. | [noun] A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. | [noun] The calyptra of mosses. VIAL (7) [noun] A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical. | [verb] To put or keep in, or as in, a vial. VILL (7) [noun] The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish. | [noun] A villa; a country residence. | [verb] (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something). VIOL (7) [noun] A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold. | [verb] To play the viol. VIRL (7) WAIL (7) [noun] A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish. | [noun] Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl. | [noun] A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster. | [verb] To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt. WALL (7) [noun] A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes. | [noun] A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc. | [noun] Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure. | [verb] To boil. | [noun] A spring of water. | [noun] A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale. | [interjection] Used to acknowledge a statement or situation. WAUL (7) [verb] To wail, to cry plaintively. WAWL (10) WEAL (7) [noun] Wealth, riches. | [noun] Welfare, prosperity. | [noun] (by extension) Boon, benefit. | [noun] A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt. WEEL (7) [noun] A whirlpool. | [noun] A kind of trap for catching fish; a weely. | [verb] (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something). WELL (7) [adjective] In good health. | [adjective] Good, content. | [adjective] Prudent; good; well-advised. | [noun] A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids. | [verb] To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. WILL (7) [verb] (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something). | [verb] (nowadays rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that). | [verb] (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action). | [noun] One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. | [verb] To wish, desire. WOOL (7) [noun] The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants. | [noun] A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep. | [noun] Anything with a texture like that of wool. YAWL (10) [noun] A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars. | [noun] A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post. | [verb] To cry out; to howl. YELL (7) [noun] A shout. | [noun] A phrase to be shouted. | [verb] Shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice. | [adjective] Dry (of cow) YILL (7) YOWL (10) [noun] A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl. | [verb] Utter a yowl. | [verb] Express by yowling; utter with a yowl. ZEAL (13) [noun] The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest. | [noun] A person who exhibits such fervour or tireless devotion. | [noun] The collective noun for a group of zebras. ZILL (13)

ABOIL (7) AFOUL (8) [adverb] (principally nautical) In a state of collision or entanglement. | [adverb] (with of) In a state of entanglement or conflict (with). AHULL (8) [adverb] On or toward the hull of a ship; in or toward the direction of the hull. ALDOL (6) [noun] Any aldehyde or ketone having a hydroxy group in the beta- position ALGAL (6) [noun] An alga. | [adjective] Pertaining to, or like, algae ALKYL (12) [noun] Any of a series of univalent radicals of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons. ALLYL (8) [noun] (especially in combination) The univalent radical, CH2=CH-CH2-, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard. AMPUL (9) [noun] A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection. | [noun] An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel. | [noun] A vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil. ANGEL (6) [noun] An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes. | [noun] (Abrahamic tradition) One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues. | [noun] A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness. | [noun] A person who has Angelman syndrome. ANNAL (5) [noun] The record of a single event or item. ANNUL (5) [verb] To formally revoke the validity of. | [verb] To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid. ANVIL (8) [noun] A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped. | [noun] An incus bone in the middle ear. | [noun] A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails. APPAL (9) [verb] To fill with horror; to dismay. | [verb] To make pale; to blanch. | [verb] To weaken; to reduce in strength APPEL (9) [noun] A stamp of the foot in fencing to signal readiness or to distract an opponent. AREAL (5) [adjective] Relating to or denoting an area or surface. | [noun] A unit of metric land area equal to 100 square meters. ARGAL (6) [noun] A crust of tartar formed during the fermentation of wine. | [adverb] Therefore; consequently (archaic). ARGIL (6) [noun] Potter's clay. ARGOL (6) [noun] Potassium tartrate ARIEL (5) [noun] A kind of mountain gazelle, native to Arabia. ARTAL (5) [noun] A unit of weight used in some Muslim countries, typically equal to about 2.8 pounds or roughly 1.3 kilograms. ARTEL (5) [noun] A Russian or Soviet craftsmen's collective. ARVAL (8) [adjective] Relating to plowed land or fields; of or pertaining to arable land. ATOLL (5) [noun] A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls AURAL (5) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the ear. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to sound. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to an aura. AVAIL (8) [noun] Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions). | [noun] Proceeds; profits from business transactions. | [noun] An advertising slot or package. AWFUL (11) [adjective] Very bad. | [adjective] Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively. | [adjective] Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible. AXIAL (12) [noun] A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds. | [noun] A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth. | [adjective] Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis BABEL (9) [noun] A confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages. | [noun] A place or scene of noise and confusion. | [noun] A tall, looming structure. BABUL (9) [noun] A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica. BAGEL (8) [noun] A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked. | [noun] A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero). | [noun] An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man. BANAL (7) [adjective] Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh. | [adjective] (history) Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service. BASAL (7) [noun] Base, bottom, minimum | [noun] Any basal structure or part | [adjective] Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin. BASIL (7) [noun] A plant (Ocimum basilicum). | [noun] The leaves of this plant used as a herb. | [noun] Any other species in the genus Ocimum. | [noun] The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away. | [noun] The skin of a sheep tanned with bark. BEDEL (8) [noun] An administrative official at universities in several European countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students. BERYL (10) [noun] A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone. | [noun] An example (a stone) of the mineral beryl. | [noun] A dull blueish green colour. BETEL (7) [noun] Either of two plants often used in combination: | [noun] A quid (chewing preparation) containing these and other plant materials; paan. BEVEL (10) [noun] An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer. | [noun] An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; a bevel square. | [verb] To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer. BEZEL (16) [noun] The sloping edge or face on a cutting tool. | [noun] The oblique side or face of a cut gem; especially the upper faceted portion of a brilliant (diamond), which projects from its setting. | [noun] The rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, such as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set; the collet. BEZIL (16) [noun] The slanted edge or face of a gem or precious stone, typically at the sides or back of a stone in a setting. | [noun] A groove or channel cut into a surface at an angle. BINAL (7) BORAL (7) BOTEL (7) [noun] A floating hotel; a boat that acts as a hotel BOWEL (10) [noun] A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine. | [noun] (in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach. | [noun] (in the plural) The (deep) interior of something. BRAIL (7) [noun] A small rope used to truss up sails. | [noun] A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing. | [noun] A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched. BRAWL (10) [noun] A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved. | [verb] To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel. | [verb] To create a disturbance; to complain loudly. | [verb] To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake. | [noun] A dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance. BRILL (7) [noun] A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus. | [adjective] Wonderful, amusing. Denotes approval of the noun it is applied to, comparable to "cool". BROIL (7) [noun] Food prepared by broiling. | [verb] To cook by direct, radiant heat. | [verb] To expose to great heat. | [noun] A brawl; a rowdy disturbance. BUBAL (9) [noun] An extinct subspecies of the hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus, which was formerly native to northern Africa. BUTYL (10) [noun] Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C4H9, formally derived from butane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. | [noun] A synthetic rubber made by the polymerization of isobutylene. CABAL (9) [noun] # A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose. | [noun] A secret plot. | [noun] An identifiable group within the tradition of Discordianism. CAMEL (9) [noun] A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus. | [noun] A light brownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown). | [noun] Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle. | [noun] A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, which make it the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones. CANAL (7) [noun] An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation. | [noun] A tubular channel within the body. | [noun] One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars. CAROL (7) [noun] A small closet or enclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. | [noun] Hence, a partially partitioned space for studying or reading, often in a library. CAVIL (10) [noun] A petty or trivial objection or criticism. | [verb] To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons. CECAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a cecum, a pouch-like structure at the beginning of the large intestine. | [adjective] Ending in a blind pouch or closed end. CEORL (7) [noun] An Anglo-Saxon churl. CHIEL (10) [noun] A Scottish word for a child or young man. | [noun] A fellow or guy. CHILL (10) [noun] A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness. | [noun] A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness. | [noun] An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold. CHURL (10) [noun] A rustic; a countryman or labourer; a free peasant (as opposed to a serf). | [noun] A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor. | [noun] A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. CIBOL (9) CIVIL (10) [adjective] Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion. | [adjective] Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner. | [adjective] Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters. COMAL (9) [noun] A thin, griddle-like pan used in Mexican cooking for making tortillas and roasting foods. COPAL (9) [noun] A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink. CORAL (7) [noun] A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps. | [noun] A colony of marine polyps. | [noun] A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral. COXAL (14) CRAAL (7) CRAWL (10) [noun] The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops. | [noun] A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick. | [noun] A very slow pace. | [noun] A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish. CREEL (7) [noun] An osier basket, such as anglers use to hold fish. | [noun] A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule. | [verb] To place (fish) in a creel. CRUEL (7) [verb] To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success) | [verb] To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive. | [adjective] Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless. | [noun] Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery. CUPEL (9) [noun] A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead. | [verb] To refine by means of a cupel. CYMOL (12) DECAL (8) [noun] A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily. | [noun] A decorative sticker. | [verb] To apply decals to. DEDAL (7) DEVEL (9) DEVIL (9) [noun] An evil creature. | [noun] (with article) The chief devil; Satan. | [noun] A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior. DOMAL (8) [adjective] Of or relating to a dome. | [adjective] In the shape of a dome. | [adjective] Of or relating to an astrological house. DOTAL (6) DOWEL (9) [noun] A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position. | [noun] A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from. | [noun] A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it. DRAIL (6) [noun] A hook with a lead shank. | [noun] The piece of lead around the shank of such a hook. | [noun] The iron bow of a plough from which the traces draw. DRAWL (9) [noun] A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots. | [verb] To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently. | [verb] To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance. DRILL (6) [noun] A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece. | [noun] The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit. | [noun] An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence. | [noun] An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made. | [noun] A small trickling stream; a rill. | [verb] To entice or allure; to decoy; with on. | [noun] An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face. | [noun] A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave. DROLL (6) [noun] A funny person; a buffoon, a wag. | [verb] To jest, to joke. | [adjective] Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish. DROOL (6) [noun] Saliva trickling from the mouth. | [noun] Stupid talk. | [verb] To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food. DUCAL (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they hold. DURAL (6) DWELL (9) [noun] A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state. | [noun] A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed. | [noun] A planned delay in a timed control program. DYNEL (9) EASEL (5) [noun] An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas. ENROL (5) [verb] To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list | [verb] To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of | [verb] To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something) EQUAL (14) [noun] A person or thing of equal status to others. | [noun] State of being equal; equality. | [verb] To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to. ERVIL (8) ETHYL (11) [noun] The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. EXCEL (14) [verb] To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something. | [verb] To be much better than others. | [verb] To exceed, to go beyond EXPEL (14) [verb] To eject or erupt. | [verb] To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.). | [verb] To remove from membership. EXTOL (12) [verb] To praise; to make high. FATAL (8) [noun] A fatality; an event that leads to death. | [noun] A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate. | [adjective] Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny. FECAL (10) [adjective] Of or relating to feces. FERAL (8) [noun] A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans. | [noun] A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly. | [noun] A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle. FETAL (8) [adjective] Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus. FINAL (8) [noun] A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class. | [noun] The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined. | [noun] A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.). FLAIL (8) [noun] A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material. | [noun] A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain. | [verb] To beat using a flail or similar implement. FOCAL (10) [adjective] Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus | [adjective] Limited to a small area FRAIL (8) [noun] A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins. | [noun] The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail. | [noun] A rush for weaving baskets. FRILL (8) [noun] A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim. | [noun] A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric. | [noun] A wrinkled edge to a film. | [verb] To shake or shiver as with cold (with reference to a hawk). FUGAL (9) [adjective] Relating to a fugue | [adjective] Relating to flight (fleeing) FUSEL (8) FUSIL (8) [noun] A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge. | [noun] A light flintlock musket or firelock. | [adjective] That can be melted; meltable. FUZIL (17) GAVEL (9) [noun] Rent. | [noun] Usury; interest on money. | [noun] An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally. | [noun] A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction. | [noun] A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle. | [noun] A gable. GAYAL (9) [noun] Bos frontalis, a Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle. GHOUL (9) [noun] (Muslim demonology) A demon said to feed on corpses. | [noun] A graverobber. | [noun] A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive. GHYLL (12) [noun] A ravine. GIMEL (8) GLIAL (6) GNARL (6) [noun] A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree. | [noun] Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs. | [verb] To knot or twist something. | [verb] To snarl or growl; to gnar. GORAL (6) [noun] A type of Asian ungulate ruminant, now defined as any of the four species of the genus Naemorhedus. GRAAL (6) GRAIL (6) [noun] The Holy Grail. | [noun] The object of an extended or difficult quest.http//www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grail | [noun] A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual. | [noun] Small particles of earth; gravel. | [noun] One of the small feathers of a hawk. GRILL (6) [noun] A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack. | [noun] On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it. | [noun] A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English | [verb] To make angry; provoke; incite. | [noun] Harm. GROWL (9) [noun] A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal. | [noun] (by extension) The rumbling sound made by a person's stomach when hungry. | [noun] (by extension) An aggressive grumbling. GRUEL (6) [noun] A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill. | [verb] To exhaust; use up; disable; to punish. GYRAL (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a gyrus | [adjective] Moving circularly or spirally; gyratory; whirling. HADAL (9) [adjective] Of or relating to the deepest parts of the ocean. HAMAL (10) HAZEL (17) [noun] A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts. | [noun] The nut of the hazel tree. | [noun] The wood of a hazelnut tree. HEMAL (10) [adjective] Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels. | [adjective] Ventral rather than neural. HEXYL (18) [noun] Any of many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C6H13, formally derived from hexane by the loss of a hydrogen atom HORAL (8) [adjective] Of or relating to an hour, or to hours. HOSEL (8) [noun] The portion of the head of a golf club to which the shaft of the club attaches. | [noun] (slang) A semester, in the context of a course of study which should be enjoyable as opposed to required work. HOTEL (8) [noun] A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France. | [noun] An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain. | [noun] A restaurant; any dining establishment. HOVEL (11) [noun] An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. | [noun] A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. | [noun] In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. IDEAL (6) [noun] A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at. | [noun] A subring closed under multiplication by its containing ring. | [noun] (lattice theory) A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins). IDYLL (9) [noun] Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the Idylls. | [noun] An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience. | [noun] A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner. ILEAL (5) ILIAL (5) IMPEL (9) [verb] To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation. | [verb] To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action. INDOL (6) JACAL (14) [noun] A wattle-and-mud hut common in Mexico and the south-western US. JEBEL (14) [noun] A hill, a mountain (especially in the Middle East or North Africa). JEWEL (15) [noun] A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone. | [noun] A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery. | [noun] Anything precious or valuable. JOUAL (12) [noun] The dialect of working-class Quebecers. JUGAL (13) [noun] A bone found in the skull of most reptiles, amphibians and birds; the equivalent of a malar in mammals. | [adjective] Relating to a yoke or marriage. | [adjective] Pertaining to the jugal bone. JURAL (12) [adjective] Of or pertaining to law. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to moral rights and obligations. JUREL (12) KETOL (9) KEVEL (12) [noun] A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed. | [noun] A stonemason's hammer. | [noun] A gazelle. KEVIL (12) KNEEL (9) [verb] To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position. | [verb] To cause to kneel. | [verb] To rest on (one's) knees KNELL (9) [noun] The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death). | [noun] A sign of the end or demise of something or someone. | [verb] To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll. KNOLL (9) [noun] A small mound or rounded hill. | [noun] A knell. | [verb] To ring (a bell) mournfully; to knell. | [verb] To arrange related objects in parallel or at 90 degree angles. KNURL (9) [noun] A contorted knot in wood. | [noun] A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection. | [noun] A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip. KRAAL (9) [noun] In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community. | [noun] In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade. | [noun] An enclosure for livestock. KRILL (9) [noun] Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca. KUGEL (10) [noun] A traditional Jewish dish consisting of baked pudding of rice, pasta, or potatoes with vegetables or raisins and spices | [noun] Traditional house ornament made of glass | [noun] Overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish woman LABEL (7) [noun] A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached. | [noun] A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group. | [noun] A company that sells records. LAPEL (7) [noun] Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between. LEGAL (6) [noun] The legal department of a company. | [noun] Paper in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm). | [noun] A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc. LEVEL (8) [noun] A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference. | [noun] A distance relative to a given reference elevation. | [noun] Degree or amount. LIBEL (7) [noun] A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation. | [noun] The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly. | [noun] Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire. LOCAL (7) [noun] A person who lives near a given place. | [noun] A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union. | [noun] A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones. LORAL (5) LOSEL (5) [noun] A worthless or despicable person. | [adjective] Worthless; wasteful. LOYAL (8) [adjective] Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something. | [adjective] Firm in allegiance to a person or institution. | [adjective] Faithful to a person or cause. MAILL (7) MEDAL (8) [noun] A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object. | [noun] A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward. | [verb] To win a medal. METAL (7) [noun] (heading) Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from. | [noun] A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or. | [noun] Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects. MIAUL (7) [noun] The cry of a cat. | [verb] To give the cry of a cat. MODAL (8) [noun] A modal proposition. | [noun] A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary. | [noun] (grammar) A modal verb. MODEL (8) [noun] A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing. | [noun] A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show. | [noun] A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature. MOGUL (8) [noun] A rich or powerful person; a magnate. | [noun] A hump or bump on a skiing piste. | [noun] A larger-sized (39 mm diameter) screw base used for large, high-power light bulbs, known as mogul (screw) base light bulbs. MOHEL (10) [noun] The person who performs the circumcision in a Jewish bris. MOLAL (7) [adjective] Of or designating a solution that contains one mole of solute per 1000g of solvent MORAL (7) [noun] (of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct. | [noun] A morality play. MOREL (7) [noun] Any of several edible mushrooms, especially the common morel or yellow morel. | [noun] Any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. | [noun] A variety of cultivated cherry, Prunus cerasus 'austera', having a dark skin MOTEL (7) [noun] A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there. | [noun] A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel. | [verb] To stay in a motel or motels. MURAL (7) [noun] A large painting, usually drawn on a wall. | [verb] To create a mural. | [adjective] Of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall. NASAL (5) [noun] A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine. | [noun] A vowel or consonant (such as [m] or [n]) articulated with air flowing through the nose. | [noun] Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard. NATAL (5) [adjective] Of or relating to birth. | [adjective] Of or relating to the buttocks. NAVAL (8) [adjective] Of or relating to a navy. | [adjective] Of or relating to ships in general. NAVEL (8) [noun] The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth. | [noun] The central part or point of anything; the middle. | [noun] A navel orange. NEROL (5) NEWEL (8) [noun] A central pillar around which a staircase spirals. | [noun] A sturdy pillar at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting the handrail. | [noun] A novelty; a new thing. NICOL (7) NIDAL (6) NIHIL (8) NIVAL (8) [adjective] Abounding with snow; snowy; snow-covered (now especially in reference to plant habitats). | [adjective] Found or thriving in snowy conditions. NODAL (6) [adjective] Of the nature of, or relating to, a node. | [adjective] Of or relating to the nodus. NONYL (8) [noun] Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C9H19, formally derived from nonane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. NOPAL (7) [noun] A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera; the edible pads (fleshy leaves) of the cactus, considered as food. NOTAL (5) NOVEL (8) [adjective] Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new. | [adjective] Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type. | [noun] A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. | [noun] A novelty; something new. | [noun] A new legal constitution in ancient Rome. OCTAL (7) [noun] The number system that uses the eight digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. | [noun] A digit or value in the octal number system. | [adjective] Concerning numbers expressed in octal or mathematical calculations performed using octal. OCTYL (10) [noun] Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C8H17, formally derived from octane by the loss of a hydrogen atom OFFAL (11) [noun] The internal organs of an animal, used as animal food. | [noun] A by-product of the grain milling process, which may include bran, husks, etc. | [noun] A dead body; carrion. ORIEL (5) [noun] A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall. | [noun] A gallery for minstrels. | [noun] A small apartment next to a hall, used for dining. OSMOL (7) OUSEL (5) [noun] The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula. | [noun] The water ouzel, an aquatic perching bird, Cinclus mexicanus. OUZEL (14) [noun] The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula. | [noun] The water ouzel, an aquatic perching bird, Cinclus mexicanus. PANEL (7) [noun] A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc. | [noun] A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example. | [noun] An individual frame or drawing in a comic. PAPAL (9) [adjective] Having to do with the pope or the papacy. PAROL (7) [noun] A word; an oral utterance. | [noun] Oral declaration; word of mouth. | [noun] A writing not under seal. | [noun] An ornamental star-like Christmas lantern from the Philippines. PEARL (7) [noun] A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery. | [noun] Something precious. | [noun] A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application. PEDAL (8) [noun] A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano | [noun] A foot or footlike part. | [noun] An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on. PENAL (7) [adjective] Of or relating to punishment. | [adjective] Subject to punishment; punishable. | [adjective] Serving as a place of punishment. PERIL (7) [noun] A situation of serious and immediate danger. | [noun] Something that causes, contains, or presents danger. | [noun] An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event. PETAL (7) [noun] One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored. | [noun] Term of endearment. PHIAL (10) [noun] A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines. | [verb] To put or keep in, or as in, a phial. PIBAL (9) PICAL (9) PICUL (9) PIPAL (9) [noun] The sacred fig, Ficus religiosa. PIXEL (14) [noun] One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory. | [noun] One of the squares that make up a pixel art work or a zoomed in image in a computer. | [verb] To create computer graphics by editing individual pixels. PRILL (7) [noun] A rill, a small stream | [noun] A spinning top | [verb] To flow, spurt | [noun] A pellet, a granule, a small bead | [noun] The brill, a kind of flatfish. | [verb] To grow sour. PROWL (10) [noun] The act of prowling. | [verb] To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty. | [verb] To idle; to go about aimlessly. PUPAL (9) PUPIL (9) [noun] A learner under the supervision of a teacher or professor. | [noun] An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state. | [noun] The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina. QUAIL (14) [verb] To waste away; to fade, to wither | [verb] To daunt or frighten (someone) | [verb] To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful. | [noun] Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae. | [verb] To curdle or coagulate, as milk does. QUELL (14) [noun] A subduing. | [verb] To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit. | [verb] To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. | [noun] A source, especially a spring. QUILL (14) [noun] The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs. | [noun] A pen made from a feather. | [noun] Any pen. RATAL (5) RATEL (5) [noun] A carnivorous mammal, Mellivora capensis, found in Africa and some parts of Asia; the honey badger. RAVEL (8) [noun] A snarl; a complication. | [noun] A ravelled thread. | [verb] To tangle; entangle; entwine confusedly, become snarled; thus to involve; perplex; confuse. REBEL (7) [noun] A person who resists an established authority, often violently | [noun] A person from the Confederate States of America | [verb] To resist or become defiant toward an authority. REFEL (8) REGAL (6) [adjective] Of or relating to royalty. | [adjective] Befitting a king, queen, emperor, or empress. | [noun] A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; today it has been revived for the performance of music from those times. RENAL (5) [adjective] Pertaining to the kidneys. REOIL (5) REPEL (7) [verb] To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc. | [verb] To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.). | [verb] To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.). REVEL (8) [noun] An instance of merrymaking; a celebration. | [noun] A kind of dance. | [noun] A wake for the dead. | [noun] The outer side of a window or door frame; the jamb. RIVAL (8) [noun] A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor. | [noun] Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another. | [noun] One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner. RIYAL (8) [noun] The official currency of Qatar and Saudi Arabia. ROWEL (8) [noun] The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur. | [noun] A little flat ring or wheel on a horse's bit. | [noun] A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of a horse in the manner of a seton in human surgery. ROYAL (8) [noun] A royal person; a member of a royal family. | [noun] A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches. | [noun] A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches. RUGAL (6) RURAL (5) [noun] A person from the countryside; a rustic. | [adjective] Relating to the countryside or to agriculture. SALAL (5) [noun] A leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible sepals and leaves. SALOL (5) SCALL (7) SCHUL (10) SCOWL (10) [noun] The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown. | [noun] (by extension) Gloom; dark or threatening aspect. | [verb] To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. | [noun] Old workings of iron ore. SCULL (7) [noun] A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward. | [noun] One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower. | [noun] A small rowing boat, for one person. | [noun] A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever. | [noun] A shoal of fish. | [noun] The skua gull. SEPAL (7) [noun] One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when the sepals in a plant's calyx are not fused into a single structure. SERAL (5) SETAL (5) SHALL (8) [verb] (modal, auxiliary verb, defective) Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural. | [verb] Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural. | [verb] Used in questions with the first person singular or plural to suggest a possible future action. SHAUL (8) SHAWL (11) [noun] A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women. | [noun] A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting. | [verb] To wrap in a shawl. SHEAL (8) SHELL (8) [noun] A hard external covering of an animal. | [noun] The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg. | [noun] One of the outer layers of skin of an onion. SHEOL (8) SHIEL (8) SHILL (8) [noun] A person paid to endorse a product favourably, while pretending to be impartial. | [noun] An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game. | [noun] A house player in a casino. SHOAL (8) [noun] A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow. | [noun] A shallow in a body of water. | [verb] To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area. | [noun] Any large number of persons or things. SHOOL (8) SHORL (8) SIBYL (10) [noun] A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl. SIGIL (6) [noun] A seal, signature or signet. | [noun] An occult or magical sign, image or symbol. | [noun] A nonalphanumeric character affixed to a symbol (e.g. variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope. SISAL (5) [noun] A Central American plant, Agave sisalana, cultivated for its sword-shaped leaves that yield fibers used for rope. | [noun] The fibre of the plant. | [noun] A sisal mat. SKILL (9) [noun] Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate. | [noun] Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause. | [noun] Knowledge; understanding. | [verb] To set apart; separate. SKIRL (9) [noun] A shrill sound, as of bagpipes. | [verb] To make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes. SKOAL (9) [verb] To make such a toast. | [interjection] A toast when drinking, roughly equivalent to cheers. SKULL (9) [noun] The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible. | [noun] A symbol for death; death's-head | [noun] The mind or brain. | [noun] (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales. SMALL (7) [noun] Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back. | [verb] To make little or less. | [verb] To become small; to dwindle. SMELL (7) [noun] A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance. | [noun] The sense that detects odours. | [noun] A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate. SNAIL (5) [noun] Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell. | [noun] (by extension) A slow person; a sluggard. | [noun] A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. SNARL (5) [noun] A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle. | [noun] An intricate complication; a problematic difficulty; a knotty or tangled situation. | [noun] A slow-moving traffic jam. | [noun] The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention. SNELL (5) [adjective] Quick, smart; sharp, active, brisk or nimble; lively. | [adjective] Quick-witted; witty. | [adjective] Harsh; severe. | [noun] A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook or lure is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line. SNOOL (5) [noun] An abject, cowardly person who submits tamely to others. | [verb] To submit tamely to others. SOKOL (9) SOREL (5) [noun] A young buck (deer) in the third year. | [noun] A yellowish or reddish brown color; sorrel. | [noun] Any of various plants with acidic leaves, especially SOTOL (5) [noun] Any of several species of North American desert plants of the genus Dasylirion, of the asparagus family. | [noun] A distilled spirit made from the sap of some of these plants, especially Dasylirion wheeleri. SPAIL (7) SPALL (7) [noun] A splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone. | [verb] To break into fragments or small pieces. | [verb] To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering. | [noun] The shoulder. SPEEL (7) SPEIL (7) SPELL (7) [noun] Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. | [noun] A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. | [noun] Speech, discourse. | [verb] To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort. | [noun] A shift (of work); a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour. | [noun] A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk. SPIEL (7) [noun] A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade. | [noun] An early form of rap music. | [verb] To talk at length. | [noun] A game of curling. SPILL (7) [noun] A mess of something that has been dropped. | [noun] A fall or stumble. | [noun] A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire. SPOIL (7) [noun] (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim. | [noun] Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. | [verb] To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour. SPOOL (7) [noun] A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle. | [noun] A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc. | [verb] To wind on a spool or spools. | [noun] A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa. STALL (5) [noun] A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed. | [noun] A stable; a place for cattle. | [noun] A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale. | [noun] An action that is intended to cause or actually causes delay. STEAL (5) [noun] The act of stealing. | [noun] A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price. | [noun] A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team. STEEL (5) [noun] An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness. | [noun] Any item made of this metal, particularly including: | [noun] Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment. | [proper noun] Coldbath Fields Prison in London, closed in 1877. STILL (5) [noun] A period of calm or silence. | [noun] A photograph, as opposed to movie footage. | [noun] A resident of the Falkland Islands. | [noun] A device for distilling liquids. | [verb] To calm down, to quiet | [verb] To trickle, drip. STOOL (5) [noun] A seat, especially for one person and without armrests. | [noun] A close-stool; a seat used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot, commode, outhouse seat, or toilet. | [noun] A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth. | [noun] A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil. STULL (5) SURAL (5) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the calf of the leg. SWAIL (8) SWELL (8) [verb] To become bigger, especially due to being engorged. | [verb] To cause to become bigger. | [verb] To grow gradually in force or loudness. | [noun] The act of swelling; increase in size. | [adjective] Fashionable, like a swell or dandy. SWILL (8) [noun] (collective) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose. | [noun] (by extension) Any disgusting or distasteful liquid. | [noun] (by extension) Anything disgusting or worthless. SWIRL (8) [noun] A whirling eddy. | [noun] A twist or coil of something. | [noun] The upward rushing of a fish through the water to take the bait. TAMAL (7) TEPAL (7) [noun] Any component of the perianth (outermost whorls of flower parts, not involved in reproduction), especially when the components are not distinguished into sepals and petals. THILL (8) [noun] One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft. | [noun] The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam. THIOL (8) [noun] A univalent organic radical (-SH) containing a sulphur and a hydrogen atom; a compound containing such a radical. THIRL (8) THURL (8) TICAL (7) TIDAL (6) [adjective] Relating to tides TOLYL (8) TONAL (5) [adjective] Of or relating to tones or tonality. | [adjective] Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something. | [adjective] Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic. | [noun] An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death. TOTAL (5) [noun] An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts. | [noun] Sum. | [verb] To add up; to calculate the sum of. TOWEL (8) [noun] A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath. | [verb] To hit with a towel. | [verb] To dry by using a towel. TRAIL (5) [noun] The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky. | [noun] A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc. | [noun] A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme. TRAWL (8) [noun] A net or dragnet used for trawling. | [noun] A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline. | [verb] To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl. TRIAL (5) [noun] An opportunity to test something out; a test. | [noun] Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined. | [noun] A difficult or annoying experience. | [adjective] Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components. TRILL (5) [noun] A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff. | [noun] A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish rr. | [noun] A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats. | [verb] To trickle. | [verb] To twirl. TRIOL (5) TROLL (5) [noun] A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. | [noun] An ugly person of either sex, especially one seeking sexual experiences. | [noun] Optical ejections from the top of the electrically active core regions of thunderstorms that are red in color that seem to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward toward the cloud tops. | [noun] An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line. | [noun] The act of moving round; routine; repetition. TRULL (5) [noun] A female prostitute or harlot. | [noun] A set of three special trump cards used in some Tarock games, having a higher value than the other trumps. TUBAL (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a tube, especially an anatomical one TWILL (8) [noun] A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving. | [noun] A cloth or portion of cloth woven in such a pattern. | [verb] To weave (cloth, etc.) so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface. TWIRL (8) [noun] A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette. | [noun] Any rotating movement; a spin. | [noun] A little twist of some substance; a swirl. TYPAL (10) UMBEL (9) [noun] A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre. UNTIL (5) [preposition] Up to the time of (something happening). | [preposition] Up to (a certain place) | [preposition] Before (a time). UREAL (5) URIAL (5) [noun] A bearded reddish sheep, subspecies of Ovis orientalis (including Ovis orientalis vignei), previously classified as Ovis vignei, being endemic to southern Asia and believed to be a wild ancestor of domestic sheep. USUAL (5) [noun] The typical state of something, or something that is typical. | [noun] A specific good or service (e.g. a drink) that someone typically orders. | [adjective] Most commonly occurring; typical. UVEAL (8) VAGAL (9) [adjective] Of or relating to the vagus nerve. VAKIL (12) [noun] A lawyer or advocate mainly a representative in the court of law and a vakil can be a representative, especially of a political figure; an official or ambassador. VASAL (8) VENAL (8) [adjective] Venous; pertaining to veins. | [adjective] For sale; available for purchase. | [adjective] Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than assigned on merit. VEXIL (15) VIGIL (9) [noun] An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray. | [noun] A period of observation or surveillance at any hour. | [noun] The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions. VINAL (8) VINYL (11) [noun] The univalent radical CH2=CH−, derived from ethylene. | [noun] Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics. | [noun] Phonograph records as a medium. VIRAL (8) [noun] A video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes. | [adjective] Of or relating to a biological virus. | [adjective] Caused by a virus. VITAL (8) [adjective] Relating to, or characteristic of life. | [adjective] Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends. | [adjective] Invigorating or life-giving. VOCAL (10) [noun] A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal | [noun] (Roman Catholic Church) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the voice or speech VOWEL (11) [noun] A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable. | [noun] A letter representing the sound of vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y. | [verb] To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic) WEDEL (9) WHEAL (11) [verb] To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt. | [verb] To give a surface a texture of wales or welts. | [verb] To choose, select. | [noun] A mine. WHEEL (11) [noun] A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines. | [noun] The breaking wheel, an old instrument of torture. | [noun] A person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel. WHIRL (11) [noun] An act of whirling. | [noun] Something that whirls. | [noun] A confused tumult. WHORL (11) [noun] A pattern of concentric circles. | [noun] A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem. | [noun] A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell. WOFUL (11) XYLOL (15) XYLYL (18) YODEL (9) [noun] A song incorporating yodelling. | [verb] To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto. YOKEL (12) [noun] An unsophisticated person. | [noun] A person of rural background. ZOEAL (14) ZONAL (14) [adjective] Divided into zones. | [adjective] Related to, associated with, or similar to zones. | [adjective] (of air or ocean currents) roughly longitudinal (east to west, or west to east) ZORIL (14)

ABORAL (8) [adjective] Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth. ABSEIL (8) [noun] A descent in mountaineering using a rope looped at the top and a friction device. | [verb] To descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body; to rappel. ACETAL (8) [noun] Any diether of a geminal diol, R2C(OR')2 (where R' is not H). ACETYL (11) [noun] The univalent radical CH3CO- derived from acetic acid. ACTUAL (8) [noun] An actual, real one; notably: | [adjective] Relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical | [adjective] Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. ADENYL (10) [noun] A chemical group or radical derived from adenine, consisting of an adenine base bonded to a ribose sugar, found in adenosine and related nucleotides. AECIAL (8) [adjective] Relating to or produced by an aecium, a cup-shaped fruiting structure found in rust fungi. AERIAL (6) [noun] A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc. | [noun] A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground. | [noun] Aerial photography. AGNAIL (7) [noun] A corn or sore on the toe or finger. | [noun] Torn skin near a toenail or fingernail. AGONAL (7) [adjective] Relating to or resembling agony or the final struggle before death. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to an agon (a struggle or contest in ancient Greek drama). AIDFUL (10) AIMFUL (11) ALANYL (9) [noun] A chemical radical or group derived from the amino acid alanine, used in biochemistry and organic chemistry. ALPHYL (14) ALUDEL (7) [noun] A pear-shaped pot with an opening at each end, formerly used, especially by alchemists, for sublimation. AMATOL (8) [noun] A high explosive consisting of a mixture of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene. Compare sodatol AMIDOL (9) AMORAL (8) [adjective] (of acts) Neither moral nor immoral. | [adjective] (of people) Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality. ANIMAL (8) [noun] In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants). | [noun] In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human. | [noun] In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.). | [adjective] Of or relating to animals. ANNEAL (6) [noun] An act of annealing. | [verb] To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen. | [verb] To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress. ANNUAL (6) [noun] An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication. | [noun] An annual plant; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturally germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Compare biennial, perennial. | [noun] A medical checkup taking place once a year. ANODAL (7) [adjective] Of or relating to an anode, the positive electrode in an electrical device. ANTRAL (6) [adjective] Relating to or affecting an antrum, a cavity or chamber in the body, particularly in the stomach or sinuses. ANURAL (6) [adjective] Lacking a tail or taillike appendage. | [adjective] Of or relating to frogs and toads, which lack tails in their adult form. AORTAL (6) [adjective] Relating to or affecting the aorta, the main artery carrying blood from the heart. APICAL (10) [noun] A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue. | [adjective] Of or connected with the apex. | [adjective] (of a meristem) Situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue. APNEAL (8) APODAL (9) [adjective] Without feet or fins; lacking limbs or appendages. APPALL (10) [verb] To fill with horror; to dismay. | [verb] To make pale; to blanch. | [verb] To weaken; to reduce in strength APPEAL (10) [noun] An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review. | [noun] The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. | [noun] The right of appeal. ARCHIL (11) [noun] Orchil, a violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, etc. | [noun] The plant from which the dye is obtained. ARGYLL (10) [noun] A pattern of diamond shapes with contrasting colors, typically used on socks and sweaters. | [noun] A county in Scotland. ARMFUL (11) [noun] The amount an arm or arms can hold. ARTFUL (9) [adjective] Cunning; tending toward indirect dealings; crafty. | [adjective] Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. | [adjective] Artificial; imitative. ASSAIL (6) [verb] To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively). ASSOIL (6) [verb] To absolve or free from guilt or blame. | [verb] To soil or make dirty. ASTRAL (6) [adjective] Relating to or resembling the stars; starry. | [adjective] Relating to an aster. | [adjective] (theosophy) Relating to a supposed supersensible substance taking the form of an aura discernible by certain gifted individuals. ASWIRL (9) [adverb] Swirling; in a swirl; full of or surrounded by something swirling. ATABAL (8) [noun] A large drum used in Turkish and Arabic music, typically played with the hands. ATLATL (6) [noun] A spearthrower consisting of a wooden stick with a thong or perpendicularly protruding hook on the rear end that grips a grove or socket on the butt of its accompanying spear (or dart), intended to steady the spear immediately prior to throwing, to increase its potential range when thrown, and to increase its force of penetration of the target. ATONAL (6) [adjective] Lacking a tonal center or key. | [adjective] Not tonal, lacking tones. ATRIAL (6) [adjective] Relating to or affecting the atrium or atria of the heart or ear. | [noun] A person who works in an atrium or open central court of a building. AUDIAL (7) [adjective] Of or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing. AVOWAL (12) [noun] A declaration or assertion of something; an open acknowledgment or admission. AWHIRL (12) [adjective] Whirling. AXONAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or affecting an axon, the long projection of a nerve cell that transmits electrical signals. AZONAL (15) [adjective] Of a soil, remaining immature and mainly composed of the parent material, as for example where sloping land causes fine-grained material to slide away. BABOOL (10) [noun] A spiny tree native to India and Africa, also known as the acacia tree, valued for its gum and timber. BAGFUL (12) [noun] The amount that a bag can hold or contain. BARBAL (10) BARBEL (10) [noun] A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related genera. | [noun] Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark. | [noun] A barb or pap under the tongues of horses and cattle. BARREL (8) [noun] A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum. | [noun] The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom. | [noun] A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case BEDELL (9) [noun] A parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order | [noun] (ecclesiastic) an attendant to the minister | [noun] A warrant officer BEFALL (11) [noun] Case; instance; circumstance; event; incident; accident. | [verb] To fall upon; fall all over; overtake | [verb] To happen. BEFELL (11) [verb] To fall upon; fall all over; overtake | [verb] To happen. | [verb] To happen to. BEFOOL (11) [verb] To make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone). BEFOUL (11) [verb] To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute. | [verb] (specifically) To defecate on, to soil with excrement. | [verb] To stain or mar (for example with infamy or disgrace). BEGALL (9) BEHOWL (14) BENZAL (17) [adjective] Relating to or containing benzal, a chemical compound derived from benzene; used in chemistry to describe compounds containing the benzal group (C6H5CH2-). BENZOL (17) [noun] An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C6H6 whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds. | [noun] (in combination) Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group. | [noun] An impure benzene (mixed with toluene etc), used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes. BENZYL (20) [noun] (especially in combination) The univalent radical C6H5-CH2- related to toluene and benzoic acid BETHEL (11) [noun] A sacred place or shrine, particularly in biblical contexts. | [noun] A chapel or meeting place for seamen. BEWAIL (11) [verb] To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for BHARAL (11) [noun] A blue sheep, being any species of the genus Pseudois, goatlike bovids of the Himalayas and western China with a bluish-grey coat; the Himalayan blue sheep, Pseudois nayaur. BIAXAL (15) [adjective] Having two axes, or capable of being divided into two equal parts by two planes. BOATEL (8) [noun] A ship, normally moored alongside a quay, used as a hotel BORDEL (9) [noun] A brothel or house of prostitution. BOREAL (8) [adjective] Of, relating to, or coming from the north. BOXFUL (18) [noun] The amount that a box can hold or contain. BRASIL (8) BRAZIL (17) [noun] A red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood. | [noun] The hard, brown wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae; originally the sappan, Biancaea sappan, of the East Indies, and later the brazilwood, Paubrasilia echinata. | [noun] A Brazil nut. BRIDAL (9) [noun] A wedding feast or festival; a wedding. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial. BROMAL (10) [noun] A colorless liquid compound (CHBr₃) that is used as a sedative and hypnotic agent. BRUMAL (10) [adjective] Of or relating to winter; wintry. BRUTAL (8) [adjective] Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel | [adjective] Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech. | [adjective] Harsh; unrelenting BUCCAL (12) [adjective] Of or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the mouth. | [adjective] (of a premolar or molar) On the side facing the cheek. | [adjective] (of a drug) Administered in the mouth, not by swallowing but by absorption through the skin of the cheek; often by placing between the top gum and the inside of the lip. BULBEL (10) BULBIL (10) [noun] A bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil. | [noun] A small hollow bulb, such as an enlargement in a small vessel or tube. BULBUL (10) [noun] Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae (currently, 27 genera recognized), native to Africa and parts of Asia, sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’. BURIAL (8) [noun] The act of burying; interment BURSAL (8) [adjective] Relating to or affecting a bursa, a fluid-filled sac that reduces friction between tissues in the body. BUSHEL (11) [noun] A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts. | [noun] A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure. | [noun] A quantity that fills a bushel measure. CAECAL (10) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a caecum (a pouch connected to the junction of the small and large intestines). | [adjective] Forming a blind tube or cavity with only one opening. CAMAIL (10) [noun] A piece of chainmail worn to protect the neck and shoulders. | [noun] An ecclesiastical ornament worn by bishops. CANCEL (10) [noun] A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English). | [noun] An enclosure; a boundary; a limit. | [noun] The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages. CANFUL (11) [noun] The amount that a can will hold; the capacity of a can. CANNEL (8) [noun] A type of coal that is rich in volatile matter and burns with a bright flame. | [noun] A groove or channel, especially one carved in a surface. CAPFUL (13) [noun] The amount that a cap can hold, typically used as a unit of measure for liquids or powders. CARCEL (10) [noun] A unit of illumination equal to the light produced by a Carcel lamp, used as a standard for measuring candlepower. CARFUL (11) [noun] The amount that a car can hold or carry. | [noun] A group of people traveling together in a car. CARNAL (8) [adjective] Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites. | [adjective] Worldly or earthly; temporal. | [adjective] Of or relating to the body or flesh. CARPAL (10) [noun] Any of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus). | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the carpus. CARPEL (10) [noun] One of the individual female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. The term pistil is sometimes used to refer to a single carpel or to several carpels fused together. CARREL (8) [noun] A small closet or enclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. | [noun] Hence, a partially partitioned space for studying or reading, often in a library. | [noun] A square-headed arrow; a quarrel. CARTEL (8) [noun] A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market. | [noun] A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action. | [noun] A written letter of defiance or challenge. CARVEL (11) [noun] A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration. | [noun] The sea blubber (Cyanea capillata); A jellyfish (Medusozoa). CASUAL (8) [noun] A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee. | [noun] A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty. | [noun] A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture). CAUDAL (9) [noun] A caudal vertebra. | [adjective] Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body. CAUSAL (8) [noun] (grammar) a word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause | [adjective] Of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing CENTAL (8) [noun] A unit of weight equal to 100 pounds in the US or 112 pounds in Britain. | [noun] A unit of weight for grain equal to 100 kilograms in some countries. CEREAL (8) [noun] A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains. | [noun] The grains of such a grass. | [noun] Breakfast cereal. CHAPEL (13) [noun] A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church. | [noun] A place of worship in another building or within a civil institution such as a larger church, airport, prison, monastery, school, etc.; often primarily for private prayer. | [noun] A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services. CHIRAL (11) [adjective] Of an object that exhibits chirality, as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix. CHISEL (11) [noun] A cutting tool consisting of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end. It may be provided with a handle at the other end. It is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer or mallet. | [verb] To use a chisel. | [verb] To work something with a chisel. | [noun] Gravel. CHITAL (11) [noun] A large spotted deer, of genus Axis, native to India and Sri Lanka CHORAL (11) [adjective] Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus. | [noun] A form of Lutheran or Protestant hymn tune. | [noun] A chorus or choir. CINEOL (8) [noun] A colorless liquid compound found in eucalyptus oil and other essential oils, used in medicine and as a flavoring agent. CITRAL (8) [noun] Either of a pair of terpenoids, geranial and neral, that have the molecular formula C10H16O and are used in perfumery and flavourings. CLINAL (8) [adjective] Relating to or exhibiting a cline, which is a gradual change in characteristics of a species over a geographic area. CLONAL (8) [adjective] Relating to, or created by asexual reproduction (cloning) | [adjective] That lives with others of the same kind COAXAL (15) [adjective] Having a common axis; sharing the same axis as another object or structure. COCCAL (12) [adjective] Relating to or caused by cocci (spherical bacteria). COEVAL (11) [noun] Something of the same era. | [noun] Somebody of the same age. | [adjective] Of the same age; contemporary. COITAL (8) [adjective] Relating to or involving coitus (sexual intercourse). COMPEL (12) [verb] To drive together, round up | [verb] To overpower; to subdue. | [verb] To force, constrain or coerce. CONSOL (8) [noun] A decorative wall bracket or table with a front leg or support, typically used for holding objects. | [noun] A panel or cabinet containing controls or instruments for operating a machine or system. CONSUL (8) [noun] Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires. | [noun] Any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804. | [noun] A count or earl. CORBEL (10) [noun] A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight. | [verb] To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. CORMEL (10) [noun] A small corm that develops at the base of an existing corm. CORNEL (8) [noun] Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel. | [noun] The cherry-like fruit of such plants, certain of which are edible. CORRAL (8) [noun] An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one. | [noun] An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group. | [noun] A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense. COSTAL (8) [adjective] Pertaining to a rib. | [adjective] Pertaining to a costa CREDAL (9) [adjective] Describes a probability based on belief. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a creed. CRENEL (8) [noun] The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement. CRESOL (8) [noun] Any of the three isomeric phenols derived from toluene: ortho-, meta- or para-methylphenol. CRESYL (11) [noun] (especially in combination) Any of three isomeric univalent radical derived from a cresol; tolyl CREWEL (11) [noun] Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery. | [verb] To make (embroidery) using the crewel method. CRURAL (8) [adjective] Pertaining to the leg. | [adjective] Leg-like in shape or constitution. CUDGEL (10) [noun] A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon. | [noun] Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another. | [verb] To strike with a cudgel. CUNEAL (8) CUPFUL (13) [noun] The amount necessary to make a cup full | [noun] A half pint, i.e. eight ounces CURIAL (8) [noun] A member of a curia, especially of that of Rome or the later Italian sovereignties. | [adjective] Pertaining to a court; courtly. | [adjective] Pertaining to the papal curia. CURTAL (8) [noun] A variety of short-barrelled cannon. | [noun] An early type of bassoon. | [noun] A horse or other animal having a docked tail. CYMBAL (15) [noun] A concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like. DACTYL (12) [noun] A poetical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented. DAEDAL (8) DAMSEL (9) [noun] A young woman (of noble birth). | [noun] A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience). | [noun] A young woman who is not married. DARNEL (7) [noun] A species of ryegrass, Lolium temulentum, often found in wheat fields and often host to a fungus intoxicating to humans and animals. | [noun] Various species of Lolium, especially as a weed in wheat fields. DEASIL (7) [noun] Clockwise motion. | [adverb] Clockwise. DECKEL (13) DENIAL (7) [noun] The negation in logic. | [noun] A refusal to comply with a request. | [noun] An assertion of untruth. DENTAL (7) [noun] Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth. | [noun] A dental sound. | [adjective] Of or concerning the teeth, as in dental care. DENTIL (7) [noun] Any one of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice. DERAIL (7) [noun] A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail. | [noun] An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic. | [verb] To cause to come off the tracks. DERMAL (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to skin or integument (or other forms of tissue) DETAIL (7) [noun] Something small enough to escape casual notice. | [noun] A profusion of details. | [noun] The small things that can escape casual notice. DEWOOL (10) DIESEL (7) [noun] A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed. | [noun] A vehicle powered by a diesel engine. | [noun] A rider who has an even energy output, without bursts of speed. DIOBOL (9) DIRNDL (8) [noun] A traditional Alpine women's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt DISMAL (9) [adjective] Disappointingly inadequate. | [adjective] Gloomy and bleak. | [adjective] Depressing. DISPEL (9) [noun] An act or instance of dispelling. | [verb] To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering. | [verb] To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified. DISTAL (7) [adjective] Remote from the point of attachment or origin. | [adjective] Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw. | [adjective] Far or farther from the speaker. DISTIL (7) [verb] To subject to distillation. | [verb] To undergo or be produced by distillation. | [verb] To make by means of distillation, especially whisky. DJEBEL (16) [noun] A hill, a mountain (especially in the Middle East or North Africa). DONZEL (16) DORSAL (7) [noun] A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc. | [adjective] With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate. | [adjective] (of a knife) Having only one sharp side. DORSEL (7) DOSSAL (7) [noun] A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc. DOSSEL (7) DOSSIL (7) DOTTEL (7) DREIDL (8) [noun] A four-sided spinning top, inscribed with the four Hebrew letters נ, ג, ה, and ש or פ on each side, associated with and often used during Hanukkah. | [noun] A gambling game played using this top. DRIVEL (10) [noun] Senseless talk; nonsense | [noun] Saliva, drool | [noun] A fool; an idiot. | [noun] A servant; a drudge. DUCTAL (9) DUFFEL (13) [noun] A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. | [noun] Outfit or supplies, collectively; kit. EARFUL (9) [noun] An angry reprimand, castigation or telling off | [noun] Intimate gossip ENAMEL (8) [noun] An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects. | [noun] A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish. | [noun] The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth. | [verb] To coat or decorate with enamel. ENROLL (6) [verb] To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list | [verb] To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of | [verb] To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something) ENSOUL (6) [verb] To give a soul or place in the soul. ENTAIL (6) [verb] To imply or require. | [verb] To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage. | [verb] To appoint hereditary possessor. | [noun] That which is entailed. Hence: ENTOIL (6) EPICAL (10) ESPIAL (8) [noun] Act of noticing or observing. | [noun] The fact of noticing or observing; a discovery. | [noun] A spy; a scout. ESTRAL (6) EXTOLL (13) EYEFUL (12) [noun] A full or complete view; a good look. | [noun] (sometimes ironic) A remarkable sight or a very attractive person. | [noun] An amount of material blown into the eye. | [adjective] Filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable. FACIAL (11) [noun] A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face. | [noun] A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor. | [noun] (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another in the face. FAECAL (11) [adjective] Of or relating to feces. FALLAL (9) FARDEL (10) [noun] A fourth part: a quarter of anything. | [noun] An English unit of land area variously understood as the fourth part of an oxgang or of a yardland. | [noun] A bundle or burden. FARFAL (12) FARFEL (12) FAUCAL (11) FAUNAL (9) FECIAL (11) FENNEL (9) [noun] A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor. | [noun] The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable. | [noun] The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking. FERIAL (9) [noun] A feria. | [adjective] Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast. | [adjective] Jovial, festive, as if pertaining to a holiday. FERREL (9) [noun] A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting. | [noun] A band holding parts of an object together. FESTAL (9) [adjective] Festive, relating to a festival or feast FETIAL (9) FEUDAL (10) [adjective] Of, or relating to feudalism. FIBRIL (11) [noun] A fine fibre or filament | [noun] Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants FILIAL (9) [adjective] Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter. | [adjective] Respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents. | [adjective] Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one. FINIAL (9) [noun] The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture. | [noun] Any decorative fitting at the peak of a gable, or on the top of a flagpole, fence post or staircase newel post. FISCAL (11) [noun] A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue. | [noun] Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor. | [noun] In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general. | [noun] Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius. FITFUL (12) [adjective] Irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits. FLORAL (9) [noun] A design involving flowers | [noun] A perfume redolent of flowers | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers. FODGEL (11) FOETAL (9) [adjective] Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus. FONTAL (9) FORMAL (11) [noun] Formalin. | [noun] An evening gown. | [noun] An event with a formal dress code. FORMOL (11) [noun] A 10% solution of formaldehyde in water. FORMYL (14) [noun] The univalent radical -CHO, derived from formaldehyde, that is characteristic of aldehydes FOSSIL (9) [noun] The mineralized remains of an animal or plant. | [noun] Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals. | [noun] A fossil word. FOVEAL (12) FRAZIL (18) [noun] A collection of stray ice crystals that form in fast-moving water. FRIJOL (16) FRIVOL (12) [noun] An unserious person; a shallow person. | [noun] An idle diversion or pastime; a frivolity. | [verb] To behave frivolously. FRUGAL (10) [adjective] Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste. FULFIL (12) [verb] To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.). | [verb] To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest. | [verb] To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.). FUNGAL (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi. FUNNEL (9) [noun] A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening. | [noun] A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like. | [verb] To use a funnel. | [noun] A hinny; hybrid of male horse and female donkey. GAMBOL (11) [noun] An instance of running or skipping about playfully. | [noun] An instance of more general frisking or frolicking. | [verb] To move about playfully; to frolic. GAVIAL (10) [noun] The crocodilian Gavialis gangeticus; any species of the family Gavialidae. GENIAL (7) [adjective] Friendly and cheerful. | [adjective] (especially of weather) Pleasantly mild and warm. | [adjective] Marked by genius. | [adjective] Relating to the chin; genian. GENTIL (7) GERBIL (9) [noun] One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and certain other genera in subfamily Gerbillinae, with leaping powers resembling the jerboa, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe. | [verb] To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking. | [verb] To insert a small animal into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth). GIMBAL (11) [noun] A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped. | [verb] To suspend using a gimbal or gimbals. | [verb] To move a reaction engine about on a gimbal so as to obtain pitching and yawing correction moments. GIMMAL (11) GINGAL (8) GLOBAL (9) [noun] A globally scoped identifier. | [adjective] Concerning all parts of the world. | [adjective] Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal: GLYCOL (12) [noun] Any aliphatic diol. | [noun] A thick, colourless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds and used as an antifreeze; ethylene glycol. GLYCYL (15) GOOGOL (8) [numeral] The number 10^{100}, or ten to the power of a hundred. GOORAL (7) GOSPEL (9) [noun] The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the life, crucifixion, death, resurrection, and teachings of Jesus. | [noun] An account of the life, crucifixion, death, resurrection, and teachings of Jesus, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era. | [noun] The teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments. GRAVEL (10) [noun] Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast. | [noun] A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics. | [noun] A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale GROVEL (10) [verb] To be prone on the ground. | [verb] To crawl. | [verb] To abase oneself before another person. GUNNEL (7) [noun] A small eel-shaped marine fish of the family Pholidae, especially Pholis gunnellus. | [noun] The top edge of the hull of a nautical vessel, where it meets the deck. GUNSEL (7) [noun] (dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother. | [noun] A promiscuous woman, slut, whore. | [noun] A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman. | [noun] A gun-carrying hoodlum or other criminal. HAEMAL (11) [adjective] Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels. | [adjective] Ventral rather than neural. HALLEL (9) [noun] A hymn of praise chanted during the Passover supper, consisting of Psalms cxiii to cxviii. HAMAUL (11) HAMMAL (13) HANGUL (10) HANSEL (9) [noun] A lucky omen. | [noun] A gift given at New Year, or at the start of some enterprise or new situation, meant to ensure good luck. | [noun] Price, payment; especially the first installment of a series. HARTAL (9) [noun] The closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike. HASSEL (9) HATFUL (12) HERBAL (11) [noun] A manual of herbs and their medical uses | [noun] An herbal supplement | [adjective] Made from or with herbs. HIATAL (9) HIEMAL (11) [adjective] Of or pertaining to winter, wintry. HIRSEL (9) HOSTEL (9) [noun] A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel | [noun] (not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food | [noun] A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. HOUSEL (9) HUIPIL (11) HYETAL (12) HYMNAL (14) [noun] A collection of hymns; a hymn book. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to hymns. HYPHAL (17) INFALL (9) [noun] The act or process of falling in. | [noun] An incursion; an inroad. | [noun] The area where water, storm runoff, etc., enters a storm drain. INHAUL (9) [noun] A rope used to haul in the clew of a sail, or a jib boom INSOUL (6) INSTAL (6) [verb] To pay by instalments. | [verb] To connect, set up or prepare something for use. | [verb] To admit formally into an office, rank or position. INSTIL (6) [verb] To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature. | [verb] To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop. INWALL (9) IREFUL (9) IRREAL (6) ISOHEL (9) [noun] A line of equal or constant solar radiation. JACKAL (19) [noun] Any of certain wild canids of the genus Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf. | [noun] A person who performs menial/routine tasks, a dogsbody. | [noun] A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator. JARFUL (16) JEZAIL (22) JINGAL (14) JOVIAL (16) [adjective] Cheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry. | [adjective] Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1). JOYFUL (19) [adjective] Feeling or causing joy. JUGFUL (17) JUMBAL (17) KENNEL (10) [noun] A house or shelter for a dog. | [noun] A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded. | [noun] (collective) The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds. | [noun] The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain. KERNEL (10) [noun] The core, center, or essence of an object or system. | [noun] The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed. | [noun] A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat. KITTEL (10) KNAWEL (13) [noun] A low, spreading weed of the genus Scleranthus, especially KUMMEL (14) [noun] A German caraway liqueur. LABIAL (8) [noun] A consonant articulated by the lips. | [noun] An organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound. | [noun] Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile. LAICAL (8) LAPFUL (11) LARVAL (9) [adjective] Of or relating to a larva or larvae. | [adjective] Being a larva. | [adjective] Characteristic of larvae. LAUREL (6) [noun] Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils. | [noun] A crown of laurel. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) Honor, distinction, fame. LAWFUL (12) [noun] A character having a lawful alignment. | [adjective] Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society. | [adjective] Operating according to some law or fundamental principle. LENTIL (6) [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods. | [noun] The seed of these plants, used as food. LETHAL (9) [noun] Any weapon that causes death. | [noun] An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it. | [adjective] Deadly; mortal; fatal. | [noun] One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. LIENAL (6) LINEAL (6) [adjective] (family) Of a family relationship that includes mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, grandparents, grandchildren, etc., but not siblings; as opposed to collateral. | [adjective] Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to). | [adjective] Composed of lines; delineated. LINTEL (6) [noun] A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above. LINTOL (6) LISTEL (6) [noun] A narrow fillet or border. LOREAL (6) LUTEAL (6) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the corpus luteum MALTOL (8) MAMMAL (12) [noun] An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young. | [noun] A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw. MANFUL (11) [adjective] Showing the characteristics considered typical of a man; macho or manly | [adjective] (by extension) Courageous; noble; high-minded. MANGEL (9) [noun] The sugar beet, which can be refined to equal cane sugar in all manners save for botanical origin. | [noun] A mangelwurzel, a plant of the beet family raised as cattle feed. MANTEL (8) [noun] The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney. | [noun] A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. Also called a mantelshelf. | [verb] To surmount a ledge by pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. MANUAL (8) [noun] A handbook. | [noun] A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product. | [noun] A drill in the use of weapons, etc. | [adjective] Performed with the hands (of an activity). | [noun] Mechanical transmission which shifts gears by the action of the driver's hand on the gearstick or gear lever, rather than automatically; a manual gearbox. MARCEL (10) [noun] A hairstyle characterized by deep waves made by a curling iron. | [noun] A marcel wave. | [verb] To wave (hair) by the marcel method. MARVEL (11) [noun] That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle. | [noun] Wonder, astonishment. | [verb] To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something. MEATAL (8) MEDIAL (9) [noun] Any of various things that occur in the middle. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a mean or average. | [adjective] In or near the middle; not at either end. MENIAL (8) [noun] A servant, especially a domestic servant. | [noun] A person who has a subservient nature. | [adjective] Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant. MENSAL (8) MENTAL (8) [adjective] Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process. | [adjective] Insane, mad, crazy. | [adjective] Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way. | [noun] A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile. MESCAL (10) [noun] A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave. | [noun] The peyote cactus. MESIAL (8) [adjective] Pertaining to the midline of the body. | [adjective] Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw. METHYL (14) [noun] The univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3-, formally derived from methane by the loss of a hydrogen atom; a compound or part of a compound formed by the attachment of such a radical. MEZCAL (19) [noun] A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave. | [noun] The peyote cactus. MICELL (10) MISKAL (12) MISSAL (8) [noun] A prayer book | [noun] A book containing the prayers and responses needed when celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the year MISSEL (8) MITRAL (8) [adjective] Pertaining to a mitre; resembling a mitre. | [adjective] Pertaining to the mitral valve. MONGOL (9) [noun] A person from Mongolia; a Mongolian. | [noun] A member of any of the various Mongol ethnic groups living in The Mongolian People's Republic, the (former) USSR, Tibet and Nepal. | [noun] (usually mongol) A person with Down's syndrome. MORSEL (8) [noun] A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food. | [noun] A mouthful of food. | [noun] A very small amount. MORTAL (8) [noun] A human; someone susceptible to death. | [adjective] Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal. | [adjective] Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.). MUGFUL (12) MUSSEL (8) [noun] Any of several groups of bivalve shellfish with elongated, asymmetrical shells MUTUAL (8) [noun] A mutual fund. | [noun] A mutual organization. | [noun] Either of a pair of people who follow each other's social media accounts. MUTUEL (8) NARIAL (6) NARWAL (9) NASIAL (6) NEURAL (6) [adjective] Of, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system. | [adjective] Modelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain. NICKEL (12) [noun] A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni. | [noun] A coin worth 5 cents. | [noun] (by extension) Five dollars. NITRIL (6) NORMAL (8) [noun] A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane. | [noun] A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles. | [noun] The usual state. NOUNAL (6) NUCHAL (11) [noun] The back of the neck. | [noun] Short for nuchal translucency scan. | [noun] A neck scale, especially of a lizard. OGIVAL (10) ORCHIL (11) [noun] Any of several lichens, especially those of the genera Roccella and Lecanora. | [noun] The dye, orcein, extracted from them. ORDEAL (7) [noun] A painful or trying experience. | [noun] A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused. | [noun] The poisonous ordeal bean or Calabar bean OSTEAL (6) OXTAIL (13) [noun] The tail of an ox or cow. | [noun] A cut of meat taken from the tail of a cow or calf; it requires long, slow braising, and is used to prepare oxtail soup. PALEAL (8) PALPAL (10) PANFUL (11) PARCEL (10) [noun] A package wrapped for shipment. | [noun] An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form. | [noun] A division of land bought and sold as a unit. PARRAL (8) PARREL (8) PASCAL (10) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa. PASSEL (8) [noun] An indeterminately large quantity or group. PASTEL (8) [noun] Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender | [noun] A drawing made with any of those colors. | [noun] A type of dried paste used to make crayons. | [noun] A traditional dish in various Latin American countries, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone. PASTIL (8) PATROL (8) [noun] A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts. | [noun] A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts. | [noun] The guards who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol. | [verb] To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat. PAUSAL (8) PEEPUL (10) [noun] The sacred fig, Ficus religiosa. PENCEL (10) PENCIL (10) [noun] A paintbrush. | [noun] A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. | [noun] An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point. PENIAL (8) PENSIL (8) PENTYL (11) [noun] Any of several isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C5H11, formally derived from pentane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. PETREL (8) [noun] Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes. PETROL (8) [noun] Petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel. | [noun] A motor vehicle powered by petrol (as opposed to diesel). PEYOTL (11) PHENOL (11) [noun] A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C6H5OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic; once called carbolic acid. | [noun] Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring. PHENYL (14) [noun] A univalent hydrocarbon radical (C6H5) formally derived from benzene by the removal of a hydrogen atom, and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives. PHONAL (11) PHYTOL (14) PINEAL (8) [noun] The pineal gland. | [adjective] In the shape of a pine cone. | [adjective] Pertaining to the pineal gland. PINNAL (8) PISTIL (8) [noun] A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma. PISTOL (8) [noun] A handgun, typically with a chamber integrated in the barrel, a semi-automatic action and a box magazine. | [noun] The mechanical component of a fuse in a bomb or torpedo responsible for firing the detonator. | [noun] A creative and unpredictable jokester, a constant source of entertainment and surprises. PLAGAL (9) [adjective] Designating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form. | [adjective] Designating a cadence in which the subdominant chord precedes the tonic. PLEXAL (15) PLICAL (10) PLURAL (8) [noun] (grammar) The plural number. | [noun] (grammar) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form. | [adjective] Consisting of or containing more than one of something. PODSOL (9) [noun] The typical soil of coniferous or boreal forests. PODZOL (18) [noun] The typical soil of coniferous or boreal forests. POMMEL (12) [noun] The upper front brow of a saddle. | [noun] A rounded knob or handle. | [noun] The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball. PONTIL (8) [noun] A punty; a metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. PORTAL (8) [noun] An entrance, entry point, or means of entry. | [noun] A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet. | [noun] A short vein that carries blood into the liver. POSTAL (8) [adjective] Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail. POTFUL (11) PRIMAL (10) [noun] A primal cut (of meat). | [verb] To take part in primal therapy. | [adjective] Being the first in time or in history. PROPEL (10) [verb] To provide an impetus for motion or physical action, to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward. | [verb] To provide an impetus for non-physical change, to make to arrive to a certain situation or result. PROPYL (13) [noun] Either of two isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C3H7, formally derived from propane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. PROTYL (11) PULPAL (10) PUMMEL (12) [noun] The upper front brow of a saddle. | [noun] A rounded knob or handle. | [noun] The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball. PYRROL (11) QUEZAL (24) QUINOL (15) [noun] The diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a mild reducing agent in photographic developing; isomeric with catechol and resorcinol. RACIAL (8) [noun] A skill possessed by all characters of a certain race. | [adjective] Of or relating to a race (or a people). RADIAL (7) [noun] A radial tire / radial tyre. | [adjective] Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to a common centre. | [adjective] Moving along a radius. RAMTIL (8) RAPPEL (10) [noun] Descending by means of a rope, abseiling. | [verb] To abseil. | [verb] To call back a hawk. | [noun] A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather. RASCAL (8) REBILL (8) REBOIL (8) RECALL (8) [noun] The action or fact of calling someone or something back. | [noun] Memory; the ability to remember. | [noun] (information retrieval) the fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search RECOAL (8) RECOIL (8) [noun] A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking. | [noun] The state or condition of having recoiled. | [noun] The energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle. RECTAL (8) [noun] A rectal examination. | [adjective] Of, via or related to the rectum. REDIAL (7) [verb] To dial again | [adjective] Of or concerning a redia REFALL (9) REFEEL (9) REFELL (9) REFILL (9) [noun] A filling after the first. | [noun] A repeat of a prescription. | [noun] A product containing materials to replace those used up by a piece of equipment. | [verb] To fill up once again. REFUEL (9) [noun] An act or instance of refilling with fuel. | [verb] To refill with fuel. REGNAL (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch (or pope) | [adjective] Describing the year of a monarch's reign starting from the date of accession | [adjective] Relating to a regnum REHEEL (9) [verb] To fit (a shoe, stocking, etc.) with a replacement heel. REMAIL (8) RENAIL (6) RENTAL (6) [noun] Something that is rented. | [noun] The payment made to rent something. | [noun] A business that rents out something to its customers. REPEAL (8) [noun] An act or instance of repealing. | [verb] To cancel, invalidate, annul. | [verb] To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment. REPOLL (8) REROLL (6) RESAIL (6) RESEAL (6) [verb] To seal (something) again (in any sense of "apply a seal to"). RESELL (6) [verb] To sell again. RETAIL (6) [noun] The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them. | [noun] Retail price; full price; an abbreviated expression, meaning the full suggested price of a particular good or service, before any sale, discount, or other deal. | [verb] To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers. RETELL (6) [verb] To tell again, often differently, what one has read or heard; to paraphrase. RETIAL (6) RETOOL (6) [verb] To adjust; to optimize; to rebuild. RETRAL (6) REVEAL (9) [noun] The outer side of a window or door frame; the jamb. | [noun] A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden. | [noun] (obsolete in the US) The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb. RHINAL (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the nose; nasal | [adjective] Of or pertaining to those parts of the brain concerned with the sense of smell RICTAL (8) RIDGEL (8) RIDGIL (8) RITUAL (6) [noun] Rite; a repeated set of actions | [adjective] Related to a rite or repeated set of actions. RONDEL (7) [noun] A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two. | [noun] The verse form rondeau. | [noun] A rondelle, (small) circular object. RONNEL (6) RUEFUL (9) [adjective] Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow, especially in a wry or humorous way. | [adjective] Inspiring pity or compassion. | [adjective] Bad; woeful; deplorable. RUNNEL (6) [noun] A small stream, a rivulet. | [verb] To create channels for directing the flow of liquid. SACRAL (8) [noun] Any of the sacral bones that make up the sacrum. | [adjective] Of the sacrum. | [adjective] Sacred. SAFROL (9) SAMIEL (8) SANDAL (7) [noun] A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot | [noun] Sandalwood | [noun] A long narrow boat used on the Barbary coast. SANTOL (6) SAUREL (6) SCHOOL (11) [noun] (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales. | [noun] A multitude. | [verb] (of fish) To form into, or travel in a school. | [noun] An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution. SCHORL (11) [noun] The most common variety of tourmaline. SCRAWL (11) [noun] Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting. | [noun] A hastily or carelessly written note etc. | [noun] Writing that lacks literary merit. | [verb] To creep; crawl; (by extension) to swarm with crawling things SCROLL (8) [noun] A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll. | [noun] An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern. | [noun] Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant. SEIDEL (7) [noun] A large beer mug or tankard, especially one with a lid. SENDAL (7) [noun] A light silk cloth. SEPTAL (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the septum. | [adjective] Relating to an Irish clan or sept. SEQUEL (15) [noun] The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath. | [noun] A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own. | [noun] Thirlage. SERAIL (6) SERIAL (6) [noun] A work, such as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end. | [noun] A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end. | [noun] A serial number, esp. one required to activate software. SERVAL (9) [noun] A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval. SEXUAL (13) [noun] A species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species. | [noun] A person who experiences sexual attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for sex (especially as contrasted with an asexual). | [adjective] Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes. SHEKEL (13) [noun] A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel. | [noun] (often antisemitic) Money, especially that purportedly owned or distributed as bribes by Jewish elites. | [noun] An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina. SHEQEL (18) SHOVEL (12) [noun] A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots. | [noun] A spade. | [verb] To move materials with a shovel. SHRILL (9) [noun] A shrill sound. | [verb] To make a shrill noise. | [adjective] High-pitched and piercing. SHTETL (9) [noun] A Jewish village or small town, especially one in Eastern Europe. SIGNAL (7) [noun] A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel. | [noun] Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection. | [noun] A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action. SIMNEL (8) SINFUL (9) [adjective] Constituting a sin; being morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil | [adjective] Decadent (luxuriously self-indulgent) SKATOL (10) SNIVEL (9) [noun] The act of snivelling. | [noun] Nasal mucus; snot. | [verb] To breathe heavily through the nose while it is congested with nasal mucus. SOBFUL (11) SOCIAL (8) [noun] A festive gathering to foster introductions. | [noun] A dance held to raise money for a couple to be married. | [noun] A dinner dance event, usually held annually by a company or sporting club. SOLGEL (7) SORREL (6) [noun] Any of various plants with acidic leaves, especially | [noun] A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: hibiscus tea. | [noun] A brown colour, with a tint of red. SPINAL (8) [noun] A spinal anesthesia. | [adjective] Of or relating to the spine. | [adjective] (of a frog, or other experimental animal) Having a pithed brain, but an intact spinal cord. SPINEL (8) [noun] Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours. | [noun] Any crystalline material, not necessarily an oxide, that possesses the same crystal structure as this mineral. | [noun] Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle. SPIRAL (8) [noun] A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point. | [noun] A helix. | [noun] A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once. SPITAL (8) SPORAL (8) SPRAWL (11) [noun] An ungainly sprawling posture. | [noun] A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city. | [verb] To sit with the limbs spread out. SQUALL (15) [noun] A squall line, multicell line, or part of a squall line. | [noun] A sudden storm, as found in a squall line. | [noun] A loud cry or wail. SQUEAL (15) [noun] A high-pitched sound, such as the scream of a child, or noisy worn-down brake pads. | [noun] The cry of a pig. | [verb] To scream with a shrill, prolonged sound. SQUILL (15) [noun] A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties | [noun] A sea onion (Drimia maritima) | [noun] A mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis, from the Mediterranean STATAL (6) STEROL (6) [noun] Any steroid that contains a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring. STIPEL (8) STOMAL (8) [adjective] Of, or relating to a stoma. STREEL (6) [noun] A disreputable woman, a slut. | [verb] To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion. STROLL (6) [noun] A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble. | [verb] To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove. | [verb] To go somewhere with ease. SULCAL (8) SWIVEL (12) [noun] A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis. | [noun] A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; called also swivel gun. | [noun] Strength of mind or character that enables one to overcome adversity; confidence; force of will. SYMBOL (13) [noun] A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object. | [noun] A thing considered the embodiment of a concept or object. | [noun] A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index. TAHSIL (9) [noun] An administrative division in India and Pakistan. TALLOL (6) TARNAL (6) TARSAL (6) [noun] Any of the seven bones of the tarsus. | [adjective] Of or relating to the tarsus. TASSEL (6) [noun] A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings). | [noun] The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them. | [noun] The loose hairs at the end of a braid. TEASEL (6) [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus. | [noun] The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth. | [noun] Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. TEAZEL (15) [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus. | [noun] The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth. | [noun] Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. TECTAL (8) TELIAL (6) TENAIL (6) TERCEL (8) [noun] A male hawk or falcon, used in falconry. TERGAL (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the tergum; dorsal TETRYL (9) THECAL (11) THENAL (9) THRALL (9) [noun] One who is enslaved or under mind control. | [noun] The state of being under the control of another person. | [noun] A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. | [verb] To make a thrall; enslave. THRILL (9) [noun] A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion. | [noun] A cause of sudden excitement; a kick. | [noun] A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur. | [verb] To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads in one series of computer-controlled movements. THYMOL (14) [noun] A monoterpene phenol, C10H13OH, found in the oil extracted from thyme; used as in perfume, as an antiseptic and fungicide, and in embalming TIBIAL (8) TIMBAL (10) [noun] A kettledrum. TINCAL (8) TINEAL (6) TINFUL (9) TINSEL (6) [noun] A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like. | [noun] Very thin strips of a glittering, metallic material used as a decoration, and traditionally draped at Christmas time over streamers, paper chains and the branches of Christmas trees. | [noun] Anything shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more pretty than valuable. TOLUOL (6) TOLUYL (9) TOMBAL (10) TONSIL (6) [noun] Either of a pair of small masses of lymphoid tissue that lie on each side of the throat and that help protect the body against infection; palatine tonsil. | [noun] Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues, including palatine tonsils, adenoids and lingual tonsils. TOPFUL (11) TRAMEL (8) TRAVEL (9) [noun] The act of traveling; passage from place to place. | [noun] (in the plural) A series of journeys. | [noun] (in the plural) An account of one's travels. TRIBAL (8) [noun] A design or image that has been influenced by indigenous peoples; especially such a tattoo. | [adjective] Of or relating to tribes. | [adjective] Based on or organized according to tribes. TRINAL (6) TROTYL (9) TROWEL (9) [noun] A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them. | [noun] A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc. | [noun] A tool used for smoothing a mold. TUBFUL (11) TUNNEL (6) [noun] An underground or underwater passage. | [noun] A passage through or under some obstacle. | [noun] A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow. TUSSAL (6) TWIBIL (11) TYMBAL (13) [noun] A kettledrum. UMBRAL (10) UNCIAL (8) [adjective] Of or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high. | [noun] A style of writing using uncial letters. | [noun] A letter in this style. UNCOIL (8) [verb] To unwind or untwist (something). | [verb] To unwind or untwist oneself. UNCOOL (8) [adjective] Not in accord with the current fashion, standards or mores of a particular group; not cool UNCURL (8) [verb] To straighten out from being curled up. UNFURL (9) [verb] To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag. | [verb] To roll out or debut anything. | [verb] To open up by unrolling. UNGUAL (7) [noun] A modified toe bone, typically ending in a hoof or claw. | [adjective] Pertaining to or resembling a creature's nail, claw or hoof; unguinal. UNNAIL (6) [verb] To remove the nails from. UNREAL (6) [adjective] Fake; not real | [adjective] Very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life. UNREEL (6) [verb] To remove or uncoil from a reel. UNROLL (6) [verb] To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled. | [verb] To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold. | [verb] To replace (a loop in a program) with a repetitive sequence of the individual instructions that the loop would carry out, sometimes used as an optimization. UNSEAL (6) [verb] To break the seal of (something) in order to open it. | [verb] To open by having a seal broken. UNSELL (6) UNVEIL (9) [verb] To remove a veil from; to uncover; to reveal something hidden. | [verb] To remove a veil; to reveal oneself. UNWELL (9) [adjective] Not in good health; not feeling well; somewhat ill | [adjective] Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant. UPBOIL (10) UPCOIL (10) UPCURL (10) UPHILL (11) [noun] An uphill route. | [adjective] Located up a slope or on a hill. | [adjective] Going up a slope or a hill. UPWELL (11) URACIL (8) [noun] One of the bases of RNA, pairing with adenine. URANYL (9) [noun] The divalent radical UO22+, conveniently regarded as a residue of many uranium compounds. URINAL (6) [noun] A device or fixture used for urination, particularly: | [noun] Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal. | [noun] A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory. USEFUL (9) [adjective] Having a practical or beneficial use. VAKEEL (13) [noun] A native attorney, lawyer or agent. | [noun] An ambassador. VALVAL (12) VANDAL (10) [noun] A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages other people's property. VASSAL (9) [noun] The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who keeps land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him, normally a lord of a manor; a feudatory; a feudal tenant. | [noun] A subordinate | [verb] To treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave. VATFUL (12) VEINAL (9) VENIAL (9) [adjective] Pardonable; able to be forgiven. | [adjective] Excusable; trifling VERBAL (11) [noun] (grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals. | [noun] A confession given to police. | [verb] To induce into fabricating a confession. VERNAL (9) [adjective] Pertaining to or occurring in spring. | [adjective] Having characteristics like spring; fresh, young, youthful. VERSAL (9) [adjective] Universal | [noun] Ornamental letter that begins a section VESSEL (9) [noun] Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat. | [noun] A craft designed for transportation through air or space. | [noun] Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals. VESTAL (9) [noun] A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar; a vestal virgin. | [noun] A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations. | [noun] A nun. VINEAL (9) VISUAL (9) [noun] Any element of something that depends on sight. | [noun] An image; a picture; a graphic. | [noun] (in the plural) All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio. VULVAL (12) WADMAL (12) WADMEL (12) WADMOL (12) WAEFUL (12) WEASEL (9) [noun] The least weasel, Mustela nivalis. | [noun] Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly. | [noun] The taxonomic family Mustelidae is also called the weasel family. WEEVIL (12) [noun] Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the superfamily Curculionoidea, many having a distinctive snout. | [noun] Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the family Curculionidae belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea. | [noun] Any of several similar but more distantly related beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum). WILFUL (12) [adjective] Intentional; deliberate. | [adjective] Stubborn and determined. WITHAL (12) [adverb] All things considered; nevertheless; besides | [adverb] With this; with that. WITTOL (9) [noun] A man who knows and tolerates his wife's infidelity with another man or men; a cuckold. | [noun] A bird, the wheatear. WOEFUL (12) [adjective] Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity. | [adjective] Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction. | [adjective] Lamentable, deplorable. WORMIL (11) WURZEL (18) XENIAL (13) ZOONAL (15)

ABAXIAL (16) [adjective] Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal. | [adjective] Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed. ABETTAL (9) ABIGAIL (10) [noun] A lady's maid. ABUTTAL (9) [noun] The act of bordering on or being adjacent to something. | [noun] In surveying or property law, the boundary line or the land that abuts another property. ABYSMAL (14) [adjective] Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss. | [adjective] Extremely bad; terrible. ABYSSAL (12) [adjective] Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable. | [adjective] Of or belonging to the ocean depths, especially below 2000 metres (6500 ft): abyssal zone. | [adjective] Pertaining to or occurring at excessive depths in the earth's crust; plutonic. ACAUDAL (10) [adjective] Without a tail or tail-like appendage. ACCRUAL (11) [noun] An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose | [noun] From the creditor's viewpoint, a charge incurred in one accounting period that has not been, but is to be, paid by the end of it. ACCUSAL (11) [noun] Accusation ACTINAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or denoting the oral surface of a radially symmetrical animal, such as a starfish or sea anemone. ADAGIAL (9) [adjective] In the manner of an adagio; at a slow tempo. | [adverb] In a slow, leisurely manner, as in music. ADAXIAL (15) [adjective] On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side. | [adjective] (developmental biology) adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord. ADMIRAL (10) [noun] A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces. | [noun] A naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron. | [noun] A flag officer in the United States Navy or Coast Guard of a grade superior to vice admiral and junior to admiral of the fleet (when that grade is used). An admiral is equal in grade or rank to a four-star general. ADNEXAL (15) [adjective] Relating to or denoting an appendage or structure attached to or adjacent to a main body part, especially in anatomy referring to structures near the uterus such as the fallopian tubes and ovaries. ADRENAL (8) [noun] An adrenal gland. | [adjective] Pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions. | [adjective] Near the kidneys. AEROGEL (8) [noun] A porous, ultralight solid-state substance, similar to gel, in which the liquid component is replaced with gas. AEROSOL (7) [noun] A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium. | [noun] An aerosol can. | [noun] The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can. AFFINAL (13) [adjective] Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law. AFFIXAL (20) [adjective] Relating to or functioning as an affix (a word element attached to a root word to modify its meaning). AINSELL (7) AIRFOIL (10) [noun] A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air. | [noun] A wing of an aircraft. AIRMAIL (9) [noun] The system of conveying mail using aircraft. | [noun] The items of mail so carried. | [verb] To send mail by air. ALBINAL (9) ALCOHOL (12) [noun] Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH). | [noun] Ethanol. | [noun] Beverages containing ethanol, collectively. ALLHEAL (10) [noun] Any of several plants supposed to have broad healing powers. ALODIAL (8) AMMONAL (11) [noun] An explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT, used in mining and construction. ANCONAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or near the elbow or the olecranon process of the ulna bone. ANETHOL (10) [noun] A colorless aromatic compound found in anise and fennel seeds, used in flavorings and perfumes. ANGINAL (8) [adjective] Relating to or affected by angina, a medical condition characterized by chest pain or discomfort due to inadequate blood flow to the heart. ANTHILL (10) [noun] A cone-shaped formation constructed from sediment and other available materials by ants or termites. The colony nests underneath this cone. APNOEAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by apnea, a temporary cessation of breathing during sleep or other conditions. APOGEAL (10) [adjective] Relating to or occurring at the apogee; at the highest point or farthest distance from Earth in an orbit. APOSTIL (9) [noun] A marginal note or annotation added to a document. | [noun] An official certification or legalization of a document, typically consisting of a seal or signature added by an authorized official. APPAREL (11) [noun] Clothing. | [noun] Aspect, guise, form. | [noun] A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments. APSIDAL (10) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an apse | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the apsides APTERAL (9) [adjective] (of a building, especially a Greek temple) without wings or side aisles; having no columns along the sides. ARMSFUL (12) [noun] Plural of armful; the quantity that can be held in one's arms. AROUSAL (7) [noun] The act of arousing or the state of being aroused. | [noun] Sexual arousal. | [noun] A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, including elevated heart rate and blood pressure and a condition of sensory alertness, mobility and readiness to respond. ARRAYAL (10) ARRIVAL (10) [noun] The act of arriving or something that has arrived. | [noun] The attainment of an objective, especially as a result of effort. | [noun] A person who has arrived. ARSENAL (7) [noun] A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury. | [noun] A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses. | [noun] A store or supply of anything. ASEXUAL (14) [noun] A species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species. | [noun] A person who does not experience sexual attraction; a person who lacks interest in or desire for sex. | [noun] Something which does not have a sex, or a word which refers to such a thing. ASHFALL (13) ASOCIAL (9) [adjective] Not social | [adjective] Not sociable | [adjective] (sometimes proscribed) antisocial AUGURAL (8) [adjective] Prophetic AURORAL (7) [adjective] Relating to or resembling the aurora borealis or aurora australis. AUSTRAL (7) [adjective] Of, relating to, or coming from the south. | [noun] A former currency of Argentina. AXOLOTL (14) [noun] A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum. BAGSFUL (13) [noun] Plural of bagsful; the quantity that multiple bags can hold. BALEFUL (12) [adjective] Portending evil; ominous. | [adjective] Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering. BALNEAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or used for bathing or baths. BANEFUL (12) [adjective] Poisonous, deadly. | [adjective] Harmful, injurious. BARBELL (11) [noun] A wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter. BASHFUL (15) [adjective] Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid. | [adjective] Indicating bashfulness. BASINAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or situated in a basin, especially in geology referring to rock strata or sedimentary formations within a depressed area of the Earth's crust. BATFOWL (15) [verb] To catch birds at night by blinding them with light and knocking them down with a stick or bat. | [verb] To trick or swindle someone. BATHYAL (15) [adjective] Relating to the ocean bottom, between the sublittoral and abyssal zones, at a depth of between 200 and 2000 metres BECRAWL (14) BEDEVIL (13) [verb] To harass or cause trouble for; to plague. | [verb] To perplex or bewilder. BEDRAIL (10) [noun] A rail or barrier attached to the side of a bed to prevent a person from falling out. BEDROLL (10) [noun] A roll of bedding that can be carried when hiking or camping etc. BEJEWEL (19) [verb] To decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems. BENOMYL (14) [noun] A fungicide that binds to microtubules, interfering with cell functions such as meiosis and intracellular transportation. BENTHAL (12) [adjective] Relating to or found on the bottom of a sea or ocean, especially at great depths. BENZOYL (21) [noun] (especially in combination) A univalent radical formally derived from benzoic acid, C6H5CO-, by removal of the hydroxyl group BESTIAL (9) [noun] Cattle. | [adjective] Beast-like BIAXIAL (16) [adjective] Having two axes | [adjective] Having a value in two perpendicular directions. [In solid mechanics it generally means that normal stresses exist in two of the possible three directions. Note that they do not have to be equal in sign or magnitude.] BIFOCAL (14) [adjective] Having two focal lengths | [adjective] (of a correcting lens) Divided into two parts, one of which corrects for distance vision and the other for near vision BIMETAL (11) [adjective] Made of two different metals bonded together, typically used in thermostats and other applications where different thermal expansion rates are utilized. BIMODAL (12) [adjective] Having two modes or forms | [adjective] (of a distribution) Having two modes (local maxima) BIPEDAL (12) [adjective] Having two feet or two legs; biped. | [adjective] Pertaining to a biped. BIVINYL (15) BIZONAL (18) BOATFUL (12) [noun] The number of people or amount of cargo that a boat can hold or carry. BOBTAIL (11) [noun] A short, or deliberately shortened tail. | [noun] An animal that has a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags. | [noun] A tractor which performs without its trailer. BOOKFUL (16) [noun] As much as a book can hold. | [adjective] Containing the amount that fills a book. BORNEOL (9) [noun] A white crystalline alcohol obtained from camphor wood or synthesized, used in perfumes and as an insecticide. BORSTAL (9) [noun] A way up a hill in the South Downs. | [noun] Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983. | [noun] Any institution which provides education to young offenders. BOWLFUL (15) [noun] The amount that a bowl can hold; the quantity contained in a bowl. BOXHAUL (19) [verb] To turn a sailing ship around by putting the helm hard alee and hauling the headsails flat, causing the ship to pivot on its heel rather than completing a full tack. BRADAWL (13) [noun] An awl with a blade similar to a small, straight screwdriver; used for making holes, especially in wood to take screws. BRIMFUL (14) [adjective] Filled to maximum capacity. | [noun] The maximum amount a container can hold. | [noun] A large amount. BRISTOL (9) BROTHEL (12) [noun] A house of prostitution. | [noun] A wretch; a depraved or lewd person. BURGHAL (13) [adjective] Of or relating to a borough or a fortified town. BUTANOL (9) [noun] Any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C4H9-OH BUTYRAL (12) [noun] A chemical compound derived from butyraldehyde, used in the manufacture of plastics and resins, particularly polyvinyl butyral (PVB). BUTYRYL (15) [noun] A chemical radical or group derived from butyric acid, containing four carbon atoms. CACODYL (15) [noun] The dimethylarsine radical (CH3)2As- | [noun] Tetramethyldiarsine formally derived from two of these radicals; an evil-smelling liquid that spontaneously combusts in air CAGEFUL (13) CALOMEL (11) [noun] Mercurous chloride Hg2Cl2, formerly used as a laxative and disinfectant and to treat syphilis CAMBIAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or involving the cambium, the layer of tissue in plants that produces new growth. CAMERAL (11) [adjective] Relating to a chamber or chambers, particularly in anatomy or architecture. | [adjective] Of or relating to a camera obscura or optical chamber. CAMPHOL (16) CANSFUL (12) CANTHAL (12) [adjective] Relating to or situated at a canthus, the corner of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet. CAPITAL (11) [noun] Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures). | [noun] Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system. | [noun] A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it. CAPITOL (11) [noun] A building in which a state legislature meets. | [noun] The city that serves as the seat of government of a state or country. CAPORAL (11) [noun] A type of tobacco or a cigar made from coarse tobacco. CARACAL (11) [noun] A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal. CARACOL (11) [noun] A spiral or coiled shape; a spiral staircase. | [noun] In bullfighting, a maneuver in which the bullfighter moves in a spiral pattern around the bull. CARACUL (11) [noun] A sheep of a Central Asian breed. | [noun] A type of hat made from the wool of these sheep. CARAMEL (11) [noun] A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky. | [noun] A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection. | [noun] A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel. CARAVEL (12) [noun] A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration. CAREFUL (12) [adjective] Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious. | [adjective] Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous. | [adjective] Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad. CARINAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a keel or ridge-like structure, particularly in anatomy or botany. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a carina (a keel-shaped anatomical feature). CARPOOL (11) [noun] An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc. | [noun] The group of people who participate in such a pool. | [verb] To travel together in such a pool. CARRELL (9) [noun] A small enclosed study space or desk, typically in a library or monastery. | [noun] A small private room or cubicle for study or work. CATCALL (11) [noun] A shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo. | [noun] A shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature, usually made toward a passing woman. | [noun] A whistle blown by a theatre-goer to express disapproval. | [noun] In the Eiffel programming language, a run-time error caused by use of the wrong data type. CATFALL (12) CATTAIL (9) [noun] Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places CENSUAL (9) [adjective] Of or relating to a census. CENTRAL (9) [adjective] Being in the centre. | [adjective] Having or containing the centre of something. | [adjective] Being very important, or key to something. CERAMAL (11) CHAETAL (12) [adjective] Of or relating to chaetae, which are bristle-like structures found on certain organisms such as annelid worms and other invertebrates. CHANCEL (14) [noun] The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen. CHANNEL (12) [noun] The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks. | [noun] The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water. | [noun] The navigable part of a river. | [verb] To make or cut a channel or groove in. | [noun] The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks. CHARNEL (12) [noun] A chapel attached to a mortuary. | [noun] A repository for dead bodies. | [adjective] Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral. CHASMAL (14) [adjective] Of, relating to, or resembling a chasm; having the characteristics of a deep fissure or abyss. CHATTEL (12) [noun] Tangible, movable property. | [noun] A slave. CHERVIL (15) [noun] A leafy herb, Anthriscus cerefolium, resembling parsley. | [noun] Leaves from the plant, used as an herb in cooking, which have a mild flavor of anise. CHLORAL (12) [noun] A colourless narcotic liquid, trichloroacetaldehyde, CCl3CHO, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol and that, when treated with water, produces chloral hydrate. CHORDAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or containing a chord or chords, particularly in mathematics (a straight line connecting two points on a curve) or music (relating to harmony). CHOREAL (12) [adjective] Of or relating to a chorus or to a choral group. | [adjective] Relating to or characteristic of a chorea (a neurological disorder causing involuntary movements). CHORIAL (12) CHROMYL (17) [adjective] Relating to or containing the chromyl group, a divalent radical (CrO2) used in organic chemistry. CITADEL (10) [noun] A strong fortress that sits high above a city. | [noun] (sometimes figurative) A stronghold or fortified place. | [noun] An armoured portion of a warship, housing important equipment. CLAUSAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or containing a clause or clauses in grammar. CLOACAL (11) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a cloaca, the common chamber in birds, reptiles, and some fish where the intestinal, urinary, and reproductive tracts open. CLYPEAL (14) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a clypeus (a shield-like structure, especially the broad flat area on the face of certain insects). COAEVAL (12) [adjective] Existing or occurring at the same time; contemporary. | [noun] A person or thing that is coeval with another. COASTAL (9) [adjective] Relating to the coast; on or near the coast, as a coastal town, a coastal breeze COAXIAL (16) [noun] A coaxial cable | [adjective] Having a common central axis CODICIL (12) [noun] An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one. COEQUAL (18) [noun] An equal person or thing. | [adjective] Equal to each other in size, rank or position. COLONEL (9) [noun] A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines). | [verb] To act as or like a colonel. COLUMEL (11) [noun] A small column or columnlike structure, especially the bony or cartilaginous partition between the nostrils in vertebrates. COMICAL (13) [adjective] Originally, relating to comedy. | [adjective] Funny, whimsically amusing. | [adjective] Laughable; ridiculous. CONCEAL (11) [verb] To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret. CONCHAL (14) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a concha (a shell-shaped anatomical structure). | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a conch or shell. CONGEAL (10) [verb] To change from a liquid to solid state perhaps by cold | [verb] To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly | [verb] To make rigid or immobile CONICAL (11) [noun] A bullet with a conical shape. | [adjective] Of or relating to a cone or cones. | [adjective] Shaped like a cone. CONTROL (9) [noun] Influence or authority over something. | [noun] A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or non-existent. | [noun] The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button. CORBEIL (11) [noun] A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits. | [noun] A basket filled with earth and set up as a protection from the fire of the enemy. CORDIAL (10) [noun] A concentrated noncarbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking. | [noun] An individual serving of such a diluted drink. | [noun] A pleasant-tasting medicine. CORNEAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or affecting the cornea, the transparent front part of the eye. CORNUAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or shaped like a horn or horns. CORONAL (9) [noun] A crown or coronet. | [noun] A wreath or garland of flowers. | [noun] The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands. | [noun] A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines). CORONEL (9) [noun] A military officer ranking above a major, typically commanding a regiment. | [noun] A crown or coronet. CORYZAL (21) [adjective] Relating to or affected by coryza, a condition involving inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose. COSTREL (9) [noun] A small flask or bottle, typically made of leather or earthenware, used for carrying liquids such as wine or water. COTIDAL (10) [adjective] Describing the locations (and of related lines on a chart) linking places where tides occur at the same time of day COUNCIL (11) [noun] A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council). | [noun] Discussion or deliberation. COUNSEL (9) [noun] The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation. | [noun] Exercise of judgment; prudence. | [noun] Advice; guidance. COWBELL (14) [noun] The lead cow in a herd. | [noun] A leader; an influencer. | [noun] A bell worn by cows; sometimes with an ornate strap. COWGIRL (13) [noun] A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West. | [noun] A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat. | [noun] A playing card of queen rank. CRANIAL (9) [adjective] Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull. CREEDAL (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a creed. CREOSOL (9) [noun] The methoxy phenol 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol that is a constituent of creosote CRESTAL (9) [adjective] That is situated on, or forms part of, a crest CRISSAL (9) CRUCIAL (11) [adjective] Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important. | [adjective] Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped. | [adjective] (Bermuda) Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music. CRUSTAL (9) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or forming a crust, especially the crust of the Earth or other planet. CRYPTAL (14) CRYSTAL (12) [noun] A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions. | [noun] A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass. | [noun] A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it. CUBICAL (13) CUBITAL (11) [noun] A sleeve covering the arm from the elbow to the hand. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the cubitus and/or the areas of the wing next to it. CUPSFUL (14) CURTAIL (9) [noun] A scroll termination, as of a step, etc. | [verb] To cut short the tail of an animal | [verb] To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate. CYNICAL (14) [adjective] Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness. | [adjective] Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others. | [adjective] Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking. CYTOSOL (12) [noun] The aqueous solution of a cell's cytoplasm, consisting of water, organic molecules and inorganic ions. DAMOSEL (10) DAMOZEL (19) DAREFUL (11) DATIVAL (11) DECADAL (11) DECANAL (10) [adjective] Pertaining to a dean or deanery. | [noun] The aliphatic aldehyde, CH3(CH2)8CHO, related to capric acid DECIBEL (12) [noun] A common measure of sound intensity ratio that is one tenth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale. It is defined as dB = 10 log10(P1 / P2), where P1 and P2 are the relative powers of the sound. DECIMAL (12) [noun] A number expressed in the base-ten system, a fractional numeral written in this system. | [noun] The decimal system itself. | [noun] A decimal place. DECRIAL (10) DEPOSAL (10) DESPOIL (10) [noun] Plunder; spoliation. | [verb] To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from. | [verb] To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob. DEVISAL (11) DEWFALL (14) [noun] The forming of dew. | [noun] The time when dew begins to form. DEXTRAL (15) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the right side DIALLEL (8) DICOTYL (13) DIGITAL (9) [noun] A digital option. | [noun] Digital equipment or technology. | [noun] Short for digital art. DIREFUL (11) [adjective] Fearful, terrible. DISHFUL (14) DISTILL (8) [verb] To subject a substance to distillation. | [verb] To undergo or be produced by distillation. | [verb] To make by means of distillation, especially whisky. DITHIOL (11) DIURNAL (8) [noun] A flower that opens only in the day. | [noun] A book containing canonical offices performed during the day, hence not matins. | [noun] A diary or journal. DOGGREL (10) DOLEFUL (11) [adjective] Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness. DOMICAL (12) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, resembling or having a dome DOMICIL (12) [noun] A home or residence. | [noun] A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode. DOOMFUL (13) DOTTREL (8) DREIDEL (9) [noun] A four-sided spinning top, inscribed with the four Hebrew letters נ, ג, ה, and ש or פ on each side, associated with and often used during Hanukkah. | [noun] A gambling game played using this top. DRYWALL (14) [noun] A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings. | [noun] A wall made of this. | [noun] A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement. DUTIFUL (11) [adjective] Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint. | [adjective] Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty. EASEFUL (10) [adjective] Full of ease, restful, comfortable ECTYPAL (14) EDICTAL (10) ELUVIAL (10) EMBOWEL (14) [verb] To enclose or bury. | [verb] To remove the bowels; disembowel. EMBROIL (11) [verb] To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved. | [verb] To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble. EMPANEL (11) [noun] A list of jurors; a panel. | [verb] To enrol (jurors), e.g. from a jury pool; to register (the names of jurors) on a "panel" or official list. ENCINAL (9) ENGRAIL (8) ENSNARL (7) [verb] To entangle; to trap. ENTERAL (7) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, within, or by way of the intestine; enteric. ENTHRAL (10) [verb] To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate. | [verb] To make subservient; to enslave or subjugate. ENWHEEL (13) EPHORAL (12) EPIGEAL (10) [adjective] Living near the surface of the ground | [adjective] (of a cotyledon) Emerging above the surface of the ground after being germinated EPOCHAL (14) [adjective] Of or pertaining to an epoch | [adjective] Highly important or significant; monumental, epoch-making ESPANOL (9) ESTIVAL (10) [adjective] Of or relating to summer. | [adjective] Coming forth in the summer. ESTRIOL (7) [noun] A steroid hormone produced mostly during pregnancy. ESTRUAL (7) ETERNAL (7) [noun] One who lives forever; an immortal. | [adjective] Lasting forever; unending. | [adjective] Existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly ETHANOL (10) [noun] A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH. | [noun] Specifically, this alcohol as a fuel. ETHICAL (12) [noun] An ethical drug, one only dispensed on the prescription of a physician. | [adjective] Of or relating to the study of ethics. | [adjective] Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession. ETHINYL (13) ETHOXYL (20) ETHYNYL (16) EUGENOL (8) [noun] The aromatic compound with chemical formula C10H12O2, an allyl chain-substituted guaiacol of the phenylpropanoids, found in essential oils such as clove, nutmeg, and cinnamon. EVANGEL (11) [noun] The Christian gospel. | [noun] A salutary principle relating to morals, politics, etc. | [noun] An evangelist. EXPOSAL (16) EXUVIAL (17) EYEBALL (12) [noun] The ball of the eye | [noun] (CB) a meeting | [noun] As a synecdoche, a person's focus of attention FACTFUL (15) FACTUAL (12) [adjective] Pertaining to or consisting of objective claims. | [adjective] True, accurate, corresponding to reality. FALAFEL (13) [noun] A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas and other ingredients. Often served in a pita. | [noun] A pita with falafel balls inside (like a sandwich or a wrap). | [noun] A single falafel ball. FANTAIL (10) [noun] Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand. | [noun] Any of several domestic varieties of pigeon having a fan-shaped tail. | [noun] Any of several goldfish having a large fan-shaped tail. FASCIAL (12) FATEFUL (13) [adjective] Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate. | [adjective] Determined in advance by fate, fated. FAUCIAL (12) FEARFUL (13) [adjective] Frightening. | [adjective] Tending to fear; timid. | [adjective] Terrible; shockingly bad. FEDERAL (11) [noun] A law-enforcement official of the FBI; a federal agent. | [noun] A supporter of federation. | [noun] A unionist soldier in the American Civil War. FELAFEL (13) [noun] A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas and other ingredients. Often served in a pita. | [noun] A pita with falafel balls inside (like a sandwich or a wrap). | [noun] A single falafel ball. FEMORAL (12) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh. FIGURAL (11) [adjective] Representing by means of a figure; emblematic. | [adjective] Figurative, not literal. | [adjective] Of numbers, describing a geometrical figure. FINICAL (12) [adjective] Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate. FISTFUL (13) [noun] The amount that can be held in a closed fist | [noun] A blow with the fist. FLANNEL (10) [noun] A soft cloth material woven from wool, possibly combined with cotton or synthetic fibers. | [noun] A washcloth. | [noun] A flannel shirt. FLOATEL (10) [noun] A floating hotel; a boatel FLUIDAL (11) FLUVIAL (13) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream FORKFUL (17) FORMFUL (15) FOXTAIL (17) [noun] The tail of a fox. | [noun] A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses | [noun] A plant having a part resembling the tail of a fox or such spikelet. FRACTAL (12) [noun] A mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension; a geometric figure that is self-similar at all scales. | [noun] An object, system, or idea that exhibits a fractal-like property. | [adjective] Having the form of a fractal. FRESNEL (10) [noun] A unit of frequency equal to 1012 hertz, or one terahertz. | [noun] A Fresnel lens or a light feature using such a lens FRETFUL (13) [adjective] Irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish. | [adjective] Unable to relax; fidgety or restless. FRONTAL (10) [noun] The bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead. | [noun] The façade of a building. | [noun] A drapery covering the front of an altar. FULFILL (13) [verb] To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.). | [verb] To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest. | [verb] To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.). FUNERAL (10) [noun] A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased person. Often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A funeral sermon. | [adjective] Of or relating to a funeral. FUTURAL (10) GADWALL (12) [noun] A common, widespread dabbling duck which breeds in the northern hemisphere (Mareca strepera, syn. Anas strepera). GAINFUL (11) [adjective] Contrary. | [adjective] Disposed to taking advantage of. | [adjective] Troublesome; fractious; hard to handle. | [adjective] Providing gain; profitable. GAMBREL (12) [noun] The hind leg of a horse. | [noun] (chiefly historical and obsolete outside dialectal) A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering. | [noun] A gambrel roof. GANGREL (9) GARBOIL (10) GASOHOL (11) [noun] Gasoline mixed with ethyl alcohol GASTRAL (8) GEMINAL (10) [adjective] Describing identical atoms or groups attached to the same atom in a molecule GENERAL (8) [noun] A general fact or proposition; a generality. | [noun] The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces. | [noun] A great strategist or tactician. GENITAL (8) [noun] The genitalia. | [adjective] Of, or relating to biological reproduction. | [adjective] Of, or relating to the genitalia. GENTEEL (8) [adjective] Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite. | [adjective] Polite and well-mannered. | [adjective] Stylish or elegant. GEOIDAL (9) GHARIAL (11) [noun] A gavial. GINGALL (9) GIRASOL (8) [noun] A fire opal. GIROSOL (8) GLACIAL (10) [noun] A glacial period (colloquially known as an ice age). | [adjective] Of, or relating to glaciers. | [adjective] Very slow. GLEEFUL (11) [adjective] Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful. GLOSSAL (8) [adjective] Of, or relating to the tongue. GLOTTAL (8) [noun] A sound made with the glottis | [adjective] Of or relating to the glottis. | [adjective] Articulated with the glottis. GLUTEAL (8) [noun] Any of the muscles of the buttocks, gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus | [adjective] Relating to the buttocks GNATHAL (11) GOMERAL (10) GOMEREL (10) GOMERIL (10) GONADAL (9) GRADUAL (9) [noun] An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. | [noun] A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass. | [adjective] Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees GRAPNEL (10) [noun] A small anchor, having more than two flukes, used for anchoring a small vessel. | [noun] A device with a multiple hook at one end and attached to a rope, which is thrown or hooked over a firm mooring to secure an object attached to the other end of the rope. | [noun] A grappling iron. GRAUPEL (10) [noun] A precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake. | [noun] The result of this process, a small ball of rime. GREMIAL (10) GUMBOIL (12) [noun] A small suppurating inflamed spot on the gum. HANDFUL (14) [noun] The amount that a hand will grasp or contain. | [noun] A hand's breadth; four inches. | [noun] A small number, usually approximately five. HANDSEL (11) [noun] A lucky omen. | [noun] A gift given at New Year, or at the start of some enterprise or new situation, meant to ensure good luck. | [noun] Price, payment; especially the first installment of a series. HARMFUL (15) [adjective] Of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious HATCHEL (15) [noun] A comb used to separate flax fibers. | [verb] To separate (flax fibers) with a hatchel, or comb. HATEFUL (13) [adjective] Evoking a feeling of hatred. | [adjective] Dislikeable. | [adjective] Full of hatred. HATSFUL (13) HAVEREL (13) HEEDFUL (14) [adjective] Taking heed | [adjective] Paying close attention; mindful HELICAL (12) [adjective] In the shape of a helix. HELPFUL (15) [adjective] Furnishing help; giving aid; useful. HEMATAL (12) HERNIAL (10) HOBNAIL (12) [noun] A short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles. | [noun] A clownish person; a rustic. | [verb] To fit with hobnails. HOLDALL (11) [noun] A large bag for carrying things while travelling. | [noun] A book or similar printed work containing a wide variety of information. HOPEFUL (15) [noun] Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election. | [adjective] Feeling hope | [adjective] Inspiring hope HUMERAL (12) [noun] An oblong scarf worn round the priest's shoulders at certain parts of the Mass and of Benediction. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or near the humerus or shoulder HUMORAL (12) [adjective] Relating to the body fluids or humours HURTFUL (13) [adjective] Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury. | [adjective] Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting. HUSHFUL (16) HYMENAL (15) HYOIDAL (14) ICEFALL (12) [noun] A relatively rapid and turbulent flow of ice, somewhat analogous to a waterfall. ILLEGAL (8) [noun] An illegal act or technique. | [noun] (plural, as illegals) Contraband, esp. illegal substances such as drugs. | [noun] An illegal immigrant. IMMORAL (11) [adjective] Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law. IMPANEL (11) [verb] To enrol (jurors), e.g. from a jury pool; to register (the names of jurors) on a "panel" or official list. IMPEARL (11) IMPERIL (11) [verb] To put into peril; to place in danger. | [verb] To risk or hazard. INCISAL (9) INCIVIL (12) INCUDAL (10) INDOXYL (18) [noun] A hydroxyl derivative of indole produced by bacterial degradation of indoleacetic acid INDWELL (11) [verb] To exist within, especially as a spirit or driving force. INFIDEL (11) [noun] (now usually derogatory) One who does not believe in a certain religion. | [noun] (now usually derogatory) One who does not believe in a certain principle. | [noun] (now usually derogatory) One with no religious beliefs. INITIAL (7) [noun] The first letter of a word or a name. | [noun] In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit. | [noun] A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document. INKWELL (14) [noun] A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen into it whenever a refill is needed. INSTALL (7) [noun] Installer. A software utility that installs an application. | [noun] An installation. (Usage originated as a truncated form of the word installation.) | [verb] To connect, set up or prepare something for use. INSTILL (7) [verb] To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature. | [verb] To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop. INTHRAL (10) INTIMAL (9) INVITAL (10) ISCHIAL (12) JARSFUL (17) JEJUNAL (21) JESTFUL (17) JEZEBEL (25) JINGALL (15) JONQUIL (23) [noun] A fragrant bulb flower (Narcissus jonquilla), a species of daffodil. | [noun] A shade of yellow. JOURNAL (14) [noun] A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook. | [noun] A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject. | [noun] A chronological record of payments. JUGSFUL (18) JUVENAL (17) KARAKUL (15) [noun] A sheep of a Central Asian breed. | [noun] A type of hat made from the wool of these sheep. KESTREL (11) [noun] Any of various small falcons of the genus Falco that hover while hunting. | [noun] The common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus. KISTFUL (14) LACTEAL (9) [noun] (chiefly in plural) Each of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the mesentery to the thoracic duct. | [noun] One of the lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs. | [adjective] Relating to milk. LACUNAL (9) LAMINAL (9) [noun] Such a sound | [adjective] Laminar | [adjective] (of a sound) Produced with the blade of the tongue LANGREL (8) LANITAL (7) LATERAL (7) [noun] An object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else. | [noun] A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral). | [noun] A lateral pass. LATOSOL (7) LEXICAL (16) [adjective] Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language | [adjective] Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary | [adjective] Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word LIBERAL (9) [noun] One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism). | [noun] Someone left-wing; one with a left-wing ideology. | [noun] A supporter of any of several liberal parties. LIFEFUL (13) LIMINAL (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process. LINALOL (7) LINGUAL (8) [noun] A sound articulated with the tongue | [adjective] Related to the tongue | [adjective] Related to language or linguistics LITERAL (7) [noun] (epigraphy) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter. | [noun] A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program. | [noun] A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. Wp LITORAL (7) LOCHIAL (12) LOESSAL (7) LOGICAL (10) [adjective] In agreement with the principles of logic. | [adjective] Reasonable. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to logic. LOGROLL (8) LOWBALL (12) [noun] The position of the ball on an American railroad ball signal that indicated Stop. | [noun] A form of poker in which the lowest-ranking poker hand wins the pot. Usually the ace is the lowest-ranking card, straights and flushes do not count making the best possible hand being A, 2, 3, 4, 5 regardless of suits (in contrast to deuce-to-seven lowball.) | [noun] A form of cribbage in which the first to score 121 (or 61) is the loser. LUGSAIL (8) [noun] A quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely; a lug. LUMENAL (9) LUMINAL (9) LUNGFUL (11) LUSTFUL (10) [adjective] Full of lust; driven by lust. LUSTRAL (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to (ritual) purification. | [adjective] Of or relating to a lustrum, or period of five years. LYRICAL (12) [adjective] Appropriate for or suggestive of singing. | [adjective] Expressive of emotion. MAGICAL (12) [adjective] Of or relating to magic. | [adjective] Enchanting. MANDREL (10) [noun] A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it. | [noun] A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved. MANDRIL (10) MARITAL (9) [adjective] Pertaining to marriage. | [adjective] Pertaining to a husband. MARSHAL (12) [noun] A high-ranking officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord, who was originally in charge of the cavalry and later the military forces in general. | [noun] A military officer of the highest rank in several countries, including France and the former Soviet Union; equivalent to a general of the army in the United States. See also field marshal. | [noun] A person in charge of the ceremonial arrangement and management of a gathering. MARTIAL (9) [noun] A person under the astrological influence of the planet Mars. | [noun] An inhabitant of the planet Mars. | [noun] A soldier, a warrior. MATINAL (9) [adjective] In the morning, relating to the morning. MAXIMAL (18) [noun] The element of a set with the greatest magnitude. | [noun] Said of an ideal of a ring or a filter of a lattice: that it is as large as it can be without being trivial (improper). | [noun] Said of a set of well-formed formulas: that it is as large as it can be without being inconsistent; i.e. that for any well-formed formula φ, the set contains either φ or ~φ. MAXWELL (19) [noun] A unit of magnetic flux that produces one abvolt per turn per second. MAYORAL (12) [adjective] Relating to a mayor (or the office of the mayor). MEDICAL (12) [noun] A medical examination. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine. | [adjective] Intended to have a therapeutic effect; medicinal. MEDUSAL (10) MENTHOL (12) [noun] A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes | [noun] A menthol cigarette. METICAL (11) [noun] The currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos MIASMAL (11) MILFOIL (12) [noun] Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium. | [noun] Any of several similar pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea | [noun] Any plants of the genus Myriophyllum; water milfoil. MIMICAL (13) MINDFUL (13) [adjective] Being aware (of something); attentive, heedful. | [adjective] Inclined (to do something). | [noun] As much as can be held in one's mind at a time. MINERAL (9) [noun] Any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties. | [noun] Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable). | [noun] (nutrition) Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition; a dietary mineral. MINIMAL (11) [adjective] The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree. | [adjective] Characterised by the use of simple form or structures. | [adjective] Characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases. MISBILL (11) MISCALL (11) [verb] To call (someone) bad names; to insult, abuse. | [verb] To call (something) by the wrong name. | [verb] To make a wrong call; to announce (one's hand of cards) incorrectly. MISDEAL (10) [noun] Incorrect dealing or distribution. | [verb] To deal or distribute wrongly. MISDIAL (10) [noun] An instance of misdialling. | [verb] To dial or use a keypad incorrectly, especially on a telephone. MISTRAL (9) [noun] A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean. MOANFUL (12) MONADAL (10) MONGREL (10) [noun] Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog. | [noun] A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; (often preceded by "poor") a pitiable person. MONOFIL (12) [noun] A monofilament yarn. MUCOSAL (11) MUDSILL (10) MUSEFUL (12) MUSICAL (11) [noun] A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting. | [noun] A meeting or a party for a musical entertainment; a musicale. | [adjective] Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation. NADIRAL (8) NAPHTOL (12) NARWHAL (13) [noun] Monodon monoceros, an Arctic cetacean that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed canine tooth that projects forward. NATURAL (7) [noun] A native inhabitant of a place, country etc. | [noun] A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental. | [noun] The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note. NEEDFUL (11) [noun] Ready money; wherewithal. | [noun] Anything necessary or requisite. | [adjective] Needed; necessary; mandatory; requisite; indispensible. NEUTRAL (7) [noun] A nonaligned state, or a member of such a state. | [noun] A person who takes no side in a dispute. | [noun] An individual or entity serving as an arbitrator or adjudicator. NITINOL (7) [noun] An alloy of nickel and titanium that has the ability to return to a predetermined shape when heated. NODICAL (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the nodes of an orbiting body (such as the moon) NOMBRIL (11) [noun] A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon. NOMINAL (9) [noun] (grammar) A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase. | [noun] (grammar) A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives. (Depending on the language, it may comprise nouns, adjectives, possibly numerals, pronouns, and participles.) | [noun] A number (usually natural) used like a name; a numeric code or identifier. (See nominal number on Wikipedia.) NONFUEL (10) NOSTRIL (7) [noun] Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages. NUCLEAL (9) NUMERAL (9) [noun] A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 and the Roman numerals I, V, X, L. | [noun] A word representing a number. | [noun] A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1). NUPTIAL (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to wedding and marriage. | [adjective] Capable, or characteristic, of breeding. NUTGALL (8) [noun] A kind of gall on a tree formed in response to damage or parasite, with a nut-like shape. NYMPHAL (17) OATMEAL (9) [noun] Meal made from rolled or round oats. | [noun] A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk and/or water. | [noun] A light greyish brown colour, like that of oatmeal. OCTANOL (9) OCTAVAL (12) ODDBALL (11) [noun] An eccentric or unusual person. | [noun] A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant. | [adjective] Exotic, not mainstream. ODORFUL (11) OEDIPAL (10) [adjective] Of or relating to the Oedipus complex. OENOMEL (9) OINOMEL (9) OMENTAL (9) OPTICAL (11) [adjective] Of, or relating to sight; visual. | [adjective] Designed to assist or enhance sight | [adjective] Of, or relating to optics. OPTIMAL (11) [noun] The best of its kind | [adjective] The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction. | [adjective] Describing a search algorithm that always returns the best result. ORBITAL (9) [noun] A specification of the energy and probability density of an electron at any point in an atom or molecule. | [noun] An orbital motorway. | [adjective] Of or relating to an orbit. ORCINOL (9) [noun] A natural phenolic organic compound that occurs in many species of lichen, used in the production of orcein and as a reagent in some chemical tests for pentoses. ORDINAL (8) [noun] An ordinal number such as first, second and third. | [noun] A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services | [adjective] (of a number) indicating position in a sequence OSMOLAL (9) OUTBAWL (12) OUTDUEL (8) OUTFALL (10) [verb] To burst forth, as upon an enemy; make a sally. | [noun] A sudden eruption of troops from a fortified place; sally. | [noun] A quarrel; a falling out. OUTFEEL (10) OUTFOOL (10) OUTHAUL (10) [verb] To haul out | [noun] A rope that is used to extend a sail along a spar OUTHOWL (13) OUTKILL (11) OUTPOLL (9) [verb] To defeat in a poll. OUTPULL (9) OUTROLL (7) OUTSAIL (7) [verb] To sail faster or further than. OUTSELL (7) [verb] To sell more than; to surpass in sales. | [verb] To sell at a higher price (than) OUTTELL (7) OUTWILL (10) OUTYELL (10) OVARIAL (10) OVERALL (10) [noun] A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools. | [noun] (in the plural) A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps. | [adjective] All-encompassing, all around. OVOIDAL (11) OXYPHIL (22) PAGINAL (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a page; consisting of pages PAILFUL (12) PAINFUL (12) [adjective] Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. | [adjective] Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person). | [adjective] Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious. PALATAL (9) [noun] A palatal consonant. | [adjective] Pertaining to the palate. | [adjective] Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate. PALLIAL (9) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or produced by a mantle, especially the mantle of mollusks. | [adjective] Of or relating to the pallium. PALUDAL (10) [adjective] Pertaining to marshes, marshy, palustral, especially designating a plant's habitat PAPYRAL (14) PARASOL (9) [noun] A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun. | [noun] A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails. | [noun] A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun. PARBOIL (11) [verb] To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked. PARTIAL (9) [noun] A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant. | [noun] Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental. | [noun] Dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth PASCHAL (14) [adjective] Of or pertaining to Easter. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the Passover. PASQUIL (18) PAYROLL (12) [noun] A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each. | [noun] The total sum of money paid to employees. | [noun] The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this. PEAFOWL (15) [noun] A pheasant of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex). PEDICEL (12) [noun] A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised); a stalk bearing a single flower or spore-producing body within a cluster. | [noun] A stalk of a fungus fruiting body. | [noun] A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk. PEDOCAL (12) PENICIL (11) PERORAL (9) PERUSAL (9) [noun] The act of perusing; studying something carefully. PEYTRAL (12) PEYTREL (12) PHASEAL (12) PHRASAL (12) [adjective] Referring to, or used in the manner of, a phrase. | [adjective] (grammar) Consisting of multiple words, but behaving as a single part of speech. PIGTAIL (10) [noun] A braided plait of hair. | [noun] Either of two braids or "tails" on the side of the head. | [noun] A twisted piece of tobacco. PINBALL (11) [noun] (games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base, in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points. | [noun] The ball used in pinball. | [noun] A situation where a ball is frantically kicked between many players. PINITOL (9) PINTAIL (9) [noun] A pintail duck, a type of dabbling duck with a characteristic pointed tail. | [noun] A pin-tailed snipe, Gallinago stenura. | [noun] The end of a fastening pin or mandrel on a Huckbolt or pop rivet that is broken off when installation is complete. PIPEFUL (14) PITFALL (12) [noun] A potential problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious. | [noun] A type of trap consisting of a concealed hole in the ground: victims fall into the hole and are unable to escape. | [noun] An antipattern. PITIFUL (12) [adjective] Feeling pity; merciful. | [adjective] So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. | [adjective] Of an amount or number: very small. PIVOTAL (12) [adjective] Of, relating to, or being a pivot. | [adjective] Being of crucial importance; central, key. PLAYFUL (15) [adjective] Liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive. | [adjective] Funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome. | [adjective] Fun, recreational, not serious. PLEURAL (9) PLIMSOL (11) PLUVIAL (12) [noun] A rainy period | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain | [adjective] Occurring through the action of rain POITREL (9) POTBOIL (11) POUNDAL (10) [noun] A unit equal to the force needed to accelerate a mass of one pound at a rate of one foot per second per second. POUTFUL (12) PREANAL (9) PREBILL (11) PREBOIL (11) PRECOOL (11) [verb] To cool in advance. PREDIAL (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to land or its products. | [adjective] Coming from or the occupation of land. | [adjective] Attached to the land (of slavery etc.); having to work on the land or an estate; deriving from the land. | [verb] To dial in advance. PREMEAL (11) PREPILL (11) PREQUEL (18) [noun] In a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor, especially the original narrative or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative work with at least one sequel. PRESELL (9) [verb] To sell or obtain commitments to buy in advance of a formal offer to sell. PRETZEL (18) [noun] A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot. | [noun] (by extension) Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled. | [verb] To bend, twist, or contort. PREVAIL (12) [verb] To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others. | [verb] To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence. | [verb] To succeed in persuading or inducing. PUBERAL (11) PUSHFUL (15) [adjective] Energetic; pushy. QUANTAL (16) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a quantum | [adjective] Quantized | [adjective] Of a response, being all-or-none QUARREL (16) [noun] A verbal dispute or heated argument. | [noun] A ground of dispute or objection; a complaint. | [noun] An earnest desire or longing. | [noun] A diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window. QUETZAL (25) [noun] Any trogon of the genus Pharomacrus, especially the resplendent quetzal, Pharomacrus mocinno, which has very long tail feathers and is found in Guatemala and Costa Rica. | [noun] A monetary unit used in Guatemala, equal to 100 centavos. QUINTAL (16) [noun] (historical except India) A measure of weight originally equal to a hundred pounds; later, a hundredweight. | [noun] One hundred kilograms. RACHIAL (12) RACKFUL (16) RADICAL (10) [noun] (historical: 19th-century Britain) A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism). | [noun] (historical: early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics. | [noun] A person with radical opinions. RADICEL (10) RATTAIL (7) [noun] Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish. | [noun] A hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head. REAVAIL (10) RECITAL (9) [noun] The act of reciting (the repetition of something that has been memorized); rehearsal | [noun] The act of telling the order of events of something in detail the order of events; narration. | [noun] That which is recited; a story, narration, account. RECUSAL (9) [noun] An act of recusing; removing oneself from a decision/judgment because of a conflict of interest. REDPOLL (10) [noun] Any of various finches in the genus Acanthis (syn. Carduelis), which have characteristic red markings on their heads. | [noun] A redhead. REDRILL (8) REDTAIL (8) REEXPEL (16) REFUSAL (10) [noun] The act of refusing. | [noun] Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue. REFUTAL (10) [noun] A refutation. REGINAL (8) REGOSOL (8) RELABEL (9) [verb] Label again, apply a new label to REMODEL (10) [verb] To change the appearance, layout, or furnishings of. | [noun] An instance of modification or redecorating. REMOVAL (12) [noun] The process of moving, or the fact of being removed. | [noun] The relocation of a business etc. | [noun] The dismissal of someone from office. RENEWAL (10) [noun] The act of renewing. | [noun] An offensive action made immediately after a parried one. REPANEL (9) REPOSAL (9) [noun] The act or state of reposing. | [noun] That on which one reposes. RESPELL (9) [verb] To spell again. RESTFUL (10) [adjective] Using REST (representational state transfer). | [adjective] Peaceful; having a peaceful aspect | [adjective] Restorative; aiding rest RETINAL (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the retina. | [noun] One of several yellow or red carotenoid pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light. RETINOL (7) [noun] A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development. RETRIAL (7) [noun] A second trial, by the original court, if the original trial was found to be improper or unfair REVISAL (10) REVIVAL (13) [noun] The act of reviving, or the state of being revived | [noun] Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature. | [noun] Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, such as drama or literature. ROOMFUL (12) [noun] The amount that a room can hold, especially the number of people that can fit into a room. | [noun] The people in a room, considered as a group. | [adjective] Abounding with room or rooms; roomy. RORQUAL (16) [noun] Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding. ROSINOL (7) ROSTRAL (7) [noun] A scale in reptiles on the median plate of the tip of the snout that borders the mouth opening. | [adjective] Relating to the rostrum. | [adjective] Serving as a rostrum. ROUNDEL (8) [noun] Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle. | [noun] A roundelay or rondelay. | [noun] A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. RUDERAL (8) [noun] Any plant growing in rubbish or very poor soil | [noun] A plant tending to volunteer in disturbed soil. | [adjective] That grows in rubbish or poor soil RUMINAL (9) [adjective] Of, relating to, or situated inside the rumen. | [adjective] That chews the cud. RUTHFUL (13) SACKFUL (16) [noun] The amount a sack will contain. | [noun] A large number or amount (of something). | [adjective] Intent on plunder. SAHIWAL (13) SATCHEL (12) [noun] A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc. SAWBILL (12) [noun] The red-breasted merganser. SAWMILL (12) [noun] A machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber. | [verb] To process (lumber) in a sawmill. SCALPEL (11) [noun] A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork. SCANDAL (10) [noun] An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved. | [noun] Damage to one's reputation. | [noun] Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency. SCLERAL (9) SCRIBAL (11) SCROTAL (9) SCURRIL (9) SEAFOWL (13) SEAGULL (8) [noun] Any of several white, often dark backed birds of the family Laridae having long pointed wings and short legs. | [noun] The symbol ̼ , which combines under a letter as a sort of accent. | [noun] A fan or member of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club. SEAWALL (10) [noun] A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment. SEGETAL (8) SEISMAL (9) SEMINAL (9) [noun] A seed. | [adjective] Of or relating to seed or semen. | [adjective] Creative or having the power to originate. SENSUAL (7) [adjective] Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory. | [adjective] Provoking or exciting a strong response in the senses. SEROSAL (7) SERUMAL (9) SEVERAL (10) [noun] An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land). | [noun] Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. | [noun] An enclosed or separate place; enclosure. SHRIVEL (13) [verb] To collapse inward; to crumble. | [verb] To become wrinkled. | [verb] To draw into wrinkles. SHTETEL (10) SKILFUL (14) [adjective] Possessing skill, skilled. SKINFUL (14) [noun] Enough to fill a skin. | [noun] Enough alcoholic drink to cause inebriation. SKYSAIL (14) [noun] The sail set next above the royal. SNORKEL (11) [noun] A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater. | [noun] A retractable tube fitted in diesel-engine submarines to allow sufficient ventilation that the engines may be used at periscope depth. | [verb] To use a snorkel. SOMITAL (9) SONGFUL (11) SORORAL (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a sister. | [adjective] Related through someone's sister. SOULFUL (10) [adjective] Full of emotion and vigor. | [adjective] Full of soul. | [noun] Enough to fill one's soul. SPACIAL (11) [adjective] Pertaining to (the dimension of) space. | [adjective] Pertaining to (outer) space. SPANCEL (11) SPANIEL (9) [noun] Any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game. | [noun] A cringing, fawning person. | [verb] To follow loyally or obsequiously, like a spaniel. SPATHAL (12) SPATIAL (9) [adjective] Pertaining to (the dimension of) space. | [adjective] Pertaining to (outer) space. SPECIAL (11) [noun] A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered. | [noun] One of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price at a restaurant. | [noun] Unusual or exceptional episode of a series. SPHERAL (12) [adjective] Spherical | [adjective] Spherically symmetric SPIEGEL (10) SPONSAL (9) SPOUSAL (9) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) marriage; nuptials; espousal | [adjective] Of or relating to marriage | [adjective] Of or relating to a spouse, spouses; to the relationship between spouses STAMMEL (11) STENCIL (9) [noun] A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface. | [noun] A utensil that contains a perforated sheet through which ink can be forced to create a printed pattern on a surface. | [noun] A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph. STERNAL (7) [adjective] Of, relating to, or near the sternum. STIBIAL (9) STIGMAL (10) STOICAL (9) [adjective] Enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint. STRATAL (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a stratum STRIGIL (8) [noun] A grooming tool used to scrape away dead skin, oil, dirt, etc. STROBIL (9) STROMAL (9) [adjective] Relating to a stroma | [adjective] Relating to sister chromatid cohesion STRUDEL (8) [noun] The symbol @, most commonly used in e-mail addresses. | [noun] A pastry made from multiple thin layers of dough rolled up and filled with fruit, etc. | [noun] A vertical hole in sea ice through which downward jet-like, buoyancy-driven drainage of flood water is thought to occur. SUBCELL (11) SUBCOOL (11) SUBDUAL (10) SUBGOAL (10) SUBORAL (9) SUBOVAL (12) SUBSOIL (9) [noun] The layer of earth that is below the topsoil. | [verb] To turn up the subsoil of. SUDORAL (8) SUNDIAL (8) [noun] A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks. SURREAL (7) [noun] Surreal number | [adjective] Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous SURVEIL (10) [verb] To keep someone or something under surveillance. SUTURAL (7) SWAYFUL (16) SYNFUEL (13) [noun] Any of several fuels synthesized from coal or shale etc, or fermented from grain etc SYNODAL (11) [noun] A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration. | [noun] A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod. | [adjective] Synodic; relating to a synod SYZYGAL (23) TACTFUL (12) [adjective] Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner. TACTUAL (9) [adjective] Of, or relating to the sense of touch. TANKFUL (14) TAPETAL (9) TEABOWL (12) TEARFUL (10) [adjective] Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry. | [adjective] Sorrowful. TEENFUL (10) TENDRIL (8) [noun] A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support. | [noun] A hair-like tentacle. | [adjective] Having the shape or properties of a tendril; thin and coiling; entwining. TERTIAL (7) TETANAL (7) TEXTUAL (14) [adjective] Of, or pertaining to text. | [adjective] Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting. | [adjective] Contrast with libel THEELOL (10) THERMAL (12) [noun] A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of Earth's surface. | [verb] (stone) To create a rough finish on stone by treating it with a high-temperature blow-torch. | [verb] (gliding, often in the present participle) To fly an unpowered aircraft in a (thermal) column of rising air. THERMEL (12) THIAZOL (19) THIONYL (13) [noun] The divalent radical O=S< TIERCEL (9) [noun] A male hawk or falcon, used in falconry. TIMBRAL (11) TIMBREL (11) [noun] An ancient percussion instrument rather like a simple tambourine. | [verb] To play the timbrel. | [verb] To accompany with the sound of the timbrel. TIMOLOL (9) [noun] A synthetic compound which acts as a beta blocker and is used to treat hypertension, migraine, and glaucoma. TINFOIL (10) [noun] A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping. | [noun] Aluminium foil | [verb] To cover in tinfoil. TISSUAL (7) TOENAIL (7) [noun] The thin, horny, transparent plate covering the upper surface of the end of a toe. | [verb] To fasten two pieces of lumber together by applying nails or screws into both boards at an angle. TOILFUL (10) TOMFOOL (12) [noun] A silly or stupid person, especially a boy or man. | [noun] Any of various tyrant flycatchers viewed as foolishly confiding. | [verb] To act foolishly. TOPFULL (12) TOPICAL (11) [noun] A topical anaesthetic. | [adjective] Relating to a particular topic or subject. | [adjective] Relating to a topic or subject of current interest. TOPSAIL (9) [noun] A sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship. | [noun] In a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast. TOPSOIL (9) [noun] The most fertile soil, easiest to start new plants in. TOXICAL (16) TRAMELL (9) TRAMMEL (11) [noun] Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle. | [noun] A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle | [noun] A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey. TRAVAIL (10) [noun] Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship. | [noun] Specifically, the labor of childbirth. | [noun] An act of working; labor (US), labour (British). | [verb] To toil. TRAYFUL (13) TREFOIL (10) [noun] Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium. | [noun] A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament. | [noun] A knot formed by joining the two loose ends of a overhand knot to form a knotted loop; the simplest non-trivial knot. TRENAIL (7) [noun] A wooden peg or pin used as a fastener. TRESSEL (7) TRIVIAL (10) [noun] Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. | [adjective] Ignorable; of little significance or value. | [adjective] Commonplace, ordinary. TROCHAL (12) TROCHIL (12) TROMMEL (11) [noun] A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores. | [noun] A rotating drum for sorting items, such as waste for recycling. TRUNNEL (7) [noun] A wooden peg or pin used as a fastener. | [noun] A low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed. | [noun] A low wagon or cart on small wheels, used to transport things. TRYSAIL (10) [noun] A small, strong three-sided sail sometimes set in place of the mainsail in heavy weather. TUMBREL (11) [noun] A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a cucking stool. | [noun] A cart which opens at the back to release its load. | [noun] A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution. TUMBRIL (11) [noun] A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a cucking stool. | [noun] A cart which opens at the back to release its load. | [noun] A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution. TUMORAL (9) TUNEFUL (10) [adjective] Having or producing a pleasing tune; melodic or melodious TURMOIL (9) [noun] A state of great disorder or uncertainty. | [noun] Harassing labour; trouble; disturbance. | [verb] To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. TWIBILL (12) [noun] An axe with two cutting blades. | [noun] A mattock. | [noun] A double-bladed tool used in gate-type hurdle-making for cutting out mortices, with a flat chisel and a mortice chisel or hook, similar to the much larger French carpenter's tool, the besaiguë (or bisaiguë). TYPICAL (14) [noun] Anything that is typical, normal, or standard. | [adjective] Capturing the overall sense of a thing. | [adjective] Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type. UMBONAL (11) UNCINAL (9) UNCIVIL (12) [adjective] Not civilized | [adjective] Not civil; discourteous; impolite UNEQUAL (16) [noun] One who is not an equal. | [adjective] Not the same. | [adjective] Out of balance. UNIDEAL (8) [adjective] Not ideal. UNLEVEL (10) UNMORAL (9) [adjective] Not applicable for moral consideration. | [adjective] Not moral. UNRAVEL (10) [verb] To separate the threads (of); disentangle. | [verb] (of threads, etc.) To become separated; (of something woven, knitted, etc.) to come apart. | [verb] To clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve. UNSHELL (10) UNSNARL (7) [verb] To remove or undo a snarl or tangle. UNSTEEL (7) UNUSUAL (7) [noun] Something that is unusual; an anomaly. | [adjective] Not usual, out of the ordinary UNVOCAL (12) UPSWELL (12) [noun] A rising swell. | [verb] To swell upward. UREDIAL (8) UTENSIL (7) [noun] An instrument or device for domestic use, especially in the kitchen. | [noun] A useful small tool, implement, or vessel. UXORIAL (14) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives. | [adjective] Devoted to one's wife; uxorious. VAGINAL (11) [adjective] Of, relating to, or affecting the vagina. VANPOOL (12) VATICAL (12) VEGETAL (11) [noun] Any vegetable organism. | [adjective] Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational). | [adjective] Pertaining to vegetables or plants. VENTAIL (10) VENTRAL (10) [noun] Any of the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of a snake's body from the neck to the anal scale. | [adjective] Related to the abdomen or stomach. | [adjective] On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface. VERMEIL (12) [noun] Vermilion; bright red. | [noun] Silver gilt or gilt bronze. | [noun] A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold. VESICAL (12) [adjective] Pertaining to the urinary bladder. VESTRAL (10) VICINAL (12) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a neighborhood; neighboring. | [adjective] Describing identical atoms or groups attached to nearby (especially adjacent) atoms in a molecule. | [adjective] Describing subordinate planes on a crystal, which are very near to the fundamental planes in angles, and sometimes take their place. VICTUAL (12) [noun] Food fit for human consumption. | [noun] (in the plural) Food supplies; provisions. | [noun] Grain of any kind. VIMINAL (12) VIRTUAL (10) [noun] A virtual member function of a class. | [adjective] In effect or essence, if not in fact or reality; imitated, simulated. | [adjective] Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or measurable part; potential. VITRIOL (10) [noun] Sulphuric acid and various metal sulphates. | [noun] (by extension) Bitterly abusive language. | [verb] To subject to bitter verbal abuse. WADMAAL (13) WADMOLL (13) WAGTAIL (11) [noun] Any of various small passerine birds of the family Motacillidae, of the Old World, notable for their long tails. WAILFUL (13) [adjective] Sorrowful; mournful. WAKEFUL (17) [adjective] Awake; not sleeping. | [adjective] Sleepless. | [adjective] Vigilant and alert; watchful. WAMEFUL (15) WASSAIL (10) [noun] A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion. | [noun] The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc. | [noun] Revelry. WASTREL (10) [noun] One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly. | [noun] A neglected child. | [noun] Refuse; rubbish. WAXBILL (19) [noun] Any bird of the genus Estrilda. WAYBILL (15) [noun] A document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo. | [verb] To provide (cargo) with a waybill document. WILLFUL (13) [adjective] Intentional; deliberate. | [adjective] Stubborn and determined. WISHFUL (16) [adjective] Wished-for; desired, wanted. | [adjective] Expressing a wish or longing for something. | [adjective] Aspiring, or seeking advancement. WISTFUL (13) [adjective] Full of longing or yearning. | [adjective] Sad and thoughtful. XYLITOL (17) [noun] A pentahydric alcohol, C5H12O5, penta-hydroxy pentane; derived from xylose; used as a sweetener ZESTFUL (19) [adjective] Having a spirited love of life; ebullient. | [adjective] Eager, enthusiastic. ZOARIAL (16) ZOOIDAL (17)

AASVOGEL (12) [noun] Vulture. ABAPICAL (14) ABBATIAL (12) [adjective] Belonging to, relating to, or pertaining to an abbey, abbot, or abbess. ABNORMAL (12) [noun] A person or object that is not normal. | [adjective] Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health. ABOMASAL (12) ACETOXYL (20) ACHENIAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or characteristic of an achene, a type of small, dry, single-seeded fruit. ACROMIAL (12) [adjective] Relating to or denoting the acromion, the bony process at the top of the shoulder blade. ADUMBRAL (13) AECIDIAL (11) [adjective] Relating to or characteristic of an aecium, a fruiting structure produced by rust fungi during their sexual reproduction stage. AEROFOIL (11) [noun] A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air. | [noun] A wing of an aircraft. AESTIVAL (11) [adjective] Of or relating to summer. | [adjective] Coming forth in the summer. AFFIXIAL (21) AGENTIAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or characteristic of an agent or agency; involving or exercising agency or action. AGRESTAL (9) [adjective] That grows wild in cultivated fields ALLODIAL (9) ALLUVIAL (11) [noun] A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer. | [noun] Alluvial soil; specifically, in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil. | [adjective] Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream. ALOGICAL (11) [adjective] Not based upon logic or reasoned argument. | [adjective] Opposed to logic. AMPHORAL (15) [adjective] Relating to or resembling the sound produced by blowing across the mouth of a bottle, used in medical terminology to describe certain lung sounds heard through a stethoscope. ANCONEAL (10) [adjective] Relating to or denoting the anconeus muscle or the elbow region of the arm. ANTENNAL (8) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or functioning as an antenna ANTHERAL (11) [adjective] Of or relating to an anther, the pollen-bearing part of a flower's stamen. ANTIPILL (10) ANTIROLL (8) [adjective] Antisway APOLOGAL (11) APPROVAL (15) [noun] An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements. | [noun] An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones. | [noun] Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item. AQUARIAL (17) ARBITRAL (10) [adjective] Relating to arbitration. ARBOREAL (10) [noun] Any tree-dwelling creature. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or resembling a tree. | [adjective] Living in or among trees. ARCHIVAL (16) [noun] The act of archiving something. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to an archive or archiving. ARGENTAL (9) ARMORIAL (10) [noun] A book etc concerning heraldry, especially a collection of coats of arms. | [adjective] Of, or relating to heraldry, or to heraldic arms. | [adjective] In, or pertaining to, armor. ARRHIZAL (20) [adjective] Having no roots or rootless, particularly in botanical terminology referring to plants that lack a root system. ARTERIAL (8) [noun] A through road. | [adjective] Of or relating to an artery. | [adjective] (of a route, road or street) Major, important. ASPHODEL (14) [noun] Flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flowers of these plants. | [noun] The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead. ASTERNAL (8) [adjective] Not relating to or connected with the sternum; lacking a sternum. ASTRAGAL (9) [noun] A semicircular molding separating the architrave at the top or bottom of a column. | [noun] A tool used to mold such features; similar tools used for connecting panes of glass in a window. | [noun] A circular molding near the mouth of a cannon. ATOMICAL (12) ATYPICAL (15) [noun] An atypical antipsychotic. | [adjective] Not conforming to the normal type. | [adjective] Unusual or irregular. AUTUMNAL (10) [adjective] Of or relating to autumn. | [adjective] Past the middle of life; in the third stage. AVENTAIL (11) [noun] A piece of armor consisting of a metal mesh or plate that hangs from a helmet to protect the neck and shoulders. AXONEMAL (17) [adjective] Relating to or resembling an axoneme, the core structure of cilia and flagella containing microtubules. BACKFILL (19) [noun] The material that has been used to refill an excavation. | [noun] Reserve support personnel. | [noun] That which backfills; a replacement. BACKHAUL (19) [noun] The return journey of a vehicle, especially a truck, after delivering a load. | [noun] Goods transported on a return journey. | [verb] To transport goods on a return journey. BALMORAL (12) [noun] A Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume but no brim; a blue bonnet. | [noun] A heavy walking shoe. | [noun] An Oxford shoe. BANDEROL (11) [noun] A little banner, flag, or streamer. | [noun] A flat band with an inscription, common in Renaissance buildings. BANGTAIL (11) [noun] The tail of a horse or cow, allowed to grow out and then trimmed horizontally so as to form a tassel; a horse or cow having such a tail. | [noun] A racehorse. | [noun] A prostitute. BANKROLL (14) [noun] A roll of banknotes or other paper currency, carried in lieu of a wallet. | [noun] The monetary assets of a person or organization. | [verb] To fund a project; to underwrite something. BANNEROL (10) [noun] A long, narrow flag or banner, typically one with a forked or split end. | [noun] A ribbon or scroll bearing an inscription, often used in heraldry or decorative art. BARBICEL (14) BARBITAL (12) [noun] The first commercially marketed barbiturate, used as a hypnotic drug until the mid-1950s. BARONIAL (10) [adjective] Belonging or relating to a baron or barons. | [adjective] Suitable for a baron. BARSTOOL (10) [noun] A stool used for sitting, often taller than a chair and usually having a foot rest, commonly placed in bars and in front of kitchen counters. BASEBALL (12) [noun] A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins. | [noun] The ball used to play the sport of baseball. | [noun] A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance. BASIDIAL (11) [adjective] Relating to or denoting a basidium, the structure in fungi that produces basidiospores. BASINFUL (13) [noun] The amount that a basin can hold; a basin full of something. BASOPHIL (15) [noun] Any cell that has granules stained by basic stains. BEADROLL (11) [noun] A list of names of people to be prayed for, or a string of beads used for counting prayers. BEANBALL (12) [noun] A pitch thrown at a batter's head in baseball, either intentionally or recklessly. BECHAMEL (17) [noun] A simple white sauce made from a roux of butter and flour to which is added hot milk. BECUDGEL (14) BEDRIVEL (14) BELLPULL (12) [noun] A cord or handle pulled to ring a bell, typically used to summon a servant in a household. | [noun] A decorative band or strip of fabric with a loop at the end, hung beside a fireplace or door to pull a bell. BELLYFUL (16) [noun] Enough to fill one's belly; a large portion of food eaten. | [noun] An undesirably large quantity of something. BERASCAL (12) BESTOWAL (13) [noun] The act of giving or granting something, typically a gift or honor. | [noun] Something that is given or bestowed; a gift. BETRAYAL (13) [noun] The act of betraying BIACETYL (15) [noun] A yellowish organic compound (C4H6O2) with a butter-like odor, used as a flavoring agent in foods and beverages. BIANNUAL (10) [noun] Something occurring twice each year. | [adjective] Occurring twice a year; semiannual. | [adjective] Occurring once every two years; biennial. BIBLICAL (14) [adjective] Of or relating to the Bible. | [adjective] In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of it). | [adjective] Very great; especially, exceeding previous records in scale. BICAUDAL (13) [adjective] Having two tails or tail-like appendages. BIDENTAL (11) BIENNIAL (10) [noun] A plant that requires two years to complete its life-cycle, germinating and growing in its first year, then producing its flowers and fruit in its second year, after which it usually dies | [noun] An event that happens every two years | [adjective] Happening every two years. BIFACIAL (15) [adjective] Having two faces or opposing surfaces. | [adjective] (of a flint tool) Having two sharp cutting edges. BILABIAL (12) [noun] A speech sound articulated with both lips. | [adjective] Articulated with both lips. BIMANUAL (12) [adjective] Involving or using both hands BIMENSAL (12) [adjective] Occurring twice a month or every two months. BIMETHYL (18) BINAURAL (10) [adjective] Of, relating to, affecting, or designed for use with two ears. BINOMIAL (12) [noun] A polynomial with two terms. | [noun] A quantity expressed as the sum or difference of two terms. | [noun] A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name. BIOCIDAL (13) [adjective] Capable of killing living organisms or having the properties of a biocide. BIOTICAL (12) BIPHENYL (18) [noun] A colourless solid hydrocarbon, C12H10, consisting of two benzene rings linked together by a single bond | [noun] Any substituted or otherwise altered version of biphenyl, such as PCBs BIRACIAL (12) [noun] A person belonging to two races. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to two races | [adjective] Having parents of two races BIRADIAL (11) BIRDCALL (13) [noun] Any vocalisation of a bird. | [noun] An imitation of this cry. | [noun] A device used to imitate this cry, so as to lure and catch birds. BISEXUAL (17) [noun] A person who is bisexual. | [noun] A plant or fungus, or part thereof, which is bisexual. | [adjective] (of humans or other animals) Sexually attracted to both men and women (by a narrow definition) or to people of multiple or any genders (by a broad definition; compare pansexual). BLAMEFUL (15) [adjective] Deserving blame; culpable or at fault. BLISSFUL (13) [adjective] Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss. | [adjective] Blessed; glorified. BLOWBALL (15) [noun] The fluffy seed head of a dandelion or similar plant that disperses seeds in the wind. BLUEBALL (12) BLUEBELL (12) [noun] Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers. BLUEBILL (12) [noun] The scaup (of genus Aythya). | [noun] Any of the genus Spermophaga of estrildid finches found in tropical Africa. BLUEGILL (11) [noun] A North American sunfish; Lepomis macrochirus. BLUSHFUL (16) [adjective] Inclined to blush; easily embarrassed or showing bashfulness. BOASTFUL (13) [adjective] Tending to boast or brag. BOATBILL (12) [noun] A form of heron, Cochlearius cochlearius, native to Central and South America | [noun] Either of two species of passerine birds in the genus Machaerirhynchus BONEMEAL (12) [noun] Ground bones used as a slow-release fertilizer, especially for bulbs. BONSPELL (12) [noun] A curling match or tournament. | [noun] A festive gathering or celebration, especially among Scottish curlers. BONSPIEL (12) [noun] A tournament in the sport of curling. BRACHIAL (15) [adjective] Pertaining or belonging to the arm. | [adjective] Of the nature of an arm. BRACTEAL (12) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a bract, which is a specialized leaf or leaf-like structure associated with a flower or flower cluster. BRANTAIL (10) BRECCIAL (14) [adjective] Relating to or composed of breccia, a type of rock formed from angular fragments cemented together. BRIMFULL (15) [adjective] Filled to the brim; completely full. | [adjective] (archaic spelling of brimful) Overflowing or abundant. BROCATEL (12) [noun] A heavy fabric with a raised design, similar to brocade, used in upholstery and decoration. BUCKTAIL (16) [noun] A fishing lure made from the tail hair of a deer, typically buck hair, used in fly fishing. | [noun] A type of artificial fly used in angling that resembles small fish or aquatic insects. CACOMIXL (21) CAESURAL (10) [adjective] Relating to or containing a caesura, which is a pause or break in a line of verse. CALENDAL (11) CALIPHAL (15) [adjective] Of or relating to a caliph or caliphate, the Islamic religious and political leadership or the territory under such rule. CALYCEAL (15) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a calyx, the outer whorl of sepals in a flower. CANNIBAL (12) [noun] An organism which eats others of its own species or kind, especially a human who eats human flesh. CANTONAL (10) [adjective] Relating to or denoting a canton, a subdivision of a country or region, particularly in Switzerland. CAPSIDAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a capsid, the protein shell of a virus. CARBAMYL (17) [adjective] Relating to or containing the carbamoyl group, a chemical radical (NH2CO-) used in organic chemistry. CARBARYL (15) [noun] A white crystalline solid of the carbamate family, a cholinesterase inhibitor used chiefly as an insecticide. CARBINOL (12) [noun] A chemical compound consisting of a hydrocarbon radical bonded to a hydroxyl group, derived from methanol. CARBONYL (15) [noun] In organic chemistry, a divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others. | [noun] Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)4. CARBOXYL (22) [noun] A univalent functional group consisting of a carbonyl and a hydroxyl functional group (-CO.OH); characteristic of carboxylic acids. CARDINAL (11) [noun] One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope and the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope. (See Wikipedia article on Catholic cardinals.) | [noun] Any of a genus of songbirds of the finch family, Cardinalis. | [noun] Any of various related passerine birds of the family Cardinalidae (See Wikipedia article on cardinals) and other similar birds that were once considered to be related. CARNIVAL (13) [noun] Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent. | [noun] A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment. | [noun] A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English. CAROUSAL (10) [noun] A drinking party or merrymaking session. | [noun] A carousel or merry-go-round. CAROUSEL (10) [noun] A merry-go-round (type of ride on rotating platform). | [noun] A continuously revolving device for item delivery. | [noun] The rotating glass plate in a microwave oven. CARRYALL (13) [noun] A large bag; a holdall | [noun] A light, covered carriage drawn by a single horse | [noun] Any of several types of automobile, usually a station wagon or van built on a truck chassis. CASCABEL (14) [noun] A small, round, hot variety of chili pepper, Capsicum annuum, which rattles when dry. | [noun] A knob at the end of a cannon, cast onto the gun barrel, to which ropes are attached in order to control recoil. | [noun] A bell attached to a sleigh or sleigh harness. CATCHALL (15) [noun] Any place or repository where things are placed indiscriminately or without careful thought. CATECHOL (15) [noun] The biologically important diphenol ortho-dihydroxy benzene; isomeric with hydroquinone and resorcinol. CATHODAL (14) [adjective] Relating to or denoting a cathode, the negative electrode in an electrical device or electrolytic cell. CEREBRAL (12) [adjective] Of, or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex. | [adjective] Intellectual rather than emotional. | [adjective] Retroflex. CERVICAL (15) [noun] A cervical vertebra | [adjective] Of the neck | [adjective] Of the cervix CESSPOOL (12) [noun] An underground pit where sewage is held. | [noun] (by extension) A filthy place. CHALAZAL (22) [adjective] Relating to or located at the chalaza, the point where the ovule is attached to the placenta in a plant's ovary. CHARCOAL (15) [noun] Impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is to say, heating it in the absence of oxygen. | [noun] A stick of black carbon material used for drawing. | [noun] A drawing made with charcoal. CHEEKFUL (20) [noun] The amount that fills one's cheek, or a quantity held in the cheek. CHEERFUL (16) [adjective] Noticeably happy and optimistic. | [adjective] Bright and pleasant. CHEMICAL (17) [noun] Any specific chemical element or chemical compound or alloy. | [noun] An artificial chemical compound. | [noun] An addictive drug. CHESTFUL (16) [noun] The amount that a chest can hold; as much as the chest can contain. CHIASMAL (15) [adjective] Relating to or involving a chiasma, particularly the crossing of nerve fibers or chromosomes during meiosis. CHOCKFUL (22) [adjective] Completely full; packed tightly with something. | [adjective] Containing a large amount of something desirable. CHRISMAL (15) [adjective] Relating to or containing chrism, a consecrated oil used in religious ceremonies. CINNAMYL (15) [adjective] Of or relating to cinnamon, or derived from cinnamon; specifically denoting the allyl group (C₆H₅-CH=CH-CH₂-) found in cinnamon and related compounds. CLERICAL (12) [noun] A member of the clergy. | [adjective] Of or relating to clerks or their work. | [adjective] Of or relating to the clergy. CLIENTAL (10) CLIMATAL (12) CLINICAL (12) [noun] A medical student's session spent in a real-world nursing environment. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility. | [adjective] Dealing with practical management of patients; contrasting with prehealth sciences. CLITORAL (10) [adjective] Of, or relating to the clitoris CLODPOLL (13) [noun] A stupid or foolish person; a blockhead or dolt. CLUBHAUL (15) [verb] To haul a ship about by hauling on the club or boom, or to change direction by swinging the stern around. | [verb] To tack a ship by hauling the club haul (a sailing maneuver). COATTAIL (10) [noun] The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the waist. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Success of a figure, organization or movement that transfers to those who associate with it. | [verb] To ride the coattails of. COCKBILL (18) [adjective] (nautical) Tilted or inclined at an angle, as when a ship's anchor is hung from the cathead with the flukes outward. COCKEREL (16) [noun] A young male chicken. COCKTAIL (16) [noun] A mixed alcoholic beverage. | [noun] A mixture of other substances or things. | [noun] A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins. COGWHEEL (17) [noun] A gear wheel | [noun] (When used attributively) Something behaving in similar, jerky, manner as a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine COISTREL (10) [noun] A base or dishonorable person; a knave or scoundrel. COISTRIL (10) [noun] A man of low birth or a knave; a base or dishonorable person. COLONIAL (10) [noun] A person from a country that is or was controlled by another. | [noun] A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a colony. COLORFUL (13) [adjective] Possessing prominent and varied colors. | [adjective] Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive. | [adjective] Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language). COLOSSAL (10) [adjective] Extremely large or on a great scale. COLUMNAL (12) COMITIAL (12) [adjective] Of or relating to the comitia, the assemblies of the Roman people for voting on laws and electing officials. COMMUNAL (14) [adjective] Pertaining to a community | [adjective] Shared by a community; public | [adjective] Defined by religious ideas; based on religion CONEPATL (12) CONFOCAL (15) [noun] Any of a pair of confocal mirrors or lenses | [adjective] Having the same foci CONIDIAL (11) [adjective] Relating to or resembling conidia, which are asexual spores produced by fungi. CONJUGAL (18) [adjective] Of or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial. CONOIDAL (11) [adjective] Having the shape of a conoid; having a roughly conical shape. CONTRAIL (10) [noun] An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air. CORNBALL (12) [noun] A ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. | [noun] An unsophisticated person. | [noun] Something excessively corny. CORNMEAL (12) [noun] Dried corn (maize) milled (ground) to a coarse meal. CORPORAL (12) [adjective] Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily. | [adjective] Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc. | [noun] A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private. | [noun] The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth. CORRIVAL (13) [noun] A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival. | [noun] A companion. | [verb] To compete with; to rival CORTICAL (12) [adjective] Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. | [adjective] Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue. CORTISOL (10) [noun] The steroid hormone hydrocortisone. COSMICAL (14) [adjective] Of or relating to the cosmos or universe; cosmic. COVERALL (13) [noun] A loose-fitting protective garment worn over other clothing. CRACKNEL (16) [noun] A hard, crisp biscuit | [noun] (in the plural) crackling (fried pork fat) CRIMINAL (12) [noun] A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law. | [adjective] Against the law; forbidden by law. | [adjective] Guilty of breaking the law. CRITICAL (12) [noun] A critical value, factor, etc. | [noun] In breakdancing, a kind of airflare move in which the dancer hops from one hand to the other. | [adjective] Inclined to find fault or criticize CRUNODAL (11) CUBOIDAL (13) CULTURAL (10) [adjective] Pertaining to culture. CUSPIDAL (13) CUSTUMAL (12) [noun] A survey of a medieval English manor, listing each tenant and the customs under which the tenancy was held. CYCLICAL (17) [adjective] Recurring at regular intervals CYCLITOL (15) CYCLONAL (15) DAFFODIL (16) [noun] A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales. | [noun] A brilliant yellow color, like that of a daffodil. | [adjective] Of a brilliant yellow color, like that of a daffodil. DEADFALL (13) [noun] Coarse woody debris; deadwood. | [noun] A kind of trap for animals, consisting of a heavy board or log that falls on to the prey. | [noun] A cheap, rough bar or saloon. DEATHFUL (15) DECIDUAL (12) DECRETAL (11) [noun] A papal decree, particularly one derived from an ecclesiastical letter. | [noun] Any decree or pronounced instruction. | [adjective] Pertaining to a decree. DEFERRAL (12) [noun] An act of deferring, a deferment. | [noun] An accrual. | [noun] A prepayment. DEFRAYAL (15) DEICIDAL (12) DEIFICAL (14) DEMERSAL (11) [noun] Any demersal organism. | [adjective] That lives near the bottom of a body of water. DEMURRAL (11) [noun] The act of demurring. | [noun] A formal objection. DENTINAL (9) DENTURAL (9) DEPRIVAL (14) DETASSEL (9) DETRITAL (9) DEVERBAL (14) [noun] (grammar) A word, especially a substantive, that is derived from a verb. | [adjective] (grammar) Derived from a verb. Commonly used to describe nominalized verb forms in Navajo, as well as gerunds and adjectives in Russian. DIACETYL (14) DIACONAL (11) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a deacon or the diaconate lay clergy. DIAGONAL (10) [noun] A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon. | [noun] Anything forming or resembling such a line, particularly: | [adjective] Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron). DIASTRAL (9) DICROTAL (11) DIDACTYL (15) DIHEDRAL (13) [noun] An angle between two plane surfaces | [noun] The upward slope of an aircraft's wing | [noun] The angle between pairs of chemical bonds separated by a third bond DILUVIAL (12) [adjective] Relating to or produced by a flood or deluge. | [adjective] Pertaining to Noah's Flood. DIMETHYL (17) DIOPTRAL (11) DIPHENYL (17) DIPTERAL (11) [adjective] Having two wings only. | [adjective] Belonging to the order of insects Diptera. | [adjective] Having a double row of columns on each on the flanks, as well as in front and rear, often said of a temple. DIRGEFUL (13) DISANNUL (9) [verb] To annul, do away with; to cancel. DISBOWEL (14) DISHEVEL (15) [verb] To throw into disorder; upheave. | [verb] To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.). | [verb] To spread out in disorder. DISLOYAL (12) [adjective] Not loyal, without loyalty. DISPOSAL (11) [noun] An arrangement, categorization or classification of things. | [noun] A disposing of or getting rid of something. | [noun] The power to use something or someone. DIVIDUAL (13) DOCTORAL (11) [adjective] Relating to a doctorate. | [adjective] Pertaining to a medical doctor or physician. DOGGEREL (11) [noun] A comic or humorous verse, usually irregular in measure. | [adjective] Of a crude or irregular construction. (Originally applied to humorous verse, but now to verse lacking artistry or meaning.) DOORBELL (11) [noun] A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building. | [noun] A button that actives an electric doorbell. | [verb] To ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit. DOORNAIL (9) [noun] A nail with a wide head, traditionally used in the construction and ornamentation of wooden doors. DOORSILL (9) DOTTEREL (9) [noun] A gullible fool. | [noun] Any of various small birds in the plover family Charadriidae; sometimes used interchangeably with plover. | [adjective] Decayed DOUBTFUL (14) [noun] A doubtful person or thing. | [adjective] Subject to, or causing doubt. | [adjective] Experiencing or showing doubt, sceptical. DOVETAIL (12) DOWNFALL (15) [noun] A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth. | [noun] The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error. | [noun] An act of falling down. DOWNHAUL (15) [noun] Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar. DOWNHILL (15) [noun] The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing. | [noun] A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing. | [verb] To take part in downhill skiing. DOWSABEL (14) DREADFUL (13) [noun] A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style. | [noun] A journal or broadsheet printing such reports. | [noun] A shocking or sensational crime. DREAMFUL (14) [adjective] Dreamy | [noun] As much as one can dream about. DRUMROLL (11) [noun] A sound produced by hitting a drum repeatedly and rhythmically over short intervals. DUCKBILL (17) [noun] The duck-billed platypus. | [noun] A hadrosaur. | [noun] A fish of the family Percophidae DUCKTAIL (15) [noun] A hairstyle in which the hair is swept back into an upturned point at the back. DUMBBELL (15) [noun] A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end. | [noun] A stupid person. DUNCICAL (13) DUNGHILL (13) [noun] A heap of dung, especially one for agricultural purposes. | [noun] Any wretchedly mean, dirty or loathsome place, situation or condition. DUODENAL (10) DYSPNEAL (14) ECDYSIAL (14) ECOCIDAL (13) ECOTONAL (10) EFFIGIAL (15) EGGSHELL (13) [noun] The shell around an egg. | [noun] A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell. | [adjective] Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell. EMPYREAL (15) ENDEMIAL (11) ENSCROLL (10) ENSORCEL (10) [verb] To bewitch or enchant. | [verb] To captivate, entrance, fascinate. ENTHRALL (11) [verb] To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate. | [verb] To make subservient; to enslave or subjugate. ENTOZOAL (17) ENTRESOL (8) [noun] A mezzanine; an intermediate floor in a building, typically resembling a balcony. Most often used to refer to the floor immediately above the ground floor and below a higher floor. EPICOTYL (15) [noun] In plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling above the cotyledons. EPIDURAL (11) [noun] An injection of anaesthetic into the epidural space of the spine, especially associated with pain relief during childbirth. | [adjective] Situated on or outside the dura mater. EPIFOCAL (15) EPISOMAL (12) EROTICAL (10) ESCHEWAL (16) ESPECIAL (12) [adjective] Exceptional in importance or significance; special. | [adjective] Particular. ESPOUSAL (10) [noun] A betrothal. | [noun] A wedding ceremony. | [noun] Adoption of a plan, cause, or idea. ESTOPPEL (12) [noun] (common law) A legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because of conduct by the first party, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, make it unjust for those rights to be asserted. ETHEREAL (11) [adjective] Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly. | [adjective] Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. | [adjective] Delicate, light and airy. ETHNICAL (13) EVENFALL (14) [noun] Dusk, twilight EVENTFUL (14) [adjective] Of or pertaining to high levels of activity; having many memorable events. EVENTUAL (11) [adjective] Finally resulting or occuring (after a period of time). | [adjective] Pertaining to events; event-related, evential. | [adjective] (NNSE or European Union) Possible, potential. EXARCHAL (20) EXCRETAL (17) EXEQUIAL (24) [adjective] Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal. EXERGUAL (16) EXORDIAL (16) EXTERNAL (15) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) The exterior; outward features or appearances. | [noun] In the C programming language, a variable that is defined in the source code but whose value comes from some external source. | [adjective] Outside of something; on the exterior. FAITHFUL (17) [noun] (in the plural) The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause. | [noun] Someone or something that is faithful or reliable. | [adjective] Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause. FALDERAL (12) [noun] Nonsense or foolishness. | [noun] A decorative object of little value; a trifle or gewgaw. FALDEROL (12) FAMILIAL (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a human family. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family. | [adjective] Inherited. FANCIFUL (16) [adjective] Imaginative or fantastic. | [adjective] Unreal or imagined. FARCICAL (15) [adjective] Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd. FAREWELL (14) [noun] A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure | [noun] A departure; the act of leaving | [verb] To bid farewell or say goodbye. FARNESOL (11) FASTBALL (13) [noun] Any of the variations of high speed pitches thrown in baseball | [noun] A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers FAUTEUIL (11) [noun] An armchair. | [noun] The chair of a presiding officer. | [noun] (by extension) Membership in the Académie française. FEASTFUL (14) FESTIVAL (14) [noun] An event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community. | [noun] In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god. | [noun] Fried cornbread FIDUCIAL (14) [noun] In manufacturing, a small mark on a circuit board used to align components, a fiducial point. | [adjective] Accepted as a fixed basis of reference. | [adjective] Based on having trust. FILARIAL (11) FIMBRIAL (15) FIREBALL (13) [noun] A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion. | [noun] A meteor bright enough to cast shadows. | [noun] A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two. FIREHALL (14) [noun] A fire station. FISHBOWL (19) [noun] A small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquarium. | [noun] (by extension) Any place or event that lacks privacy or is intensely scrutinized. | [noun] A variety of discussions where participants are organized in concentric circles and take turns where they and others in the same group are allowed to speak according to a set of rules. FISHMEAL (16) [noun] Ground dried fish, used mainly for livestock feed. FISHTAIL (14) [noun] The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this. | [noun] The skidding of the back of a vehicle from side to side. | [noun] A kind of chisel with a flared blade. FLAVANOL (14) [noun] Any of a class of flavonoids that use the 2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-3-ol molecular skeleton FLAVONOL (14) [noun] Any of several flavonoids that have a 3-hydroxyflavone backbone. FLEXURAL (18) FLYWHEEL (20) [noun] A rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits while the machine receives or releases energy at a varying rate. FOLDEROL (12) [noun] Nonsense or foolishness. | [noun] A decorative object of little value; a trifle or gewgaw. FONTANEL (11) [noun] A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones. FOOTBALL (13) [noun] (general) A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team. | [noun] Association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball. Known as soccer in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. | [noun] American football: a game played on a field of 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide in which two teams of 11 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory. FOOTFALL (14) [noun] The sound made by a footstep. | [noun] Foot (pedestrian) traffic. FOOTHILL (14) [noun] A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range. FOOTWALL (14) [noun] The section of rock that extends below a diagonal fault line (the corresponding upper section being the hanging wall). | [noun] The under wall of an enclosed vein. FORBIDAL (14) FORCEFUL (16) [adjective] Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful. FOREFEEL (14) FORESAIL (11) [noun] (on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast | [noun] A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel. | [noun] (on a sloop) A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail. FORESTAL (11) FORETELL (11) [verb] To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy. | [verb] To tell (a person) of the future. FORKBALL (17) [noun] A baseball pitch, much like the sinker. FORKSFUL (18) FORNICAL (13) FREEWILL (14) [adjective] Voluntary, done of one's own accord FRUITFUL (14) [adjective] Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren. | [adjective] Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits. FUCOIDAL (14) FUNEREAL (11) [adjective] Of or relating to a funeral. | [adjective] Similar to a funeral in mood; dignified or solemn. FURFURAL (14) [noun] A heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan; it is obtained commercially from bran, and has several industrial uses. GALANGAL (10) [noun] Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga. GANGLIAL (10) GERANIAL (9) [noun] One of the two isomers of citral GERANIOL (9) [noun] A monoterpenoid alcohol found in the essential oils of rose, palmarosa and citronella GERMINAL (11) [adjective] Relating to spring | [adjective] Pertaining, similar, or belonging to a germ. | [adjective] Relating to a plant ovary GESTICAL (11) GESTURAL (9) GHASTFUL (15) GILDHALL (13) GINGIVAL (13) [adjective] Relating to the gums | [adjective] Alveolar GLASSFUL (12) GLOOMFUL (14) GLYCEROL (14) [noun] 1,2,3-trihydroxy-propane or propan-1,2,3-triol; a trihydric alcohol | [noun] A syrupy sweet liquid obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of soap from animal or vegetable oils and fats; it is used as an antifreeze, a plasticizer, and a food sweetener and in the manufacture of dynamite, cosmetics etc. GLYCERYL (17) [noun] Either of the univalent, divalent or trivalent radicals derived from glycerol by removing hydrogen atoms from one, two or three hydroxyl groups GLYCOSYL (17) GNOMICAL (13) GONADIAL (10) GONIDIAL (10) GOODWILL (13) [noun] A favorably disposed attitude toward someone or something. | [noun] The value of a business entity not directly attributable to its tangible assets and liabilities. This value derives from factors such as consumer loyalty to the brand. | [noun] A concept used to refer to the ability of an individual or business to exert influence within a community, club, market or another type of group, without having to resort to the use of an asset (such as money or property), either directly or by the creation of a lien. GOOFBALL (14) [noun] (sometimes affectionate) A foolish or silly person or animal. | [noun] A pill or tablet containing a pharmaceutical which has hypnotic or intoxicating effects, especially a barbiturate. | [adjective] Silly. GOSSYPOL (14) [noun] Any of a class of toxic polyphenols found in the seeds of the cotton plant GRACEFUL (14) [adjective] Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion. | [adjective] Gradual and non-disruptive. GRATEFUL (12) [adjective] Appreciative; thankful. | [adjective] Pleasing, welcome. GRAYMAIL (14) GROMWELL (14) [noun] Lithospermum arvense, a plant of the genus Lithospermum anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of kidney stones. GUAIACOL (11) [noun] A naturally occurring methoxy phenol, having certain medicinal applications GUILEFUL (12) [adjective] Full of guile; treacherously deceptive. GUMBOTIL (13) GUNMETAL (11) [noun] A type of bronze used for making cannons. | [noun] An alloy of 88% copper, 10% tin and 2% zinc, originally used for making guns. | [noun] A dark grey or bluish-grey colour; gunmetal grey. GUTTURAL (9) [noun] A harsh and throaty spoken sound | [adjective] Sounding harsh and throaty. | [adjective] Articulated at the back of the mouth. GYROIDAL (13) HABITUAL (13) [noun] One who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender. | [noun] (grammar) A construction representing something done habitually. | [adjective] Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring. HAEMATAL (13) HAIRBALL (13) [noun] A small wad of fur or mass of hair formed in the digestive system of a cat or other animal, from hair ingested while grooming. | [noun] A messy, tangled, intractable issue. HANDBALL (14) [noun] A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. | [noun] The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport. | [noun] The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play. HANDBELL (14) [noun] A small bell designed to be rung by hand. HANDBILL (14) [noun] A pruning hook. | [noun] A chopping instrument; billhook | [noun] A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand. HANDRAIL (12) [noun] A rail which can be held, such as on the side of a staircase, ramp or other walkway, and serving as a support or guard. HANDSFUL (15) HANGNAIL (12) [noun] A loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail. | [noun] A pointed upper corner of the toenail (often created by improperly trimming by rounding the corner) that, as the nail grows, presses into the flesh or protrudes so that it may catch (“hang”) on stockings or shoes. HAPTICAL (15) HARDBALL (14) [noun] In baseball, a type of ball and baseball game, as opposed to softball. | [noun] Tough or ruthless behavior, especially in combat, politics or business. | [adjective] Being or exhibiting tough or ruthless behavior, especially in combat, politics or business. HAREBELL (13) [noun] A perennial flowering plant, Campanula rotundifolia, native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers. HASTEFUL (14) HAWKBILL (20) HEADSAIL (12) [noun] Any sail (of a sailing vessel) set forward of the foremost mast. HECTICAL (15) HEELBALL (13) [noun] A mixture of wax and lampblack used to polish shoes, and in brass rubbing. HELIACAL (13) [adjective] Of or relating to the Sun, especially rising and setting with the sun. | [adjective] Of or relating to the rising of a star when it first becomes visible just before sunrise in the eastern sky, having previously been made invisible by sunlight, or the analogous situation of its setting just after sunset. HEMOCOEL (15) [noun] The cavity, between the organs of arthropods and molluscs, through which the blood etc. circulates. HEROICAL (13) HIBERNAL (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to winter; brumal or hiemal HIGHBALL (17) [noun] A cocktail made from a spirit plus soda water etc. | [noun] An all clear or full speed ahead signal. | [noun] A very high bouldering problem, often with a hard landing. HIGHTAIL (15) [verb] (usually transitive) To move at full speed, especially in retreat. HONEYFUL (17) HORMONAL (13) [adjective] Pertaining to hormones. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the menstrual cycle. | [adjective] Strongly affected by one's hormones. HORNBILL (13) [noun] Any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae, with bills resembling a cow's horn. Many species have a casque above the bill, and many imprison their young in a tree. HORNTAIL (11) [noun] The wood wasp. HOSPITAL (13) [noun] A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment. | [noun] A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support. | [noun] A place of lodging. HOUSEFUL (14) HUMORFUL (16) HYDROGEL (16) [noun] A colloid gel in which water is the continuous phase; they have a number of medical and industrial applications. HYDROMEL (17) [noun] A liquor consisting of honey diluted in water; mead prior to fermentation. HYDROSOL (15) HYDROXYL (25) [noun] A univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds. HYMENEAL (16) [noun] A hymn, song or poem in honour of a wedding. | [adjective] Pertaining to marriage. | [adjective] Pertaining to sexual relations. HYMENIAL (16) HYPERGOL (17) HYPOGEAL (17) [adjective] Existing or growing underground | [adjective] (of a cotyledon) Remaining under the surface of the ground after being germinated IATRICAL (10) ICONICAL (12) ILLUVIAL (11) IMAGINAL (11) [adjective] Of or relating to the imagination, or to a mental image. | [adjective] Of or relating to the insect imago. IMMORTAL (12) [noun] One who is not susceptible to death. | [noun] A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army. | [noun] A member of the Académie française. IMPERIAL (12) [noun] A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle. | [noun] A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches. | [noun] A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump. INCHMEAL (15) [adverb] Gradually, little by little (an inch at a time) INDUSIAL (9) INERTIAL (8) [adjective] Of, relating to, or depending on inertia. INFAUNAL (11) INFERNAL (11) [noun] An inhabitant of the infernal regions. | [adjective] Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish. | [adjective] (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno. INFORMAL (13) [adjective] Not formal or ceremonious. | [adjective] Not in accord with the usual regulations. | [adjective] Suited for everyday use. INFRUGAL (12) INGUINAL (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the groin. INIMICAL (12) [adjective] Harmful in effect. | [adjective] Unfriendly, hostile. INOSITOL (8) [noun] A simple sugar alcohol (hexahydroxycyclohexane, chemical formula: C6H12O6) which occurs in animal and plant tissue and is a vitamin of the B group. INSCROLL (10) INTEGRAL (9) [noun] A number, the limit of the sums computed in a process in which the domain of a function is divided into small subsets and a possibly nominal value of the function on each subset is multiplied by the measure of that subset, all these products then being summed. | [noun] A definite integral, a limit of sums. | [noun] Antiderivative INTERNAL (8) [adjective] Inside of something | [adjective] Within the body | [adjective] Concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community. INTERVAL (11) [noun] A distance in space. | [noun] A period of time. | [noun] The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad). INTHRALL (11) [verb] To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate. | [verb] To make subservient; to enslave or subjugate. IRENICAL (10) IRONICAL (10) ISOGONAL (9) [noun] A line connecting points on the Earth's surface whose magnetic declination is identical. | [adjective] Describing lines connecting points on the Earth's surface whose magnetic declination is identical. | [adjective] Having equal angles. JACKROLL (21) JARGONEL (16) JUDICIAL (18) [noun] That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice. | [adjective] Of or relating to the administration of justice. | [adjective] Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government. KATHODAL (16) KEELHAUL (15) [verb] To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship. | [verb] To rebuke harshly. KELOIDAL (13) KHEDIVAL (19) KICKBALL (20) [noun] A sport similar to baseball, where a ball is kicked rather than hit. | [noun] The ball used in the above sport. LACRIMAL (12) [noun] A lachrymal or lachrymatory (vase intended for collecting tears). | [noun] The lacrimal bone. | [adjective] Of or relating to tears or the tear-secreting organs. LADLEFUL (12) LAGOONAL (9) LAMBKILL (16) LANDFALL (12) [noun] Arrival at the shore by ship. | [noun] The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land. | [noun] The first land discovered after a sea voyage. LANDFILL (12) [noun] A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth. | [noun] The material so disposed of. | [verb] To dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site. LARYNGAL (12) LENTICEL (10) [noun] One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth. | [noun] A small, lens-shaped gland on the underside of some leaves. LIGHTFUL (15) LINALOOL (8) LIPOIDAL (11) [adjective] Relating to or resembling fat LITHOSOL (11) [noun] Orthent LITTORAL (8) [noun] A shore. | [noun] The zone of a coast between high tide and low tide levels. | [adjective] Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore. LIXIVIAL (18) LOATHFUL (14) LOCUSTAL (10) LOESSIAL (8) LUBRICAL (12) MACKEREL (16) [noun] An edible fish of the family Scombridae, often speckled. | [noun] A pimp; also, a bawd. MACRURAL (12) MADRIGAL (12) [noun] A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy. | [noun] A polyphonic song for about six voices, from 16th century Italy. | [noun] A short poem, often pastoral, and suitable to be set to music. MAINSAIL (10) [noun] The largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel. MALARIAL (10) MANDRILL (11) [noun] A primate, Mandrillus sphinx, with colorful face and rump. MANGONEL (11) [noun] A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects. MANIACAL (12) [adjective] Like a maniac; insane; frenzied. MANNITOL (10) [noun] A polyhydroxy alcohol, an isomer of sorbitol, used as an artificial sweetener MANORIAL (10) MANURIAL (10) MARGINAL (11) [noun] Something that is marginal. | [noun] A constituency won with a small margin. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge). MARSHALL (13) MATERIAL (10) [noun] Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something. | [noun] Text written for a specific purpose. | [noun] A sample or specimens for study. MATERIEL (10) [noun] Military equipment, apparatus, and supplies. MATERNAL (10) [noun] A mother. | [noun] A person related through the mother, or her side of the family; a maternal relative. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly. MATRONAL (10) MEATBALL (12) [noun] A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked. | [noun] A stupid person. | [noun] An easy pitch to hit, especially thrown right down the middle of the plate. MEDIEVAL (14) [noun] Someone living in the Middle Ages. | [noun] A medieval example (of something aforementioned or understood from context). | [adjective] Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD. MEGADEAL (12) MEMORIAL (12) [noun] Memory; recollection. | [noun] Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered. | [noun] A chronicle or memoir. MENISCAL (12) MENSEFUL (13) [adjective] Decorous; mannerly; respectful and worth of respect MENSURAL (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to measure or measurement. | [adjective] Having a fixed rhythm. MERCIFUL (15) [adjective] Showing mercy MESOPHYL (18) METAZOAL (19) METHANOL (13) [noun] The simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH; a colourless, toxic, inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, antifreeze, in the chemical industry, and in the preparation of methylated spirit. METHOXYL (23) METHYLAL (16) METRICAL (12) [adjective] Relating to poetic meter | [adjective] Having a regular rhythm | [adjective] Of or pertaining to measurement MILLIGAL (11) MINIMILL (12) MINSTREL (10) [noun] A medieval traveling entertainer who would sing and recite poetry, often to his own musical accompaniment. | [noun] One of a troupe of entertainers who wore black makeup (blackface) to present a so-called minstrel show, being a variety show of song, dance and banjo music. MINUTIAL (10) MIRTHFUL (16) [adjective] Filled with mirth. MISENROL (10) MISLABEL (12) [verb] To label incorrectly. MISSPELL (12) [verb] To spell incorrectly. MISTRIAL (10) [noun] A trial that has been declared invalid because of an error in procedure, or because of hung jury. MOISTFUL (13) MOLEHILL (13) [noun] A small mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground. MONACHAL (15) [adjective] Of or pertaining to monks or their lifestyle; monastic. MONAURAL (10) [adjective] Of, relating to, affecting, or designed for use with one ear. | [adjective] Monophonic MONAXIAL (17) MONOFUEL (13) MONOHULL (13) [noun] A boat that has a single hull. MONOMIAL (12) [noun] A single term consisting of a product of numbers and variables with positive integer exponents. | [adjective] Relative to a polynomial consisting of one term. MONORAIL (10) [noun] A railroad system where the trains run on one rail | [noun] A train running on a single rail MOONSAIL (10) MOORFOWL (16) [noun] The red grouse. MORAINAL (10) MOTHBALL (15) [noun] (usually in plural) A small ball of chemical pesticide (typically naphthalene) and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage. | [verb] To store or shelve something no longer used. | [verb] To stop using (something), but keep it in good condition. MOTIONAL (10) MOURNFUL (13) [adjective] Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns. | [adjective] Fit to inspire mourning; tragic. MOUTHFUL (16) [noun] The amount that will fit in a mouth. | [noun] Quite a bit. | [noun] Something difficult to pronounce or say. | [adjective] Bombastic or awkward. MUCOIDAL (13) MUSCADEL (13) [noun] Muscatel (wine or grape) MUSCATEL (12) [noun] A muscat grape or raisin, especially one from southern Spain. | [noun] A sweet wine made from these grapes. MYCELIAL (15) MYSTICAL (15) [adjective] Relating to mystics or mysticism. | [adjective] Having a spiritual or magical significance that transcends human understanding. | [adjective] Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination. MYTHICAL (18) [adjective] Existing in myth. | [adjective] (by extension) Not real; false or fabricated. NAPHTHOL (16) [noun] Either of two isomeric phenols derived from naphthalene; they are used in the preparation of dyes and many other compounds NAPHTHYL (19) NATIONAL (8) [noun] A subject of a nation. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete. | [adjective] Of or having to do with a nation. NAUPLIAL (10) NAUTICAL (10) [adjective] Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen. NEONATAL (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the period of time immediately following birth, or to the newborn. NEURONAL (8) [adjective] Of, or relating to a neuron NEUROSAL (8) NEWSREEL (11) [noun] A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence. | [noun] The genre of such films. NITROSYL (11) NONEQUAL (17) NONFATAL (11) NONFINAL (11) NONFOCAL (13) NONIDEAL (9) NONLEGAL (9) NONLOCAL (10) NONMETAL (10) [noun] An element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal. NONMODAL (11) NONMORAL (10) [adjective] Not moral; unconnected with morals; having no relation to ethics or morals; not involving ethical or moral considerations. NONNAVAL (11) NONNOVEL (11) NONPAPAL (12) NONRIVAL (11) NONROYAL (11) NONRURAL (8) [adjective] Not rural. NONTIDAL (9) NONTONAL (8) NONVIRAL (11) [adjective] Not originating in or caused by a virus. NONVOCAL (13) NOTARIAL (8) NOTIONAL (8) [noun] A fake company used as a front in espionage. | [adjective] Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary. | [adjective] Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research. NOUMENAL (10) NOVERCAL (13) NUDICAUL (11) NUMSKULL (14) [noun] A dunce, mentally dull or stupid person. | [noun] A person who refuses to learn or grow mentally. | [noun] A traditional name for a fool who serves as the butt of jokes about stupidity. NURTURAL (8) NUTSHELL (11) [noun] The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut. | [noun] A short book summarizing an area of law. | [verb] To summarize (from the term in a nutshell). OCCLUSAL (12) [noun] Occlusion | [adjective] On the side of a tooth which mates with the opposing tooth. | [adjective] Of or relating to occlusion. OCTANTAL (10) ODOURFUL (12) OESTRIOL (8) [noun] A steroid hormone produced mostly during pregnancy. OFFICIAL (16) [noun] An office holder invested with powers and authorities. | [noun] A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to an office or public trust. OOGONIAL (9) OOTHECAL (13) OPTIONAL (10) [noun] Something that is not compulsory, especially part of an academic course. | [noun] (sometimes capitalized) In various programming languages, a kind of variable that is assigned a specific data type but may or may not hold an actual value. | [adjective] Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective. ORIENTAL (8) [noun] A precious stone, especially an orient pearl. | [noun] A member or descendant of the peoples and cultures of the Orient. | [noun] A lily cultivar of a widely varied group, with strong scent. ORIGINAL (9) [noun] An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived | [noun] A person with a unique and interesting personality and/or creative talent | [noun] An eccentric ORINASAL (8) ORPHICAL (15) OUTBRAWL (13) OUTCAVIL (13) OUTCRAWL (13) OUTRIVAL (11) [verb] To outperform; to outdo. OUTSPELL (10) OUTWHIRL (14) OVERBILL (13) OVERBOIL (13) OVERCALL (13) [noun] A call which occurs after another player has already called | [noun] (contract law) An additional contribution required of investors beyond the initial investment, should unforeseen expenses arise. | [noun] An extra amount called up beyond the minimum required. OVERCOOL (13) OVERFILL (14) [noun] An instance of overfilling. | [verb] To fill beyond capacity or beyond what is appropriate. OVERFOUL (14) OVERFULL (14) [adjective] Excessively filled; full to overflowing | [noun] A full house that beats someone else's full house. OVERHAUL (14) [noun] A major repair, remake, renovation, or revision. | [noun] The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure for signs of hot spots that may cause the structure to reignite. Often this includes the process of salvage under the blanket term, salvage and overhaul. | [verb] To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely. OVERKILL (15) [noun] A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons. | [noun] (by extension) An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal. | [noun] An unnecessary excess of disposal because of too high criteria of inspection. OVERSELL (11) [verb] To agree to sell more of something than one can supply. | [verb] To be too eager in attempting to sell something. | [verb] To praise something to excess. OVERSOUL (11) [noun] (especially in transcendentalism) A supreme reality or mind; the spiritual unity of all being. OVERTOIL (11) OVERZEAL (20) OVICIDAL (14) OVIDUCAL (14) PAILSFUL (13) PALATIAL (10) [adjective] Of or relating to a palace. | [adjective] On a grand scale; with very rich furnishings. PALEOSOL (10) [noun] A layer of fossil soil buried beneath other sediments or deposits. PANBROIL (12) PARALLEL (10) [noun] One of a set of parallel lines. | [noun] Direction conformable to that of another line. | [noun] A line of latitude. PARENTAL (10) [noun] A person fulfilling a parental role. | [adjective] Of or relating to a parent | [adjective] Befitting a parent; affectionate; tender PARFOCAL (15) PARIETAL (10) [noun] Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull. | [noun] Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior. | [noun] A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base for plasterwork. PASTORAL (10) [noun] A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic. | [noun] A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life. | [noun] A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese. PASTURAL (10) PATAGIAL (11) PATERNAL (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family | [adjective] Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father. | [adjective] Received or inherited from one's father. PATRONAL (10) [adjective] Patron; protecting; favouring | [adjective] Pertaining to a strong authoritarian leader who controls access to resources. PEACEFUL (15) [adjective] Not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil. | [adjective] Inclined to peace. | [adjective] Motionless and calm. PECTORAL (12) [noun] A pectoral fin. | [noun] Protective armor for a horse's breast. | [noun] A covering or protection for the breast. PEDESTAL (11) [noun] The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp. | [noun] A place of reverence or honor. | [noun] A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box. PELAGIAL (11) PELLETAL (10) PELLMELL (12) PENONCEL (12) PENTANOL (10) PERIDIAL (11) PERIGEAL (11) PERINEAL (10) PERONEAL (10) [adjective] Pertaining to the fibula or to the part of the leg containing it, the outside (lateral aspect) of the lower leg (that is, what anatomical terminology calls the leg, from knee to foot). PERSONAL (10) [noun] An advertisement by which individuals attempt to meet others with similar interests. | [noun] A movable; a chattel. | [adjective] Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. PETRONEL (10) PETROSAL (10) [noun] A petrosal bone. | [noun] The auditory capsule. | [adjective] Of great hardness; petrous. PHENETOL (13) PHILOMEL (15) PHRATRAL (13) PHYSICAL (18) [noun] Physical examination. | [adjective] Of medicine. | [adjective] Of matter or nature. PICKADIL (17) PICKEREL (16) [noun] A freshwater fish of the genus Esox. | [noun] Walleye, A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes. | [noun] A wading bird, the dunlin. PINWHEEL (16) [noun] An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill. | [noun] A firework which forms a kind of spinning wheel. | [noun] A cogged (toothed) gear. PISCINAL (12) PLANOSOL (10) PLASTRAL (10) PLATEFUL (13) PLAYBILL (15) [noun] A poster advertising a theatrical performance. | [noun] A program/programme/pamphlet for a theatrical performance. PLAYGIRL (14) PLIMSOLL (12) [noun] A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers. | [noun] The plimsoll symbol ⦵ (or o) that is used as a superscript in the notation of thermodynamics to indicate an arbitrarily chosen non-zero reference point. PODAGRAL (12) POETICAL (12) [adjective] Relating to poetry. | [adjective] Characteristic of poets; romantic, imaginative, etc. | [adjective] Connecting to the soul of the beholder. POLLICAL (12) PONYTAIL (13) [noun] A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head. POOLHALL (13) [noun] A building where visitors pay to play billiards (pool). POSTANAL (10) POSTORAL (10) POSTURAL (10) POWERFUL (16) [adjective] Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence. | [adjective] Large; capacious; said of veins of ore. | [adverb] To a great extent or degree. PRAEDIAL (11) [adjective] Of or pertaining to land or its products. | [adjective] Coming from or the occupation of land. | [adjective] Attached to the land (of slavery etc.); having to work on the land or an estate; deriving from the land. PRANDIAL (11) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a meal, especially dinner. PRATFALL (13) [noun] A fall onto the buttocks. | [noun] A humiliating mistake. | [noun] A staged trip or fall, often for comedic purposes. PREAXIAL (17) PREBASAL (12) PRECAVAL (15) PRECHILL (15) PREDRILL (11) PREFIXAL (20) PRELEGAL (11) PREMORAL (12) PRENATAL (10) [noun] A person who is expecting to give birth. | [noun] A dietary supplement to be taken by somebody expecting to give birth. | [adjective] Being or happening before birth. PREPUPAL (14) PRERENAL (10) PRETRIAL (10) [noun] A preliminary trial held in advance of a court trial. | [adjective] Pertaining to a preliminary trial. | [adjective] Before a trial. PRIDEFUL (14) [adjective] Full of pride; haughty, arrogant. PRIMATAL (12) PRIMEVAL (15) [adjective] Belonging to the first ages | [adjective] Primary; original | [adjective] Primitive PROCURAL (12) PRODIGAL (12) [noun] A prodigal person, a spendthrift. | [adjective] Wastefully extravagant. | [adjective] (often followed by of or with) Yielding profusely, lavish. PROEMIAL (12) PROPENOL (12) PROPENYL (15) PROPOSAL (12) [noun] Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance PROSOMAL (12) PROTOCOL (12) [noun] The minutes, or official record, of a negotiation or transaction; especially a document drawn up officially which forms the legal basis for subsequent agreements based on it. | [noun] An official record of a diplomatic meeting or negotiation; later specifically, a draft document setting out agreements to be signed into force by a subsequent formal treaty. | [noun] An amendment to an official treaty. PROUDFUL (14) PROVIRAL (13) PROXIMAL (19) [adjective] Closer to the point of attachment or observation. | [adjective] Facing toward another tooth. The proximal surfaces of a tooth are those that touch or are close to neighboring teeth. | [adjective] Closer to the speaker. PUBERTAL (12) [adjective] Of or pertaining to puberty. PUDENDAL (12) PUFFBALL (18) [noun] Any of various fungi that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies. PULPITAL (12) PUNCTUAL (12) [adjective] Prompt; on time. | [adjective] Existing as a point or series of points | [adjective] Expressing momentary action that has no duration PUPARIAL (12) PUSHBALL (15) PYGIDIAL (15) PYREXIAL (20) RAINFALL (11) [noun] The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion | [noun] The occurrence of liquid precipitation, the fall of rain. RAKEHELL (15) [noun] A lewd or wanton person; a debauchee; a rake. | [adjective] Immoral; dissolute. RASORIAL (8) RATIONAL (8) [noun] A rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers. | [adjective] Capable of reasoning. | [adjective] Logically sound; not contradictory or otherwise absurd. | [noun] The breastplate worn by Israelite high priests. REASSAIL (8) REBURIAL (10) REBUTTAL (10) [noun] The act of refuting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence. | [noun] A statement, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents. | [noun] A pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution. REENROLL (8) REFERRAL (11) [noun] The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring. | [noun] A document used by schools detailing some form of a student's misbehavior and listing the actions taken before and after the student's receipt of the referral. REGENTAL (9) REGIONAL (9) [noun] An entity or event with scope limited to a single region. | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district. | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region. REMEDIAL (11) [adjective] Curative; providing a remedy | [adjective] Intended to correct or improve deficient skills in some subject REMIGIAL (11) REMITTAL (10) [noun] Anything remitted; remittance. REPRISAL (10) [noun] An act of retaliation. | [noun] Something taken from an enemy in retaliation. | [noun] The act of taking something from an enemy by way of retaliation or indemnity. REPROVAL (13) [noun] The act of reproving. REQUITAL (17) RESCHOOL (13) RESIDUAL (9) [noun] A remainder left over at the end of some process. | [noun] (in the plural) Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated. | [noun] The difference between the observed value and the estimated value of the quantity of interest RESTORAL (8) REVENUAL (11) REVERSAL (11) [noun] The state of being reversed. | [noun] An instance of reversing. | [noun] A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems. REVIEWAL (14) RHEOPHIL (16) RHONCHAL (16) RIGHTFUL (15) [adjective] By right; by law. RINGTAIL (9) [noun] A ring-tailed animal, notably: | [noun] A ringsail. ROADKILL (13) [noun] The killing of an animal by a road vehicle | [noun] The animal(s) so killed | [noun] (by extension) a helpless victim ROCKFALL (17) [noun] A quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff etc. ROTOTILL (8) [verb] To break up and turn soil using a rototiller. | [verb] To make extensive and pervasive changes to a piece of code without altering its functionality. RUBRICAL (12) RUSTICAL (10) SACKSFUL (17) SAGITTAL (9) [adjective] In the direction from dorsal to ventral. | [adjective] Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrow-like appendage. SANTALOL (8) SAPROPEL (12) SCENICAL (12) SCEPTRAL (12) SCOOPFUL (15) SCORNFUL (13) [adjective] Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous. SCRANNEL (10) SEASHELL (11) [noun] The empty shell of a marine mollusk | [noun] A very light pink colour, like that of some seashells. | [adjective] Of a very light pink colour, like that of some seashell. SEASONAL (8) [noun] Anything that is seasonal, such as a financial trend, a product for sale, or an employee. | [adjective] Of, related to or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics. SECTORAL (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a sector (all senses). SELFHEAL (14) [noun] A small, herbaceous European plant with blue-violet flowers from any species of genus Prunella. SENSEFUL (11) SENTINEL (8) [noun] A sentry, watch, or guard. | [noun] A private soldier. | [noun] A unique string of characters recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way; a keyword. SEPTICAL (12) SESSPOOL (10) SHAMEFUL (16) [adjective] Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful | [adjective] Giving offense. SHEENFUL (14) SHELFFUL (17) SHLEMIEL (13) [noun] A loser or a fool. | [noun] A person who is clumsy or who hurts others emotionally. SHOEBILL (13) [noun] Balaeniceps rex, a tall wading bird related to the stork, native to tropical African swamps; the sole species of the family Balaenicipitidae. SHOGUNAL (12) SHOPGIRL (14) [noun] A girl who works in a shop; a young saleswoman. SHOWGIRL (15) [noun] A non-starring but physically beautiful female dancer in an often lavishly produced theatrical revue; a chorine. SHRAPNEL (13) [noun] An anti-personnel artillery shell used in WWI which carries a large number of individual bullets close to the target and then ejects them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike the target individually. | [noun] A collective term for shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb or landmine. | [noun] Loose change. SHRIEVAL (14) [adjective] Relating to a sheriff. SIDEHILL (12) [noun] The side or slope of a hill; a sloping descent. SIDEREAL (9) [adjective] Of or relating to the stars. | [adjective] Relating to a measurement of time relative to the position of the stars. | [adjective] Relating to a measurement of time relative to the point of the vernal equinox. SIDEWALL (12) [noun] The side of a tire. | [noun] The wall forming the side of a structure; a side wall. SILVICAL (13) SIPHONAL (13) [adjective] Resembling or relating to a siphon. SKELETAL (12) [adjective] Of, or relating to the skeleton | [adjective] Haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt SKILLFUL (15) [adjective] Possessing skill. SLOTHFUL (14) [adjective] Lazy; idle; tending to sloth. SNEERFUL (11) SNOWBALL (13) [noun] A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter. | [noun] A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat. | [noun] Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control). SNOWBELL (13) [noun] Any member of the genus Soldanella of flowering plants native to European mountains, typically with a basal rosette of simple, orbicular leaves and white to violet flowers. | [noun] A styrax. SNOWFALL (14) [noun] An instance of falling of snow. | [noun] The amount of snow that falls on one occasion. SOCIETAL (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to society or social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc. SOFTBALL (13) [noun] A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand. | [noun] The ball used to play the sport. | [noun] (by analogy) A question designed to be easy to answer. SOMEDEAL (11) SONANTAL (8) SORBITOL (10) [noun] A sugar alcohol (2R,3S,4S,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol used as an artificial sweetener SOURBALL (10) SPADEFUL (14) SPANDREL (11) [noun] The space (often more or less triangular) between the outer curve of an arch (the extrados) and a straight-sided figure that bounds it; the space between two contiguous arches and a straight feature above them. | [noun] Horizontal member between the windows of successive storeys of a tall building. | [noun] The triangular space under a stair; the material that fills the space. SPANDRIL (11) SPECTRAL (12) [adjective] Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly. | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc) SPITBALL (12) [noun] A pitch of a baseball that has been partly covered with saliva, illegal at most levels. | [noun] A balled-up piece of paper, moistened with saliva (by chewing) and shot through a drinking straw. | [verb] To moisten the ball with saliva before pitching it. SPITEFUL (13) [adjective] Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm. SPLENIAL (10) SPOONFUL (13) [noun] The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped. SPORTFUL (13) SPRINGAL (11) SPURGALL (11) SQUIRREL (17) [noun] Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae distinguished by their large bushy tail. | [noun] A person, usually a freezoner, who applies L. Ron Hubbard's technology in a heterodox manner. | [noun] One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder. STAGEFUL (12) STAMINAL (10) STATICAL (10) STAUMREL (10) STAYSAIL (11) [noun] A fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast. STERICAL (10) STICKFUL (17) STOMATAL (10) [adjective] Relating to, or containing, a stoma STREUSEL (8) [noun] A crumbly topping for cakes and quick breads. It is made of sugar, flour, butter, cinnamon, and often chopped nuts. STRONGYL (12) STUNSAIL (8) [noun] Studding sail SUBAXIAL (17) SUBDURAL (11) [noun] Subdural hematoma. | [adjective] Located beneath the dura mater and above the arachnoid mater SUBLEVEL (13) SUBNASAL (10) SUBNODAL (11) SUBPANEL (12) SUBSHELL (13) SUBSKILL (14) SUBTOTAL (10) [noun] The total for a part of a list of numbers being summed. | [verb] To calculate a subtotal. | [adjective] Less than total; partial. SUBVIRAL (13) SUBVOCAL (15) [adjective] Of or pertaining words or statements formed in thought and expressed inwardly but not, or not yet, uttered aloud. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to imperfectly articulated speech that is inaudible or barely audible; subtonic. SUCCINYL (15) SUFFIXAL (21) SUICIDAL (11) [noun] Someone suicidal, someone likely to kill themselves | [adjective] Pertaining to suicide. | [adjective] (of a person) Likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide. SULFINYL (14) SULFONYL (14) [noun] The bivalent radical or functional group -SO2- | [noun] Any univalent radical derived from a sulfonic acid SULFURYL (14) SUMMITAL (12) SUPERNAL (10) [adjective] Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial. | [adjective] Exalted, exquisite, superlative. SUPPOSAL (12) SURGICAL (11) [adjective] Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery. | [adjective] Precise or very accurate. SURROYAL (11) SURVIVAL (14) [noun] The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life. | [noun] (as a modifier) Of, relating to or aiding survival. | [noun] The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division. SYNCOPAL (15) SYNDICAL (14) SYNOVIAL (14) [adjective] Relating to synovia | [adjective] Relating to the synovium SYZYGIAL (24) TABLEFUL (13) TACTICAL (12) [noun] A combinator of proof tactics. | [noun] A private war reenactment event involving mock battles or skirmishes. | [adjective] Of, or relating to tactics TAFFAREL (14) TAFFEREL (14) TAFFRAIL (14) [noun] The curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman, usually carved or decorated. | [noun] The rail around the stern of a ship. | [noun] The deck area at the stern of a vessel. TASTEFUL (11) [adjective] Having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate. | [adjective] Having a high relish; savoury. | [adjective] Gay; fashionable. TEETOTAL (8) [noun] One who abstains from drinking alcohol. | [adjective] Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol. | [adjective] Opposed to the drinking of alcohol. TEGMINAL (11) TEMPORAL (12) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality. | [adjective] (also grammar) Of or relating to time. | [adjective] Of limited time; transient; passing; not perpetual. | [noun] Either of the bones on the side of the skull, near the ears. TENURIAL (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to tenure. TERMINAL (10) [noun] A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes. | [noun] A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles. | [noun] A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City. TERPINOL (10) TEXTURAL (15) THANKFUL (18) [adjective] Showing appreciation or gratitude. | [adjective] Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy. THETICAL (13) THORACAL (13) TOROIDAL (9) [adjective] Having the shape of a torus or toroid TRACHEAL (13) TRAGICAL (11) TRAINFUL (11) TRANQUIL (17) [adjective] Free from emotional or mental disturbance. | [adjective] Calm; without motion or sound. TRAPBALL (12) [noun] A game in which a batsman makes a ball hit a trap (device) that sends the ball into the air, from where the batsman has to hit it again TREENAIL (8) [noun] A wooden peg or pin used as a fastener. TRIAXIAL (15) [adjective] Having three axes (e.g having a shape of an elongated oblate spheroid) TRIBUNAL (10) [noun] An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law. | [noun] A kind of village hall used to transact business, to quarter troops and travellers, and to confine prisoners. TRIETHYL (14) TRIFOCAL (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to corrective lenses that have three different powers per eye. TRIGONAL (9) [adjective] Triangular. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a crystal system with three equal and equally inclined but not perpendicular axes. | [adjective] Relating to the trigone TRILOBAL (10) TRINODAL (9) TRIPEDAL (11) TRIPODAL (11) TRISTFUL (11) TROOPIAL (10) TROPICAL (12) [noun] A tropical plant. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south. | [adjective] From or similar to a hot humid climate TROUPIAL (10) [noun] Any of three South American birds of the genus Icterus. | [noun] (formerly) Any bird of the American family Icteridae; an icterid. TRUCKFUL (17) TRUNKFUL (15) TRUSTFUL (11) [adjective] Trusting; willing to trust. | [adjective] Trustworthy. TRUTHFUL (14) [adjective] Honest, and always telling the truth. | [adjective] Accurately depicting what is real. TURBINAL (10) [noun] A turbinate bone. | [adjective] Having the shape of a cone resting on its apex. | [adjective] Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers. TURNHALL (11) TURRICAL (10) TUTORIAL (8) [noun] A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed, at their convenience. | [noun] An interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor. TYMPANAL (15) UNARTFUL (11) UNFILIAL (11) [adjective] Not befitting or proper for a son. UNGENIAL (9) [adjective] Not genial. UNIALGAL (9) UNIAXIAL (15) [adjective] Having a single axis; monoaxial | [adjective] Having a single stem, with no branches, that terminates in a flower UNISONAL (8) UNIVOCAL (13) [noun] A word having only one meaning. | [noun] A document containing instances of only one vowel. | [adjective] Having only one possible meaning. UNJOYFUL (21) UNKENNEL (12) UNLAWFUL (14) [adjective] Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal). UNLETHAL (11) UNMANFUL (13) UNSEXUAL (15) UNSINFUL (11) UNSOCIAL (10) [adjective] Not social. | [adjective] Not seeking or showing the desire for the company of others; inhospitable. UPHEAVAL (16) [noun] Change, from one state to another | [noun] The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust. | [noun] A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion. UPROOTAL (10) URETERAL (8) URETHRAL (11) UROPODAL (11) URUSHIOL (11) [noun] An oil found in plants of the family Anacardiaceae, causing an allergic skin rash on contact; consists of a variable mixture of several related organic compounds. VACCINAL (15) VARIETAL (11) [noun] A wine made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of grape, which carries the name of that grape. | [noun] (by extension) A coffee made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of coffee bean. | [adjective] Pertaining to a distinct variety of organism. VAUNTFUL (14) VENEREAL (11) [adjective] Of or relating to the genitals or sexual intercourse. | [adjective] Of a disease: sexually transmitted; of or relating to, or adapted to the cure of, a venereal disease. | [adjective] Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Venus; lascivious, lustful. VENGEFUL (15) [adjective] Vindictive or wanting vengeance. VERTICAL (13) [noun] A vertex or zenith. | [noun] A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular. | [noun] An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds. VERTICIL (13) VESPERAL (13) VESTURAL (11) VIATICAL (13) VICARIAL (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a vicar | [adjective] Delegated; vicarious VIRGINAL (12) [noun] A musical instrument in the harpsichord family. | [adjective] Being or resembling a virgin. | [adjective] Uncontaminated or pure. VISCERAL (13) [adjective] Of or relating to the viscera—internal organs of the body. | [adjective] Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking. | [adjective] Having deep sensibility. VISIONAL (11) VIZIRIAL (20) VOICEFUL (16) [adjective] Vocal; sounding VORTICAL (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex. WARRAGAL (12) [noun] A wild dingo. | [noun] A wild horse WARRIGAL (12) [noun] A wild dingo. | [noun] A wild horse WASHBOWL (19) [noun] A sink in a bathroom, connected to a supply of water and a drain, in which one may wash one's face and hands. | [noun] A basin for washing the face and hands; a washbasin or wash-hand basin () WASTEFUL (14) [adjective] Inclined to waste or squander money or resources. | [adjective] Uninhabited, desolate. WATCHFUL (19) [adjective] Observant, vigilant and aware WEARIFUL (14) WHIMBREL (18) [noun] A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill. WHIPTAIL (16) [noun] Any of many New World lizards, of the genus Cnemidophorus, that have long, slender tails. | [noun] A fish, the blue grenadier, Macruronus novaezelandiae. | [noun] A leaf-distorting disorder in the cauliflower, caused by molybdenum deficiency. WILDFOWL (18) [noun] Any wild bird such as ducks, geese or swans. | [noun] Waterfowl. | [verb] To hunt wildfowl. WINDFALL (15) [noun] Something that has been blown down by the wind. | [noun] A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind. | [noun] A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift. WINDGALL (13) [noun] A puffy, typically fluid filled sac located just above the fetlock joint on a horse. Generally appearing on old or poorly kept horses. WINDMILL (14) [noun] A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails. | [noun] The structure containing such machinery. | [noun] A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind. WOOLFELL (14) WORTHFUL (17) WRACKFUL (20) WRATHFUL (17) [adjective] Possessed of great wrath; very angry. WRECKFUL (20) WRONGFUL (15) [adjective] Wrong or unjust | [adjective] Unlawful or illegal WROTHFUL (17) YOUTHFUL (17) [adjective] Young or seeming young. | [adjective] Characteristic of young people. ZENITHAL (20) ZODIACAL (20) ZOOGLEAL (18)

ABDOMINAL (14) [noun] A fish of the order Abdominales. | [noun] (usually plurale tantum) An abdominal muscle. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral. ACCENTUAL (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent. | [adjective] Designating verse rhythms based on stress accents. ACIDOPHIL (17) [noun] An eosinophil; a white blood cell responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body. | [noun] One of the endocrine acidophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including somatotrophs and lactotrophs. ACQUITTAL (20) [noun] The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.). | [noun] A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process. | [noun] Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends. ACROPETAL (13) [adjective] That develops, matures or opens from the base towards the apex in sequence. ACROSOMAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or denoting the acrosome, a structure at the tip of a sperm cell that helps it penetrate an egg during fertilization. ACTUARIAL (11) [adjective] Of or pertaining to actuaries. | [adjective] Relating to statistical calculation, especially pertaining to insurance. ADENOIDAL (11) [adjective] Relating to or characteristic of the adenoids, or having a nasal quality of voice caused by adenoid obstruction. ADVERBIAL (15) [noun] (grammar) An adverbial word or phrase. | [adjective] (grammar) Of or relating to an adverb. ALGICIDAL (13) ALTRICIAL (11) [noun] Such an animal | [adjective] Helpless at birth (of young animals); or having young which are helpless at birth. AMBROSIAL (13) ANCESTRAL (11) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors ANECDOTAL (12) [adjective] Of the nature of or relating to an anecdote. | [adjective] Containing or abounding in anecdotes. ANGELICAL (12) [adjective] Of or relating to angels; angelic. | [adjective] Resembling or befitting an angel in appearance or character. ANTENATAL (9) [adjective] Occurring or existing before birth ANTIDOTAL (10) [adjective] Serving as or containing an antidote; able to counteract or neutralize something harmful or undesirable. ANTINODAL (10) [adjective] Relating to or located at an antinode, a point of maximum amplitude in a standing wave pattern. ANTINOVEL (12) [noun] A novel that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the novel, such as a coherent plot and protagonist. | [noun] (by extension) Any style of writing that deviates from the norm of technical conventions used in writing literature. ANTIPAPAL (13) [adjective] Opposed to the authority or doctrines of the Pope or the Roman Catholic Church. ANTIPODAL (12) [noun] One of the cells at the chalazal pole of an embryo sac. | [adjective] On opposite sides of the globe; pertaining to antipodes | [adjective] Diametrically opposite ANTIVIRAL (12) [noun] An antiviral medication. | [adjective] (pharmaceutical effect) Inhibiting the growth and reproduction of a virus. | [adjective] Eliminating or inhibiting the action of a computer virus. APPRAISAL (13) [noun] The act or process of developing an opinion of value. | [noun] A judgment or assessment of the value of something, especially a formal one. ARCHANGEL (15) [noun] A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel). ARCHDUCAL (17) [adjective] Of or relating to an archduke or archduchess, or their rank and authority. ARMIGERAL (12) [adjective] Relating to or bearing heraldic arms; entitled to bear a coat of arms. ARSENICAL (11) [noun] Any drug or other substance containing arsenic. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic. ARTISANAL (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to artisans or the work of artisans. | [adjective] Involving skilled work, with comparatively little reliance on machinery. | [adjective] (of an item, especially a foodstuff) Made by an artisan (skilled worker). ASCETICAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or characteristic of ascetics; practicing strict self-denial and discipline for spiritual reasons. | [adjective] Austere or abstinent in lifestyle or habits. ASPECTUAL (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to an aspect. | [adjective] (grammar) Of or pertaining to grammatical aspect. ATEMPORAL (13) [adjective] Unaffected by time; timeless; permanent or unchanging. AUCTORIAL (11) [adjective] Of or relating to an author or authorship. AUTHORIAL (12) [adjective] Of, coming from, or typical of an author (especially of books). AUTOSOMAL (11) [adjective] Relating to or inherited through an autosome, a chromosome that is not a sex chromosome. AVIFAUNAL (15) [adjective] Relating to or characteristic of birds and their fauna; of or pertaining to avifauna. AZIMUTHAL (23) [adjective] Relating to or measured along the azimuth, which is the horizontal angle or direction of a celestial object measured clockwise from north. BACCHANAL (18) [noun] A devotee of Bacchus. | [noun] Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated. | [noun] (in the plural) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia. BACKPEDAL (20) [verb] To pedal backwards on a bicycle. | [verb] To step backwards. | [verb] To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea. BACTERIAL (13) [adjective] Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria. BAPTISMAL (15) [noun] A baptismal name: a name given at baptism. | [noun] A baptismal font: a large basin used for baptism. | [adjective] Of or relating to baptism. BARITONAL (11) BARRELFUL (14) [noun] The amount that a barrel can hold; the capacity of a barrel. BASIPETAL (13) [adjective] That develops, matures or opens from the apex towards the base in sequence BASKETFUL (18) [noun] The quantity that a basket can hold. | [noun] A basket and its contents. BEAUTIFUL (14) [noun] Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address. | [adjective] Attractive and possessing beauty. | [adjective] (of the weather) Pleasant; clear. BETROTHAL (14) [noun] The act of betrothing. | [noun] The fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between two people. BICAMERAL (15) [adjective] Being or having a system with two, often unequal, chambers or compartments; of, signifying, relating to, or being the product of such a two-chambered system. | [adjective] Of, having or relating to two separate legislative chambers or houses. | [adjective] Of a script or typeface: having two cases, upper case and lower case. BICIPITAL (15) [adjective] Of or relating to the biceps muscle, which has two heads or origins. BICOASTAL (13) [noun] A person who lives near two coasts. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or concentrated on two coasts, often specifically the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America. BIGEMINAL (14) [adjective] Occurring in pairs or having two parts; in medical usage, describing a cardiac rhythm with two beats followed by a pause. BILATERAL (11) [noun] A meeting between two people or groups. | [adjective] Having two sides. | [adjective] Involving both sides equally. BILINGUAL (12) [noun] A person who is able to use two languages. | [adjective] Having the ability to speak two languages. | [adjective] Spoken or written in two different languages. BIOSOCIAL (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to both biological and social features. BLACKBALL (19) [noun] A rejection; a vote against admitting someone. | [noun] A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote. | [noun] A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball. BLACKMAIL (19) [noun] The extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure. | [noun] A form of protection money (or corn, cattle, etc.) anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to the allies of robbers in order to be spared from pillage. | [noun] Black rent, or rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which was paid in silver. BLACKPOLL (19) [noun] A North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black patch on its head BLACKTAIL (17) [noun] A fish: the ruff or pope. | [noun] The black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) of California and Oregon. | [noun] The mule deer of the Rocky Mountains. BLASTEMAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or composed of blastema, a mass of cells capable of growth and differentiation during embryonic development or regeneration. BOMBSHELL (18) [noun] A bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact. | [noun] Something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational. | [noun] (by extension) Someone who is very attractive; sex symbol. BOOKSTALL (15) [noun] A table with enclosed sides, for displaying books for sale. BOTANICAL (13) [noun] Something derived from a botanical, especially herbal, source | [adjective] Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants BOTTLEFUL (14) [noun] The quantity that a bottle can hold or contain. BOTULINAL (11) [adjective] Of, relating to, or caused by botulinum toxin or the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. BOUNTIFUL (14) [adjective] Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample. BRANCHIAL (16) [adjective] Relating to or affecting the gills or gill-like structures of aquatic animals. BRIDEWELL (15) [noun] A small prison, or a police station that has cells. BROADTAIL (12) [noun] The hide or fur of a Persian lamb, formerly used in clothing etc. | [noun] Any of various kinds of parakeets. BRONCHIAL (16) [adjective] Of or relating to the bronchi or bronchioles. BROOMBALL (15) [noun] A Canadian team sport resembling ice hockey and played with sticks and a ball. | [noun] The ball used in this sport. BUCKETFUL (20) [noun] The amount that a bucket can hold. | [noun] A large quantity of something. BUCKYBALL (22) [noun] A buckminsterfullerene molecule (C60). | [noun] (by extension) The most common types of spheroidal fullerenes, C60 and C70 usually, with additionally C72 and C76 also included at times. | [noun] (by extension) Any spheroidal fullerene, from C20 on upwards. CACUMINAL (15) [noun] A sound pronounced using a retroflexed tongue. | [adjective] Pertaining to a point, top, or crown. | [adjective] Pronounced using a retroflexed tongue. CADASTRAL (12) [noun] A cadastre. | [adjective] Of or relating to a cadastre CADENTIAL (12) [adjective] Of or pertaining to cadence or a cadenza. CALCANEAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or affecting the calcaneus (heel bone). CANONICAL (13) [noun] The formal robes of a priest. | [noun] A URL presented in canonical form. | [adjective] Present in a canon, religious or otherwise. CANTORIAL (11) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or in the fashion of a cantor CAPTOPRIL (15) CARBACHOL (18) [noun] A drug used to treat glaucoma and other eye conditions by mimicking the effects of acetylcholine on muscarinic receptors. CARROUSEL (11) [noun] A merry-go-round (type of ride on rotating platform). | [noun] A continuously revolving device for item delivery. | [noun] The rotating glass plate in a microwave oven. CARTWHEEL (17) [noun] The literal wheel of a cart. | [noun] A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions. | [noun] A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings. CARVACROL (16) [noun] A volatile organic compound found in essential oils of oregano and thyme, used in flavoring and as an antimicrobial agent. CATARRHAL (14) [adjective] Relating to or affected by catarrh, an inflammation of mucous membranes typically in the nose or throat. CATCHPOLL (18) [noun] A medieval officer or bailiff who made arrests, especially for debt; a constable or tax collector. | [noun] A person who catches or traps others, particularly one who pursues debtors. CATERWAUL (14) [noun] A yowling. | [noun] A noisy quarrel. | [verb] To cry as cats in heat; to make a harsh, offensive noise. CATHEDRAL (15) [adjective] Relating to the throne or the see of a bishop. | [noun] A big church building, central place for some area. | [noun] The principal church of an archbishop's/bishop's archdiocese/diocese which contains an episcopal throne. CELESTIAL (11) [noun] An inhabitant of heaven. | [adjective] Relating to the sky or outer space, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory. | [noun] (sometimes capitalized) A native of China. CENSORIAL (11) [adjective] Relating to or characteristic of a censor or censorship; having the nature of exercising censorial authority. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the Roman censors or their office. CERCARIAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or characteristic of a cercaria, a larval stage of parasitic trematodes (flatworms) that is released from an infected snail host. CHANCEFUL (19) CHANGEFUL (18) [adjective] Full of or prone to change; variable or unstable. CHAPARRAL (16) [noun] A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region. | [noun] The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb. CHARBROIL (16) [verb] To cook on a flat, lined metal surface that is heated from below; to chargrill. CHOROIDAL (15) [adjective] Relating to or affecting the choroid, a vascular layer of the eye located between the retina and the sclera. CIRCUITAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or forming a circuit; moving in a circle or along a circular path. CISTERNAL (11) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a cistern, or pertaining to a cavity or reservoir in the body (especially in anatomy, referring to the cisternal space around the spinal cord). CLADODIAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a cladode, which is a flattened stem that functions like a leaf in photosynthesis. CLAMSHELL (16) [noun] The shell of a clam. | [noun] A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam. | [noun] In food service, the closing box (usually styrofoam but sometimes cardboard) given to consumers with take-out food. CLASSICAL (13) [noun] One that is classical in some way; for example, a classical economist. | [adjective] Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to established principles in a discipline. CLAUSTRAL (11) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a cloister. | [adjective] Having cloisters; cloistered. | [adjective] Relating to the claustrum of the brain. CLOISTRAL (11) [adjective] Of, relating to, or resembling a cloister; secluded or confined like a monastery. CLOSETFUL (14) [noun] The amount that a closet can hold; as much as a closet will contain. COCCYGEAL (19) [adjective] Relating to the coccyx COCHINEAL (16) [noun] A species of insect (Dactylopius coccus). | [noun] A vivid red dye made from the bodies of cochineal insects. | [noun] The vivid red color of this dye. COCKATIEL (17) [noun] Nymphicus hollandicus, a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest. Comes in many color mutations such as White Face Gray, White Face Pearl, Fallow, Pearl Pied, Cinnamon Pearl, and White Face Pied. Native to Australia but most known in aviculture. COCOUNSEL (13) COETERNAL (11) [adjective] Jointly or equally eternal COITIONAL (11) COLLEGIAL (12) [adjective] Of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues. | [adjective] Ruled by bishops having equal power. | [adjective] Of or relating to a college or its students; collegiate. COLLOIDAL (12) [adjective] Relating to or consisting of a colloid, a substance consisting of particles dispersed throughout another substance that do not settle out or dissolve. | [adjective] (of a substance) having the properties of a colloid rather than a true solution or suspension. COLLUVIAL (14) [adjective] Relating to or composed of colluvium, which is soil and rock debris that has accumulated at the base of slopes through gravitational processes. COLOSTRAL (11) [adjective] Relating to or derived from colostrum, the first milk produced by a mammal after giving birth. COMMENSAL (15) [noun] An organism partaking in a commensal relationship. | [noun] One who eats at the same table. | [adjective] Of a form of symbiosis in which one organism derives a benefit while the other is unaffected. COMMITTAL (15) [noun] The act of entrusting something to someone. | [noun] The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment. | [noun] The act of perpetrating an offence. CONFERRAL (14) [noun] The act of conferring or consulting together. | [noun] A discussion or consultation between two or more people. CONFORMAL (16) [adjective] That conforms, especially to the shape of something. | [adjective] (of a transformation) That preserves angles between intersecting curves. | [adjective] (of a map projection) That preserves relative angles over small scales, at all but a limited number of distinct points. CONGENIAL (12) [adjective] Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests. | [adjective] Friendly or sociable. | [adjective] Suitable to one’s needs. CONNUBIAL (13) [adjective] Of or relating to the state of being married. CONTINUAL (11) [adjective] Recurring in steady, rapid succession. | [adjective] Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption. | [adjective] Forming a continuous series. CONVIVIAL (17) [adjective] Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity CORPOREAL (13) [adjective] Material; tangible; physical. | [adjective] Pertaining to the body; bodily; corporal. CREATURAL (11) CROSSBILL (13) [noun] Any of various finches of the genus Loxia, whose bill crosses over at the tips; they are specialist feeders on conifer cones. | [noun] A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit. CURSORIAL (11) [noun] Such an animal | [adjective] Adapted for running. | [adjective] Having legs fitted for running. CURVEBALL (16) [noun] A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve" | [noun] (by extension) An unexpected turn of events initiated by an opponent or chance. | [verb] To throw a curveball. CUSTODIAL (12) [adjective] Providing protection, care, supervision or guarding | [adjective] Of, pertaining to or providing custody, especially of a child | [adjective] Providing punishment by incarceration CYCLOIDAL (17) DANDIACAL (13) [adjective] Dandyish; like a dandy. DAREDEVIL (14) [noun] A person who engages in very risky behavior, especially one who is motivated by a craving for excitement or attention. | [verb] To behave in a reckless, adventurous, or physically risky manner | [adjective] Recklessly bold; adventurous. DECEITFUL (15) [adjective] Deliberately misleading or cheating. | [adjective] Deceptive, two-faced. DECENNIAL (12) [noun] The tenth anniversary of an event or happening. | [adjective] Occurring every ten years. | [adjective] Of or related to a ten-year period, as a term of office. DECONTROL (12) [noun] The removal of controls. | [verb] To remove controls. DEISTICAL (12) DEMENTIAL (12) DEMONICAL (14) DENOMINAL (12) [noun] (grammar) A denominative: a word, often a verb, that is derived from a noun or adjective. | [adjective] (grammar) Denominative (deriving from a noun). DIALECTAL (12) [adjective] Of or relating to a dialect. | [adjective] Peculiar to a (nonstandard) variety or lect. DIAMETRAL (12) DIARRHEAL (13) DICTIONAL (12) DICUMAROL (14) DIPPERFUL (17) DISAVOWAL (16) [noun] A denial of knowledge, relationship, and/or responsibility towards something (or someone). DISCOIDAL (13) DISENTAIL (10) DISMISSAL (12) [noun] The act of sending someone away. | [noun] Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank. | [noun] A written or spoken statement of such an act. DISPERSAL (12) [noun] The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. | [noun] A dispersal prison. DISSOCIAL (12) DOCTRINAL (12) [noun] A matter of doctrine, or system of doctrines. | [adjective] Of, relating to, involving, belonging to or concerning a doctrine. | [adjective] Didactic. DODGEBALL (14) [noun] A team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the opposition. | [noun] The ball thrown in this sport. DOMINICAL (14) [noun] Sunday. | [noun] The Lord's Prayer. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to Jesus Christ as Lord. DRAWERFUL (16) DROPSICAL (14) [adjective] Pertaining to, or afflicted with, dropsy. DRUIDICAL (13) DYNAMICAL (17) ECCLESIAL (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the church. EDITORIAL (10) [noun] An article in a publication giving the opinion of its editors on a given topic or current event. | [noun] A similar commentary on radio or television. | [adjective] Of or relating to an editor, editing or an editorial. EFFECTUAL (17) [adjective] Producing the intended result; entirely adequate. EFFORTFUL (18) ELECTORAL (11) [adjective] Relating to or composed of electors. | [adjective] Of, or relating to elections. ELEGIACAL (12) ELEMENTAL (11) [noun] (theosophy) A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water or variations of them like ice, lightning, etc. They sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as Air, Earth, Fire, or Water. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound). | [adjective] Basic, fundamental or elementary. EMBRYONAL (16) EMOTIONAL (11) [adjective] Of or relating to the emotions. | [adjective] Characterised by emotion. | [adjective] Determined by emotion rather than reason. EMPIRICAL (15) [adjective] Pertaining to or based on experience. | [adjective] Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses. | [adjective] (philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation. ENDOSTEAL (10) ENSORCELL (11) [verb] To bewitch or enchant. | [verb] To captivate, entrance, fascinate. EPHEMERAL (16) [noun] Something which lasts for a short period of time. | [adjective] Lasting for a short period of time. | [adjective] Existing for only one day, as with some flowers, insects, and diseases. EPIDERMAL (14) EPIFAUNAL (14) EPISCOPAL (15) [adjective] Of or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches. EPITAXIAL (18) EQUIVOCAL (23) [noun] A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term. | [adjective] Having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation. | [adjective] Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected. ERISTICAL (11) EROSIONAL (9) ERRATICAL (11) ESSENTIAL (9) [noun] A necessary ingredient. | [noun] A fundamental ingredient. | [adjective] Necessary. ESTRADIOL (10) [noun] A potent estrogenic hormone ((17)-estra-1,3,5-triene-3,17-diol) produced in the ovaries of all vertebrates; the synthetic compound is used medicinally to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer. ESTUARIAL (9) ETHMOIDAL (15) FACTIONAL (14) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or composed of factions. FACTORIAL (14) [noun] The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a factor or factorial. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a factor, a kind of business agent. FALDSTOOL (13) [noun] A portable, folding chair used by a bishop when away from his throne. | [noun] Any similar stool used in a divine service (such as the coronation of a British monarch). FANATICAL (14) [adjective] Having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm for a specific cause. FATIDICAL (15) FENESTRAL (12) FIBERFILL (17) [noun] A lightweight synthetic fiber used as insulation in clothing FIBREFILL (17) [noun] A lightweight synthetic fiber used as insulation in clothing FICTIONAL (14) [adjective] Invented, as opposed to real. | [adjective] Containing invented elements. FINANCIAL (14) [adjective] Related to finances. | [adjective] Having dues and fees paid up to date for a club or society. FISSIONAL (12) FLAVORFUL (18) [adjective] Full of flavor. FLOWERFUL (18) FLUXIONAL (19) [adjective] Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions; variable; inconstant. | [adjective] (of a compound) That undergoes rapid intramolecular rearrangements, component atoms being interchanged among equivalent structures. FOOTSTOOL (12) [noun] A low stool for supporting the feet while seated. | [noun] Anything trodden upon or treated as subservient. FORAMINAL (14) FORESTALL (12) [verb] To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert. | [verb] To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible. | [verb] To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price. | [noun] An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue. FORESTIAL (12) FORGETFUL (16) [adjective] Unable to remember things well; liable to forget. | [adjective] Dropping some of the input's structure or properties before producing an output. FOSSORIAL (12) [noun] Any digging animal (such as a mole) | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing. FRATERNAL (12) [noun] A society formed to provide mutual aid, such as insurance. | [noun] A fraternal twin. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a brother or brothers. FREEWHEEL (18) [noun] A device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft. | [verb] (of a gear) To continue spinning after disengagement. | [verb] (of a cyclist) To ride a bicycle without pedalling, e.g. downhill. FRIGHTFUL (19) [adjective] Full of fright, whether | [adjective] Full of something causing fright, whether | [adverb] Frightfully; very. GALENICAL (12) [adjective] Galenic | [noun] A medicinal preparation concocted mostly from herbs or vegetable matter. GARDENFUL (14) GEARWHEEL (16) [noun] A wheel with a toothed rim, intended to engage with others, or similar equipment, to form a gear GENETICAL (12) GENITIVAL (13) [noun] (grammar) A genitive. | [adjective] (grammar) Having genitive form; pertaining to, or derived from, the genitive case GENOCIDAL (13) [adjective] Causative of or relating to an act or policy of genocide. GRAPHICAL (17) [adjective] Of, related to, or shown on a graph. | [adjective] Of, related to, or using graphics. | [adjective] Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines. GREENMAIL (12) [noun] Profiting from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price. | [verb] To profit from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price. GRISTMILL (12) [noun] A mill that grinds grain, especially grain brought by a farmer to be exchanged for the flour (less a percentage) GROUNDSEL (11) [noun] A timber beam used as the foundation for a building. | [noun] The lowest beam of a door-frame; the threshold. GUARDRAIL (11) [noun] A rail set alongside a dangerous place in order to improve safety. GUILDHALL (14) [noun] A hall where a guild or corporation usually assembles. | [noun] A town hall. HANDWHEEL (19) HARBORFUL (17) HAWKSBILL (21) [noun] A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell. HEADSTALL (13) [noun] The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements. | [noun] A phorbeia. HEALTHFUL (18) [adjective] Beneficial to bodily health. | [adjective] Conducive to moral or spiritual prosperity; salutary. HERETICAL (14) [adjective] Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics. | [adjective] (of ideas or views) Contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion. HEXAGONAL (20) [adjective] Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon. | [adjective] Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle. HOMICIDAL (17) [adjective] Of or pertaining to homicide HORIZONAL (21) HORSETAIL (12) [noun] The tail of a horse. | [noun] Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores. | [noun] A Turkish standard denoting rank. HOUSECARL (14) [noun] A member of the Scandinavian royal household troops. HYDROFOIL (19) [noun] A wing attached to the hull of a ship that raises it out of the water when travelling at speed and thus reduces drag. | [noun] A vessel equipped with such a device. HYPNOIDAL (18) HYPOCOTYL (22) [noun] In plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling between the root and cotyledons. IDENTICAL (12) [noun] (usually pluralized) Something which has exactly the same properties as something else. | [noun] An identical twin. | [adjective] Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable. IDIOTICAL (12) ILLIBERAL (11) [noun] One opposed to liberal principles. | [adjective] Restrictive of individual choice and freedom. | [adjective] Narrow-minded; bigoted. ILLOGICAL (12) [adjective] Contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning. IMPARTIAL (13) [adjective] Treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased INAUGURAL (10) [noun] An inauguration; a formal beginning. | [noun] A formal speech given at the beginning of an office. | [adjective] Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated. INDEXICAL (19) [noun] An indexical statement. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index. | [adjective] Having the character of pointing to, or indicating, a particular state of affairs. INTERCELL (11) INTERTILL (9) ISOHYETAL (15) ISOPHOTAL (14) ISOPROPYL (16) [noun] The univalent organic radical (CH3)2CH- IVORYBILL (17) JUNCTURAL (18) JURIDICAL (19) [adjective] Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court). KHEDIVIAL (20) LACHRYMAL (19) [noun] A lachrymatory (vase intended for collecting tears) | [noun] (in the plural) Lachrymal feelings or organs | [noun] One of the bones of the face, the os unguis, or nail-bone, in humans. LAMPSHELL (16) LARYNGEAL (13) [noun] A sound uttered by using the larynx. | [noun] In Proto-Indo-European, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants usually marked as , and . | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a larynx or larynges. LEMNISCAL (13) LIBIDINAL (12) [adjective] Relating or pertaining to the libido. LIPOSOMAL (13) LOGNORMAL (12) [noun] A logarithmic function that has a normal distribution. | [adjective] Describing a logarithmic function that has a normal distribution. LYSOSOMAL (14) MAGISTRAL (12) [noun] A sovereign medicine or remedy. | [noun] A magistral line. | [noun] Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America. MARMOREAL (13) [adjective] Resembling marble or a marble statue. MARSUPIAL (13) [noun] A mammal of which the female has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through early infancy, such as the kangaroo or koala, or else pouchless members of the Marsupialia like the shrew opossum. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a marsupial. | [adjective] Of or relating to a marsupium. MASTERFUL (14) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the manner of a master of an art, technique, profession, or craft; masterly. | [adjective] In the manner of a master; very skillful. | [adjective] Having or showing the qualities of a master vis-a-vis a dependent or subordinate; authoritative; domineering. MATUTINAL (11) [adjective] Of, occurring in, or relating to the early morning. MEDIAEVAL (15) [noun] Someone living in the Middle Ages. | [noun] A medieval example (of something aforementioned or understood from context). | [adjective] Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD. MEDICINAL (14) [noun] Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes. | [adjective] Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical. | [adjective] Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain. MENINGEAL (12) MENSTRUAL (11) [adjective] Of or relating to the menses. | [adjective] Occurring once a month; monthly. | [adjective] Lasting for a month. MERCURIAL (13) [noun] Any of the plants known as mercury, especially the annual mercury or French mercury (Mercurialis annua). | [noun] A person born under the influence of the planet Mercury; hence, a person having an animated, lively, quick-witted or volatile character. | [noun] A chemical compound containing mercury. MESOPHYLL (19) [noun] The soft internal parenchyma of a leaf MESTRANOL (11) MICROBIAL (15) [noun] A microbe or bacterium. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or caused by microbes or microorganisms. MIDDORSAL (13) MILIARIAL (11) MINOXIDIL (19) [noun] A compound used orally as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and topically to reverse baldness. MISENROLL (11) MITICIDAL (14) MONARCHAL (16) MONODICAL (14) MONSOONAL (11) MULTICELL (13) MULTIHULL (14) [noun] A boat with two or more hulls. MULTIWALL (14) MUNICIPAL (15) [noun] A financial instrument issued by a municipality. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government). | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation. MYOFIBRIL (19) [noun] Any of the cylindrical organelles, found within muscle cells, that are the contractile unit of muscles. MYONEURAL (14) MYXOVIRAL (24) NIGHTFALL (16) [noun] The close of the day; the coming of night. NOCTURNAL (11) [noun] A person or creature that is active at night. | [noun] A device for telling the time at night, rather like a sundial but read according to the stars. | [adjective] (of a person, creature, group, or species) Primarily active during the night. NONANIMAL (11) NONCASUAL (11) NONCAUSAL (11) NONCOITAL (11) NONFORMAL (14) [adjective] Not formal. NONFOSSIL (12) NONLETHAL (12) NONLINEAL (9) NONMANUAL (11) [adjective] Not manual. NONMENTAL (11) NONPAREIL (11) [noun] A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon. | [noun] A small pellet of colored sugar used as decoration on baked goods and candy. | [noun] A small, flat chocolate drop covered with white pellets of sugar, similar to a comfit. NONRACIAL (11) [adjective] Not related to or based on a person's race NONSCHOOL (14) NONSEXUAL (16) [adjective] Asexual; lacking sexual reproductive capabilities; neuter. | [adjective] Not involving sexuality or sexual arousal; platonic NONSOCIAL (11) NONVERBAL (14) [noun] A sound, gesture, etc. that is not a word. | [adjective] (of communication) in a form other than written or spoken words, such as gestures, facial expressions or body language. | [adjective] (grammar, somewhat rare) of or relating to a word that belongs to any part of speech other than that of verbs NONVISUAL (12) NOSEWHEEL (15) [noun] A wheel, or retractable landing gear, located near the nose of an aircraft NUMBSKULL (17) [noun] A dunce, mentally dull or stupid person. | [noun] A person who refuses to learn or grow mentally. | [noun] A traditional name for a fool who serves as the butt of jokes about stupidity. NUMERICAL (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to numbers | [adjective] The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical. OCCIPITAL (15) [noun] The occipital bone. | [noun] An occipital scale in reptiles. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone. OCTAGONAL (12) [adjective] Shaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles. OFFICINAL (17) [adjective] Medicinal. | [adjective] Used in a shop, or belonging to it. | [adjective] (pharmaceutical) Kept in stock by apothecaries; said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral. ORIFICIAL (14) OVERCHILL (17) OVERPEDAL (15) OVERSPILL (14) [noun] That which spills over. | [verb] To spill over, to overflow, to spill out of. OVIDUCTAL (15) PALPEBRAL (15) [noun] A dermal bone found near the eye socket of some animals | [adjective] Pertaining to eyelids. PANSEXUAL (18) [noun] Someone who is attracted to all types of people regardless of gender. | [adjective] Sexually attracted to people regardless of gender. | [adjective] Sexually attracted to everyone. PARADISAL (12) [adjective] Like paradise; paradisiacal. PARALEGAL (12) [noun] One who assists a lawyer in routine legal work, but who is without qualified status as a solicitor or barrister (England and Wales), attorney (U.S.), or advocate; known more commonly in the U.S. as a legal assistant. PAROCHIAL (16) [adjective] Pertaining to a parish. | [adjective] Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook. PASSIONAL (11) [noun] A book describing sufferings of martyrs | [adjective] Characterized by passion PENNONCEL (13) PENUMBRAL (15) PERENNIAL (11) [noun] A perennial plant; a plant that is active throughout the year or survives for more than two growing seasons. | [adjective] Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time. | [adjective] (of a plant) Having a life cycle of more than two years. PERINATAL (11) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the time around birth. PERPETUAL (13) [adjective] Lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time | [adjective] Set up to be in effect or have tenure for an unlimited duration | [adjective] Continuing; uninterrupted PERSONNEL (11) [noun] Employees; office staff. PETECHIAL (16) PHOTOCELL (16) [noun] A photoelectric cell PICTORIAL (13) [noun] A newspaper or magazine with many pictures, or section thereof | [noun] An article primarily featuring many photographs, or simply a collection of photographs | [noun] A stamp featuring a vignette of local scenery or culture. PIECEMEAL (15) [noun] A fragment; a scrap. | [verb] To divide or distribute piecemeal; dismember. | [adjective] Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time. PIMPERNEL (15) [noun] A plant of the genus Pimpinella, especially burnet saxifrage, Pimpinella saxifraga. | [noun] Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, having small red, white or purple flowers, especially the scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis. | [noun] Sanguisorba spp. PIPERONAL (13) PIRATICAL (13) PLACENTAL (13) [noun] Any animal that is a member of the Placentalia | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the placenta, or to the Placentalia | [adjective] Having a placenta. PLAINTFUL (14) PLASMAGEL (14) PLASMASOL (13) PLASTISOL (11) [noun] A liquid dispersion of plastic or resin that may be converted to a solid by heating PLATESFUL (14) PLENTIFUL (14) [adjective] Existing in large number or ample amount. | [adjective] Yielding abundance; fruitful. | [adjective] Lavish; profuse; prodigal POCKETFUL (20) POLEMICAL (15) [noun] A diatribe or polemic. | [adjective] Related to argument or controversy; containing polemic, being polemic POLITICAL (13) [noun] A political agent or officer. | [noun] A publication focusing on politics. | [adjective] Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing. POLYGONAL (15) POLYTONAL (14) [adjective] That uses two or more tonalities simultaneously. POLYVINYL (20) [noun] Any polymer derived from a vinyl compound. | [adjective] Composed of, or derived from, many vinyl groups POPLITEAL (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the popliteus (the area behind the knee). PORTRAYAL (14) [noun] The act of portraying. | [noun] The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait. POSTAXIAL (18) POSTCAVAL (16) POSTNATAL (11) [adjective] (of a baby) after being born, of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth | [adjective] (of a mother) after giving birth POSTTRIAL (11) POTENTIAL (11) [noun] Currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to) | [noun] The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field. | [noun] The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified location in the presence of a force field, for example to bring a unit positive electric charge from an infinite distance to a specified point against an electric field. PRACTICAL (15) [noun] A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability | [noun] A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation. | [adjective] Based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis PRAYERFUL (17) [adjective] That prays frequently; characterised by prayer, devout, reverent. PREBENDAL (14) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a prebend; prebendary. | [adjective] (of an office) Having an associated prebend. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to an honorary religious title granted by the state. PRECANCEL (15) PRECOCIAL (15) [adjective] (of birds) Hatched from the egg already covered in down and with eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days. PRECOITAL (13) [adjective] Preceding the act of coitus. PREFEUDAL (15) PREPUTIAL (13) PRESCHOOL (16) [noun] A nursery school. | [verb] To provide nursery school education for. | [verb] To undergo nursery school education. PRESIDIAL (12) PRETRAVEL (14) PREVERBAL (16) [noun] (grammar) A preverb. | [adjective] (child development) At an early stage of development in which one is not yet able to communicate by means of words. | [adjective] (of a part of speech) Occurring before the verb in a sentence or expression. PRIMATIAL (13) PRINCIPAL (15) [noun] The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated. | [noun] The chief administrator of a school. | [noun] The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college. PROCONSUL (13) [noun] (in ancient Rome) A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province. PRODROMAL (14) [adjective] Relating to prodrome; indicating an early stage of a disease. PROTOZOAL (20) PSYCHICAL (21) [adjective] Performed by or pertaining to the mind or spirit; mental, psychic. | [adjective] Pertaining to the animal nature of man, as opposed to the spirit. | [adjective] Outside the realm of the physical; supernatural, psychic. PUERPERAL (13) [adjective] Of, pertaining to or associated with childbirth. PUNCHBALL (18) [noun] A simplified version of the sport of baseball, where players use their fists as a bat and a softer ball. | [noun] The soft ball used in this sport. PYCNIDIAL (17) PYRAMIDAL (17) [noun] One of the carpal bones | [adjective] Pyramid-shaped. | [adjective] Tetragonal. PYRIDOXAL (22) [noun] One of the three natural forms of vitamin B6 QUIZZICAL (38) [adjective] Questioning or suggesting puzzlement. | [adjective] Strange or eccentric. RAPTORIAL (11) [adjective] Like or resembling a raptor; seizing or plundering, like a bird of prey. RAZORBILL (20) [noun] A large black and white auk, Alca torda, native to the north Atlantic. REAROUSAL (9) RECHANNEL (14) RECTORIAL (11) REDISTILL (10) REGARDFUL (14) [adjective] Respectful. | [adjective] Watchful, observant. REGICIDAL (13) REGRETFUL (13) [adjective] Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets. | [adjective] Sorrowful about what has been lost or done. REHEARSAL (12) [noun] The practicing of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done. REINSTALL (9) [noun] Reinstallation | [verb] To install again. REMINDFUL (15) [adjective] That serves to remind one of something; reminiscent. REPOSEFUL (14) [adjective] Providing repose, restful. | [adjective] Having an appearance of repose, peaceful. REPRIEVAL (14) RESENTFUL (12) [adjective] Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when wronged. | [adjective] Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment. RESULTFUL (12) RETRIEVAL (12) [noun] The act of retrieving or something retrieved | [noun] The operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device | [noun] The cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness REVICTUAL (14) RHIZOBIAL (23) RHIZOIDAL (22) RIBOSOMAL (13) SALESGIRL (10) [noun] A young woman employed as a salesclerk. SARTORIAL (9) [adjective] Of or relating to the tailoring of clothing. | [adjective] Of or relating to the quality of dress. | [adjective] Of or relating to the sartorius muscle. SATIRICAL (11) [adjective] Of, pertaining to or connected with satire SCEPTICAL (15) [adjective] Having, or expressing doubt; questioning. | [adjective] Of or relating to philosophical skepticism or the skeptics. SCHLEMIEL (16) [noun] A loser or a fool. | [noun] A person who is clumsy or who hurts others emotionally. SCHNITZEL (23) [noun] A dish consisting of fried veal cutlet. | [noun] (by extension) A Germanic dish of breaded and deep-fried meat cutlet. SCHNORKEL (18) SCIENTIAL (11) [adjective] Of or pertaining to science or to knowledge. | [adjective] Knowledgable. SCOOPSFUL (16) SCOUNDREL (12) [noun] A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honour or virtue. SCREWBALL (16) [noun] A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher. | [noun] One who behaves in a crazy manner. | [adjective] (originally US) Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird. SECTIONAL (11) [noun] An item of furniture composed of modular sections; usually specifically a sectional sofa | [noun] A tournament or match held at the section level, typically between the regionals and the championships | [noun] A band sectional, in which one section of a band or orchestra practices separately SECTORIAL (11) [noun] A sectorial, or carnassial, tooth. | [adjective] Adapted for cutting | [adjective] Of or pertaining to sectors SEGMENTAL (12) [adjective] Of, relating to, or constructed from segments SEMESTRAL (11) SEMIFINAL (14) [noun] A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final. | [noun] (general) A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final. SEMIMETAL (13) [noun] A metalloid. SEMIRURAL (11) SEMITONAL (11) SEMIVOWEL (17) [noun] A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel. | [noun] A letter which represents a semivowel sound, such as w or y in English. SENESCHAL (14) [noun] A steward, particularly one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate. | [noun] An officer of the crown in late medieval and early modern France who served as a kind of governor and chief justice of the royal court in Normandy and Languedoc. SENSORIAL (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to sensation or the senses; sensory. SEROTINAL (9) SESSIONAL (9) SHAVETAIL (15) [noun] An inexperienced person, especially a newly-commissioned military officer. SHIRTTAIL (12) [noun] The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail. | [noun] (by extension) The tail-end or periphery of something. | [noun] A tenuous connection. SHLEMIEHL (17) SHORTFALL (15) [noun] An instance of not meeting a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation, or of having an insufficient amount to cover such obligations. | [noun] The amount by which a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation is missed; the difference between the actual quota or debt and the lesser amount available to pay such obligations. SHOVELFUL (18) SIGMOIDAL (13) SINGSPIEL (12) [noun] An early German form of opera consisting of spoken dialogue interspersed with song. | [noun] An opera in this style. SINISTRAL (9) [adjective] Of, facing, or on the left side. | [adjective] Left-handed. | [adjective] (of certain spiral shells) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed. SKEPTICAL (17) [adjective] Having, or expressing doubt; questioning. | [adjective] Of or relating to philosophical skepticism or the skeptics. SLIMEBALL (13) [noun] A round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance such as mucus. | [noun] (originally United States) A person who is regarded as slimy (that is, sneaky or underhanded) or otherwise undesirable. SOFTSHELL (15) [noun] A softshell turtle (Trionychidae). | [adjective] Having a relatively soft shell. SORROWFUL (15) [adjective] (of a person) exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught. | [adjective] Producing sorrow; causing grief. SPEEDBALL (14) [noun] A mix of heroin and cocaine. | [noun] Coffee with espresso. | [noun] A fastball. SPEEDWELL (15) [noun] A plant of the genus Veronica SPHERICAL (16) [adjective] Shaped like a sphere. | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to, spheres. | [adjective] Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles. SPIRITUAL (11) [noun] A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song. | [noun] Any spiritual function, office, or affair. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul. SPIRITUEL (11) SPLEENFUL (14) [adjective] Full of spleen; spiteful. | [noun] A quantity of invective. | [noun] More than one can take. SPOONBILL (13) [noun] Any of various large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the ibises, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill. | [noun] A species of fish, Polyodon spathula, native to the Mississippi/Ohio/Missouri river basin, or extinct close relatives. SPOONSFUL (14) SPRITSAIL (11) [noun] A form of three- or four-sided fore-and-aft sail and its rig, supporting the leech of the sail by means of a sprit. SQUAMOSAL (20) [noun] The platelike part of the temporal bone | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the platelike part of the temporal bone STAIRWELL (12) [noun] A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase. STAPEDIAL (12) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the stapes STATIONAL (9) STEAMROLL (11) [verb] To flatten, as if with a steamroller. | [verb] To ruthlessly crush or overwhelm. STENCHFUL (17) STEROIDAL (10) STICKBALL (17) [noun] A street game similar to baseball, played with a stick, a ball and various ad hoc materials; found primarily in large cities in the northeastern United States. | [noun] The ball used in this game. STOMODEAL (12) STONEWALL (12) [noun] A wall made from stone. | [noun] An obstruction. | [noun] A refusal to cooperate. | [adjective] Certain, definite. STOOPBALL (13) STRESSFUL (12) [adjective] Irritating; causing stress. SUBAERIAL (11) [adjective] Formed, located or occurring on the Earth's land surface; contrasted with subaqueous SUBAPICAL (15) SUBDERMAL (14) SUBFOSSIL (14) SUBLETHAL (14) [adjective] Less than lethal. SUBMITTAL (13) SUBNORMAL (13) [noun] A person whose abilities are less than normal. | [noun] That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal. | [adjective] Less than normal. SUBSOCIAL (13) SUBVASSAL (14) SUBVISUAL (14) SUCTIONAL (11) SUCTORIAL (11) [adjective] Adapted for sucking; living by sucking. | [adjective] Capable of adhering by suction. SUPERCOIL (13) [noun] A coil of the DNA helix upon itself, such as a figure eight. | [verb] To twist circular DNA into a supercoil SUPERCOOL (13) [verb] To cool a material below its transition temperature without that transition occurring | [adjective] Very cool; thoroughly excellent, relaxed, or fashionable. SUPERREAL (11) SUPERSELL (11) SURFICIAL (14) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the surface of something, particularly the surface of the Earth. SURPRISAL (11) SWORDTAIL (13) [noun] One of many species of freshwater fish, in genus Xiphophorus, others of which are called platyfish. | [noun] Any of various papilionid butterflies that have a long sword-like projection from the tornal section of each hindwing. SYMPODIAL (17) SYNAGOGAL (14) SYNCLINAL (14) SYNCYTIAL (17) SYNODICAL (15) [adjective] Synodic TABLESFUL (14) TEACUPFUL (16) TECHNICAL (16) [noun] A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it. | [noun] A technical foul: a violation of sportsmanlike conduct, not involving physical contact. | [noun] A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack. TEGMENTAL (12) TENSIONAL (9) TERPINEOL (11) THERIACAL (14) THESAURAL (12) THRUSTFUL (15) THUMBNAIL (16) [noun] The fingernail on the thumb. | [noun] A rough sketch (e.g., the size of one's thumbnail). | [noun] A small picture, used as a compact representation of a larger image. THYROIDAL (16) TOADSTOOL (10) [noun] Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an agaric. TONSORIAL (9) [adjective] Relating to barbers or to shaving. TORMENTIL (11) [noun] A low-growing herb (Potentilla erecta, syn. Potentilla tormentilla). TORSIONAL (9) TRACKBALL (17) [noun] A pointing device consisting of a ball housed in a socket TRAVERSAL (12) TREADMILL (12) [noun] A piece of indoor sporting equipment used to allow for the motions of running or walking while staying in one place. | [noun] A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. | [noun] A mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt. TRICHINAL (14) TRIENNIAL (9) [noun] A third anniversary. | [noun] A plant that requires three years to complete its life-cycle. | [adjective] Happening every three years. TRIHEDRAL (13) [adjective] Having three plane faces that meet at a common point TRINOMIAL (11) [noun] An expression consisting of three terms. | [adjective] Consisting of three names or parts or terms. TRIUMPHAL (16) [noun] A token of victory. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or being a triumph. | [adjective] That celebrates or commemorates a triumph or victory. TUITIONAL (9) ULTRACOOL (11) UMBILICAL (15) [noun] A cord connecting an astronaut to a spacecraft, or a craft to ground control prior to launch, etc. | [adjective] Of, or relating to, the navel (umbilicus) or the umbilical cord. | [adjective] Such that the curvatures of normal sections are all equal to each other. UNCYNICAL (16) UNDERCOOL (12) [verb] To cool insufficiently | [verb] To supercool UNDERSELL (10) [verb] To sell goods for a lower price than a competitor. | [verb] To sell something for less than its value. | [verb] To put forward an idea, or to market a new product, with insufficient enthusiasm. UNDERWOOL (13) UNDUTIFUL (13) [adjective] Not dutiful. UNETHICAL (14) [adjective] Not morally approvable; morally bad; not ethical. UNGENTEEL (10) UNHELPFUL (17) [adjective] Not providing help or assistance; not helpful. UNHOPEFUL (17) UNILINEAL (9) UNISEXUAL (16) [noun] Such an animal | [adjective] Of an organism, having characteristics of a single sex (as opposed to hermaphrodites). UNIVERSAL (12) [noun] A characteristic or property that particular things have in common. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the universe. | [adjective] Common to all members of a group or class. UNLYRICAL (14) UNMINDFUL (15) [adjective] Lacking awareness; oblivious. | [adjective] Failing to remember, recognize, or pay attention to something; heedless of. UNMUSICAL (13) [adjective] Not musical: lacking in musical ability. | [adjective] Not musical: unmelodic. UNNATURAL (9) [adjective] Not natural. | [adjective] Not occurring in nature, the environment or atmosphere | [adjective] Going against nature; perverse. UNRESTFUL (12) [adjective] Not restful. UNTACTFUL (14) UNTYPICAL (16) [adjective] Not typical, atypical, unusual UREDINIAL (10) VACCINIAL (16) VASOVAGAL (16) [adjective] Pertaining to the vagus nerve as well as the vascular system; often describing an attack etc. characterised by slowing of the pulse and a fall in blood pressure. VATICINAL (14) VECTORIAL (14) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a vector. | [adjective] In the electron transport chain, being or relating to a type of enzyme-mediated reaction that moves protons in a specific direction (from the matrix into the inter-membrane space in this example). VERAPAMIL (16) [noun] A calcium blocker used to treat angina and heart failure VERIDICAL (15) [adjective] True. | [adjective] Pertaining to an experience, perception, or interpretation that accurately represents reality; as opposed to imaginative, unsubstantiated, illusory, or delusory. VERSIONAL (12) VERTEBRAL (14) VESTIGIAL (13) [noun] A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a trace from the past. | [adjective] Not fully developed in mature animals. VICENNIAL (14) VICEREGAL (15) [noun] (gender-neutral) a viceroy | [noun] (usually in plural) a viceroy or vicereine | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to, a viceroy or viceroyalty. VIGESIMAL (15) [noun] A twentieth part. | [adjective] Occurring in intervals of twenty. | [adjective] To the base twenty. VIRICIDAL (15) VIRUCIDAL (15) VIZIERIAL (21) WATERFALL (15) [noun] A flow of water over the edge of a cliff. | [noun] A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc. | [noun] Waterfall model WATERFOWL (18) [noun] Any of the birds, such as ducks, geese and swans, that spend most of their non-flying time on water; especially those of the family Anatidae. WHIMSICAL (19) [adjective] Given to whimsy. WHIRLPOOL (17) [noun] A swirling body of water. | [noun] A hot tub, jacuzzi. | [noun] Turmoil, or agitated excitement. WHITETAIL (15) [noun] A deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North America. WHITEWALL (18) [noun] A tyre/tire with white sidewalls. | [noun] A hair cut with a closely cropped back and sides and the hair on the top of the head left longer. | [adjective] (of a tyre/tire) Having white sidewalls | [noun] (Northamptonshire) The spotted flycatcher. WINDCHILL (18) [noun] The still-air temperature equivalent to a given combination of temperature and wind speed, as far as its cooling effect on exposed flesh is concerned WONDERFUL (16) [adjective] Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary. | [adjective] Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive. | [adverb] Exceedingly, to a great extent. ZINFANDEL (22) [noun] A dry red wine of California. | [noun] A small black grape from which zinfandel wine is made. ZOOSTEROL (18)