amberbell | (noun) eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors | Synonyms: Erythronium americanum, trout lily, yellow adder's tongue |
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barbell | (noun) a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting | - |
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bell | (noun) a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck | - |
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(noun) a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | Synonyms: buzzer, doorbell |
(noun) the flared opening of a tubular device | - |
(noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument | Synonyms: chime, gong |
(noun) the sound of a bell being struck | Synonyms: toll |
(noun) the shape of a bell | Synonyms: bell shape, campana |
(noun) (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m. | Synonyms: ship's bell |
bluebell | (noun) one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas | Synonyms: Eustoma grandiflorum, prairie gentian, tulip gentian |
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(noun) perennial of Northern Hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers | Synonyms: Campanula rotundifolia, harebell |
(noun) sometimes placed in genus Scilla | Synonyms: harebell, Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta, wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth |
bombshell | (noun) an explosive bomb or artillery shell | - |
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(noun) a shocking surprise | Synonyms: thunderbolt, thunderclap |
(noun) an entertainer who has a sensational effect | - |
carrell | (noun) small individual study area in a library | Synonyms: carrel, cubicle, stall |
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cell | (noun) (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals | - |
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(noun) a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction | Synonyms: electric cell |
(noun) a room where a prisoner is kept | Synonyms: jail cell, prison cell |
(noun) small room in which a monk or nun lives | Synonyms: cubicle |
(noun) any small compartment | - |
(noun) a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver | Synonyms: cellphone, cellular phone, cellular telephone, mobile phone |
(noun) a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement | Synonyms: cadre |
clamshell | (noun) the shell of a clam | - |
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(noun) a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam | Synonyms: grapple |
cockleshell | (noun) a small light flimsy boat | - |
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cowbell | (noun) a bell hung around the neck of cow so that the cow can be easily located | - |
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dell | (noun) a small wooded hollow | Synonyms: dingle |
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doorbell | (noun) a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | Synonyms: bell, buzzer |
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dumbbell | (noun) an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle | - |
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(noun) an ignorant or foolish person | Synonyms: boob, booby, dope, dummy, pinhead |
eggshell | (noun) the exterior covering of a bird's egg | Synonyms: shell |
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ell | (noun) an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building | - |
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farewell | (noun) the act of departing politely | Synonyms: leave-taking, leave, parting |
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(noun) an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting | Synonyms: word of farewell |
fell | (noun) the act of felling something (as a tree) | - |
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(noun) seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges | Synonyms: felled seam |
(noun) the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) | Synonyms: hide |
gromwell | (noun) European perennial branching plant; occurs in hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands | Synonyms: Lithospermum officinale |
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handbell | (noun) a bell that is held in the hand | - |
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harebell | (noun) perennial of Northern Hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers | Synonyms: bluebell, Campanula rotundifolia |
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(noun) sometimes placed in genus Scilla | Synonyms: bluebell, Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta, wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth |
hell | (noun) noisy and unrestrained mischief | Synonyms: blaze |
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(noun) a cause of difficulty and suffering | Synonyms: blaze |
(noun) any place of pain and turmoil | Synonyms: hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, snake pit, the pits |
inkwell | (noun) a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped | Synonyms: inkstand |
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knell | (noun) the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something | - |
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lampshell | (noun) marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide | Synonyms: brachiopod, lamp shell |
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maxwell | (noun) a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss | Synonyms: Mx |
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moonshell | (noun) marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires | Synonyms: moon shell |
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nutshell | (noun) the shell around the kernel of a nut | - |
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photocell | (noun) a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations | Synonyms: electric eye, magic eye, photoconductive cell, photoelectric cell |
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rakehell | (noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society | Synonyms: blood, profligate, rake, rip, roue |
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seashell | (noun) the shell of a marine organism | - |
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sell | (noun) the activity of persuading someone to buy | - |
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shell | (noun) the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod | - |
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(noun) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | Synonyms: carapace, cuticle, shield |
(noun) ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun | - |
(noun) a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) | Synonyms: plate, scale |
(noun) the housing or outer covering of something | Synonyms: case, casing |
(noun) a very light narrow racing boat | Synonyms: racing shell |
(noun) a rigid covering that envelops an object | - |
(noun) the exterior covering of a bird's egg | Synonyms: eggshell |
(noun) the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts | - |
(noun) the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals | - |
smell | (noun) the act of perceiving the odor of something | Synonyms: smelling |
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(noun) any property detected by the olfactory system | Synonyms: aroma, odor, odour, olfactory property, scent |
(noun) the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents | Synonyms: olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell |
(noun) the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form | Synonyms: odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation |
(noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, spirit, tone |
snowbell | (noun) small tree native to Japan | Synonyms: Styrax obassia |
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speedwell | (noun) any plant of the genus Veronica | Synonyms: veronica |
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spell | (noun) a verbal formula believed to have magical force | Synonyms: charm, magic spell, magical spell |
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(noun) a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation | Synonyms: enchantment, trance |
(noun) a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) | Synonyms: go, tour, turn |
(noun) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | Synonyms: patch, piece, while |
stairwell | (noun) a vertical well around which there is a stairway | - |
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swell | (noun) a crescendo followed by a decrescendo | - |
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(noun) the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea | Synonyms: crestless wave |
(noun) a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) | - |
(noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik |
tortoiseshell | (noun) a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings | Synonyms: calico cat, tortoiseshell-cat |
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(noun) brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles | Synonyms: tortoiseshell butterfly |
(noun) the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles | - |
well | (noun) a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine | - |
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(noun) an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps | - |
(noun) an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway) | - |
(noun) a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid | - |
(noun) an abundant source | Synonyms: fountainhead, wellspring |
yell | (noun) a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition | Synonyms: call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation |
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(noun) a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate) | Synonyms: cry |