| amphibole | (noun) a mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group | - |
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| anethole | (noun) an organic compound that is widely used as a flavoring substance. | Synonyms: anise camphor |
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| anole | (noun) small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color | Synonyms: American chameleon, Anolis carolinensis |
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| armhole | (noun) a hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached | - |
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| arsehole | (noun) vulgar slang for anus | Synonyms: arse, asshole, bunghole |
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| arteriole | (noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries | Synonyms: arteriola, capillary artery |
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| asshole | (noun) vulgar slang for anus | Synonyms: arse, arsehole, bunghole |
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| (noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
| asystole | (noun) absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death | Synonyms: cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest |
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| atole | (noun) eaten as mush or as a thin gruel | - |
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| aureole | (noun) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | Synonyms: aura, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus |
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| (noun) the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse | Synonyms: corona |
| barcarole | (noun) a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers | Synonyms: barcarolle |
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| bibliopole | (noun) a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books) | Synonyms: bibliopolist |
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| blowhole | (noun) a hole for the escape of gas or air | Synonyms: vent-hole, vent, venthole |
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| (noun) the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull | - |
| bole | (noun) the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber | Synonyms: tree trunk, trunk |
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| (noun) a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment) | - |
| borecole | (noun) a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea acephala, cole, colewort, kail, kale |
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| bracteole | (noun) a small bract | Synonyms: bractlet |
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| bricole | (noun) catapult operated by manpower pulling cords attached to a lever and slign to launch projectiles | Synonyms: mangonel, traction trebuchet |
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| bronchiole | (noun) any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli | - |
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| bunghole | (noun) a hole in a barrel or cask; used to fill or empty it | - |
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| (noun) vulgar slang for anus | Synonyms: arse, arsehole, asshole |
| buttonhole | (noun) a hole through which buttons are pushed | Synonyms: button hole |
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| cakehole | (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: gob, hole, maw, trap, yap |
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| camisole | (noun) a short negligee | - |
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| (noun) a short sleeveless undergarment for women | Synonyms: underbodice |
| capriole | (noun) (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump | - |
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| (noun) a playful leap or hop | Synonyms: caper |
| casserole | (noun) large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served | - |
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| (noun) food cooked and served in a casserole | - |
| centriole | (noun) one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis | - |
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| chiocciole | (noun) a type of pasta that is elbow-shaped. | - |
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| chuckhole | (noun) a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface) | Synonyms: pothole |
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| citole | (noun) a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings | Synonyms: cither, cithern, cittern, gittern |
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| coalhole | (noun) a bin for holding coal | Synonyms: coalbin |
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| cole | (noun) coarse curly-leafed cabbage | Synonyms: kail, kale |
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| (noun) a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head | Synonyms: borecole, Brassica oleracea acephala, colewort, kail, kale |
| console | (noun) housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television | Synonyms: cabinet |
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| (noun) an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture) | - |
| (noun) a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system) | - |
| (noun) a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall | Synonyms: console table |
| creole | (noun) a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages | - |
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| cubbyhole | (noun) a small compartment | Synonyms: pigeonhole |
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| (noun) a small secluded room | Synonyms: cubby, snug, snuggery |
| dhole | (noun) fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs | Synonyms: Cuon alpinus |
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| diastole | (noun) the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood | - |
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| dipole | (noun) an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center | Synonyms: dipole antenna |
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| (noun) a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance | - |
| dole | (noun) money received from the state | Synonyms: pogey, pogy |
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| (noun) a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given | - |
| escarole | (noun) variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges | Synonyms: chicory escarole, endive |
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| extrasystole | (noun) a premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia | - |
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| eyehole | (noun) a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar | Synonyms: eyelet |
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| (noun) a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep | Synonyms: peephole, spyhole |
| farandole | (noun) a lively dance from Provence; all the dancers join hands and execute various figures | - |
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| flagpole | (noun) a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised | Synonyms: flagstaff |
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| (noun) surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors | Synonyms: range pole, ranging pole |
| foxhole | (noun) a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire | Synonyms: fox hole |
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| frijole | (noun) Mexican bean; usually dried | - |
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| (noun) the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans) | Synonyms: frijol, kidney bean |
| fuckhole | (noun) A hole that can be used for sexual intercourse | - |
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| girandole | (noun) an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror | Synonyms: girandola |
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| glareole | (noun) Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers | Synonyms: pratincole |
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| gloriole | (noun) an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | Synonyms: aura, aureole, glory, halo, nimbus |
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| glycerole | (noun) a medicine made by mixing a substance in glycerin | Synonyms: glycerite |
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| guacamole | (noun) a dip made of mashed avocado mixed with chopped onions and other seasonings | - |
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| hawsehole | (noun) the hole that an anchor rope passes through | Synonyms: hawse, hawsepipe |
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| hellhole | (noun) any place of pain and turmoil | Synonyms: hell, hell on earth, inferno, snake pit, the pits |
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| hole | (noun) an opening deliberately made in or through something | - |
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| (noun) one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course | Synonyms: golf hole |
| (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: cakehole, gob, maw, trap, yap |
| (noun) an opening into or through something | - |
| (noun) a depression hollowed out of solid matter | Synonyms: hollow |
| (noun) an unoccupied space | - |
| (noun) informal terms for a difficult situation | Synonyms: fix, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle |
| (noun) a fault | - |
| hyperbole | (noun) extravagant exaggeration | Synonyms: exaggeration |
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| imidazole | (noun) an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor | Synonyms: glyoxaline, iminazole |
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| iminazole | (noun) an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor | Synonyms: glyoxaline, imidazole |
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| indole | (noun) a white or yellowish crystalline heterocyclic compound extracted from coal tar and used in perfumery, medicine, and as a flavouring agent. | - |
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| innersole | (noun) the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests | Synonyms: insole |
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| insole | (noun) the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests | Synonyms: innersole |
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| itraconazole | (noun) an oral antifungal drug (trade name Sporanox) taken for cases of fungal nail disease | Synonyms: Sporanox |
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| keyhole | (noun) the hole where a key is inserted | - |
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| knothole | (noun) a hole in a board where a knot came out | - |
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| lansoprazole | (noun) antacid (trade name Prevacid) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach | Synonyms: Prevacid |
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| lodgepole | (noun) shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares | Synonyms: lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta, shore pine, spruce pine |
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| loophole | (noun) a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons | - |
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| (noun) an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation | - |
| manhole | (noun) a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure | - |
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| maypole | (noun) a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day | - |
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| mebendazole | (noun) an anthelmintic used to treat hookworm and pinworm and roundworm infestations | - |
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| metronidazole | (noun) antiprotozoal medication (trade name Flagyl) used to treat trichomoniasis and giardiasis | Synonyms: Flagyl |
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| miconazole | (noun) an antifungal agent usually administered in the form of a nitrate (trade name Monistat) | Synonyms: Monistat |
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| mole | (noun) small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet | - |
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| (noun) a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away | Synonyms: breakwater, bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, seawall |
| (noun) a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin | - |
| (noun) a spy who works against enemy espionage | Synonyms: counterspy |
| (noun) the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: gram molecule, mol |
| (noun) spicy sauce often containing chocolate | - |
| nucleole | (noun) a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis | Synonyms: nucleolus |
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| omeprazole | (noun) antacid (trade name Prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach | Synonyms: Prilosec |
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| oriole | (noun) American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow | Synonyms: American oriole, New World oriole |
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| (noun) mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black | Synonyms: Old World oriole |
| ostiole | (noun) a small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass | - |
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| outsole | (noun) the outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground | - |
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| parole | (noun) (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with | - |
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| (noun) a promise | Synonyms: word, word of honor |
| (noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: countersign, password, watchword, word |
| peephole | (noun) a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep | Synonyms: eyehole, spyhole |
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| pesthole | (noun) a breeding ground for epidemic disease | - |
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| petiole | (noun) the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf | Synonyms: leafstalk |
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| pigeonhole | (noun) a small compartment | Synonyms: cubbyhole |
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| (noun) a specific (often simplistic) category | - |
| pinhole | (noun) a small puncture that might have been made by a pin | - |
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| pinole | (noun) meal made of finely ground corn mixed with sugar and spices | - |
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| plughole | (noun) a hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away) | - |
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| pole | (noun) a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic | - |
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| (noun) one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated | Synonyms: magnetic pole |
| (noun) a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting | - |
| (noun) a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | Synonyms: terminal |
| (noun) one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions | - |
| (noun) one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface | - |
| (noun) one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere | Synonyms: celestial pole |
| (noun) a linear measure of 16.5 feet | Synonyms: perch, rod |
| (noun) a square rod of land | Synonyms: perch, rod |
| porthole | (noun) a window in a ship or airplane | - |
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| (noun) an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through | Synonyms: embrasure, port |
| posthole | (noun) a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post | Synonyms: post hole |
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| pothole | (noun) a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface) | Synonyms: chuckhole |
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| pratincole | (noun) Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers | Synonyms: glareole |
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| profiterole | (noun) a small hollow pastry that is typically filled with cream and covered with chocolate | - |
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| prole | (noun) a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) | Synonyms: proletarian, worker |
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| rathole | (noun) a small dirty uncomfortable room | - |
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| (noun) a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats | - |
| ridgepole | (noun) a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters | Synonyms: ridge, rooftree |
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| rigamarole | (noun) a long and complicated and confusing procedure | Synonyms: rigmarole |
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| (noun) a set of confused and meaningless statements | Synonyms: rigmarole |
| rigmarole | (noun) a long and complicated and confusing procedure | Synonyms: rigamarole |
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| (noun) a set of confused and meaningless statements | Synonyms: rigamarole |
| rissole | (noun) minced cooked meat or fish coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat | - |
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| rocambole | (noun) European leek cultivated and used like leeks | Synonyms: Allium scorodoprasum, giant garlic, sand leek, Spanish garlic |
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| role | (noun) the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | Synonyms: function, office, part |
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| (noun) normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting | - |
| (noun) what something is used for | Synonyms: function, purpose, use |
| (noun) an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | Synonyms: character, part, persona, theatrical role |
| sertindole | (noun) an antipsychotic medication used in the treatment of schizophrenia. | - |
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| sinkhole | (noun) a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof | Synonyms: sink, swallow hole |
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