burl | (noun) soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design | Synonyms: knot, slub |
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(noun) a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree | - |
(noun) the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer | - |
camgirl | (noun) a female performer who performs sexual acts by camera on the internet | - |
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churl | (noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | Synonyms: barbarian, boor, Goth, peasant, tike, tyke |
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(noun) a bad-tempered person | Synonyms: crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump |
(noun) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend | Synonyms: niggard, scrooge, skinflint |
cowgirl | (noun) a woman cowboy | - |
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curl | (noun) lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl | Synonyms: ringlet, whorl |
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(noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | Synonyms: coil, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl |
daygirl | (noun) a day boarder who is a girl | - |
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earl | (noun) a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount | - |
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fangirl | (noun) A female fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, someone or something in popular entertainment media) | - |
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girl | (noun) a young female | Synonyms: fille, miss, missy, young lady, young woman |
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(noun) a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved | Synonyms: girlfriend, lady friend |
(noun) a youthful female person | Synonyms: female child, little girl |
(noun) a friendly informal reference to a grown woman | - |
(noun) a female human offspring | Synonyms: daughter |
gnarl | (noun) something twisted and tight and swollen | Synonyms: knot |
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homegirl | (noun) a fellow female member of a youth gang | - |
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hurl | (noun) a violent throw | Synonyms: cast |
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marl | (noun) a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime | - |
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merl | (noun) common black European thrush | Synonyms: blackbird, European blackbird, merle, ousel, ouzel, Turdus merula |
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pearl | (noun) a shade of white the color of bleached bones | Synonyms: bone, ivory, off-white |
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(noun) a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel | - |
(noun) a shape that is spherical and small | Synonyms: bead, drop |
purl | (noun) a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the righthand side | Synonyms: purl stitch |
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(noun) gold or silver wire thread | - |
salesgirl | (noun) a woman salesperson | Synonyms: saleslady, saleswoman |
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schoolgirl | (noun) a girl attending school | - |
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schorl | (noun) black tourmaline | - |
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showgirl | (noun) a woman who dances in a chorus line | Synonyms: chorine, chorus girl |
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skirl | (noun) the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe | - |
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snarl | (noun) something jumbled or confused | Synonyms: maze, tangle |
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(noun) a vicious angry growl | - |
(noun) an angry vicious expression | - |
swirl | (noun) the shape of something rotating rapidly | Synonyms: convolution, vortex, whirl |
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twirl | (noun) the act of rotating rapidly | Synonyms: spin, twist, twisting, whirl |
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(noun) a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight | Synonyms: kink, twist |
whirl | (noun) a usually brief attempt | Synonyms: crack, fling, go, offer, pass |
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(noun) the act of rotating rapidly | Synonyms: spin, twirl, twist, twisting |
(noun) confused movement | Synonyms: commotion |
(noun) the shape of something rotating rapidly | Synonyms: convolution, swirl, vortex |
whorl | (noun) a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops | Synonyms: coil, helix, spiral, volute |
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(noun) lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl | Synonyms: curl, ringlet |
(noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | Synonyms: coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll |