| apostle | (noun) an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform | - |
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| bristle | (noun) a stiff hair | - |
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| (noun) a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic | - |
| bustle | (noun) a rapid active commotion | Synonyms: ado, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir |
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| (noun) a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt | - |
| cacomistle | (noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings | Synonyms: Bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail |
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| cardcastle | (noun) an unstable construction with playing cards | Synonyms: card-house, cardhouse, house of cards |
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| castle | (noun) interchanging the positions of the king and a rook | Synonyms: castling |
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| (noun) a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack | - |
| (noun) (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard | Synonyms: rook |
| (noun) a large and stately mansion | Synonyms: palace |
| epistle | (noun) a specially long, formal letter | - |
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| forecastle | (noun) living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed | Synonyms: fo'c'sle |
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| gristle | (noun) tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults | Synonyms: cartilage |
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| hustle | (noun) a rapid active commotion | Synonyms: ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, stir |
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| (noun) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | Synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, sting |
| jostle | (noun) the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing) | Synonyms: jostling |
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| nestle | (noun) a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace | Synonyms: cuddle, snuggle |
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| pennywhistle | (noun) an inexpensive fipple flute | Synonyms: tin whistle, whistle |
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| pestle | (noun) a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar | - |
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| (noun) a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone | Synonyms: muller, pounder |
| (noun) machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores | Synonyms: stamp |
| rustle | (noun) a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind | Synonyms: rustling, whisper, whispering |
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| thistle | (noun) any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves | - |
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| throstle | (noun) common Old World thrush noted for its song | Synonyms: mavis, song thrush, Turdus philomelos |
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| (noun) a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously | - |
| trestle | (noun) sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop | - |
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| (noun) a supporting tower used to support a bridge | - |
| whistle | (noun) an inexpensive fipple flute | Synonyms: pennywhistle, tin whistle |
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| (noun) acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound | - |
| (noun) a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it | - |
| (noun) the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle | Synonyms: whistling |
| (noun) the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture | Synonyms: whistling |
| wrestle | (noun) the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat | Synonyms: grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestling |
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