| aerofoil | (noun) a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight | Synonyms: airfoil, control surface, surface |
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| airfoil | (noun) a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight | Synonyms: aerofoil, control surface, surface |
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| assoil | (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate |
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| boil | (noun) the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level | Synonyms: boiling point |
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| (noun) a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus | Synonyms: furuncle |
| (verb) immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes | - |
| (verb) come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor | - |
| (verb) bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point | - |
| (verb) be in an agitated emotional state | Synonyms: seethe |
| (verb) be agitated | Synonyms: churn, moil, roil |
| boiled | (adjective) cooked in hot water | Synonyms: poached, stewed |
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| boiler | (noun) sealed vessel where water is converted to steam | Synonyms: steam boiler |
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| (noun) a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid | Synonyms: kettle |
| boilerplate | (noun) thick plate iron used in the production of boilers | - |
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| (noun) standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories | - |
| boilersuit | (noun) a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work | Synonyms: boilers suit, overall |
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| boiling | (noun) cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil | Synonyms: simmering, stewing |
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| (noun) the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas | - |
| (adverb) passionately or agitatedly | - |
| broil | (noun) cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) | Synonyms: broiling, grilling |
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| (verb) cook under a broiler | Synonyms: oven broil |
| (verb) heat by a natural force | Synonyms: bake |
| (verb) be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun | Synonyms: bake |
| broiled | (adjective) cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill) | Synonyms: grilled |
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| broiler | (noun) an oven or part of a stove used for broiling | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling | - |
| broiling | (noun) cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) | Synonyms: broil, grilling |
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| bromoil | (noun) a print made by the bromoil process having soft, paint-like qualities. | - |
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| cinquefoil | (noun) an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle | - |
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| (noun) any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties | Synonyms: five-finger |
| coil | (noun) a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops | Synonyms: helix, spiral, volute, whorl |
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| (noun) reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit | - |
| (noun) tubing that is wound in a spiral | - |
| (noun) a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb | - |
| (noun) a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine | - |
| (noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | Synonyms: curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl |
| (verb) wind around something in coils or loops | Synonyms: curl, loop |
| (verb) make without a potter's wheel | Synonyms: hand-build, handbuild |
| (verb) to wind or move in a spiral course | Synonyms: gyrate, spiral |
| coiled | (adjective) curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals) | - |
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| coiling | (adjective) in the shape of a coil | Synonyms: helical, spiral, spiraling, spiralling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled |
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| counterfoil | (noun) the part of a check that is retained as a record | Synonyms: check stub, stub |
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| despoil | (verb) destroy and strip of its possession | Synonyms: plunder, rape, spoil, violate |
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| (verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip |
| despoilation | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliation |
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| despoiled | (adjective) having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence | Synonyms: pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked |
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| despoiler | (noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | Synonyms: freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler |
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| despoilment | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliation |
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| disembroil | (verb) free from involvement or entanglement | Synonyms: disentangle, disinvolve |
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| doily | (noun) a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl | Synonyms: doyley, doyly |
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| embroil | (verb) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | Synonyms: drag, drag in, sweep, sweep up, tangle |
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| embroiled | (adjective) deeply involved especially in something complicated | Synonyms: entangled |
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| embroilment | (noun) an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation | Synonyms: imbroglio |
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| featherfoil | (noun) a plant of the genus Hottonia | Synonyms: feather-foil |
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| foil | (noun) a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button | - |
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| (noun) a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal | - |
| (noun) picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector | Synonyms: transparency |
| (noun) a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through | Synonyms: hydrofoil |
| (noun) anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities | Synonyms: enhancer |
| (verb) cover or back with foil | - |
| (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
| (verb) enhance by contrast | - |
| foiled | (adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful | Synonyms: defeated, disappointed, discomfited, frustrated, thwarted |
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| foiling | (noun) an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts | Synonyms: frustration, thwarting |
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| garboil | (noun) a state of commotion and noise and confusion | Synonyms: tumult, tumultuousness, uproar |
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| gumboil | (noun) a boil or abscess on the gums | - |
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| hydrofoil | (noun) a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds | Synonyms: hydroplane |
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| (noun) a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through | Synonyms: foil |
| jejunoileitis | (noun) inflammation of the jejunum and the ileum of the small intestine | - |
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| milfoil | (noun) ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America | Synonyms: Achillea millefolium, yarrow |
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| moil | (verb) moisten or soil | - |
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| (verb) be agitated | Synonyms: boil, churn, roil |
| (verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, toil, travail |
| oil | (noun) oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist | Synonyms: oil color, oil colour |
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| (noun) any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants | Synonyms: vegetable oil |
| (noun) a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water | - |
| (noun) a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons | Synonyms: crude, crude oil, fossil oil, petroleum, rock oil |
| (verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | Synonyms: anele, anoint, embrocate, inunct |
| (verb) cover with oil, as if by rubbing | - |
| oilbird | (noun) nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter | Synonyms: guacharo, Steatornis caripensis |
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| oilcan | (noun) a can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery | - |
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| oilcloth | (noun) cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin | - |
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| oiled | (adjective) treated with oil | - |
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| oiler | (noun) a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk | Synonyms: oil tanker, tank ship, tanker |
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| (noun) a well that yields or has yielded oil | Synonyms: oil well |
| (noun) a worker who oils engines or machinery | - |
| oilfield | (noun) a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells) | - |
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| oilfish | (noun) very large deep-water snake mackerel | Synonyms: Ruvettus pretiosus |
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| oiliness | (noun) consisting of or covered with oil | Synonyms: greasiness, oleaginousness |
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| (noun) smug self-serving earnestness | Synonyms: fulsomeness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unction, unctuousness |
| oilman | (noun) a worker who produces or sells petroleum | - |
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| (noun) a person who owns or operates oil wells | - |
| oilpaper | (noun) paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil | - |
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| oilrig | (noun) rig used in drilling for oil or gas | Synonyms: drill rig, drilling rig, oil rig |
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| oilseed | (noun) any of several seeds that yield oil | Synonyms: oil-rich seed |
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| oilskin | (noun) a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof | Synonyms: slicker |
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| oilstone | (noun) a whetstone for use with oil | - |
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| oilstove | (noun) heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking | Synonyms: kerosene heater, kerosine heater, oil heater |
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| oily | (adjective) coated or covered with oil | - |
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| (adjective) smeared or soiled with grease or oil | Synonyms: greasy |
| (adjective) containing an unusual amount of grease or oil | Synonyms: greasy, oleaginous, sebaceous |
| (adjective) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | Synonyms: buttery, fulsome, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous |
| overboil | (verb) overflow or cause to overflow while boiling | Synonyms: boil over |
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| (verb) boil excessively | - |
| parboil | (verb) cook (vegetables) briefly | Synonyms: blanch |
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| poilu | (noun) thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S. | Synonyms: chicken purloo, purloo |
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| (noun) a French soldier (especially in World War I) | - |
| potboiler | (noun) a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot) | - |
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| recoil | (noun) a movement back from an impact | Synonyms: backlash, rebound, repercussion |
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| (noun) the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired | Synonyms: kick |
| (verb) spring back, as from a forceful thrust | Synonyms: kick, kick back |
| (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, shrink, squinch, wince |
| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
| (verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect | Synonyms: backfire, backlash |
| recoilless | (adjective) of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil | - |
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| rockfoil | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga | Synonyms: breakstone, saxifrage |
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| roil | (verb) make turbid by stirring up the sediments of | Synonyms: rile |
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| (verb) be agitated | Synonyms: boil, churn, moil |
| roiled | (adjective) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence | Synonyms: churning, roiling, roily, turbulent |
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| (adjective) aroused to impatience or anger | Synonyms: annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, steamed, stung |
| roiling | (adjective) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence | Synonyms: churning, roiled, roily, turbulent |
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| roily | (adjective) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence | Synonyms: churning, roiled, roiling, turbulent |
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| shopsoiled | (adjective) worn or faded from being on display in a store | Synonyms: shopworn |
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| soil | (noun) the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state | Synonyms: territory |
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| (noun) material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) | Synonyms: ground, land |
| (noun) anything regarded as making something unclean | Synonyms: dirt, filth, grease, grime, grunge, stain |
| (noun) the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock | Synonyms: dirt |
| (verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty | Synonyms: begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime |
| soiled | (adjective) soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime | Synonyms: dirty, unclean |
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| soiling | (noun) the act of soiling something | Synonyms: dirtying, soilure |
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| soilure | (noun) the act of soiling something | Synonyms: dirtying, soiling |
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| spoil | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoliation |
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| (noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it | Synonyms: spoilage, spoiling |
| (noun) (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war) | - |
| (verb) become unfit for consumption or use | Synonyms: go bad |
| (verb) alter from the original | Synonyms: corrupt |
| (verb) make imperfect | Synonyms: deflower, impair, mar, vitiate |
| (verb) destroy and strip of its possession | Synonyms: despoil, plunder, rape, violate |
| (verb) have a strong desire or urge to do something | Synonyms: itch |
| (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, thwart |
| (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper |
| (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up |
| spoilable | (adjective) liable to decay or spoil or become putrid | Synonyms: decayable, putrefiable, putrescible |
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| (noun) food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated | Synonyms: perishable |
| spoilage | (noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it | Synonyms: spoil, spoiling |
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| (noun) the process of becoming spoiled | Synonyms: spoiling |
| (noun) the amount that has spoiled | - |
| spoilation | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoliation |
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| spoiled | (adjective) having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention | Synonyms: spoilt |
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| (adjective) (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition | Synonyms: bad, spoilt |
| spoiler | (noun) a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag | - |
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| (noun) an airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds | - |
| (noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | Synonyms: despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider |
| (noun) a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning | - |
| (noun) someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence | Synonyms: coddler, mollycoddler, pamperer |
| spoiling | (noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it | Synonyms: spoil, spoilage |
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| (noun) the process of becoming spoiled | Synonyms: spoilage |
| spoilsport | (noun) someone who spoils the pleasure of others | Synonyms: killjoy, party pooper, wet blanket |
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| spoilt | (adjective) affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity | Synonyms: blighted |
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| (adjective) having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention | Synonyms: spoiled |
| (adjective) (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition | Synonyms: bad, spoiled |
| subsoil | (noun) the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock | Synonyms: undersoil |
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| tinfoil | (noun) foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead | Synonyms: tin foil |
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| toil | (noun) productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | Synonyms: labor, labour |
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| (verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, travail |
| toiler | (noun) one who works strenuously | - |
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| toilet | (noun) the act of dressing and preparing yourself | Synonyms: toilette |
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| (noun) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | Synonyms: bathroom, can, john, lav, lavatory, privy |
| (noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination | Synonyms: can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne |
| (noun) misfortune resulting in lost effort or money | Synonyms: gutter, sewer |
| toiletry | (noun) artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body) | Synonyms: toilet articles |
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| toilette | (noun) the act of dressing and preparing yourself | Synonyms: toilet |
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| toiling | (adjective) doing arduous or unpleasant work | Synonyms: drudging, laboring, labouring |
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| toilsome | (adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing |
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| toilsomeness | (noun) the quality of requiring extended effort | Synonyms: laboriousness, operoseness |
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| topsoil | (noun) the layer of soil on the surface | Synonyms: surface soil |
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| trefoil | (noun) an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle | - |
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| (noun) a plant of the genus Trifolium | Synonyms: clover |
| (noun) any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves | Synonyms: medic, medick |
| turmoil | (noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: agitation, excitement, hullabaloo, upheaval |
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| (noun) violent agitation | Synonyms: tumult |
| (noun) a violent disturbance | Synonyms: convulsion, upheaval |
| uncoil | (verb) unwind or untwist | - |
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| uncoiled | (adjective) no longer coiled | Synonyms: straight |
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| undersoil | (noun) the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock | Synonyms: subsoil |
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| unoiled | (adjective) in need of oil treatment | - |
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| (adjective) not having oil rubbed into the surface | - |
| unsoiled | (adjective) without soil or spot or stain | Synonyms: unspotted, unstained |
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| unspoiled | (adjective) not left to spoil | Synonyms: good, unspoilt |
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| (adjective) not decayed or decomposed | Synonyms: uncorrupted |