bowel | (noun) the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus | Synonyms: gut, intestine |
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bowelless | (adjective) ruthless in competition | Synonyms: cutthroat, fierce |
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bowels | (noun) the center of the Earth | - |
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disembowel | (verb) remove the entrails of | Synonyms: draw, eviscerate |
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disembowelment | (noun) the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude | Synonyms: evisceration |
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dishtowel | (noun) a towel for drying dishes | Synonyms: dish towel, tea towel |
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dowel | (noun) a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together | Synonyms: dowel pin, joggle |
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doweling | (noun) fastening by dowels | - |
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rowel | (noun) a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur | - |
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semivowel | (noun) a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant | Synonyms: glide |
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towel | (noun) a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping | - |
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(verb) wipe with a towel | - |
toweling | (noun) any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels | Synonyms: towelling |
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towelling | (noun) any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels | Synonyms: toweling |
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trowel | (noun) a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials | - |
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(verb) use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work | - |
vowel | (noun) a speech sound made with the vocal tract open | Synonyms: vowel sound |
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(noun) a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel | - |
vowelise | (verb) pronounce as a vowel | Synonyms: vocalise, vocalize, vowelize |
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vowelize | (verb) pronounce as a vowel | Synonyms: vocalise, vocalize, vowelise |
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vowellike | (adjective) having characteristics of a vowel sound | - |
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