| earl | (noun) a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount | - |
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| ensnarl | (verb) entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh | Synonyms: enmesh, mesh |
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| gnarl | (noun) something twisted and tight and swollen | Synonyms: knot |
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| (verb) make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath | Synonyms: croak, grumble, murmur, mutter |
| (verb) twist into a state of deformity | - |
| 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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| 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 |
| (verb) gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean | - |
| snarl | (noun) something jumbled or confused | Synonyms: maze, tangle |
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| (noun) a vicious angry growl | - |
| (noun) an angry vicious expression | - |
| (verb) make more complicated or confused through entanglements | Synonyms: embrangle, snarl up |
| (verb) utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone | Synonyms: snap |
| (verb) make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise | - |
| (verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | Synonyms: entangle, mat, tangle |
| unsnarl | (verb) extricate from entanglement | Synonyms: disentangle, straighten out |
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