| pummel | (verb) strike, usually with the fist | Synonyms: biff, pommel |
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| pumpernickel | (noun) bread made of coarse rye flour | Synonyms: black bread |
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| quarrel | (noun) an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges | - |
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| (noun) an angry dispute | Synonyms: dustup, row, run-in, words, wrangle |
| (verb) have a disagreement over something | Synonyms: altercate, argufy, dispute, scrap |
| rappel | (noun) (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body | Synonyms: abseil |
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| (verb) descend by means of a rappel | Synonyms: abseil, rope down |
| ratel | (noun) nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia | Synonyms: honey badger, Mellivora capensis |
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| ravel | (noun) a row of unravelled stitches | Synonyms: ladder, run |
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| (verb) tangle or complicate | Synonyms: knot, tangle |
| (verb) disentangle | Synonyms: ravel out, unravel |
| rebel | (noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist |
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| (noun) someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action | Synonyms: maverick |
| (verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: arise, rise, rise up |
| (verb) break with established customs | Synonyms: renegade |
| reel | (noun) a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps | Synonyms: Scottish reel |
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| (noun) an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines | Synonyms: Virginia reel |
| (noun) a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound | Synonyms: bobbin, spool |
| (noun) winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod | - |
| (noun) a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector | - |
| (noun) music composed for dancing a reel | - |
| (verb) wind onto or off a reel | - |
| (verb) walk as if unable to control one's movements | Synonyms: careen, keel, lurch, stagger, swag |
| (verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | Synonyms: gyrate, spin, spin around, whirl |
| refuel | (verb) take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car | - |
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| (verb) provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars | - |
| reheel | (verb) put a new heel on | Synonyms: heel |
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| remodel | (verb) do over, as of (part of) a house | Synonyms: reconstruct, redo |
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| (verb) cast or model anew | Synonyms: recast, reforge |
| repel | (verb) reject outright and bluntly | Synonyms: rebuff, snub |
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| (verb) force or drive back | Synonyms: drive back, fight off, rebuff, repulse |
| (verb) cause to move back by force or influence | Synonyms: beat back, drive, force back, push back, repulse |
| (verb) be repellent to; cause aversion in | Synonyms: repulse |
| (verb) fill with distaste | Synonyms: disgust, gross out, revolt |
| revel | (noun) unrestrained merrymaking | Synonyms: revelry |
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| (verb) take delight in | Synonyms: delight, enjoy |
| (verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | Synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopee, racket, wassail, whoop it up |
| ridgel | (noun) a colt with undescended testicles | Synonyms: ridgeling, ridgil, ridgling |
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| riel | (noun) the basic unit of money in Cambodia; equal to 100 sen | - |
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| rijstafel | (noun) dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice | Synonyms: rijstaffel, rijsttaffel |
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| rijstaffel | (noun) dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice | Synonyms: rijstafel, rijsttaffel |
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| rijsttaffel | (noun) dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice | Synonyms: rijstafel, rijstaffel |
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| rondel | (noun) a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas | Synonyms: rondeau |
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| roundel | (noun) round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit | - |
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| (noun) (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a filled circle | - |
| (noun) English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third | - |
| rowel | (noun) a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur | - |
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| rubel | (noun) the basic unit of money in Belarus | - |
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| runnel | (noun) a small stream | Synonyms: rill, rivulet, run, streamlet |
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| samiel | (noun) a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa | Synonyms: simoom, simoon |
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| sapropel | (noun) sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans | - |
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| satchel | (noun) luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap | - |
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| saurel | (noun) large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe | Synonyms: horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus |
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| (noun) a California food fish | Synonyms: horse mackerel, jack mackerel, Spanish mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus |
| scalpel | (noun) a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery | - |
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| schlemiel | (noun) (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler | Synonyms: shlemiel |
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| schlimazel | (noun) (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything | Synonyms: shlimazel |
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| schnitzel | (noun) deep-fried breaded veal cutlets | Synonyms: Wiener schnitzel |
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| schnorchel | (noun) air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time | Synonyms: breather, schnorkel, snorkel, snorkel breather |
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| schnorkel | (noun) air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time | Synonyms: breather, schnorchel, snorkel, snorkel breather |
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| scoundrel | (noun) a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately | Synonyms: villain |
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| seckel | (noun) small yellowish- to reddish-brown pear | Synonyms: seckel pear |
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| seel | (verb) sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons | - |
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| seidel | (noun) a glass for beer | - |
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| semivowel | (noun) a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant | Synonyms: glide |
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| sentinel | (noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentry, spotter, watch |
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| sequel | (noun) a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it | Synonyms: continuation |
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| (noun) something that follows something else | Synonyms: subsequence |
| sewellel | (noun) bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent | Synonyms: Aplodontia rufa, mountain beaver |
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| shekel | (noun) the basic unit of money in Israel | - |
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| shlemiel | (noun) (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler | Synonyms: schlemiel |
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| shlimazel | (noun) (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything | Synonyms: schlimazel |
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| shovel | (noun) a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle | - |
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| (noun) a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace | - |
| (noun) a machine for excavating | Synonyms: digger, excavator, power shovel |
| (noun) the quantity a shovel can hold | Synonyms: shovelful, spadeful |
| (verb) dig with or as if with a shovel | - |
| shrapnel | (noun) shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight | - |
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| shrivel | (verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture | Synonyms: shrink, shrivel up, wither |
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| (verb) decrease in size, range, or extent | Synonyms: shrink |
| simnel | (noun) a crisp bread of fine white flour | - |
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| (noun) a fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas | - |
| snivel | (noun) whining in a tearful manner | Synonyms: sniveling |
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| (noun) the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) | Synonyms: sniffle, snuffle |
| (verb) snuff up mucus through the nose | Synonyms: snuffle |
| (verb) cry or whine with snuffling | Synonyms: blub, blubber, sniffle, snuffle |
| (verb) talk in a tearful manner | Synonyms: whine |
| snorkel | (noun) air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time | Synonyms: breather, schnorchel, schnorkel, snorkel breather |
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| (noun) breathing device consisting of a bent tube fitting into a swimmer's mouth and extending above the surface; allows swimmer to breathe while face down in the water | - |
| (verb) dive with a snorkel | - |
| sorrel | (adjective) of a light brownish color | Synonyms: brownish-orange |
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| (noun) a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color | - |
| (noun) large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces | Synonyms: common sorrel |
| (noun) any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine | Synonyms: dock, sour grass |
| (noun) any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis | Synonyms: oxalis, wood sorrel |
| (noun) East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber | Synonyms: Hibiscus sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle |
| spandrel | (noun) an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them | Synonyms: spandril |
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| spaniel | (noun) any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears | - |
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| spiegel | (noun) pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel | Synonyms: spiegel iron, spiegeleisen |
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| spiel | (noun) plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson) | Synonyms: line of gab, patter |
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| (verb) speak at great length (about something) | - |
| (verb) replay (as a melody) | Synonyms: play |
| spinel | (noun) a hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum; occurs in various colors that are used as gemstones | - |
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| squirrel | (noun) a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail | - |
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| (noun) the fur of a squirrel | - |
| stammel | (noun) a coarse woolen cloth formerly used for undergarments and usually dyed bright red | - |
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| steel | (noun) knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod | - |
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| (noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | Synonyms: blade, brand, sword |
| (noun) an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range | - |
| (verb) cover, plate, or edge with steel | - |
| (verb) get ready for something difficult or unpleasant | Synonyms: nerve |
| streusel | (noun) a crumbly topping for a pastry | - |
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| (noun) pastry with a topping of streusel | - |
| strudel | (noun) thin sheet of filled dough rolled and baked | - |
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| supermodel | (noun) a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity | - |
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| swivel | (noun) a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin | - |
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| (verb) turn on a pivot | Synonyms: pivot |
| tael | (noun) a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces | - |
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| tassel | (noun) adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end | - |
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| teasel | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts | Synonyms: teasle, teazel |
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| teazel | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts | Synonyms: teasel, teasle |
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| tercel | (noun) male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon | Synonyms: tercelet, tiercel |
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| tetrel | (noun) any chemical element that belongs to the carbon group. | Synonyms: carbon group element, crystallogen, Group 14 element, tetragen |
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| thermel | (noun) a thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure temperature | Synonyms: electric thermometer, thermoelectric thermometer |
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| tiercel | (noun) male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon | Synonyms: tercel, tercelet |
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| timbrel | (noun) small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers | - |
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| tinsel | (noun) a thread with glittering metal foil attached | - |
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| (noun) a showy decoration that is basically valueless | - |
| (verb) interweave with tinsel | - |
| (verb) adorn with tinsel | - |
| (verb) impart a cheap brightness to | - |
| towel | (noun) a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping | - |
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| (verb) wipe with a towel | - |
| trammel | (noun) a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) | Synonyms: bond, hamper, shackle |
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| (noun) a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble | - |
| (noun) an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace | - |
| (noun) a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh | Synonyms: trammel net |
| (verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) | Synonyms: bound, confine, limit, restrict, throttle |
| (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, snare, trap |
| travel | (noun) the act of going from one place to another | Synonyms: traveling, travelling |
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| (noun) self-propelled movement | Synonyms: locomotion |
| (noun) a movement through space that changes the location of something | Synonyms: change of location |
| (verb) change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically | Synonyms: go, locomote, move |
| (verb) make a trip for pleasure | Synonyms: jaunt, trip |
| (verb) travel upon or across | Synonyms: journey |
| (verb) undergo transportation as in a vehicle | - |
| (verb) undertake a journey or trip | Synonyms: journey |
| (verb) travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge | Synonyms: move around |
| treadwheel | (noun) a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps | Synonyms: tread-wheel, treadmill |
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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 | - |
| trunnel | (noun) a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast | Synonyms: treenail, trenail |
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| tumbrel | (noun) a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution | Synonyms: tumbril |
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| tunnel | (noun) a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars) | - |
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| (noun) a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter | Synonyms: burrow |
| (verb) force a way through | - |
| (verb) move through by or as by digging | Synonyms: burrow |
| umbel | (noun) flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center | - |
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| unparallel | (adjective) not straight or parallel | - |
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| unravel | (verb) become undone | Synonyms: run |
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| (verb) become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of | Synonyms: unknot, unpick, unscramble, untangle |
| (verb) disentangle | Synonyms: ravel, ravel out |
| unreel | (verb) unwind from or as if from a reel | Synonyms: reel off |
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| vessel | (noun) a craft designed for water transportation | Synonyms: watercraft |
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| (noun) an object used as a container (especially for liquids) | - |
| (noun) a tube in which a body fluid circulates | Synonyms: vas |
| 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 | - |
| wastrel | (noun) someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently | Synonyms: waster |
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| waterwheel | (noun) a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine | Synonyms: water wheel |
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| (noun) a wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond | Synonyms: water wheel |
| weasel | (noun) small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck | - |
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| (noun) a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky | - |
| wedel | (verb) ski, alternating directions | - |
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| wheel | (noun) a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) | - |
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| (noun) a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel | - |
| (noun) an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims | Synonyms: rack |
| (noun) game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in | Synonyms: roulette wheel |
| (noun) a handwheel that is used for steering | Synonyms: steering wheel |
| (noun) a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals | Synonyms: bicycle, bike, cycle |
| (noun) forces that provide energy and direction | - |
| (verb) change directions as if revolving on a pivot | Synonyms: wheel around |
| (verb) move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle | Synonyms: roll |
| (verb) wheel somebody or something | Synonyms: wheel around |
| (verb) ride a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycle, bike, cycle, pedal |
| yodel | (noun) a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto | - |
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| (verb) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling | Synonyms: descant, warble |
| yokel | (noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | Synonyms: bumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, hick, rube, yahoo |
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| zinfandel | (noun) dry fruity red wine from California | - |
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