| profile | (noun) biographical sketch | - |
|---|
| (noun) an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics | - |
| (noun) a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers | - |
| (noun) an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side) | - |
| (noun) degree of exposure to public notice | Synonyms: visibility |
| (verb) represent in profile, by drawing or painting | - |
| (verb) write about | - |
| projectile | (adjective) impelling or impelled forward | - |
|---|
| (noun) a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled | Synonyms: missile |
| (noun) any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine | Synonyms: rocket |
| propenonitrile | (noun) a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene | Synonyms: acrylonitrile, vinyl cyanide |
|---|
| protractile | (adjective) able to be extended | Synonyms: protractible |
|---|
| protrusile | (adjective) capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue | Synonyms: protrusible |
|---|
| puerile | (adjective) of or characteristic of a child | - |
|---|
| (adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | Synonyms: adolescent, jejune, juvenile |
| quartile | (noun) (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores | - |
|---|
| reconcile | (verb) bring into consonance or accord | Synonyms: harmonise, harmonize |
|---|
| (verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | Synonyms: accommodate, conciliate |
| (verb) accept as inevitable | Synonyms: resign, submit |
| (verb) come to terms | Synonyms: conciliate, make up, patch up, settle |
| refractile | (adjective) of or relating to or capable of refraction | Synonyms: refractive |
|---|
| reptile | (noun) any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms | Synonyms: reptilian |
|---|
| resile | (verb) return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed | - |
|---|
| (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: abjure, forswear, recant, retract |
| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
| (verb) pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc. | - |
| retractile | (adjective) capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back | - |
|---|
| revile | (verb) spread negative information about | Synonyms: rail, vilify, vituperate |
|---|
| rile | (verb) make turbid by stirring up the sediments of | Synonyms: roil |
|---|
| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, vex |
| rutile | (noun) a mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form; occurs in metamorphic and plutonic rocks and is a major source of titanium | - |
|---|
| sandpile | (noun) a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in | Synonyms: sandbox, sandpit |
|---|
| saxatile | (adjective) growing on or living among rocks | Synonyms: saxicoline, saxicolous |
|---|
| senile | (adjective) mentally or physically infirm with age | Synonyms: doddering, doddery, gaga |
|---|
| servile | (adjective) submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior | - |
|---|
| (adjective) relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants | - |
| sessile | (adjective) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk | Synonyms: stalkless |
|---|
| (adjective) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about | - |
| simile | (noun) a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as') | - |
|---|
| smile | (noun) a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement | Synonyms: grin, grinning, smiling |
|---|
| (verb) change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure | - |
| (verb) express with a smile | - |
| snowmobile | (noun) tracked vehicle for travel on snow having skis in front | - |
|---|
| (verb) ride a snowmobile | - |
| spermophile | (noun) any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops | Synonyms: gopher, ground squirrel |
|---|
| spile | (noun) a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask | Synonyms: bung |
|---|
| (noun) a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure | Synonyms: pile, piling, stilt |
| stabile | (adjective) not able or intended to be moved | Synonyms: immovable, immoveable, unmovable |
|---|
| (adjective) (chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change | - |
| (noun) a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support | - |
| sterile | (adjective) incapable of reproducing | Synonyms: infertile, unfertile |
|---|
| (adjective) free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms | Synonyms: aseptic |
| (adjective) deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention | Synonyms: unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive |
| stile | (noun) an upright that is a member in a door or window frame | - |
|---|
| stockpile | (noun) a storage pile accumulated for future use | - |
|---|
| (noun) something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose | Synonyms: backlog, reserve |
| (verb) have on hand | Synonyms: carry, stock |
| strobile | (noun) cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts | Synonyms: cone, strobilus |
|---|
| tactile | (adjective) of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch | Synonyms: haptic, tactual |
|---|
| (adjective) producing a sensation of touch | Synonyms: tactual |
| technophile | (noun) a person who is enthusiastic about new technology | - |
|---|
| tensile | (adjective) of or relating to tension | - |
|---|
| (adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | Synonyms: ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tractile |
| textile | (adjective) of or relating to fabrics or fabric making | - |
|---|
| (noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | Synonyms: cloth, fabric, material |
| thermoacidophile | (noun) archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures | - |
|---|
| thermolabile | (adjective) (chemistry, physics, biology) readily changed or destroyed by heat | - |
|---|
| thermopile | (noun) a kind of thermometer for measuring heat radiation; consists of several thermocouple junctions in series | - |
|---|
| tile | (noun) a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces | - |
|---|
| (noun) game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc. | - |
| (noun) a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing | Synonyms: roofing tile |
| (verb) cover with tiles | - |
| tractile | (adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | Synonyms: ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile |
|---|
| turnstile | (noun) a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering | - |
|---|
| unfertile | (adjective) incapable of reproducing | Synonyms: infertile, sterile |
|---|
| unservile | (adjective) not servile or submissive | Synonyms: unsubmissive |
|---|
| utile | (adjective) being of use or service | Synonyms: useful |
|---|
| vagile | (adjective) having freedom to move about | - |
|---|
| versatile | (adjective) able to move freely in all directions | - |
|---|
| (adjective) competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another | - |
| (adjective) changeable or inconstant | - |
| (adjective) having great diversity or variety | Synonyms: various |
| vile | (adjective) morally reprehensible | Synonyms: despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, worthless, wretched |
|---|
| (adjective) causing or able to cause nausea | Synonyms: loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, queasy, sickening |
| virile | (adjective) (of a male) capable of copulation | Synonyms: potent |
|---|
| (adjective) characteristic of a man | Synonyms: male, manful, manlike, manly |
| (adjective) characterized by energy and vigor | - |
| voile | (noun) a light semitransparent fabric | - |
|---|
| volatile | (adjective) evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures | - |
|---|
| (adjective) tending to vary often or widely | - |
| (adjective) marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments | Synonyms: fickle |
| (adjective) liable to lead to sudden change or violence | Synonyms: explosive |
| (noun) a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor | - |
| while | (noun) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | Synonyms: patch, piece, spell |
|---|
| wile | (noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | Synonyms: chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery |
|---|
| woodpile | (noun) a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel | - |
|---|
| worthwhile | (adjective) sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest | - |
|---|
| xerophile | (noun) plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte | Synonyms: desert plant, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant |
|---|