(botany) A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.
birl
birl
noun
(Internet slang, LGBT) A girl of boyish appearance.
(music, bagpipes) A type of grace note movement that quickly switches between low-A and low-G several times, producing a low rippling sound.
verb
(transitive) To cause (a floating log) to rotate by treading on it.
(transitive) To throw down a coin as one's share in a joint contribution.
(transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To spin.
Alternative form of birle (“to drink, carouse”)
cirl
cirl
noun
The cirl bunting
dirl
girl
girl
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A roebuck two years old.
(US, slang, uncountable) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
(card games, slang, uncommon) A queen (the playing card).
(colloquial) A term of endearment. (see usage notes)
(derogatory) A boy or man who is weak or sentimental.
(sometimes offensive) A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
(somewhat childish) A female (tree, gene, etc).
A female child, adolescent, or a young woman.
A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
A young female animal.
One's daughter.
One's girlfriend.
verb
(somewhat informal) To staff with or as a girl or girls.
(transitive) To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.
lair
lair
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A person who dresses in a showy but tasteless manner and behaves in a vulgar and conceited way; a show-off.
(Britain dialectal) A bed or resting place.
(Scotland) A bog; a mire.
(Scotland) A grave; a cemetery plot.
(figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.
A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
A shed or shelter for domestic animals.
Obsolete form of layer.
verb
(Britain) To bury.
(Britain) To lay down.
(Britain) To rest; to dwell.
(intransitive, Scotland) To become mired.
(transitive, Scotland) To mire.
lari
lari
noun
The national currency of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri.
plural of larin
liar
liar
noun
(nautical, obsolete) A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.
One who frequently tells lies.
libr
lier
lier
noun
A lie-abed; one who stays in bed late.
A person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
Misspelling of liar.
Obsolete spelling of liar.
lira
lira
noun
A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
Alternative form of lyra
Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs
The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.
The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro
lire
lire
noun
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) The cheek.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.
(UK dialectal, Scotland, Orkney, Shetland, ornithology) The Manx shearwater (bird).
plural of lira
loir
loir
noun
(dated) dormouse
lori
luri
milr
pirl
pirl
noun
A ripple; a twist or curl.
verb
(intransitive) To ripple or swirl, especially of water.
(transitive) To cause to revolve or spin.
(transitive) To twist or wind, especially into a cord or braid etc.
rail
rail
noun
(Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
(drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
(electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
(obsolete) An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress.
(obsolete) Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief.
(surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
verb
(intransitive) To travel by railway.
(obsolete, of a liquid) To gush; to flow.
(transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
(transitive) To range in a line.
(transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
(transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
To complain violently (against, about).
rial
rial
noun
(historical) An old gold coin of England.
The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
riel
riel
noun
The monetary unit of Cambodia, equivalent to 100 sen or 10 kak. Symbol: ៛
rile
rile
verb
(in particular) To make angry.
To stir or move from a state of calm or order.
rill
rill
noun
(planetology) Alternative form of rille.
A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
verb
To trickle, pour, or run like a small stream.
rilm
rlin
rnli
roil
roil
verb
(dialect, intransitive) To romp.
(intransitive) To bubble, seethe.
(obsolete, intransitive) To wander; to roam.
(transitive, of a fluid, especially a liquid) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
(transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
tirl
tirl
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A substitute for a trundle wheel or lantern wheel in a mill.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A vibration.
verb
(intransitive, UK, Scotland, dialect) To make a rattling or clattering sound by twirling or shaking.
(intransitive, UK, Scotland, dialect) To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.