| CEORL | • ceorl n. (Historical) An Anglo-Saxon churl. • CEORL n. (Old English) in Anglo-Saxon England, a freeman of the lowest rank, also CHURL. |
| CHIRL | • chirl v. (Scotland, intransitive) To emit a low sound; to warble. • chirl n. (Scotland) A kind of musical warble. • CHIRL v. (Scots) to emit a low sound, to warble. |
| CHURL | • churl n. (Feudalism, obsolete except historical). • churl n. (By extension). • CHURL n. (Old English) in Anglo-Saxon England, a freeman of the lowest rank, also CEORL. |
| GNARL | • gnarl n. A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree. • gnarl n. Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs. • gnarl v. (Transitive) To knot or twist something. |
| GRRRL | • grrrl n. (Slang) Elongated form of grr. • grrrl n. A riot grrrl. • GRRRL n. as in riot grrrl, a young woman who plays or enjoys an aggressively feminist style of punk rock music, also GRRL. |
| KNARL | • knarl n. A knot in wood. • KNARL n. a knot in a tree, also GNARL. |
| KNURL | • knurl n. A contorted knot in wood. • knurl n. A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection. • knurl n. A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip. |
| MAERL | • maerl n. Two or three species of calcareous algae in the Corallinaceae family, that grow on the seabed. • maerl n. A fertilizer derived from this algae. • MAERL n. calcified red seaweed; a mass of this. |
| PEARL | • pearl n. A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the… • pearl n. (Figuratively) Something precious. • pearl n. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for e.g. medicinal application. |
| SHORL | • shorl n. Alternative form of schorl. • SHORL n. (German) black tourmaline, also SCHORL. |
| SKIRL | • skirl v. (Scotland, Northern England) To make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes. • skirl n. (Scotland, Northern England) A shrill sound, as of bagpipes. • SKIRL v. to produce a shrill sound. |
| SNARL | • snarl v. (Transitive) To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots. • snarl v. (Intransitive) To become entangled. • snarl v. (Transitive) To place in an embarrassing situation; to ensnare; to make overly complicated. |
| SWIRL | • swirl v. (Transitive, intransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy. • swirl v. To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl. • swirl v. (Figuratively) To circulate. |
| THIRL | • thirl n. (Archaic or dialectal) A hole, an aperture, especially a nostril. • thirl n. (Dialectal) A low door in a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through; a smoot. • thirl n. (Mining, possibly obsolete) A short communication between adits in a mine. |
| THURL | • thurl n. (Agriculture, chiefly in the plural) Either of the rear hip joints where the hip connects to the upper… • thurl v. Alternative form of thirl. • thurl n. Alternative form of thirl. |
| TWIRL | • twirl n. A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette. • twirl n. Any rotating movement; a spin. • twirl n. A little twist of some substance; a swirl. |
| WHIRL | • whirl v. (Intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly. • whirl v. (Intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling. • whirl v. (Transitive) To make something or someone whirl. |
| WHORL | • whorl n. Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral. • whorl n. (Botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem. • whorl n. (Zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell. |