BRILL | • brill n. A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus. • brill adj. (UK, slang) Wonderful, amusing; cool. • Brill prop.n. A surname. |
CHILL | • chill n. A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness. • chill n. A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through… • chill n. An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually… |
DRILL | • drill v. (Transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool). • drill v. (Intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context. • drill v. (Ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts. |
FRILL | • frill n. A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim. • frill n. (Figurative) A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric. • frill n. (Photography) A wrinkled edge to a film. |
GRILL | • grill n. A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect… • grill n. The criss-cross pieces that separate panes of glass in a window. • grill n. On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it. |
KRILL | • krill n. Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca. • Krill prop.n. A surname. • KRILL n. a species of shrimplike creatures. |
MAILL | • MAILL n. a payment. |
PRILL | • prill v. To flow, spurt. • prill n. A rill, a small stream. • prill n. (Obsolete) a spinning top. |
QUILL | • quill n. The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs. • quill n. A pen made from a feather. • quill n. (By extension) Any pen. |
SHILL | • shill n. A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial. • shill n. (Derogatory) Any person paid to endorse a product. • shill n. An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game. |
SKILL | • skill n. Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed… • skill n. (Obsolete) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause. • skill n. (Obsolete) Knowledge; understanding. |
SPILL | • spill v. (Transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour. • spill v. (Intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above. • spill v. (Transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught. |
STILL | • still adj. Not moving; calm. • still adj. Not effervescing; not sparkling. • still adj. Uttering no sound; silent. |
SWILL | • swill n. (Collective) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose. • swill n. (By extension) Any disgusting or distasteful liquid. • swill n. (By extension, figurative) Anything disgusting or worthless. |
THILL | • thill n. One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft. • thill n. (Mining) The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam. • Thill prop.n. A surname. |
TRILL | • trill n. (Music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually… • trill n. (Phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place… • trill n. A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats. |
TWILL | • twill n. (Weaving) A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads… • twill n. A cloth or portion of cloth woven in such a pattern. • twill v. (Transitive) To weave (Cloth, etc.) so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface. |