rule 4 1 verb, noun v, n noun • a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
• something regarded as a normative example
• prescribed guide for conduct or action
• (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
• a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
• the duration of a monarch's or government's power
• dominance or power through legal authority
• directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
• any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
• a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
• (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
• measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
verb • exercise authority over; as of nations
• decide with authority
• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
• decide on and make a declaration about
• have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
• mark or draw with a ruler
• keep in check
school 6 1 verb, noun v, n noun • an educational institution
• a building where young people receive education
• the process of being formally educated at a school
• a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
• the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
• an educational institution's faculty and students
• a large group of fish
verb • educate in or as if in a school
• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
• swim in or form a large group of fish
misrule 7 2 verb, noun v, n noun • government that is inefficient or dishonest
mule 4 1 verb, noun v, n noun • hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
• a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
cool 4 1 noun, adjective n, adj adjective • neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
• inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color
• psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
noun • the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
• great coolness and composure under strain
adjective satellite • marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
• being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
• used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis
• fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept
verb • make cool or cooler
• loose heat
• lose intensity
drool 5 1 verb, noun v, n noun • pretentious or silly talk or writing
• saliva spilling from the mouth
verb • be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
• let saliva drivel from the mouth
fool 4 1 noun n noun • a person who lacks good judgment
• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
• a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
verb • make a fool or dupe of
• spend frivolously and unwisely
• fool or hoax
• indulge in horseplay
pool 4 1 verb, noun v, n noun • an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
• a small lake
• an organization of people or resources that can be shared
• an association of companies for some definite purpose
• any communal combination of funds
• a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
• the combined stakes of the betters
• something resembling a pool of liquid
• any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
verb • combine into a common fund
• join or form a pool of people
stool 5 1 noun n noun • a simple seat without a back or arms
• solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
• (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings
• a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
verb • lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
• react to a decoy, of wildfowl
• grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
• have a bowel movement
tool 4 1 verb, noun v, n noun • an implement used in the practice of a vocation
• the means whereby some act is accomplished
• a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
• obscene terms for penis
verb • drive
• ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
• furnish with tools
• work with a tool
overrule 8 3 verb v cruel 5 2 adjective adj adjective satellite • (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
fuel 4 2 verb, noun v, n noun • a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
verb • provide with a combustible substance that provides energy
• provide with fuel
• take in fuel, as of a ship
• stimulate
jewel 5 2 noun n noun • a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
• a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry
verb • adorn or decorate with precious stones
schedule 8 2 verb, noun v, n noun • a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
• an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur
verb • plan for an activity or event
• make a schedule; plan the time and place for events
yule 4 1 noun n noun • period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
boule 5 2 noun n noun • an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork
ghoul 5 1 noun n noun • someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
• an evil spirit or ghost
preschool 9 2 verb, noun v, n noun • an educational institution for children too young for elementary school
uncool 6 2 adverb, adjective adv, adj adjective satellite • (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring
molecule 8 3 noun n noun • (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
• (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
ridicule 8 3 verb, noun v, n noun • language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
• the act of deriding or treating with contempt
verb • subject to laughter or ridicule
dual 4 2 noun, adjective n, adj adjective satellite • consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
• having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
• a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural)
ampule 6 2 noun n noun • a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
capsule 7 2 noun, adjective n, adj noun • a small container
• a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
• a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
• a shortened version of a written work
• a structure that encloses a body part
• a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
• a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
verb • enclose in a capsule
• put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
module 6 2 noun n noun • one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
• detachable compartment of a spacecraft
• computer circuit consisting of an assembly of electronic components (as of computer hardware)
• a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components
reschedule 10 3 verb v verb • assign a new time and place for an event
joule 5 1 noun n noun • English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889)
• a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
retool 6 2 verb v verb • revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving
• provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools
spool 5 1 verb, noun v, n noun • a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
verb • transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage
• wind onto a spool or a reel
supercool 9 3 noun, adjective n, adj verb • To cool a material below its transition temperature without that transition occurring
adjective • Very cool; thoroughly excellent, relaxed, or fashionable.
minuscule 9 3 adjective adj adjective • of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries
noun • the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
• a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
adjective satellite • lowercase
• extremely small
vestibule 9 3 noun n noun • a large entrance or reception room or area
• any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)
cesspool 8 2 noun n noun • a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
whirlpool 9 2 noun n noun • a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
verb • flow in a circular current, of liquids
crepuscule 10 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun • the time of day immediately following sunset
globule 7 2 noun n noun • a small globe or ball
granule 7 2 noun n miniscule 9 3 adjective adj adjective satellite • extremely small
nodule 6 2 noun n noun • a small node
• small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
• (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)
pule 4 1 verb v verb • cry weakly or softly
pustule 7 2 noun n noun • a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
buhl 4 1 noun n noun • an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork
saccule 7 2 noun n noun • a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
virgule 7 2 noun n noun • a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
istanbul 8 3 noun n noun • the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
bascule 7 2 verb, noun v, n noun • a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
chondrule 9 2 noun n noun • small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks
cupule 6 2 noun n noun • cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
• a sucker on the feet of certain flies
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