Rhymes for COSTUS-OIL

• anything regarded as making something unclean

• the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

• make soiled, filthy, or dirty

• (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)

• the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it

• the act of stripping and taking by force

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• become unfit for consumption or use

• alter from the original

• treat with excessive indulgence

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

• have a strong desire or urge to do something

• destroy and strip of its possession

• make imperfect

• productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

• work hard

• a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water

• oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

• a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

• any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

• cover with oil, as if by rubbing

• administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

• a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

• a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

• a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine

• a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb

• tubing that is wound in a spiral

• reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit

• to wind or move in a spiral course

• make without a potter's wheel

• wind around something in coils or loops

• a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal

• anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities

• a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through

• picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector

• a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button

• enhance by contrast

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

• cover or back with foil

• the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

• a movement back from an impact

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

• spring back; spring away from an impact

• spring back, as from a forceful thrust

• be agitated

• make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

• a violent disturbance

• violent agitation

• disturbance usually in protest

• an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001)

• English writer on card games (1672-1769)

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

• a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal

• an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal

• a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight

• a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through

• a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds

• the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock

• cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)

• cook under a broiler

• heat by a natural force

• be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun

• unwind or untwist

• United States writer (1902-1992)

• Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691)

• steal goods; take as spoils

• destroy and strip of its possession

• a boil or abscess on the gums

• cook (vegetables) briefly

• foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead

• the layer of soil on the surface

• the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock

• work hard

• be agitated

• moisten or soil

• a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight

• pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

• any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties

• an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle

• the part of a check that is retained as a record

• a state of commotion and noise and confusion

• ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America

• overflow or cause to overflow while boiling

• boil excessively

• any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves

• a plant of the genus Trifolium

• an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle

• A passenger-carrying hydrofoil propelled by water jets.

• A symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of a set of partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.

• A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.

• A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.

• A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.

• A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.

• To cook on a flat, lined metal surface that is heated from below; to chargrill.

• A coil of the DNA helix upon itself, such as a figure eight.

• To twist circular DNA into a supercoil