rules 5 1 noun 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
schools 7 1 noun 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
lobules 7 2 noun n noun • a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe
molecules 9 3 noun n noun • (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
• (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
ridicules 9 3 verb v noun • language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
• the act of deriding or treating with contempt
verb • subject to laughter or ridicule
vestibules 10 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)
overrules 9 3 verb v pools 5 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
mules 5 1 noun n noun • hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
• a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
whirlpools 10 2 noun n noun • a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
verb • flow in a circular current, of liquids
preschools 10 2 noun n noun • an educational institution for children too young for elementary school
cools 5 1 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
fools 5 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
ghouls 6 1 noun n noun • someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
• an evil spirit or ghost
jewels 6 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
joules 6 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
stools 6 1 verb, noun v, 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
tools 5 1 noun 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
gules 5 1 noun, adjective n, adj noun • The throat; the gullet.
• Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
adjective • In blazon, of the colour red.
ampules 7 2 noun n noun • a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
barbules 8 2 noun n noun • A small barb or beard.
• Any of the secondary barbs that form a fringe of small projections on a feather.
bascules 8 2 noun n noun • a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
capsules 8 2 noun n 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
cellules 8 2 noun n
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chondrules 10 2 noun n noun • small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks
cupules 7 2 noun n noun • cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
• a sucker on the feet of certain flies
ductules 8 2 noun n ferrules 8 2 noun n noun • a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting
ferules 7 2 noun n noun • a switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children
floccules 9 2 noun n noun • a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid
frustules 9 2 noun n noun • The siliceous shell of a diatom.
gemmules 8 2 noun n noun • the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity
glandules 9 2
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globules 8 2 noun n noun • a small globe or ball
granules 8 2 noun n guayules 8 2 noun n noun • much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico; cultivated as a source of rubber
ligules 7 2 noun n noun • (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap
locules 7 2 noun n noun • a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
lunules 7 2 noun n noun • the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
macules 7 2 noun n noun • a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
misrules 8 2 verb v noun • government that is inefficient or dishonest
modules 7 2 noun, adjective n, adj 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
mutules 7 2 noun n noun • Any of the rectangular blocks under the soffit of the cornice of the Greek Doric temple, which are studded with guttae.
nervules 8 2 noun n
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noctules 8 2 noun n noun • A bat, of the genus Nyctalus, that lives in tree hollows.
nodules 7 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)
oscules 7 2 verb v
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ovules 6 2 noun n noun • a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization
• a small or immature ovum
papules 7 2 noun n noun • a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox)
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