Words Containing: R,E,C,O,A,L

• A lock of curly hair worn by the ear, often by Jewish men for religious reasons, and formerly by Elizabethan dandies.

• an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food

• a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune

• a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain

• unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure

• a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food

• an authoritative person who divines the future

• a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible

• a shrine where an oracular god is consulted