| boil | | |
| n. (state) | 1. boil, furuncle | a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus. |
| ~ gumboil | a boil or abscess on the gums. |
| ~ staphylococcal infection | an infection with staphylococcus bacteria; usually marked by abscess formation. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. boil, boiling point | the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level.; "they brought the water to a boil" |
| ~ temperature | the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity). |
| v. (change) | 3. boil | come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor.; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ boil over, overboil | overflow or cause to overflow while boiling.; "The milk is boiling over" |
| v. (change) | 4. boil | immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes.; "boil potatoes"; "boil wool" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ overboil | boil excessively.; "The peas are overboiled" |
| ~ simmer | boil slowly at low temperature.; "simmer the sauce"; "simmering water" |
| v. (change) | 5. boil | bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point.; "boil this liquid until it evaporates" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ decoct | extract the essence of something by boiling it. |
| ~ boil | come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor.; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius" |
| v. (motion) | 6. boil, churn, moil, roil | be agitated.; "the sea was churning in the storm" |
| ~ seethe, roll | boil vigorously.; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (emotion) | 7. boil, seethe | be in an agitated emotional state.; "The customer was seething with anger" |
| ~ bubble over, spill over, overflow | overflow with a certain feeling.; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger" |
| ~ ferment | be in an agitated or excited state.; "The Middle East is fermenting"; "Her mind ferments" |
| ~ sizzle | seethe with deep anger or resentment.; "She was sizzling with anger" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| vowel | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. vowel, vowel sound | a speech sound made with the vocal tract open. |
| ~ speech sound, phone, sound | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language. |
| ~ ablaut | a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song). |
| ~ diphthong | a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another. |
| ~ schwa, shwa | a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables. |
| ~ stem vowel, thematic vowel | a vowel that ends a stem and precedes an inflection. |
| n. (communication) | 2. vowel | a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel. |
| ~ alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter | the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech.; "his grandmother taught him his letters" |
| ~ vowel point | a mark placed below or near a consonant (as in Hebrew or Arabic) to indicate the spoken vowel. |
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