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boil
  1. The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
  2. A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
  3. (rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. pustule, pimple, swelling, blister, carbuncle, zit, papule, abscess, wen, sore, whelk, spot, ulcer, cyst, tumour, hickey, eruption, pock, fester, blain, blemish, furuncle, plook, excrescence, tumor, gumboil, chilblain, lump, growth, canker, inflammation, bleb, vesication, wart, bump, protuberance, blackhead, ulceration, whitehead, tumescence, infection, outgrowth, vesicle, welt, protrusion, nodule, injury, gathering, contusion, acne … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “A boil is an abscess occurring in the skin, and is associated with hair follicles.”
      “Bring it to a boil before leaving it overnight, then reboil it again just before serving.”
boiling
  1. The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.
  2. (uncountable) An animation style with constantly changing wavy outlines, giving a shimmering or wobbling appearance.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. simmering, poaching, seething, churning, ebullience, ebullition, fermentation, frothing, bubbling
  4. Examples:
      5. “An attempt was made to explain the mechanism of heat transfer during the boiling of two-component mixtures.”
boilery
  1. A place and apparatus for boiling, as for evaporating brine in the manufacture of salt.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The neighbours included a whale blubber boilery and two glue factories.”
boilie
  1. (fishing) A bait made from a paste of various ingredients mixed with eggs as a binder and then boiled to harden it.
boil
  1. A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pustule, pimple, swelling, blister, carbuncle, zit, papule, abscess, wen, sore, whelk, spot, ulcer, cyst, tumour, hickey, eruption, pock, fester, blain, blemish, furuncle, plook, excrescence, tumor, gumboil, chilblain, lump, growth, canker, inflammation, bleb, vesication, wart, bump, protuberance, blackhead, ulceration, whitehead, tumescence, infection, outgrowth, vesicle, welt, protrusion, nodule, injury, gathering, contusion, acne … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A boil is an abscess occurring in the skin, and is associated with hair follicles.”
      “Bring it to a boil before leaving it overnight, then reboil it again just before serving.”
boiley
  1. (Geordie) A meal of milk and bread boiled.
boilary
  1. Archaic form of boilery.
boilings
  1. plural of boiling
  2. Synonyms:
      3. simmerings, poaching, seethings, churnings, ebullience, ebullitions, fermentation, frothings, bubblings, heating, cooking, reheatings, roastings, warmings, steamings, warming up, red heat, blisterings, scaldings, scorchings, searings, swelterings, oppressive heat, sweltering heat, torrid heat, tropical heat … more
boileries
  1. plural of boilery
boilaries
  1. plural of boilary
boilies
  1. plural of boilie
boils
  1. plural of boil
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pustules, pimples, swelling, blisters, carbuncles, zits, papules, abscesses, wens, sores, whelks, spots, ulcers, cysts, tumours, hickeys, eruption, pocks, festers, blains, blemishes, furuncles, excrescences, tumors, gumboils, chilblains, lumps, canker, growth, inflammation, blebs, vesication, warts, tumescence, blackheads, infection, ulceration, bumps, protuberances, outgrowths, whiteheads, injury, protrusion, vesicles, sties, acne, comedones, lesions, corn, gatherings … more
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