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Nail
- noun - a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
- a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
- attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall"
- complete a pass
- hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
- horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
- locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"
- succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"
- succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
- take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
Neil
- unknown - a proper name - a man's / boy's name
Noil
- - A short or waste piece or knot of wool separated from the longer staple by combing; also, a similar piece or shred of waste silk.
Pail
- noun - a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
- the quantity contained in a pail
Rail
- noun - a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- complain bitterly
- convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
- criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
- enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves"
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"
- lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
- provide with rails; "The yard was railed"
- separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"
Roil
- verb - be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"
- make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
Sail
- noun - a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- an ocean trip taken for pleasure
- any structure that resembles a sail
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky"
- travel on water propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"
- travel on water propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; "the ship sails on"
- traverse or travel on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"
Soil
- noun - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
- 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 land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
- the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"
- the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
- the state of being covered with unclean things
Tail
- noun - (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
- go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
- remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- remove the stalk of fruits or berries
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
- the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
- the rear part of a ship
- the rear part of an aircraft
- the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"
Teil
- - The lime tree, or linden; -- called also teil tree.