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boil
noun
1. A painful, circumscribed pus-filled inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue usually caused by a local staphylococcal infection. Also called furuncle.
2. An agitated, swirling, roiling mass of liquid: "Those tumbling boils show a dissolving bar and a changing channel there” ( Mark Twain).
3. Lower Southern U.S. A picnic featuring shrimp, crab, or crayfish boiled in large pots with spices, and then shelled and eaten by hand.
4. The condition or act of boiling.
5. A localized swelling and inflammation of the skin resulting from infection of a hair follicle and adjacent tissue, having a hard central core, and forming pus.
phrasal-verb
1. Boil down To condense; summarize: boiled down the complex document.
2. Boil down To constitute the equivalent of in summary: The scathing editorial simply boils down to an exercise in partisan politics.
3. Boil down To reduce in bulk or size by boiling.
4. Boil over To overflow while boiling.
verb
1. To come to the point.
2. To generate bubbles of vapor when heated .
3. To cook in boiling water.
4. To become agitated .
5. To be moved, excited, or stirred up.
verb-intransitive
1. To be in a state of agitation; seethe: a river boiling over the rocks.
2. To be stirred up or greatly excited: The mere idea made me boil.
3. To change from a liquid to a vapor by the application of heat: All the water boiled away and left the kettle dry.
4. To reach the boiling point.
5. To undergo the action of boiling, especially in being cooked.
verb-transitive
1. To cook or clean by boiling.
2. To heat to the boiling point.
3. To separate by evaporation in the process of boiling: boil the maple sap.
4. To vaporize (a liquid) by the application of heat.
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| boil | 6 |
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2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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| bi | 4 |
| bo | 4 |
| li | 2 |
| lo | 2 |
| oi | 2 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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| bio | 5 |
| lib | 5 |
| lob | 5 |
| obi | 5 |
| oil | 3 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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| boil | 6 |