Boil
//bɔɪ(ə)l//
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The word "boil" can be used as verb and noun.
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Aleppo boil Baghdad boil Beaufort boil Biskara boil Delhi boil I don't boil my cabbage twice Lowcountry boil Natal boil aboil beauty won't make the pot boil blind boil blood-boiling boil away boil down boil down to boil off boil order boil over boil someone's piss boil the ocean boil up boil wash boil-in-bag boil-in-the-bag boil-wash boilability boilable boildown boiled dinner boiled dressing boiled shirt boiled sweet boiler boilie boiling plate boiling tube boiloff bring to a boil bunny-boiling come to a boil crab boil double boil drunk as a boiled owl eat boiled crow emboil fish boil glue-boiler go and boil your head go off the boil gumboil hard-boil hard-boiled high-boiling keep the pot boiling low country boil low-boiling make someone's blood boil off the boil on the boil overboil parboil pot boiler potboil preboil reboil rolling boil sand boil seafood boil slow boil soft-boiled stone boiling tar boil unboil underboil upboil
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accumulation action bake blemish bubble bubble water bubbles bubbling bubbling liquid bubbling water collective noun condense condition cook cook liquid cooking cooking method cooking water ebullient freeze fry grill hawk heat heat water heated heated water heating heating water hot hot water infected infected pimple infection large large pimple liquid localize method pimple poach pus puss roiling seethe simmer simmer water skin skin condition soak sore steam steamy steamy water steep tea vapour very very hot warm water water action water bubbling water roiling
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