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BILES
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Biles (plural er-noun)
A surname.
Etymology 2
Noun
Biles (plural Biles)
A gymnastic maneuver consisting of a double half layout, with full twist and blind landing.
Anagrams
• Eblis, Liebs, blies, lesbi, sebil
Noun
biles
plural of bile
Anagrams
• Eblis, Liebs, blies, lesbi, sebil
Source: Wiktionary
BILE
Bile, n. Etym: [L. bilis: cf. F. bile.]
1. (Physiol.)
Definition: A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile salts, and coloring matters.
2. Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile. Prescott.
Note: The ancients considered the bile to be the "humor" which caused irascibility.
Bile, n. Etym: [OE. byle, bule, bele, AS. b, b; skin to D. buil, G. beule, and Goth. ufbauljan to puff up. Cf. Boil a tumor, Bulge.]
Definition: A boil. [Obs. or Archaic]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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