BOILS

"BOILS" is a plural of: boil.

Date "BOILS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

Dream Interpretation

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Crosswords: BOILS

There is no doubt that the classical tradition is the curse of boils, bats, frogs, the curse of blood, the curse of rats, hail, of beasts, the locust, of course, the death of the first-born, and then, finally, of darkness. (The Abominable Dr. Phibes; writing credit: James Whiton; William Goldstein)

While the Billy Boils (1921)

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Normally occurring in the nasal passages, at times, staphylococci can get into the body and cause an infection, which can be minor such as pimples, boils, and other skin conditions, or serious and sometimes fatal such as blood infections or pneumonia. Credit: CDC.

"West Coast Cruisers Capable of Nuclear Assault -- A Regulus I boils white smoke from booster charges as it roars away from its launcher aboard the heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles off San Diego. The launch, a routine evaluation 'shoot', was conducted during the time that 600 members of the Institute of Aeronautical Science were embarked aboard the attack carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14), right. The demonstration, which included a 'Terrier' guided missile interception of the Regulus, power exhibition, carrier operations, and a HUK exercise, was highlighted by the Regulus launching. The Terrier was fired at the Regulus from the USS Norton Sound (AVM-1), background, on August 7." Text quoted from the original photo caption, which was released by Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, on 9 August 1957. Credit: NAVY.

A watched pot never boils ; A tasty supper ; Drummer boys ; Played out / Edwin Forbes. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Health

The bump (nodule) usually appears on the finger, hand, or arm where the fungus first enters through a break on the skin. This is followed by one or more additional bumps or nodules which open and may resemble boils. (references)

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Which boils

Expressions using "BOILS": Boils and abscesses ♦ sand boils. Additional references.

Danish

staerkt sandfoerende kilde (blow-outs, sand boils). (various references)

Dutch

wellen (spring, weld, well up). (various references)

Finnish

hydraulinen murtuma (blow-outs, piping, sand boils). (various references)

French

boulance (boiling), bouillonnement (boiling), cratères de renard (sand boils). (various references)

German

siedet (seethes, simmers), kocht (cooks, seethes). (various references)

Greek 

αναβλύσεις (blow-outs, sand boils), "Κρατήρες αλώπεκος". (various references)

Hebrew 

שחין (eruption, scabies). (various references)

Hungarian

a dolog lényege az (it boils down to this). (various references)

Italian

ribollimento (boiling), crateri da sifonamento (blow-outs, sand boils). (various references)

Pig Latin

oilsbay

Portuguese

burbulhar (boiling), borbulhas (blow-outs, sand boils). (various references)

Spanish

hervidero (boiling, hot spring, swarm). (various references)

Swedish

starkt sandförande vattenflöde (blow-outs, sand boils). (various references)

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Derivations

Words ending with "BOILS": garboils, gumboils, overboils, parboils, potboils, preboils, reboils, upboils. (additional references)

Misspellings

"BOILS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bilis, biogs, biol, Biolm, biolo, Bioplast, Bioules, blois, boald, bocil, bofil, Bohill, boids, boild, Boilly, boilt, boily, boli, Bolic, Bols, bonil, bools, Bouiali, boules, Boulis, Boulos, bouls, Boyks, boyla, boyld, boyles, boylesk, loils, obols, zoils. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: bios, boil, libs, lobs, obis, oils, silo, slob, soil, soli.

-2 letters: bio, bis, bos, lib, lis, lob, obi, oil, sib, sob, sol.

-3 letters: bi, bo, is, li, lo, os, si, so.

+1 letter: bilbos, broils, cibols, limbos.

+2 letters: abolish, albinos, bailors, bilboas, bilboes, bilious, billons, billows, boilers, bolides, bolshie, bossily, bristol, diobols, foibles, globins, goblins, kolbasi, libidos, lobbies, loobies, mobiles, obelias, obelise, obelisk, obelism, oblasti, obliges, reboils, strobil, subsoil, upboils.

+3 letters: aboulias, bailouts, basophil, bibelots, bibulous, bicolors, bifocals, billions, biltongs, binocles, biolyses, biolysis, bioplasm, biosolid, blockish, blondish, bloodies, blousier, blousily, blousing, blowfish, blowiest, blowsier, blowsily, bobtails, bodiless, boiloffs, bolivars, bolivias, bollixes, bolshies, bonspiel, botflies, botulins, botulism, bowlines, bowlings, boyishly, bricoles, bristols, brocolis, broilers, brollies, bucolics, bullions, cabildos, ciboules, coalbins, corbeils, diabolos, disbowel, ecbolics, embolies, embolism, embroils, erosible, fishbolt, fishbowl, garboils, globoids, gumboils, hobnails, holibuts, inkblots, isolable, kilobars, kilobase, kilobits, kolbasis, kolbassi, labroids, libelous, linkboys, lobbyism, lobbyist, lobefins, lobelias, lobstick, mislabor, mobilise, nombrils, nubilose, nubilous, obelised, obelises, obelisks, obelisms, obelizes, obligees, obligers, obligors, obliques, oilbirds, orbitals, parboils, possible, possibly, potboils, preboils, sailboat, shoebill, slobbier, slobbish, snobbily, sociable, sociably, sorbitol, strobila, strobile, strobili, strobils, subsoils, symbolic, tabloids, taboulis, wobblies.