Phrase Hound found 26 phrases and 7 compound words that contain boils. The most common are listed below. Open boils in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 26
- boils downthird-person singular simple present indicative of boil down: To reduce in volume by boiling.
- a watched pot never boilsA process appears to proceed more slowly if one waits for it rather than engaging in other activities.
- sand boilsplural of sand boil: An eruption of water through a bed of sand due, for instance, to seismic activity, or to differences in water pressure on two sides of a levee which causes water to penetrate beneath the levee.
- blind boilsplural of blind boil: A boil under or on the skin that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to come to a head.
- boils awaythird-person singular simple present indicative of boil away: To boil a liquid until it has turned entirely to steam/vapor.
- boils offthird-person singular simple present indicative of boil off: to remove by boiling
- boils overthird-person singular simple present indicative of boil over: To boil to such an extent as to overflow its container.
- boils upthird-person singular simple present indicative of boil up: A traditionally Māori soup/stew made with potatoes, pork and other ingredients.
- crab boilsplural of crab boil: A spice mixture used to flavor the water in which crabs or other shellfish are boiled.
- double boilsthird-person singular simple present indicative of double boil: To cook (food) in a double boiler.
- fish boilsplural of fish boil: A culinary tradition in areas of Wisconsin and along the coastal Upper Great Lakes, with large Scandinavian populations.
- hard-boilsthird-person singular simple present indicative of hard-boil: To cook (an egg) to a solid consistency: to cause to be hard-boiled.
- rolling boilsplural of rolling boil: The boiling of a liquid rapidly with plenty of bubbling, which (unlike simmering) roils the liquid and thus may break up or alter the shape of ingredients.
- seafood boilsplural of seafood boil: Any of a number of social events where shellfish are cooked and eaten.
- slow boilsplural of slow boil: A point in time of boiling where slow and small bubbles rise to the boiling surface.
- tar boilsplural of tar boil
- boils the oceanthird-person singular simple present indicative of boil the ocean: To undertake an overwhelmingly difficult task or approach to a problem.
- Lowcountry boilsplural of Lowcountry boil: A seafood boil, usually containing shrimp, corn on the cob and sausage.
- a watched kettle never boilsSynonym of a watched pot never boils: A process appears to proceed more slowly if one waits for it rather than engaging in other activities.
- a watched pot never boils overAlternative form of a watched pot never boils: A process appears to proceed more slowly if one waits for it rather than engaging in other activities.
- Baghdad boilsplural of Baghdad boil: cutaneous leishmaniasis
- Delhi boilsplural of Delhi boil: A form of leishmaniasis once prevailing in India, as among the British troops, and especially in Delhi; not necessarily a separate disease entity from any other form of cutaneous leishmaniasis, but the old toponymic …
- Natal boilsplural of Natal boil: A chronic skin disorder terminating in an ulcer, thought to be caused by the protozoan Leishmania tropica.
- Bagdad boilsplural of Bagdad boil: cutaneous leishmaniasis
- Aleppo boilsplural of Aleppo boil: A chronic skin disorder terminating in an ulcer, thought to be caused by the protozoan Leishmania tropica.
Compound words 7
- gumboilsplural of gumboil: A small suppurating inflamed spot on the gum.
- overboilsthird-person singular simple present indicative of overboil: To boil excessively.
- parboilsthird-person singular simple present indicative of parboil: To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked.
- potboilsthird-person singular simple present indicative of potboil: To produce inferior creative works in order to make money.
- preboilsthird-person singular simple present indicative of preboil: To boil in advance.
- underboilsthird-person singular simple present indicative of underboil: To boil insufficiently.
- garboilsplural of garboil: Disorder; uproar.