Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 15 compound words that contain gills. The most common are listed below. Open gills in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- book gillsplural of book gill: A gill found in horseshoe crabs consisting of membranous folds, resembling the leaves of a book.
- green about the gillsIll or unwell, especially as indicated by one's appearance.
- grease one's gillsTo eat a hearty meal.
- full to the gillsCompletely or overly full.
- packed to the gillsCompletely packed; very full or crowded.
- stuffed to the gillsCompletely full.
- wired to the gillsExtremely drugged.
- green gillsplural of green gill: A condition found in oysters whose gills have turned a green color as a result of the consumption of Haslea ostrearia.
- green around the gillsAlternative form of green about the gills: Ill or unwell, especially as indicated by one's appearance.
- green at the gillsAlternative form of green about the gills: Ill or unwell, especially as indicated by one's appearance.
- green in the gillsAlternative form of green about the gills: Ill or unwell, especially as indicated by one's appearance.
- sloshed to the gillsExtremely drunk.
- greased one's gillssimple past and past participle of grease one's gills
- greases one's gillsthird-person singular simple present indicative of grease one's gills: To eat a hearty meal.
- greasing one's gillspresent participle and gerund of grease one's gills
- flirt-gillsplural of flirt-gill: A flirtatious, promiscuous, or loose woman.
Compound words 15
- bluegillsplural of bluegill: Any of the species Lepomis macrochirus of North American sunfish.
- GillsrowA locality near Troutbeck, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3726).
- brittlegillsplural of brittlegill: A mushroom of the genus Russula.
- Cargillsplural of Cargill: A hamlet in Perthshire, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1536).
- greengillsplural of greengill: A condition found in oysters whose gills have turned a green color as a result of the consumption of Haslea ostrearia.
- Hartgillsplural of Hartgill: A surname.
- pinkgillsplural of pinkgill: Any fungus of the genus Entoloma.
- pronggillsplural of pronggill: a prong-gilled mayfly, any insect in the Leptophlebiidae family
- pumpkingillsplural of pumpkingill: A naturally occurring hybrid fish formed from a cross between a pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) and a bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus).
- rustgillsplural of rustgill: Any of various fungi of the cosmopolitan genus Gymnopilus, family Hymenogastraceae.