Unscramble veils

Definition of veil

noun:

• a garment that covers the head and face. Synonyms: head covering.
• a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms. Synonyms: velum.
• the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth). Synonyms: caul, embryonic membrane.
• a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl. Synonyms: humeral veil.

verb:

• to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces". Antonyms: unveil.
• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message", "a veiled threat". Synonyms: blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure.

Related words

chadar, chaddar, chador, chuddar, mystify, yashmac, yashmak.

Words nearby

veal, vein, weil.

Rhymes with

ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, braille, carrell, curtail, dail, dale, derail, detail, email, entail, exhale, fail, flail, frail, gael.