Water Cycle Definition - The water cycle is a series of processes that a body of water goes through as it transitions between the earth's oceans, the...
Merle /mer-le/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name (also used as girls' name Merle) is pronounced merl. It is of French origin, and the meaning of Merle is blackbird. Country-western singer Merle Haggard has made this name familiar.
bole. [ 1 bÅl] 2  any of a variety of soft, friable clays of various colors, although usually red from iron oxide. They consist of hydrous silicate of aluminum, are used as pigments, and were once commonly used as absorbents and astringents.