FOIL
Binomial multiplication method
Foil has two distinct origins in English.
One gives us the thin sheet of metal—aluminum foil, tin foil—and the fencing sword with its flexible blade and blunted tip.
The other gives us the verb meaning to thwart or frustrate: The hero foiled the villain's plot.
A foil is also a person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast: Watson serves as a foil to Sherlock Holmes.
Prevent from succeeding
- obstructBlock or hinder passage
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- preventStop in advance
- defeatVictory over another
spoil · hinder · undermine · sabotage · oppose · counter · stop · impede
Element thirteen
- wrapperOuter protective layer
- tinElement fifty, Sn
- shinyReflecting light smoothly
- crinkleSmall fold or rustle
wrap · baking · cooking · kitchen · Reynolds · roll · sheet · reflective
Corresponding person or thing
- oppositeReverse or contrary thing
- highlightMost notable part
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- complementWhat makes complete
sidekick · backdrop · comparison · offset · relief · emphasis · Watson · antithesis
frustrate
Prevent from succeeding
defeat · spoil · hinder · undermine · sabotage · oppose · counter · stop · impede · circumvent
aluminum
Element thirteen
crinkle · wrap · baking · cooking · kitchen · Reynolds · roll · sheet · reflective · liner
counterpart
Corresponding person or thing
- oppositeReverse or contrary thing
- highlightMost notable part
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
complement · sidekick · backdrop · comparison · offset · relief · emphasis · Watson · antithesis · mirror
épée
Fencing sword, points only
thrust · lunge · riposte · piste · fencer · duel · guard · bout · touché · mask
wing
Limb enabling flight
- airfoilLift-generating curved surface
- hydrofoilWing that lifts boats
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
drag · airplane · spoiler · flap · profile · sailboat · catamaran · racing · speed · curve
- polynomialspolynomial, polynomials, binomial, monomial, binomials
- math operationsaddition, adding, subtraction, subtracting, multiplication
- aluminum foilThin metallic kitchen sheeting
- tin foilThin metallic sheeting
- tin foil hatImprovised telepathy shield
- tin-foil hatsMakeshift mind-control shields
- gold foilPounded yellow metal sheets
- aluminium foilThin metallic food wrap