woorali

[ woo-rah-lee ]

/ wʊˈrɑ li /

curare.

Words nearby woorali

woomera, woomerang, woonsocket, woop woop, woops, woorali, woose, woosh, wooster, woot, wootton

Woorali is extremely volatile, for one thing, and evaporates rapidly.

Cleek of Scotland Yard |Thomas W. Hanshew
How could he, indeed, he observed, find the materials for concocting the woorali poison into which to dip the point of his darts?

The Wanderers |W.H.G. Kingston
It was woorali, and the reason why there was no trace of a weapon was because the blessed thing melted.

Cleek of Scotland Yard |Thomas W. Hanshew
Be sure I looked, Doctor, the instant I suspected that woorali had been used.

Cleek of Scotland Yard |Thomas W. Hanshew

The first was composed of several bunches of the woorali vine; another was a root with a sharp, bitter taste.

The Wanderers |W.H.G. Kingston

woorali

/ (wʊˈrɑːlɪ) /

a less common name for curare

C18: from the native S American name