wile /wīl/

1. A pleasing artifice
2. A trick
3. Deceit (rare)
4. (in pl) cajolery

1. To beguile, inveigle
2. To coax, cajole
3. To make to pass easily or pleasantly (with away; confused with while)

wileˈful adjective

Full of wiles

• short-priced
• short-range
• short rib
• short ribs
• shorts
• short sale
• short sales
• short score
• short scores
• short sea
• short selling
• short sharp shock
• short sharp shocks
• short sheep
• short shrift
• short-sighted
• short-sightedly
• short-sightedness
• short sixes
• short-spoken
• short-staffed
• short-staple
• shortstop
• shortstops
• short stories