Words that rhyme with academe

  • agleam
    adj 1: bright with a steady but subdued shining; "from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights"; "the gleaming brass on the altar"; "Nereids beneath the nitid moon" [syn: agleam, gleaming, nitid]
  • beam
    n 1: a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather [syn: radio beam, beam] 2: long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction 3: a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation [syn: beam, ray, electron beam] 4: a column of light (as from a beacon) [syn: beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation] 5: (nautical) breadth amidships 6: the broad side of a ship; "they sighted land on the port beam" 7: a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts [syn: balance beam, beam] v 1: smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression 2: emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces" [syn: shine, beam] 3: express with a beaming face or smile; "he beamed his approval" 4: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit] 5: have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" [syn: glow, beam, radiate, shine] 6: experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness" [syn: glow, beam, radiate, shine]
  • bream
    n 1: flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe [syn: bream, freshwater bream] 2: flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae [syn: bream, sea bream] 3: any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae [syn: sea bream, bream] 4: any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis [syn: freshwater bream, bream] v 1: clean (a ship's bottom) with heat
  • cream
    n 1: the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War" [syn: cream, pick] 2: the part of milk containing the butterfat 3: toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin [syn: cream, ointment, emollient] v 1: make creamy by beating; "Cream the butter" 2: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick] 3: put on cream, as on one's face or body; "She creams her face every night" 4: remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk" [syn: skim, skim off, cream off, cream] 5: add cream to one's coffee, for example
  • deem
    v 1: keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible" [syn: deem, hold, view as, take for]
  • dream
    n 1: a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night" [syn: dream, dreaming] 2: imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality" [syn: dream, dreaming] 3: a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business" [syn: ambition, aspiration, dream] 4: a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe" [syn: pipe dream, dream] 5: a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream" 6: someone or something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream" v 1: have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy [syn: dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze] 2: experience while sleeping; "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene"
  • esteem
    n 1: the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" [syn: esteem, regard, respect] [ant: disesteem] 2: a feeling of delighted approval and liking [syn: admiration, esteem] 3: an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him" [syn: respect, esteem, regard] [ant: disrespect] v 1: regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" [syn: respect, esteem, value, prize, prise] [ant: disesteem, disrespect] 2: look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" [syn: think of, repute, regard as, look upon, look on, esteem, take to be]
  • redeem
    v 1: save from sins [syn: deliver, redeem, save] 2: restore the honor or worth of 3: to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange 4: exchange or buy back for money; under threat [syn: ransom, redeem] 5: pay off (loans or promissory notes) [syn: redeem, pay off] 6: convert into cash; of commercial papers
  • hakim
    n 1: a Muslim ruler or governor or judge 2: a Muslim physician [syn: hakim, hakeem]
  • ibrahim
    n 1: the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son; "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each has a special claim on Abraham" [syn: Abraham, Ibrahim]
  • joachim
    n 1: Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907) [syn: Joachim, Joseph Joachim]
  • beahm
  • beem
  • bleam
  • creme
  • deam
  • keim
  • liem
  • priem
  • avrim
  • basim
  • daelim
  • maxime
  • pezim
  • raheem
  • rahim
  • hapoalim
  • haradim
  • chromakalim
  • gleim

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