Words that rhyme with allottee

n 1: one that is absent or not in residence

n 1: someone (such as a child) who has been adopted

v 1: be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord] [ant: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue] 2: consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone" 3: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord] 4: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree] 5: show grammatical agreement; "Subjects and verbs must always agree in English" 6: be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me" 7: achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"

n 1: someone who has had a limb removed by amputation

n 1: an official who is appointed 2: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn: appointee, appointment]

n 1: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death [syn: banshee, banshie]

n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element [syn: beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4] v 1: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" 2: be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house" 3: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" 4: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn: exist, be] 5: happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen" 6: be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" [syn: equal, be] [ant: differ] 7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be] 8: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher" [syn: be, follow] 9: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" [syn: embody, be, personify] 10: spend or use time; "I may be an hour" 11: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: be, live] 12: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be" 13: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: cost, be]

n 1: the qualities that give pleasure to the senses [ant: ugliness] 2: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish] 3: an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut" [syn: beauty, beaut]

n 1: any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species 2: a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions

n 1: a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) [syn: bootee, bootie]

n 1: a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) [syn: bootee, bootie]

n 1: goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money]

adj 1: free of trouble and worry and care; "the carefree joys of childhood"; "carefree millionaires, untroubled financially" [syn: carefree, unworried] 2: cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth" [syn: carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go- lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy]

adj 1: being ten more than one hundred ninety [syn: two hundred, 200, cc] n 1: a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter [syn: milliliter, millilitre, mil, ml, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, cc]

adj 1: affectedly trendy and fashionable n 1: someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way 2: elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word]

n 1: the seed of the chickpea plant [syn: chickpea, garbanzo] 2: Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds [syn: chickpea, chickpea plant, Egyptian pea, Cicer arietinum] 3: large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried [syn: chickpea, garbanzo]

n 1: a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second [syn: curie, Ci] 2: French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906) [syn: Curie, Pierre Curie] 3: French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934) [syn: Curie, Marie Curie, Madame Curie, Marya Sklodowska]

n 1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up [syn: debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus]

n 1: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" [syn: decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript] v 1: issue a decree; "The King only can decree" 2: decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed" [syn: rule, decree]

n 1: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" [syn: degree, grade, level] 2: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" [syn: degree, level, stage, point] 3: an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude" [syn: academic degree, degree] 4: a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle" [syn: degree, arcdegree] 5: the highest power of a term or variable 6: a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature" 7: the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"

n 1: a person who is expelled from home or country by authority [syn: exile, deportee]

n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover]

adj 1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky] 2: intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with; "crazy about cars and racing"; "he is potty about her" [syn: crazy, wild, dotty, gaga]

n 1: someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee, conscript, inductee] [ant: military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer]

n 1: a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) [syn: master of ceremonies, emcee, host] v 1: act as a master of ceremonies [syn: emcee, compere]

n 1: the feeling of being bored by something tedious [syn: boredom, ennui, tedium]

n 1: liveliness of mind or spirit

n 1: a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services 2: an interest in land capable of being inherited v 1: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward" [syn: tip, fee, bung]

n 1: any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap

v 1: run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn: flee, fly, take flight]

v 1: realize beforehand [syn: anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee] 2: picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President" [syn: envision, foresee] 3: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn: anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter]

adv 1: without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" [syn: loose, free] adj 1: able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice" [ant: unfree] 2: unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" [ant: bound] 3: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission" [syn: complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p), gratuitous] 4: not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane" 5: not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran" [syn: detached, free] 6: not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man" [ant: unfree] 7: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn: spare, free] 8: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn: barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent] 9: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: free, loose, liberal] n 1: people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave" [syn: free, free people] v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose] [ant: confine, detain] 2: relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" [syn: rid, free, disembarrass] 3: remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble" [syn: dislodge, free] [ant: deposit, lodge, stick, wedge] 4: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" [syn: exempt, relieve, free] [ant: apply, enforce, implement] 5: make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners" [syn: free, release] 6: free from obligations or duties [syn: free, discharge] 7: free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor" [syn: free, disengage] [ant: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude] 8: let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility" [syn: absolve, justify, free] [ant: blame, fault] 9: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, free, give up] 10: release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition [syn: release, free, liberate] 11: make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" [syn: unblock, unfreeze, free, release] [ant: block, freeze, immobilise, immobilize]

adj 1: tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit 2: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky]

n 1: a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated [syn: g, gee, g-force] v 1: turn to the right side; "the horse geed" 2: give a command to a horse to turn to the right side

adj 1: free from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile; "a germfree environment" [ant: germy]

n 1: great merriment [syn: hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, glee, gleefulness] 2: malicious satisfaction [syn: gloat, gloating, glee]

n 1: a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard

n 1: a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal

n 1: a recipient of a grant 2: someone to whom the title of property is transferred [syn: alienee, grantee]

adj 1: annoyed and irritable [syn: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill- tempered]

n 1: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications [syn: guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty] 2: an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true; "there is no guarantee that they are not lying" 3: a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults [syn: guarantee, guaranty] v 1: give surety or assume responsibility; "I vouch for the quality of my products" [syn: guarantee, vouch] 2: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure] 3: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners" [syn: undertake, guarantee] 4: stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I warrant this information" [syn: guarantee, warrant]

adj 1: marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine" [syn: gutsy, plucky] [ant: gutless]

adj 1: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering]

n 1: a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas) [syn: helium, He, atomic number 2] 2: the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

n 1: a person inducted into an organization or social group; "Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame" 2: someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee, conscript, inductee] [ant: military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer]

n 1: a visitor to whom hospitality is extended [syn: guest, invitee]

n 1: (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals [syn: genie, jinni, jinnee, djinni, djinny, djinn]

adj 1: serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure" [syn: cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal] n 1: metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated 2: something crucial for explaining; "the key to development is economic integration" 3: pitch of the voice; "he spoke in a low key" 4: any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music [syn: key, tonality] [ant: atonalism, atonality] 5: a kilogram of a narcotic drug; "they were carrying two keys of heroin" 6: a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple [syn: samara, key fruit, key] 7: United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star- Spangled Banner' (1779-1843) [syn: Key, Francis Scott Key] 8: a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida [syn: key, cay, Florida key] 9: (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court; "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint" [syn: key, paint] 10: a list of answers to a test; "some students had stolen the key to the final exam" 11: a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations 12: a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access; "a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it" 13: mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) [syn: winder, key] 14: the central building block at the top of an arch or vault [syn: keystone, key, headstone] 15: a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed v 1: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn: identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name] 2: provide with a key; "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building" 3: vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key; "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot" 4: regulate the musical pitch of 5: harmonize with or adjust to; "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude"

n 1: hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella [syn: knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu] 2: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee [syn: stifle, knee] 3: the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee

adj 1: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home" [syn: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough] 2: used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick" [syn: gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed] 3: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" [syn: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous] 4: tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread" [syn: knotty, snarled, snarly]

n 1: key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door

adj 1: towards the side away from the wind [syn: downwind, lee(a)] n 1: United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957) [syn: Lee, Spike Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee] 2: United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970) [syn: Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose Louise Hovick] 3: United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973) [syn: Lee, Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam] 4: United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926) [syn: Lee, Tsung Dao Lee] 5: leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794) [syn: Lee, Richard Henry Lee] 6: soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818) [syn: Lee, Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee] 7: American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870) [syn: Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee] 8: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind [syn: lee, lee side, leeward] [ant: windward]

n 1: someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed

n 1: a tenant who holds a lease [syn: leaseholder, lessee]

n 1: sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded [syn: manatee, Trichechus manatus]

n 1: large and often sumptuous tent [syn: pavilion, marquee] 2: permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. [syn: marquee, marquise]

n 1: humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937) [syn: Marquis, Don Marquis, Donald Robert Perry Marquis] 2: nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count [syn: marquis, marquess]

n 1: a state in New England [syn: Maine, Pine Tree State, ME]

n 1: a clever remark [syn: bon mot, mot] 2: a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes [syn: MOT, MOT test, Ministry of Transportation test]

adj 1: suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip" [syn: blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy] 2: badly behaved; "a naughty boy"

n 1: usually large hard-shelled seed 2: Egyptian goddess of the sky 3: a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt 4: half the width of an em [syn: en, nut] 5: a whimsically eccentric person [syn: crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball] 6: someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie" [syn: addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky] 7: one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" [syn: testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg] v 1: gather nuts

n 1: key that secures entrance everywhere [syn: passkey, passe-partout, master key, master]

n 1: the inventor to whom a patent is issued

n 1: a person to whom money is paid

n 1: seed of a pea plant used for food 2: the fruit or seed of a pea plant 3: a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds [syn: pea, pea plant]

n 1: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" [syn: urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water] 2: informal terms for urination; "he took a pee" [syn: peeing, pee, pissing, piss] v 1: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [syn: make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water]

n 1: disparaging terms for small people [syn: runt, shrimp, peewee, half-pint] 2: small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America [syn: pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens]

adj 1: preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child" [syn: favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferent] n 1: a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement 2: a special loved one [syn: darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky] 3: a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight) 4: using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain) [syn: positron emission tomography, PET] v 1: stroke or caress gently; "pet the lamb" 2: stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking

n 1: a humble request for help from someone in authority [syn: supplication, plea] 2: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) 3: an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed

n 1: a soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation)

adj 1: marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her" [syn: enamored, infatuated, in love, potty, smitten, soft on(p), taken with(p)] 2: (British informal) trivial; "potty little details" 3: slightly intoxicated [syn: potty, tiddly, tipsy] n 1: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne] 2: a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom [syn: chamberpot, potty, thunder mug]

n 1: a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I

n 1: adroitness and cleverness in reply

n 1: a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters [syn: ridge, ridgepole, rooftree]

n 1: the basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents [syn: Sri Lanka rupee, rupee] 2: the basic unit of money in Seychelles; equal to 100 cents [syn: Seychelles rupee, rupee] 3: the basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisa [syn: Nepalese rupee, rupee] 4: the basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents [syn: Mauritian rupee, rupee] 5: the basic unit of money in Pakistan; equal to 100 paisa [syn: Pakistani rupee, rupee] 6: the basic unit of money in India; equal to 100 paise [syn: Indian rupee, rupee]

n 1: a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land 2: anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume [syn: ocean, sea] 3: turbulent water with swells of considerable size; "heavy seas"

n 1: the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located v 1: perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see" 2: perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" [syn: understand, realize, realise, see] 3: perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" [syn: witness, find, see] 4: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image] 5: deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" [syn: see, consider, reckon, view, regard] 6: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" [syn: learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see] 7: see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie" [syn: watch, view, see, catch, take in] 8: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" [syn: meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see] 9: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" [syn: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn] 10: be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" [syn: see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure] 11: go to see for professional or business reasons; "You should see a lawyer"; "We had to see a psychiatrist" 12: go to see for a social visit; "I went to see my friend Mary the other day" 13: go to see a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning" [syn: visit, see] 14: take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business" [syn: attend, take care, look, see] 15: receive as a specified guest; "the doctor will see you now"; "The minister doesn't see anybody before noon" 16: date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!" [syn: go steady, go out, date, see] 17: see and understand, have a good eye; "The artist must first learn to see" 18: deliberate or decide; "See whether you can come tomorrow"; "let's see--which movie should we see tonight?" 19: observe as if with an eye; "The camera saw the burglary and recorded it" 20: observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country" [syn: examine, see] 21: go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" [syn: experience, see, go through] 22: accompany or escort; "I'll see you to the door" [syn: see, escort] 23: match or meet; "I saw the bet of one of my fellow players" 24: make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" [syn: interpret, construe, see]

n 1: a long wooden bench with a back [syn: settle, settee] 2: a small sofa

v 1: visit famous or interesting sights

n 1: narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow v 1: move along on skis; "We love to ski the Rockies"; "My children don't ski"

adj 1: (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety" [syn: bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish]

adj 1: (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety" [syn: bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish] 2: dirty with nasal discharge; "a snotty nose"; "a house full of snot-nosed kids" [syn: snotty, snot-nosed]

adj 1: having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "the wall had a spotty speckled effect"; "a black-and-white spotted cow" [syn: patched, spotty, spotted] 2: lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty" [syn: spotty, uneven, scratchy]

n 1: a brief indulgence of your impulses [syn: spree, fling] v 1: engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping

adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy]

n 1: someone who stands in a place where one might otherwise sit (as a spectator who uses standing room in a theater or a passenger on a crowded bus or train); "the allowed number of standees is posted" 2: a lifesize cardboard cutout (usually of a celebrity); "he had his picture taken with a standee of the president"

n 1: the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband

n 1: a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water; "iced tea is a cooling drink" 2: a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea" [syn: tea, afternoon tea, teatime] 3: a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves; "tea has fragrant white flowers" [syn: tea, Camellia sinensis] 4: a reception or party at which tea is served; "we met at the Dean's tea for newcomers" 5: dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea; "the store shelves held many different kinds of tea"; "they threw the tea into Boston harbor" [syn: tea, tea leaf]

n 1: the starting place for each hole on a golf course; "they were waiting on the first tee" [syn: tee, teeing ground] 2: support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff [syn: tee, football tee] 3: a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground [syn: tee, golf tee] v 1: place on a tee; "tee golf balls" [syn: tee, tee up] 2: connect with a tee; "tee two pipes"

adj 1: being ten more than twenty [syn: thirty, 30, xxx] n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three [syn: thirty, 30, XXX]

adj 1: being one more than two [syn: three, 3, iii] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce- ace] 2: one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips [syn: trey, three]

n 1: someone who is being trained

n 1: a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms 2: a figure that branches from a single root; "genealogical tree" [syn: tree, tree diagram] 3: English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) [syn: Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree] v 1: force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape [syn: corner, tree] 2: plant with trees; "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer" 3: chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels" 4: stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree [syn: tree, shoetree]

n 1: a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit [syn: trustee, legal guardian] 2: members of a governing board [syn: regent, trustee]

n 1: someone who guards prisoners [syn: prison guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey]

n 1: learns from a tutor

n 1: a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production [syn: VAT, value-added tax, ad valorem tax] 2: a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids [syn: tub, vat]

n 1: a person who buys [syn: buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee]

n 1: a recipient of a warrant issued by a court in the United States 2: a customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given 3: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications [syn: guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty]

adj 1: (used informally) very small; "a wee tot" [syn: bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy] 2: very early; "the wee hours of the morning" n 1: a short time; "bide a wee" v 1: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [syn: make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water]