Words that rhyme with ansell

n 1: a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat [syn: natural, cancel] v 1: postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill" [syn: cancel, call off, scratch, scrub] 2: make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength" [syn: cancel, offset, set off] 3: declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" [syn: cancel, strike down] 4: remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list" [syn: delete, cancel] 5: make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets" [syn: cancel, invalidate]

n 1: any small compartment; "the cells of a honeycomb" 2: (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals 3: a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction [syn: cell, electric cell] 4: a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement [syn: cell, cadre] 5: a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver [syn: cellular telephone, cellular phone, cellphone, cell, mobile phone] 6: small room in which a monk or nun lives [syn: cell, cubicle] 7: a room where a prisoner is kept [syn: cell, jail cell, prison cell]

n 1: a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country

n 1: a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council" 2: (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine 3: a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council"

n 1: a lawyer who pleads cases in court [syn: advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader] 2: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action [syn: guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction] v 1: give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" [syn: rede, advise, counsel]

n 1: the lowermost sail on the mainmast

n 1: a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood 2: graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication; "the words were scribbled in pencil"; "this artist's favorite medium is pencil" 3: a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point 4: a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face; "an eyebrow pencil" v 1: write, draw, or trace with a pencil; "he penciled a figure"

n 1: an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power 2: a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire 3: an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul

n 1: a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below v 1: mark or print with a stencil

n 1: a showy decoration that is basically valueless; "all the tinsel of self-promotion" 2: a thread with glittering metal foil attached v 1: impart a cheap brightness to; "his tinseled image of Hollywood" 2: adorn with tinsel; "snow flakes tinseled the trees" 3: interweave with tinsel; "tinseled velvet"

n 1: either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx [syn: tonsil, palatine tonsil, faucial tonsil, tonsilla]

n 1: an implement for practical use (especially in a household)

n 1: English geologist remembered as the first person to recognize that dinosaurs were reptiles (1790-1852) [syn: Mantell, Gideon Algernon Mantell]

n 1: a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron v 1: make a marcel in a woman's hair

n 1: English poet (1621-1678) [syn: Marvell, Andrew Marvell]

n 1: German white wine from the Moselle valley or a similar wine made elsewhere

adj 1: living in a state of commensalism n 1: either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent