Words that rhyme with ardmore

v 1: find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats" [syn: abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate]

v 1: love intensely; "he just adored his wife"

n 1: a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn: affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour]

adv 1: at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; "Alice doesn't live here anymore"; "the children promised not to quarrel any more" [syn: anymore, any longer]

adv 1: earlier in time; previously; "I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier" [syn: earlier, before] 2: at or in the front; "I see the lights of a town ahead"; "the road ahead is foggy"; "staring straight ahead"; "we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front"; "with the cross of Jesus marching on before" [syn: ahead, in front, before]

n 1: a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program" [syn: core, nucleus, core group] 2: the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core" 3: the central part of the Earth 4: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty] 5: a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill 6: an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality [syn: Congress of Racial Equality, CORE] 7: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [syn: effect, essence, burden, core, gist] 8: (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories; "each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit" [syn: core, magnetic core] 9: the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place 10: a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil v 1: remove the core or center from; "core an apple"

adv 1: at any future time; in the future; "lead a blameless life evermore" [syn: evermore, forevermore] 2: for a limitless time; "no one can live forever"; "brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Bliss [syn: everlastingly, eternally, forever, evermore]

v 1: inquire into; "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness" [syn: research, search, explore] 2: travel to or penetrate into; "explore unknown territory in biology" 3: examine minutely 4: examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes

adv 1: in addition; "computer chess games are getting cheaper all the time; furthermore, their quality is improving"; "the cellar was dark; moreover, mice nested there"; "what is more, there's no sign of a change" [syn: furthermore, moreover, what is more]

v 1: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" [syn: ignore, disregard, snub, cut] 2: bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" [syn: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore] 3: fail to notice [ant: mark, note, notice] 4: give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn: neglect, ignore, disregard] 5: be ignorant of or in the dark about [ant: cognise, cognize, know]

adv 1: used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "more interesting"; "more beautiful"; "more quickly" [syn: more, to a greater extent] [ant: less, to a lesser extent] 2: comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent; "he works more now"; "they eat more than they should" [ant: less] adj 1: (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree; "more land"; "more support"; "more rain fell"; "more than a gallon" [syn: more(a), more than] [ant: less(a)] 2: (comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number; "a hall with more seats"; "we have no more bananas"; "more than one" [ant: fewer] n 1: English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state [syn: More, Thomas More, Sir Thomas More]

adv 1: at no time hereafter; "Quoth the raven, nevermore!" -E.A.Poe [syn: nevermore, never again]

n 1: an implement used to propel or steer a boat

adv 1: away from shore; away from land; "cruising three miles offshore" [ant: onshore] adj 1: (of winds) coming from the land; "offshore winds" [syn: offshore, seaward] [ant: inshore, onshore, seaward, shoreward] 2: at some distance from the shore; "offshore oil reserves"; "an offshore island"

n 1: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn: Oregon, Beaver State, OR] 2: a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic" [syn: operating room, OR, operating theater, operating theatre, surgery]

n 1: a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined 2: a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona

n 1: any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas) 2: any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal 3: a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass [syn: stoma, stomate, pore] v 1: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet]

v 1: cause to run; "pour water over the floor" 2: move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" [syn: pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate] 3: pour out; "the sommelier decanted the wines" [syn: decant, pour, pour out] 4: flow in a spurt; "Water poured all over the floor" 5: supply in large amounts or quantities; "We poured money into the education of our children" 6: rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" [syn: pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets]

n 1: a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people [syn: rapport, resonance]

v 1: return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition" [syn: restore, reconstruct] 2: return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me" [syn: regenerate, restore, rejuvenate] 3: give or bring back; "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner" [syn: restore, restitute] 4: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" [syn: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on] [ant: break, bust] 5: bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" [syn: restore, reinstate, reestablish]

n 1: a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: boom, roar, roaring, thunder] 2: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl] 3: the sound made by a lion v 1: make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute" [syn: roar, howl] 2: utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared" [syn: thunder, roar] 3: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" [syn: howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup] 4: act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way; "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town"-R.A.Billington 5: make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed" [syn: bellow, roar] 6: laugh unrestrainedly and heartily [syn: roar, howl]

n 1: a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" [syn: mark, grade, score] 2: a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages; "he studied the score of the sonata" [syn: score, musical score] 3: a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0" 4: a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned" 5: grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful" [syn: score, account] 6: the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score" 7: an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I'll settle later" 8: a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) [syn: score, scotch] 9: a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" [syn: grudge, score, grievance] 10: the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play" 11: a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang" [syn: sexual conquest, score] v 1: gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn: score, hit, tally, rack up] 2: make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" [syn: score, nock, mark] 3: make underscoring marks [syn: score, mark] 4: write a musical score for 5: induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" [syn: seduce, score, make] 6: get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200" 7: assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" [syn: grade, score, mark]

n 1: the land along the edge of a body of water 2: a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support [syn: shore, shoring] v 1: serve as a shore to; "The river was shored by trees" 2: arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" [syn: land, set ashore, shore] 3: support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building" [syn: prop up, prop, shore up, shore]

n 1: the rattling noise produced when snoring 2: the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound [syn: snore, snoring, stertor] v 1: breathe noisily during one's sleep; "she complained that her husband snores" [syn: snore, saw wood, saw logs]

n 1: the act of rising upward into the air [syn: soar, zoom] v 1: rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen" [syn: soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom] 2: fly by means of a hang glider [syn: hang glide, soar] 3: fly upwards or high in the sky 4: go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease- fire was announced" 5: fly a plane without an engine [syn: sailplane, soar]

adj 1: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive, sore, raw, tender] 2: causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up" [syn: afflictive, painful, sore] 3: roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark" [syn: huffy, mad, sore] n 1: an open skin infection

n 1: a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion; "a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes"

n 1: a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" [syn: shop, store] 2: a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: store, stock, fund] 3: an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached" [syn: memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board] 4: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks" [syn: storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store] v 1: keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" [syn: store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away] 2: find a place for and put away for storage; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some"

n 1: commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column [syn: torus, tore]

n 1: the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war" [syn: war, warfare] 2: a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring" [syn: war, state of war] [ant: peace] 3: an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare" [syn: war, warfare] 4: a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime" v 1: make or wage war [ant: make peace]

n 1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street] v 1: work as a prostitute 2: have unlawful sex with a whore 3: compromise oneself for money or other gains; "She whored herself to Hollywood"

n 1: (Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar