Words that rhyme with aurae

adj 1: concerned with adjudicating [syn: adjudicative, adjudicatory]

adj 1: containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare" [syn: accusative, accusatory, accusing, accusive]

n 1: a short moral story (often with animal characters) [syn: fable, parable, allegory, apologue] 2: a visible symbol representing an abstract idea [syn: emblem, allegory] 3: an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor

adj 1: relating to or adapted for walking; "an ambulatory corridor" 2: able to walk about; "the patient is ambulatory" [syn: ambulant, ambulatory] n 1: a covered walkway (as in a cloister); "it has an ambulatory and seven chapels"

adj 1: in anticipation [syn: anticipatory, prevenient]

adj 1: of or relating to the process of hearing; "auditory processing"; "an audile person" [syn: auditory, audile, auditive]

n 1: a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents" [syn: class, category, family] 2: a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme

adj 1: used for celebrating

n 1: any of various plants of the genus Centaurium 2: any plant of the genus Centaurea

adj 1: of or relating to circulation [syn: circulative, circulatory] 2: relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood

adj 1: making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet" [syn: compromising, conciliatory, flexible] [ant: inflexible, sturdy, uncompromising] 2: intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit" [syn: conciliatory, conciliative] [ant: antagonistic]

adj 1: containing or imposing condemnation or censure; "a condemnatory decree" [syn: condemnatory, condemning]

adj 1: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" [syn: collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying]

adj 1: expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune; "a congratulatory telegram"; "the usual congratulatory crowd was conspicuously absent"; "a gratulatory address" [syn: congratulatory, gratulatory]

n 1: the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts 2: a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts [syn: conservatory, conservatoire] 3: a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner [syn: conservatory, hothouse, indoor garden]

adj 1: tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor" [syn: conducive, contributing(a), contributive, contributory, tributary]

adj 1: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" [syn: collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying]

adj 1: signing jointly with others n 1: one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration) [syn: cosigner, cosignatory]

n 1: a mortuary where corpses are cremated [syn: crematory, crematorium] 2: a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes [syn: crematory, crematorium, cremation chamber]

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]

adj 1: relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration [syn: declarative, declaratory, asserting(a)] [ant: interrogative, interrogatory]

adj 1: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign [syn: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous]

adj 1: able to remove hair or render hairless n 1: a chemical (usually a sulfide) used to remove hair or wool or bristles from hides 2: a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair [syn: depilatory, depilator, epilator]

n 1: a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping [syn: depository, deposit, depositary, repository]

adj 1: expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house" [syn: derogative, derogatory, disparaging]

adj 1: marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another; "desultory thoughts"; "the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties"

adj 1: wasting time [syn: dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey]

adj 1: being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand; "a prejudiced judge" [syn: prejudiced, discriminatory] [ant: impartial, unprejudiced] 2: containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious comparisons" [syn: discriminatory, invidious] 3: capable of making fine distinctions [syn: discriminative, discriminatory] 4: manifesting partiality; "a discriminatory tax"; "preferential tariff rates"; "preferential treatment"; "a preferential shop gives priority or advantage to union members in hiring or promoting" [syn: discriminatory, preferential]

n 1: a college or university building containing living quarters for students [syn: dormitory, dorm, residence hall, hall, student residence] 2: a large sleeping room containing several beds [syn: dormitory, dormitory room, dorm room]

n 1: a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled [syn: dinghy, dory, rowboat] 2: pike-like freshwater perches [syn: walleye, walleyed pike, jack salmon, dory, Stizostedion vitreum] 3: marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters

adj 1: of or relating to the process of excretion

adj 1: clearing of guilt or blame [ant: inculpative, inculpatory]

adj 1: of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration

adj 1: serving or intended to explain or make clear; "explanatory notes"; "an explanatory paragraph"

adj 1: serving in or intended for exploration or discovery; "an exploratory operation"; "exploratory reconnaissance"; "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico"; "exploratory talks between diplomats" [syn: exploratory, explorative] [ant: nonexplorative, nonexploratory, unexplorative, unexploratory]

n 1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [syn: fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage] 2: a sudden outburst (as of protest) [syn: furor, furore]

n 1: a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself" [syn: glory, glorification] 2: brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise" [syn: glory, resplendence, resplendency] 3: an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint [syn: aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole] v 1: rejoice proudly

adj 1: covered with blood; "a bloodstained shirt"; "a gory dagger" [syn: bloodstained, gory] 2: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" [syn: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly]

adj 1: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" [syn: grey, gray, grey- haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired] 2: ancient; "hoary jokes" [syn: hoary, rusty] 3: covered with fine whitish hairs or down [syn: canescent, hoary]

adj 1: characterized or caused by inflammation; "an inflammatory process"; "an inflammatory response" 2: arousing to action or rebellion [syn: incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious]

adj 1: restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline" [syn: inhibitory, repressive, repressing]

n 1: a detailed list of all the items in stock [syn: inventory, stock list] 2: the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory" [syn: stock, inventory] 3: (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods 4: a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer" [syn: armory, armoury, inventory] 5: making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand; "an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing"; "they held an inventory every month" [syn: inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking] v 1: make or include in an itemized record or report; "Inventory all books before the end of the year" [syn: inventory, take stock, stock-take]

n 1: a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law 2: a committee appointed to judge a competition [syn: jury, panel]

n 1: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research [syn: lab, laboratory, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory] 2: a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation; "the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories"; "Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism" [syn: testing ground, laboratory]

adj 1: full of or giving praise; "a laudatory remark" [syn: laudatory, praiseful, praising]

n 1: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom] 2: a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face" [syn: washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory] 3: a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it [syn: flush toilet, lavatory]

n 1: a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides 2: a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides [syn: lorry, camion]

adj 1: required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading" [syn: compulsory, mandatory, required] n 1: the recipient of a mandate [syn: mandatary, mandatory] 2: a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves [syn: mandate, mandatory]

adj 1: used of animals that move seasonally; "migratory birds" [ant: nonmigratory, resident] 2: habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of migrant life"; "migratory workers" [syn: migrant, migratory]

adj 1: morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution" [ant: optional] 2: required by obligation or compulsion or convention; "he made all the obligatory apologies"

n 1: a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena 2: a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings [syn: lookout, observation tower, lookout station, observatory]

n 1: addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"

adj 1: having periodic vibrations [syn: oscillatory, oscillating]

n 1: illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law [syn: lawlessness, outlawry]

adj 1: characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party" [syn: marauding, predatory, raiding] 2: living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" [syn: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous] 3: living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton [syn: predaceous, predacious, predatory]

adj 1: preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps" [syn: preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic]

adj 1: relating to or having the character of a promise; "promissory note"

n 1: a temporary condition of torment or suffering; "a purgatory of drug abuse" 2: (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins

n 1: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt" [syn: prey, quarry, target, fair game] 2: a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" [syn: pit, quarry, stone pit] 3: animal hunted or caught for food [syn: prey, quarry] v 1: extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; "quarry marble"

adj 1: tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment" [syn: reformative, reformatory] n 1: correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders [syn: reformatory, reform school, training school]

adj 1: restricting according to rules or principles; "a regulatory gene" [syn: regulative, regulatory]

n 1: a storehouse where a stock of things is kept 2: the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation; "the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism"; "has a large repertory of dialects and characters" [syn: repertory, repertoire] 3: a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule [syn: repertoire, repertory]

n 1: a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping [syn: depository, deposit, depositary, repository] 2: a person to whom a secret is entrusted [syn: repository, secretary] 3: a burial vault (usually for some famous person) [syn: repository, monument]

adj 1: pertaining to respiration; "respiratory assistance"

adj 1: of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" [syn: retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory]

adj 1: (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear" [syn: indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive] 2: prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom [syn: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, revelatory]

n 1: someone who signs and is bound by a document [syn: signer, signatory]

adj 1: feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase" [syn: regretful, sorry, bad] [ant: unregretful, unregretting] 2: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry] 3: without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no- count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk" [syn: good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorry] 4: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary]

adj 1: relating to or created by statutes; "statutory matters"; "statutory law" 2: prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute; "statutory restrictions"; "a statutory age limit"; "statutory crimes"; "statutory rape"

n 1: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" [syn: floor, level, storey, story]

n 1: a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children" [syn: narrative, narration, story, tale] 2: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines" 3: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" [syn: floor, level, storey, story] 4: a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" [syn: history, account, chronicle, story] 5: a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" [syn: report, news report, story, account, write up] 6: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" [syn: fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle]

n 1: a region marked off for administrative or other purposes [syn: district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion] 2: an area of knowledge or interest; "his questions covered a lot of territory" 3: the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil" [syn: territory, soil]

adj 1: lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" [syn: ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious]

n 1: a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake [syn: cirque, corrie, cwm]

n 1: an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution 2: a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs 3: a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative

n 1: slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters [syn: saury, billfish, Scomberesox saurus]

n 1: British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968) [syn: Florey, Howard Florey, Sir Howard Walter Florey]

n 1: United States chemist who developed methods for studying long-chain molecules (1910-1985) [syn: Flory, Paul John Flory]

n 1: small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush- tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits

n 1: Italian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child- centered approach (1870-1952) [syn: Montessori, Maria Montesorri]

adj 1: dependent on chance; "the aleatory element in life"

adj 1: of or relating to articulation; "articulatory features"; "articulatory phonetics" [syn: articulatory, articulative]

n 1: a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes [syn: pusher, zori]

adj 1: having more than one story [syn: multistory, multistorey, multistoried]

adj 1: tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive" [syn: prohibitive, prohibitory]

adj 1: giving advice; "an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative" [syn: advisory, consultative, consultatory, consultive]

adj 1: charging or suggestive of guilt or blame; "incriminatory testimony" [syn: criminative, criminatory, incriminating, incriminatory]