Words that rhyme with barrister

  • amateur
    adj 1: engaged in as a pastime; "an amateur painter"; "gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals"; "recreational golfers"; "reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating"; "unpaid extras in the documentary" [syn: amateur, recreational, unpaid] 2: lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting" [syn: amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilled] n 1: someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime 2: an athlete who does not play for pay [ant: pro, professional]
  • astir
    adj 1: out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning" [syn: astir(p), up(p)] 2: on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident" [syn: about(p), astir(p)]
  • banister
    n 1: a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling [syn: bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail]
  • bestir
    v 1: become active; "He finally bestirred himself" [syn: bestir, rouse]
  • bistre
    n 1: a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot [syn: bister, bistre]
  • blister
    n 1: a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint) 2: (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin 3: (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid [syn: blister, bulla, bleb] v 1: get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike" [syn: blister, vesicate] 2: subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" [syn: blister, scald, whip] 3: cause blisters to form on; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"
  • deter
    v 1: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth" [syn: deter, discourage] 2: turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people" [syn: dissuade, deter] [ant: persuade]
  • disinter
    v 1: dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies [syn: disinter, exhume]
  • hauteur
    n 1: overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors [syn: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness]
  • inter
    v 1: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" [syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest]
  • litterateur
    n 1: a writer of literary works [syn: essayist, litterateur]
  • mister
    n 1: a form of address for a man [syn: Mister, Mr, Mr.]
  • raconteur
    n 1: a person skilled in telling anecdotes [syn: anecdotist, raconteur]
  • register
    n 1: an official written record of names or events or transactions [syn: register, registry] 2: (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments 3: a book in which names and transactions are listed 4: (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind 5: an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room 6: a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device 7: a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill [syn: cash register, register] v 1: record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions 2: record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint" [syn: file, register] 3: enroll to vote; "register for an election" 4: be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?" [syn: record, register] 5: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" [syn: read, register, show, record] 6: have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties [syn: cross-file, register] 7: show in one's face; "Her surprise did not register" 8: manipulate the registers of an organ 9: send by registered mail; "I'd like to register this letter" 10: enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?"
  • restaurateur
    n 1: the proprietor of a restaurant [syn: restaurateur, restauranter]
  • saboteur
    n 1: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks [syn: saboteur, wrecker, diversionist] 2: a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader [syn: fifth columnist, saboteur]
  • scorcher
    n 1: an extremely hot day 2: a very hard hit ball [syn: scorcher, screamer]
  • shirr
    v 1: bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set; "shirr the eggs"
  • sir
    n 1: term of address for a man 2: a title used before the name of knight or baronet
  • sister
    n 1: a female person who has the same parents as another person; "my sister married a musician" [syn: sister, sis] [ant: blood brother, brother] 2: (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God" 3: a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; "none of her sisters would betray her" 4: (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women [syn: baby, babe, sister]
  • slur
    n 1: (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato 2: a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility" [syn: aspersion, slur] 3: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur] v 1: play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata" 2: speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers" 3: utter indistinctly 4: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" [syn: blur, dim, slur] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus]
  • spur
    n 1: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring] 2: any sharply pointed projection [syn: spur, spine, acantha] 3: tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers 4: a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward; "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on" [syn: spur, gad] 5: a railway line connected to a trunk line [syn: branch line, spur track, spur] v 1: incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research" 2: give heart or courage to [syn: spur, goad] 3: strike with a spur 4: goad with spurs; "the rider spurred his horse" 5: equip with spurs; "spur horses"
  • stir
    n 1: a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he made a great splash and then disappeared" [syn: stir, splash] 2: emotional agitation and excitement 3: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir] v 1: move an implement through; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"; "stir the soil" 2: move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [syn: stir, shift, budge, agitate] 3: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: stimulate, excite, stir] 4: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn: stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir] 5: affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy" [syn: touch, stir] 6: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth] 7: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir" [syn: arouse, stir] 8: mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
  • transistor
    n 1: a semiconductor device capable of amplification [syn: transistor, junction transistor, electronic transistor]
  • twister
    n 1: a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground [syn: tornado, twister] 2: small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts [syn: cruller, twister]
  • lister
    n 1: English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912) [syn: Lister, Joseph Lister, Baron Lister] 2: assessor who makes out the tax lists 3: moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow [syn: lister, lister plow, lister plough, middlebreaker, middle buster]
  • mr
    n 1: a form of address for a man [syn: Mister, Mr, Mr.]
  • sr
    n 1: a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite [syn: strontium, Sr, atomic number 38] 2: the unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites [syn: steradian, sr]
  • pasteur
    n 1: French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895) [syn: Pasteur, Louis Pasteur]
  • bannister
    n 1: English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929) [syn: Bannister, Roger Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister] 2: a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling [syn: bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail]
  • bister
    n 1: a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot [syn: bister, bistre]
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