Words that rhyme with baseplate

v 1: make less active or intense [syn: slake, abate, slack] 2: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" [syn: abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away]

v 1: wear away through erosion or vaporization 2: remove an organ or bodily structure

v 1: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" [syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard] 2: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]

n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

v 1: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect, look, await, wait]

v 1: make effective from an earlier date; "The increase in tax was backdated to January"

n 1: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, come- on, hook, lure, sweetener] 2: something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed [syn: bait, decoy, lure] v 1: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride] 2: lure, entice, or entrap with bait 3: attack with dogs or set dogs upon

v 1: moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm" 2: flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons 3: soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"

v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]

n 1: a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted [syn: bookplate, ex libris]

n 1: armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass [syn: breastplate, aegis, egis]

adj 1: transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood" [syn: coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose] v 1: change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood" [syn: clot, coagulate] 2: cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state [syn: clot, coagulate]

v 1: compare critically; of texts 2: to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"

v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]

adj 1: joined together especially in a pair or pairs [syn: conjugate, conjugated, coupled] 2: (of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets 3: formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein" [syn: conjugate, conjugated] 4: of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond [syn: conjugate, conjugated] n 1: a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A [syn: conjugate solution, conjugate] v 1: unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds 2: add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb" 3: undergo conjugation

v 1: look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate one's navel" 2: consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job" 3: think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study" [syn: study, meditate, contemplate] 4: reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" [syn: chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate]

n 1: a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings 2: a print made from an engraved copperplate 3: an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved [syn: copperplate, copperplate engraving]

n 1: a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping 2: the quantity contained in a crate [syn: crate, crateful] v 1: put into a crate; as for protection; "crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum" [ant: uncrate]

v 1: make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" [syn: make, create] 2: bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting" 3: pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating" 4: invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer" 5: create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" [syn: create, make] 6: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: produce, make, create]

v 1: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]

n 1: the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?" [syn: date, day of the month] 2: a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking" [syn: date, escort] 3: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" [syn: date, appointment, engagement] 4: a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date" [syn: date, particular date] 5: the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date" 6: the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class" 7: a particular day specified as the time something happens; "the date of the election is set by law" 8: sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed v 1: go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart" 2: stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24" [syn: date, date stamp] 3: assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings" 4: 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] 5: provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"

n 1: a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on" [syn: argument, argumentation, debate] 2: the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) [syn: debate, disputation, public debate] v 1: argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary" 2: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" [syn: consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate] 3: discuss the pros and cons of an issue [syn: debate, deliberate] 4: have an argument about something [syn: argue, contend, debate, fence]

v 1: collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon" 2: release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress" 3: reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence" [syn: deflate, puncture] 4: produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy" [ant: inflate] 5: reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency" [ant: inflate] 6: become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated" [ant: blow up, inflate]

v 1: extract information from a modulated carrier wave

v 1: lift the regulations on [ant: govern, order, regularise, regularize, regulate]

n 1: an authoritative rule 2: a guiding principle; "the dictates of reason" v 1: issue commands or orders for [syn: order, prescribe, dictate] 2: say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary" 3: rule as a dictator

v 1: separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it" [syn: disjoint, disarticulate]

v 1: hide (feelings) from other people

n 1: a nameplate fastened to a door; indicates the person who works or lives there

n 1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come] v 1: utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas" [syn: blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate] 2: eject semen

n 1: any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis v 1: coat with metal by electrolysis; "electroplate the watch"

adj 1: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy] v 1: deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law" [syn: emasculate, castrate] 2: remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise]

v 1: strive to equal or match, especially by imitating; "He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister" 2: imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software 3: compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with; "This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors"

v 1: enclose in a capsule or other small container 2: put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news" [syn: encapsulate, capsule, capsulize, capsulise]

n 1: a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component)

n 1: metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams

n 1: the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls

v 1: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis" [syn: explicate, formulate, develop] 2: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" [syn: invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge] 3: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate] 4: prepare according to a formula

v 1: form into grains [syn: granulate, grain] 2: become granular [syn: granulate, grain] 3: form granulating tissue; "wounds and ulcers can granulate"

n 1: a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm [syn: hot plate, hotplate]

v 1: exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" [syn: inflate, blow up, expand, amplify] 2: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" [syn: inflate, blow up] [ant: deflate] 3: cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy" [ant: deflate] 4: increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency" [ant: deflate] 5: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: balloon, inflate, billow]

v 1: introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs" 2: introduce a microorganism into 3: perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school" [syn: immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate] 4: insert a bud for propagation 5: impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune

v 1: come together or open into each other; "the blood vessels anastomose" [syn: anastomose, inosculate] 2: cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis; "anastomose blood vessels" [syn: anastomose, inosculate]

v 1: breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit 2: treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity 3: blow or breathe hard on or into

v 1: protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came" 2: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" [syn: isolate, insulate]

v 1: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time" [syn: legislate, pass]

n 1: someone who has been admitted to a college or university v 1: enroll as a student

v 1: judge incorrectly; "I had misestimated his determination" [syn: miscalculate, misestimate] 2: calculate incorrectly; "I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding" [syn: miscalculate, misestimate]

n 1: a plate bearing a name

adj 1: having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles [syn: oblate, pumpkin-shaped] [ant: prolate, watermelon-shaped] n 1: a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life

v 1: produce and discharge eggs; "women ovulate about once every month"

v 1: be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries" [syn: teem, pullulate, swarm] 2: move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" [syn: pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate] 3: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" [syn: shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout] 4: become abundant; increase rapidly 5: breed freely and abundantly

n 1: a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" 2: amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" [syn: rate, charge per unit] 3: the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" [syn: pace, rate] 4: a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure; "the literacy rate"; "the retention rate"; "the dropout rate" v 1: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" [syn: rate, rank, range, order, grade, place] 2: be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly" 3: estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" [syn: rate, value]

v 1: calculate anew; "The costs had to be recalculated"

v 1: economics: experience reflation; "The economy reflated after the Fed took extreme measures" 2: economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation; "These measures reflated the economy" 3: inflate again; "reflate the balloon" 4: become inflated again

v 1: formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis [syn: redevelop, reformulate]

v 1: fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" [syn: regulate, modulate] 2: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" [syn: regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern] [ant: deregulate] 3: shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" [syn: determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate] 4: check the emission of (sound) [syn: baffle, regulate]

v 1: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate] 2: be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with] 3: give an account of; "The witness related the events" 4: be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?" [syn: relate, interrelate] 5: have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"

v 1: to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" [syn: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell]

adj 1: characterized by dignity and propriety [syn: sedate, staid] 2: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" [syn: grave, sedate, sober, solemn] v 1: cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" [syn: sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise] [ant: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate]

v 1: reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" [syn: imitate, copy, simulate] 2: create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" [syn: model, simulate] 3: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: simulate, assume, sham, feign]

n 1: sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs 2: large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins v 1: move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter"

n 1: (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate 2: thin layers of rock used for roofing [syn: slate, slating] 3: a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers 4: a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices [syn: slate, ticket] v 1: designate or schedule; "He slated his talk for 9 AM"; "She was slated to be his successor" 2: enter on a list or slate for an election; "He was slated for borough president" 3: cover with slate; "slate the roof"

n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 2: a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge, upsurge] 3: the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow [syn: freshet, spate]

v 1: act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates" [syn: stimulate, excite] [ant: dampen, stifle] 2: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make] 3: 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] 4: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn: stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up] [ant: calm, de-energise, de-energize, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize] 5: cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, stimulate, rush, hasten] 6: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: stimulate, excite, stir] 7: provide the needed stimulus for [syn: provoke, stimulate]

v 1: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" [syn: strangle, strangulate, throttle] 2: constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air 3: become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"

n 1: a model or standard for making comparisons [syn: template, templet, guide]

n 1: a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

v 1: restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N." [syn: translate, interpret, render] 2: change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil" [syn: translate, transform] 3: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" [syn: understand, read, interpret, translate] 4: bring to a certain spiritual state 5: change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation 6: be equivalent in effect; "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power" 7: be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way; "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English" 8: subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body 9: express, as in simple and less technical language; "Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"; "Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?" 10: determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA

adj 1: composed of or marked with triangles v 1: divide into triangles or give a triangular form to; "triangulate the piece of cardboard" 2: measure by using trigonometry; "triangulate the angle" 3: survey by triangulation; "The land surveyor worked by triangulating the plot"

v 1: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" [syn: howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup]

adj 1: having or resembling hoofs; "horses and other hoofed animals" [syn: ungulate, ungulated, hoofed, hooved] [ant: unguiculate, unguiculated] n 1: any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically [syn: ungulate, hoofed mammal]

n 1: news that updates your information v 1: modernize or bring up to date; "We updated the kitchen in the old house" 2: bring up to date; supply with recent information 3: bring to the latest state of technology

adv 1: in or toward the northern parts of a state; "he lives upstate New York"

n 1: time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" [syn: delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait] 2: the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him" [syn: wait, waiting] v 1: stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets" 2: wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment" [syn: wait, hold off, hold back] 3: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect, look, await, wait] 4: serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's" [syn: wait, waitress]

n 1: the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity 2: sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms [syn: weight, free weight, exercising weight] 3: the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed" [syn: weight, weightiness] 4: an artifact that is heavy 5: an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility" 6: a system of units used to express the weight of something [syn: system of weights, weight] 7: a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan" [syn: weight unit, weight] 8: (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance [syn: weight, weighting] v 1: weight down with a load [syn: burden, burthen, weight, weight down] [ant: disburden, unburden] 2: present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders" [syn: slant, angle, weight]

n 1: a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait [syn: Kuwait, Kuwait City, Koweit, capital of Kuwait] 2: an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum [syn: Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Koweit]

v 1: introduce a cannula or tube into; "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck" [syn: cannulate, cannulize, cannulise, intubate, canulate]

v 1: become vesicular or full of air cells; "The organs vesiculated" 2: cause to become vesicular or full of air cells; "vesiculate an organ"

adj 1: having auricles [syn: auriculate, auriculated]

adj 1: shaped like a ring [syn: annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped, doughnut-shaped]

adj 1: minutely serrated