Words that rhyme with berkel

n 1: ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point; "he calculated the circumference of the circle" 2: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: set, circle, band, lot] 3: something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle" 4: movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance" [syn: lap, circle, circuit] 5: a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary" [syn: traffic circle, circle, rotary, roundabout] 6: street names for flunitrazepan [syn: R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug, circle] 7: a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra; "they had excellent seats in the dress circle" [syn: circle, dress circle] 8: any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles" [syn: circle, round] v 1: travel around something; "circle the globe" 2: move in circles [syn: circle, circulate] 3: form a circle around; "encircle the errors" [syn: encircle, circle]

n 1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject] v 1: remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd" 2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn: pick, pluck, cull]

v 1: form a circle around; "encircle the errors" [syn: encircle, circle] 2: bind with something round or circular [syn: gird, encircle]

n 1: a passage with access only at one end [syn: cul, cul de sac, dead end]

adj 1: possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe [ant: homocercal]