Words that rhyme with bertsche

v 1: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch] 2: smear so as to make dirty or stained [syn: smirch, besmirch]

adj 1: consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree [syn: birch, birchen, birken] n 1: hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood 2: any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark [syn: birch, birch tree] 3: a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; "my father never spared the birch" [syn: birch, birch rod] v 1: whip with a birch twig

n 1: one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship [syn: church, Christian church] 2: a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty" [syn: church, church building] 3: a service conducted in a house of worship; "don't be late for church" [syn: church service, church] 4: the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church; "our church is hosting a picnic next week" v 1: perform a special church rite or service for; "church a woman after childbirth"

n 1: an unsteady uneven gait [syn: lurch, stumble, stagger] 2: a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage) 3: abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" [syn: lurch, pitch, pitching] 4: the act of moving forward suddenly [syn: lurch, lunge] v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen] 2: move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" [syn: lurch, pitch, shift] 3: move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road" 4: loiter about, with no apparent aim [syn: prowl, lurch] 5: defeat by a lurch [syn: lurch, skunk]

n 1: support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) 2: a linear measure of 16.5 feet [syn: perch, rod, pole] 3: a square rod of land [syn: perch, rod, pole] 4: an elevated place serving as a seat 5: any of numerous fishes of America and Europe 6: spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes 7: any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes v 1: sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree" [syn: perch, roost, rest] 2: to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him" [syn: alight, light, perch] 3: cause to perch or sit; "She perched her hat on her head"

n 1: systematic investigation to establish facts 2: a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received" [syn: inquiry, enquiry, research] v 1: attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner; "The student researched the history of that word" 2: 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]

n 1: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone [syn: search, hunt, hunting] 2: an investigation seeking answers; "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search" 3: an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; "they wrote a program to do a table lookup" [syn: search, lookup] 4: the examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful" 5: boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas; "right of search" v 1: try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" [syn: search, seek, look for] 2: search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" [syn: search, look] 3: 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] 4: subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"

n 1: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur] 2: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain] v 1: smear so as to make dirty or stained [syn: smirch, besmirch] 2: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]

n 1: industrial city at the center of a rich agricultural region

v 1: exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" [syn: excommunicate, unchurch, curse] [ant: communicate]