Words that rhyme with biodegradation

n 1: something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable 2: something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable [syn: recommendation, testimonial, good word] 3: any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission; "her pleasant personality is already a recommendation"; "his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society" [syn: recommendation, passport]

n 1: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances [syn: adjustment, accommodation, fitting] 2: a settlement of differences; "they reached an accommodation with Japan" 3: in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality 4: living quarters provided for public convenience; "overnight accommodations are available" 5: the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need 6: (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye

n 1: an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement [syn: citation, commendation] 2: a message expressing a favorable opinion; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" [syn: approval, commendation] [ant: disapproval]

n 1: combining into a solid mass 2: the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them" [syn: consolidation, integration] 3: something that has consolidated into a compact mass; "he dropped the consolidation into the acid bath"

n 1: changing to a lower state (a less respected state) [syn: degradation, debasement] 2: a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken [syn: abasement, degradation, abjection]

n 1: the removal of covering [syn: denudation, stripping, uncovering, baring, husking]

n 1: an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding [syn: depredation, predation] 2: (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease" [syn: ravage, depredation]

n 1: a state of deterioration due to old age or long use [syn: decrepitude, dilapidation] 2: the process of becoming dilapidated [syn: dilapidation, ruin]

n 1: an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on 2: an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook" [syn: clarification, elucidation, illumination]

n 1: a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing

n 1: a substance that oozes out from plant pores [syn: exudate, exudation] 2: the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes [syn: exudation, transudation]

n 1: the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay) [syn: fluoridation, fluoridization, fluoridisation]

n 1: the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections" 2: an institution supported by an endowment 3: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure] 4: education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics" [syn: foundation, grounding] 5: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone] 6: a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body [syn: foundation garment, foundation] 7: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" [syn: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration]

n 1: the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something [syn: bullying, intimidation] 2: the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc. 3: the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid 4: a communication that makes you afraid to try something [syn: determent, deterrence, intimidation]

n 1: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations" [syn: flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion] 2: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" [syn: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent]

n 1: (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc) [syn: annulment, invalidation]

n 1: termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities [syn: liquidation, settlement] 2: the act of exterminating [syn: extermination, liquidation] 3: the murder of a competitor [syn: elimination, liquidation]

n 1: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease [syn: medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug] 2: the act of treating with medicines or remedies

n 1: continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge" [syn: meditation, speculation] 2: (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)

n 1: the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped" --Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle [syn: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow]

n 1: the movement of persons from one country or locality to another 2: a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period) 3: (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule 4: the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding

n 1: assistance in time of difficulty; "the contributions provided some relief for the victims" [syn: relief, succor, succour, ministration]

n 1: an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part

n 1: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic] 2: the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: nation, land, country] 3: United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) [syn: Nation, Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation] 4: a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"

n 1: the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place [syn: navigation, pilotage, piloting] 2: ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts" 3: the work of a sailor [syn: seafaring, navigation, sailing]

n 1: a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement 2: the speech act of negating 3: (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false

n 1: a discussion intended to produce an agreement; "the buyout negotiation lasted several days"; "they disagreed but kept an open dialogue"; "talks between Israelis and Palestinians" [syn: negotiation, dialogue, talks] 2: the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms

n 1: the act of officially naming a candidate; "the Republican nomination for Governor" 2: the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election; "there was keen competition for the nomination"; "his nomination was hotly protested" 3: an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election; "the nomination was brief and to the point" [syn: nominating speech, nominating address, nomination]

n 1: a technical system of symbols used to represent special things [syn: notation, notational system] 2: a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" [syn: note, annotation, notation] 3: the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters

n 1: an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative [syn: presentment, notification] 2: informing by words [syn: telling, apprisal, notification] 3: a request for payment; "the notification stated the grace period and the penalties for defaulting" [syn: notification, notice]

n 1: confusion resulting from failure to understand [syn: bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement] 2: the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered [syn: mystification, obfuscation] 3: darkening or obscuring the sight of something

n 1: the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction [syn: oxidation, oxidization, oxidisation]

n 1: the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced" 2: a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) v 1: restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city" 2: distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed" [syn: ration, ration out]

n 1: a decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms race" [syn: deceleration, slowing, retardation] [ant: acceleration] 2: the extent to which something is delayed or held back 3: any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame- retardant" [syn: retardant, retardent, retardation] 4: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities [syn: retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality] 5: the act of slowing down or falling behind [syn: slowdown, lag, retardation]

n 1: a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose; "he started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station" 2: proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station" [syn: place, station] 3: (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty 4: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station" [syn: post, station] 5: the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station v 1: assign to a station [syn: station, post, send, place]

n 1: a substance that transudes [syn: transudate, transudation] 2: the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes [syn: exudation, transudation]

n 1: a feeling of alarm or dread

n 1: the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something [syn: validation, proof, substantiation] 2: the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof [syn: establishment, validation]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people; "Haitian shantytowns" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Haiti