Words that rhyme with catchpole

n 1: a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books) [syn: bibliopole, bibliopolist]

n 1: a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids; 2: a concave shape with an open top [syn: bowl, trough] 3: a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods 4: the quantity contained in a bowl [syn: bowl, bowlful] 5: a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments [syn: stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium] 6: a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling [syn: bowling ball, bowl] 7: a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling 8: a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco [syn: bowl, pipe bowl] 9: the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) [syn: roll, bowl] v 1: roll (a ball) 2: hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end 3: engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights"

v 1: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn: wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet- talk, inveigle]

n 1: fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period 2: a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering [syn: ember, coal] v 1: burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything" [syn: char, coal] 2: supply with coal 3: take in coal; "The big ship coaled"

v 1: express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death; "You must condole the widow"

n 1: a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall [syn: console table, console] 2: a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system) 3: an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture); "the bust of Napoleon stood on a console" 4: housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television [syn: cabinet, console] v 1: give moral or emotional strength to [syn: comfort, soothe, console, solace]

n 1: power to direct or determine; "under control" 2: a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another; "measures for the control of disease"; "they instituted controls over drinking on campus" 3: (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired"; "he had lost control of his sphincters" 4: a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment; "the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw" [syn: control condition, control] 5: the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" 6: the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" [syn: dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control] 7: discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself" [syn: restraint, control] [ant: unrestraint] 8: great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French" [syn: command, control, mastery] 9: a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her" [syn: control, controller] 10: a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance 11: the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.; "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls" v 1: exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" [syn: control, command] 2: lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" [syn: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate] 3: handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever" [syn: operate, control] 4: control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line" [syn: manipulate, keep in line, control] 5: check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; "Are you controlling for the temperature?" [syn: control, verify] 6: verify by using a duplicate register for comparison; "control an account" 7: be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" [syn: see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure] 8: have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?" [syn: master, control]

n 1: a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance 2: an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center [syn: dipole, dipole antenna]

n 1: surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors [syn: range pole, ranging pole, flagpole] 2: a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised [syn: flagpole, flagstaff]

n 1: a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day

n 1: small siskin-like finch with a red crown [syn: redpoll, Carduelis hornemanni] 2: small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump [syn: redpoll, Carduelis flammea]

n 1: a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters [syn: ridge, ridgepole, rooftree]

n 1: a larval frog or toad [syn: tadpole, polliwog, pollywog]

n 1: a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head [syn: kale, kail, cole, borecole, colewort, Brassica oleracea acephala] 2: coarse curly-leafed cabbage [syn: kale, kail, cole]

n 1: English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797) [syn: Walpole, Horace Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford] 2: Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745) [syn: Walpole, Robert Walpole, Sir Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford]