Words that rhyme with chirre

n 1: treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin [syn: acupuncture, stylostixis]

n 1: the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something [syn: admixture, alloy] 2: an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base; "the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure"; "a large intermixture of sand" [syn: admixture, intermixture] 3: the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" [syn: mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing]

n 1: a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) [syn: adventure, escapade, risky venture, dangerous undertaking] v 1: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance] 2: put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize]

n 1: a large-scale farming enterprise [syn: agribusiness, agriculture, factory farm] 2: the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock [syn: farming, agriculture, husbandry] 3: the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862 [syn: Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Department, Agriculture, USDA] 4: the class of people engaged in growing food

n 1: a device that controls amount of light admitted 2: a natural opening in something 3: an man-made opening; usually small

n 1: the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey [syn: beekeeping, apiculture]

n 1: a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients [syn: hydroponics, aquiculture, tank farming]

n 1: a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow [syn: archer, bowman] 2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius [syn: Sagittarius, Archer] 3: the ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21 [syn: Sagittarius, Sagittarius the Archer, Archer]

n 1: an architectural product or work 2: the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" 3: the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect 4: (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's system software" [syn: computer architecture, architecture]

n 1: coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field

n 1: a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader

n 1: a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.)

n 1: a retailer of meat [syn: butcher, meatman] 2: a brutal indiscriminate murderer 3: a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market [syn: butcher, slaughterer] 4: someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence [syn: bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, fuckup] v 1: kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter" [syn: butcher, slaughter]

n 1: the campaign of a candidate to be elected [syn: campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign]

n 1: the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property [syn: capture, gaining control, seizure] 2: a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field 3: any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle 4: the act of taking of a person by force [syn: capture, seizure] 5: the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board v 1: succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea" 2: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant] 3: succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?" [syn: get, catch, capture] 4: bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit; "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet" 5: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" [syn: appropriate, capture, seize, conquer] 6: capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today" [syn: capture, catch]

n 1: a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect [syn: caricature, imitation, impersonation] v 1: represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President" [syn: caricature, ape]

n 1: (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher [syn: catcher, backstop] 2: the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws; "a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment"; "a catcher plays behind the plate"

n 1: a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers [syn: girdle, cincture, sash, waistband, waistcloth]

n 1: an argument that is conclusive [syn: clincher, determiner, determining factor] 2: a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively [syn: clincher, decisive factor] 3: a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets

n 1: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body [syn: closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law] v 1: terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion" [syn: closure, cloture]

n 1: the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" [syn: mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing]

n 1: a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture" [syn: speculation, conjecture] 2: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis] 3: reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence v 1: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose]

n 1: a critical combination of events or circumstances

n 1: an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle

n 1: an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track [syn: fender, buffer, cowcatcher, pilot]

n 1: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback [syn: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd]

n 1: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna] 2: a human being; `wight' is an archaic term [syn: creature, wight] 3: a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn: creature, tool, puppet]

n 1: a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization" [syn: culture, civilization, civilisation] 2: the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group 3: all the knowledge and values shared by a society [syn: acculturation, culture] 4: (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish" 5: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad [syn: polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish] 6: the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture" 7: the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters" v 1: grow in a special preparation; "the biologist grows microorganisms"

n 1: (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine" 2: the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve 3: the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface [syn: curvature, curve]

n 1: the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future [syn: unsecured bond, debenture, debenture bond] [ant: secured bond] 2: a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt

v 1: add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb 2: modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished 3: make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes

n 1: a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth [syn: denture, dental plate, plate]

n 1: the act of departing [syn: departure, going, going away, leaving] 2: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean" [syn: deviation, divergence, departure, difference] 3: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" [syn: passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release]

n 1: anxious embarrassment [syn: discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment]

n 1: state of being disconnected [syn: disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness] [ant: connectedness, connection, link]

n 1: the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition [syn: starter, dispatcher] 2: employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service

n 1: an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior; "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly" 2: the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division

v 1: hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant: disenchant, disillusion]

n 1: (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof

n 1: money paid out; an amount spent [syn: outgo, spending, expenditure, outlay] [ant: income] 2: the act of spending money for goods or services [syn: expending, expenditure] 3: the act of consuming something [syn: consumption, using up, expenditure]

n 1: a prominent attribute or aspect of something; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics" [syn: feature, characteristic] 2: the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin; "an expression of pleasure crossed his features"; "his lineaments were very regular" [syn: feature, lineament] 3: the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater; "the feature tonight is `Casablanca'" [syn: feature, feature film] 4: a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine; "they ran a feature on retirement planning" [syn: feature, feature article] 5: (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind [syn: feature of speech, feature] 6: an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles v 1: have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" [syn: have, feature] [ant: lack, miss] 2: wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat" [syn: sport, feature, boast]

n 1: a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread

n 1: an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household) 2: a regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture" [syn: regular, habitue, fixture] 3: the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment [syn: fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness] [ant: looseness] 4: the act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation]

n 1: prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625) [syn: Fletcher, John Fletcher]

n 1: the cultivation of flowering plants [syn: flower gardening, floriculture]

n 1: any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing [syn: Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher, flycatcher] 2: large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing [syn: New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird]

n 1: something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty; [syn: forfeit, forfeiture] 2: a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something; "the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time" [syn: forfeit, forfeiture] 3: the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. [syn: forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice]

n 1: breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" [syn: fracture, break] 2: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" [syn: fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break] 3: the act of cracking something [syn: fracture, crack, cracking] v 1: violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language" 2: interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power" 3: break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" 4: become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" 5: break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle" 6: fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" [syn: fracture, break]

n 1: furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room" [syn: furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture]

adj 1: yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him" [ant: past, present(a)] 2: effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities" 3: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president" [syn: future(a), next, succeeding(a)] 4: a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary" n 1: the time yet to come [syn: future, hereafter, futurity, time to come] [ant: past, past times, yesteryear] 2: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future [syn: future, future tense] 3: bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date

n 1: motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling 2: the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals [syn: gesture, motion] 3: something done as an indication of intention; "a political gesture"; "a gesture of defiance" v 1: show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave" [syn: gesticulate, gesture, motion]

n 1: very small North American and South American warblers

n 1: the cultivation of plants [syn: gardening, horticulture]

n 1: pretending to be another person [syn: imposture, impersonation]

n 1: a shape that curves or bends inward [syn: concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature]

n 1: a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) [syn: indentation, indenture] 2: formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt 3: a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term 4: the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line [syn: indentation, indention, indent, indenture] v 1: bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant" [syn: indenture, indent]

n 1: any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade" [syn: concoction, mixture, intermixture] 2: an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base; "the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure"; "a large intermixture of sand" [syn: admixture, intermixture] 3: the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" [syn: mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing]

n 1: the ceremony of installing a new monarch [syn: coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture] 2: the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank [syn: investment, investiture]

n 1: (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower [syn: jointure, legal jointure] 2: the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays" [syn: union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure] [ant: disunion]

n 1: an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business [syn: court, tribunal, judicature] 2: the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government [syn: judiciary, judicature, judicatory, judicial system] 3: the act of meting out justice according to the law [syn: administration, judicature] 4: the position of judge [syn: judgeship, judicature]

n 1: an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions" [syn: juncture, occasion] 2: a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point" [syn: juncture, critical point, crossroads] 3: the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made [syn: articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction]

n 1: man with strong sexual desires [syn: satyr, lecher, lech, letch]

n 1: a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications" [syn: lecture, public lecture, talk] 2: a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" [syn: lecture, speech, talking to] 3: teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) [syn: lecture, lecturing] v 1: deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" [syn: lecture, talk] 2: 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: persons who make or amend or repeal laws [syn: legislature, legislative assembly, legislative body, general assembly, law-makers]

n 1: (music) a group of notes connected by a slur 2: character consisting of two or more letters combined into one 3: a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone 4: thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood) 5: something used to tie or bind [syn: binder, ligature] 6: the act of tying or binding things together [syn: tying, ligature]

n 1: creative writing of recognized artistic value 2: the humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a course in Russian lit" [syn: literature, lit] 3: published writings in a particular style on a particular subject; "the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature" 4: the profession or art of a writer; "her place in literature is secure"

n 1: someone waiting in concealment [syn: lurker, skulker, lurcher]

n 1: the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" [syn: industry, manufacture] 2: the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain" [syn: fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing] v 1: put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal" [syn: manufacture, fabricate, construct] 2: make up something artificial or untrue [syn: fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent] 3: produce naturally; "this gland manufactures a specific substance only" 4: create or produce in a mechanical way; "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success"

n 1: an inhabitant of a border district 2: walks with regular or stately step [syn: marcher, parader] 3: fights on foot with small arms [syn: infantryman, marcher, foot soldier, footslogger]

adj 1: being on a very small scale; "a miniature camera" n 1: painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) [syn: miniature, illumination] 2: a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size [syn: miniature, toy]

n 1: an instance of misfortune [syn: mishap, misadventure, mischance]

n 1: (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding) 2: any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade" [syn: concoction, mixture, intermixture] 3: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" [syn: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley] 4: an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual mixture of cultures" [syn: mix, mixture] 5: the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" [syn: mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing]

n 1: wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window" [syn: moisture, wet]

n 1: the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country)

n 1: the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy" 2: a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women" 3: the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it" 4: the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others" 5: a particular type of thing; "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature"

n 1: a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology" [syn: terminology, nomenclature, language]

n 1: the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child [syn: raising, rearing, nurture] 2: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" [syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing] v 1: help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents" [syn: foster, nurture] 2: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent] 3: provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children" [syn: nourish, nurture, sustain]

n 1: orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio 2: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" [syn: preliminary, overture, prelude] 3: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: overture, advance, approach, feeler]

n 1: a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock [syn: pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley] 2: bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle [syn: eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grass] v 1: let feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: crop, graze, pasture] 2: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn: crop, browse, graze, range, pasture]

n 1: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them" [syn: picture, image, icon, ikon] 2: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre" [syn: painting, picture] 3: a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind" [syn: mental picture, picture, impression] 4: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" [syn: picture, scene] 5: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures" [syn: picture, pictorial matter] 6: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" [syn: movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick] 7: the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone" [syn: video, picture] 8: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters" [syn: word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation] 9: a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair" 10: a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light- sensitive material [syn: photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic] v 1: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image] 2: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" [syn: picture, depict, render, show]

n 1: (baseball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher has a sore arm" [syn: pitcher, hurler, twirler] 2: an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring [syn: pitcher, ewer] 3: the quantity contained in a pitcher [syn: pitcher, pitcherful] 4: (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer 5: the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit; "he has played every position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the mound" [syn: pitcher, mound]

n 1: someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another 2: a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs) 3: small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters [syn: poacher, sea poacher, sea poker]

n 1: a word picture of a person's appearance and character [syn: portrayal, portraiture, portrait] 2: the activity of making portraits

n 1: the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender" [syn: position, posture, attitude] 2: characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture" [syn: carriage, bearing, posture] 3: a rationalized mental attitude [syn: position, stance, posture] 4: capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture" [syn: military capability, military strength, strength, military posture, posture] v 1: behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself" [syn: pose, posture] 2: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: model, pose, sit, posture]

n 1: someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel [syn: preacher, preacher man, sermonizer, sermoniser]

n 1: the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) 2: the office of prefect

n 1: prelates collectively [syn: prelacy, prelature] 2: the office or station of a prelate [syn: prelacy, prelature]

n 1: loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object 2: a small hole made by a sharp object 3: the act of puncturing or perforating v 1: pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into; "puncture a tire" 2: make by piercing; "puncture a hole" 3: reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence" [syn: deflate, puncture] 4: cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing; "puncture an air balloon" 5: be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured"

n 1: a person who owns or operates a ranch

n 1: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens [syn: ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus] 2: a state of elated bliss [syn: ecstasy, rapture]

n 1: a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount 2: the act of taking something back [syn: recapture, retaking] v 1: experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness" 2: take up anew; "The author recaptures an old idea here" 3: take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort" [syn: recapture, retake] 4: capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner" [syn: recapture, retake]

n 1: state of being torn or burst open 2: a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" [syn: rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out] 3: the act of making a sudden noisy break v 1: separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" [syn: tear, rupture, snap, bust]

n 1: an extremely hot day 2: a very hard hit ball [syn: scorcher, screamer]

n 1: a three-dimensional work of plastic art 2: creating figures or designs in three dimensions [syn: sculpture, carving] v 1: create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" [syn: sculpt, sculpture] 2: shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband" [syn: sculpt, sculpture, grave]

n 1: your name written in your own handwriting 2: a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch" [syn: touch, signature] 3: a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program [syn: signature, signature tune, theme song] 4: the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key [syn: key signature, signature] 5: a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book

n 1: abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway [syn: stenosis, stricture] 2: severe criticism

n 1: a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" [syn: structure, construction] 2: the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule" 3: the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure" 4: a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" [syn: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure] 5: the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family" [syn: social organization, social organisation, social structure, social system, structure] v 1: give a structure to; "I need to structure my days"

n 1: the basic structure or features of a system or organization [syn: infrastructure, substructure] 2: 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]

n 1: an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) [syn: suture, sutura, fibrous joint] 2: a seam used in surgery [syn: suture, surgical seam] 3: thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together v 1: join with a suture; "suture the wound after surgery"

n 1: a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used