Words that rhyme with cie

n 1: active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something [syn: advocacy, protagonism]

n 1: a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Bachelor of Arts, BA, Artium Baccalaurens, AB] 2: the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August) [syn: Ab, Av] 3: the muscles of the abdomen [syn: abdominal, abdominal muscle, ab] 4: the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens [syn: AB, type AB, group AB]

n 1: the jurisdiction or office of an abbot

n 1: one that is absent or not in residence

n 1: the property of being absorbent [ant: nonabsorbency]

n 1: the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business [syn: accountancy, accounting]

n 1: the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account" [syn: accuracy, truth] [ant: inaccuracy] 2: (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy"

n 1: one to whom something is addressed

n 1: the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule" [syn: adequacy, adequateness] [ant: inadequacy, inadequateness] 2: the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence" [syn: sufficiency, adequacy] [ant: deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency]

n 1: the attribute of being so near as to be touching [syn: adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness]

n 1: someone (such as a child) who has been adopted

n 1: an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority" [syn: agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority] 2: a business that serves other businesses 3: the state of being in action or exerting power; "the agency of providence"; "she has free agency" 4: the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent [syn: representation, delegacy, agency] 5: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" [syn: means, agency, way]

v 1: be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord] [ant: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue] 2: consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone" 3: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord] 4: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree] 5: show grammatical agreement; "Subjects and verbs must always agree in English" 6: be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me" 7: achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"

adv 1: on or toward the lee; "put the helm alee"

n 1: someone who has had a limb removed by amputation

n 1: a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain [syn: stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA]

n 1: the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) [syn: apostasy, renunciation, defection] 2: the act of abandoning a party for cause [syn: apostasy, tergiversation]

n 1: a feeling of craving something; "an appetite for life"; "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks [syn: appetite, appetency, appetence]

n 1: an official who is appointed 2: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn: appointee, appointment]

n 1: a privileged class holding hereditary titles [syn: nobility, aristocracy] 2: the most powerful members of a society [syn: gentry, aristocracy]

n 1: 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]

adj 1: of a light grey [syn: ash-grey, ash-gray, ashy]

n 1: an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress" [syn: assay, check] 2: a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components 3: a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance 4: a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc. v 1: analyze (chemical substances) 2: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn: try, seek, attempt, essay, assay]

n 1: a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees" [syn: attendant, attender, attendee, meeter]

n 1: a political system governed by a single individual [syn: autocracy, autarchy] 2: a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual

n 1: an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn: autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination] v 1: perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem

n 1: a state of complete lack of some abstract property; "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy" 2: inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks" [syn: bankruptcy, failure] 3: a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent

n 1: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death [syn: banshee, banshie]

n 1: the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness [syn: baronetcy, barony] 2: the title of a baron

n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element [syn: beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4] v 1: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" 2: be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house" 3: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" 4: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn: exist, be] 5: happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen" 6: be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" [syn: equal, be] [ant: differ] 7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be] 8: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher" [syn: be, follow] 9: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" [syn: embody, be, personify] 10: spend or use time; "I may be an hour" 11: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: be, live] 12: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be" 13: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: cost, be]

n 1: any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species 2: a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions

n 1: hostile or warlike attitude or nature [syn: belligerence, belligerency] 2: fighting; acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities" [syn: hostilities, belligerency]

n 1: the quality of being kind and gentle [syn: benignity, benignancy, graciousness] [ant: malignance, malignancy, malignity]

n 1: examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease

adj 1: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner" [syn: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory]

adj 1: elastic; rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" [syn: bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy] 2: marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance" [syn: bouncing, bouncy, peppy, spirited, zippy]

n 1: the social class between the lower and upper classes [syn: middle class, bourgeoisie]

adj 1: resembling a box in rectangularity [syn: boxlike, boxy, box-shaped]

adj 1: resembling the sound of a brass instrument [syn: brassy, brasslike] 2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy] 3: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn: audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent]

n 1: soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert

n 1: a quality that outshines the usual [syn: luster, lustre, brilliancy, splendor, splendour]

adj 1: covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets; "brushy undergrowth"; "`bosky' is a literary term"; "a bosky park leading to a modest yet majestic plaza"- Jack Beatty [syn: bosky, brushy]

adj 1: free of charge; "if they deposit these shares in the scheme they will get further buckshee shares on a one- for-one basis"- Economist

n 1: cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface [syn: buoyancy, perkiness] 2: the property of something weightless and insubstantial [syn: airiness, buoyancy] 3: the tendency to float in water or other liquid 4: irrepressible liveliness and good spirit; "I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor" [syn: irrepressibility, buoyancy]

n 1: nonelective government officials [syn: bureaucracy, bureaucratism] 2: a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials 3: any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape

adj 1: used of hair; thick and poorly groomed; "bushy locks"; "a shaggy beard" [syn: bushy, shaggy, shaggy-haired, shaggy-coated] 2: resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading

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

n 1: the post of captain [syn: captainship, captaincy]

n 1: a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli

adj 1: being ten more than one hundred ninety [syn: two hundred, 200, cc] n 1: a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter [syn: milliliter, millilitre, mil, ml, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, cc]

n 1: an unmarried status 2: abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) [syn: chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention]

adj 1: of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker [syn: chancy, chanceful, dicey, dodgy] 2: subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition" [syn: chancy, fluky, flukey, iffy]

n 1: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh] 2: a metal mounting for the circuit components of an electronic device 3: the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor

adj 1: affectedly trendy and fashionable n 1: someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way 2: elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word]

n 1: any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America

adj 1: of very poor quality; flimsy [syn: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny] 2: embarrassingly stingy [syn: cheap, chinchy, chintzy]

n 1: telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand [syn: palmistry, palm reading, chiromancy, chirology]

adj 1: elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child [syn: classy, posh, swish]

n 1: good weather with comfortable temperatures [syn: mildness, clemency] 2: leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court" [syn: clemency, mercifulness, mercy]

adv 1: collecting the charges upon delivery; "mail a package C.O.D." [syn: C.O.D., COD, cash on delivery] adj 1: payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" [syn: collect, cod] n 1: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) [syn: pod, cod, seedcase] 2: lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached [syn: cod, codfish] 3: major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters [syn: cod, codfish] v 1: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across] 2: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride]

n 1: persuasive relevance 2: the quality of being valid and rigorous [syn: cogency, validity, rigor, rigour]

n 1: the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually [syn: competence, competency] [ant: incompetence, incompetency]

n 1: the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself; "his complacency was absolutely disgusting" [syn: complacency, complacence, self-complacency, self- satisfaction]

n 1: a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others [syn: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference]

n 1: the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 [syn: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland] 2: a union of political organizations [syn: confederation, confederacy, federation] 3: a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose [syn: conspiracy, confederacy] 4: a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act [syn: conspiracy, confederacy]

n 1: a person on whom something is bestowed; "six honorary were conferred; the conferees were..." 2: a member of a conference

n 1: a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river 2: the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.

n 1: the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" [syn: consistency, consistence, eubstance, body] 2: a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts [syn: consistency, consistence] [ant: inconsistency] 3: logical coherence and accordance with the facts; "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency" 4: (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another

n 1: a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act [syn: conspiracy, confederacy] 2: a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) [syn: conspiracy, cabal] 3: a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose [syn: conspiracy, confederacy]

n 1: the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds" [syn: constancy, stability] [ant: changefulness, inconstancy] 2: (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation [syn: constancy, perceptual constancy] 3: faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity)

n 1: the body of voters who elect a representative for their area

n 1: the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field; "a business management consultancy"

n 1: a possible event or occurrence or result [syn: eventuality, contingency, contingence] 2: the state of being contingent on something

n 1: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" [syn: controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing]

n 1: willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court 2: obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority

n 1: a courteous or respectful or considerate act 2: a courteous or respectful or considerate remark 3: a courteous manner [syn: courtesy, good manners] [ant: discourtesy, rudeness]

n 1: the position of a curate

n 1: a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second [syn: curie, Ci] 2: French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906) [syn: Curie, Pierre Curie] 3: French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934) [syn: Curie, Marie Curie, Madame Curie, Marya Sklodowska]

n 1: the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used 2: general acceptance or use; "the currency of ideas" 3: the property of belonging to the present time; "the currency of a slang term" [syn: currentness, currency, up-to- dateness]

n 1: bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women [syn: curtsy, curtsey] v 1: bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting [syn: curtsy, curtsey]

n 1: bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women [syn: curtsy, curtsey] v 1: bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting [syn: curtsy, curtsey] 2: make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect; "She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand" [syn: curtsy, bob]

adj 1: not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship; "what a cushy job!"; "the easygoing life of a parttime consultant"; "a soft job" [syn: cushy, soft, easygoing]

n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE]

n 1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up [syn: debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus]

n 1: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [syn: degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency]

n 1: the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality [ant: indecency] 2: the quality of being polite and respectable

n 1: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" [syn: decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript] v 1: issue a decree; "The King only can decree" 2: decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed" [syn: rule, decree]

n 1: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" [syn: lack, deficiency, want] 2: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency] [ant: adequacy, sufficiency]

n 1: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [syn: degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency] 2: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" [syn: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction]

n 1: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" [syn: degree, grade, level] 2: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" [syn: degree, level, stage, point] 3: an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude" [syn: academic degree, degree] 4: a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle" [syn: degree, arcdegree] 5: the highest power of a term or variable 6: a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature" 7: the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"

n 1: the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent [syn: representation, delegacy, agency] 2: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission] 3: the appointment of a delegate

n 1: the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features" [syn: daintiness, delicacy, fineness] 2: something considered choice to eat [syn: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat] 3: refined taste; tact [syn: delicacy, discretion] 4: smallness of stature [syn: delicacy, slightness] 5: lack of physical strength [syn: fragility, delicacy] 6: subtly skillful handling of a situation [syn: delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse] 7: lightness in movement or manner [syn: airiness, delicacy]

n 1: nonpayment of a debt when due 2: a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes"; "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities" [syn: delinquency, dereliction, willful neglect] 3: an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor [syn: delinquency, juvenile delinquency]

n 1: the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives 2: a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them [syn: democracy, republic, commonwealth] 3: the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group [syn: majority rule, democracy]

n 1: the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else [syn: dependence, dependance, dependency] 2: being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) [syn: addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation] 3: a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country [syn: colony, dependency]

n 1: a person who is expelled from home or country by authority [syn: exile, deportee]

n 1: feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless [syn: despondency, despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness]

n 1: some held in custody [syn: detainee, political detainee]

n 1: detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power [syn: detergency, detergence]

n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover]