Words that rhyme with clothes

• bulldoze 5
  v 1: flatten with or as if with a bulldozer
• bracket 4
  n 1: a category falling within certain defined limits 2: either of two punctuation marks (`
• microcircuit 2
  n 1: a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component [syn: integrated circuit, microcircuit]
• underclothes 2
  n 1: undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments [syn: underwear, underclothes, underclothing]
• appose 0
  v 1: place side by side or in close proximity
• basket 0
  n 1: a container that is usually woven and has handles [syn: basket, handbasket] 2: the quantity contained in a basket [syn: basket, basketful] 3: horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball [syn: basket, basketball hoop, hoop] 4: a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop [syn: basket, field goal]
• bedclothes 0
  n 1: coverings that are used on a bed [syn: bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding]
• biscuit 0
  n 1: small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda 2: any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term) [syn: cookie, cooky, biscuit]
• blanket 0
  adj 1: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide] n 1: bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep" [syn: blanket, cover] 2: anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [syn: blanket, mantle] 3: a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor v 1: cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields" 2: form a blanket-like cover (over)
• bluejacket 0
  n 1: a serviceman in the navy [syn: bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy]
• bluenose 0
  n 1: a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia [syn: Nova Scotian, bluenose]
• brisket 0
  n 1: a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef
• brocket 0
  n 1: small South American deer with unbranched antlers 2: male red deer in its second year
• casket 0
  n 1: box in which a corpse is buried or cremated [syn: coffin, casket] 2: small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables [syn: casket, jewel casket] v 1: enclose in a casket
• close 0
  adv 1: near in time or place or relationship; "as the wedding day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire" [syn: near, nigh, close] 2: in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard" [syn: close, closely, tight] adj 1: at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships" [ant: distant] 2: close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance" [ant: distant, remote] 3: not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call" [syn: near, close, nigh] [ant: far] 4: rigorously attentive; strict and thorough; "close supervision"; "paid close attention"; "a close study"; "kept a close watch on expenditures" 5: marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts" [syn: close, faithful] 6: (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game" [syn: close, tight] 7: crowded; "close quarters" [syn: close, confining] 8: lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke" [syn: airless, close, stuffy, unaired] 9: of textiles; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave" [syn: close, tight] 10: strictly confined or guarded; "kept under close custody" 11: confined to specific persons; "a close secret" 12: fitting closely but comfortably; "a close fit" [syn: close, snug, close-fitting] 13: used of hair or haircuts; "a close military haircut" 14: giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man" [syn: cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny] 15: inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it" [syn: close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped] n 1: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 2: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending] 3: the concluding part of any performance [syn: finale, close, closing curtain, finis] v 1: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window" [syn: close, shut] [ant: open, open up] 2: become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang" [syn: close, shut] [ant: open, open up] 3: cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop" [syn: close up, close, fold, shut down, close down] [ant: open, open up] 4: finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board" [ant: open] 5: come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin" [syn: conclude, close] 6: complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building" 7: be priced or listed when trading stops; "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night" 8: engage at close quarters; "close with the enemy" 9: cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop [ant: open] 10: change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact 11: come together, as if in an embrace; "Her arms closed around her long lost relative" [syn: close, come together] 12: draw near; "The probe closed with the space station" 13: bring together all the elements or parts of; "Management closed ranks" 14: bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours" 15: fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?" [syn: close, fill up] 16: unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella" [syn: close up, close] 17: finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"
• compose 0
  v 1: form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality" 2: write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" [syn: compose, write] 3: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" [syn: write, compose, pen, indite] 4: put together out of existing material; "compile a list" [syn: compose, compile] 5: calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult" 6: make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" [syn: frame, compose, draw up]
• cricket 0
  n 1: leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together 2: a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs v 1: play cricket
• crocket 0
  n 1: an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable
• decompose 0
  v 1: separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts [syn: decompose, break up, break down] 2: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process" [syn: disintegrate, decay, decompose] 3: break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat" [syn: decompose, rot, molder, moulder]
• depose 0
  v 1: force to leave (an office) [syn: depose, force out] 2: make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: swear, depose, depone]
• disclose 0
  v 1: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out] 2: disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" [syn: disclose, expose]
• discompose 0
  v 1: cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit]
• dispose 0
  v 1: give, sell, or transfer to another; "She disposed of her parents' possessions" 2: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away] 3: make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them" [syn: dispose, incline] [ant: disincline, indispose] 4: place or put in a particular order; "the dots are unevenly disposed" 5: make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job" [syn: qualify, dispose] [ant: disqualify, indispose, unfit]
• docket 0
  n 1: (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities 2: a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to [syn: agenda, docket, schedule] v 1: place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried" 2: make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list
• dominoes 0
  n 1: any of several games played with small rectangular blocks [syn: dominoes, dominos]
• doze 0
  n 1: a light fitful sleep [syn: doze, drowse] v 1: sleep lightly or for a short period of time [syn: snooze, drowse, doze]
• enclose 0
  v 1: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" [syn: envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose] 2: close in; darkness enclosed him" [syn: enclose, hold in, confine] 3: surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" [syn: enclose, close in, inclose, shut in] 4: introduce; "Insert your ticket here" [syn: insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce]
• expose 0
  n 1: the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government" [syn: expose, unmasking] v 1: expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine" 2: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out] 3: to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" [syn: expose, exhibit, display] 4: remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway" [syn: uncover, expose] [ant: cover] 5: disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" [syn: disclose, expose] 6: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position [syn: queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril] 7: expose to light, of photographic film 8: expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" [syn: debunk, expose] 9: abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"
• foreclose 0
  v 1: keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" [syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid] 2: subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
• hose 0
  n 1: socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) [syn: hosiery, hose] 2: man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet 3: a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas [syn: hose, hosepipe] v 1: water with a hose; "hose the lawn" [syn: hose, hose down]
• hypermarket 0
  n 1: a huge supermarket (usually built on the outskirts of a town)
• impose 0
  v 1: compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy" [syn: enforce, impose] 2: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students" [syn: inflict, bring down, visit, impose] 3: impose and collect; "levy a fine" [syn: levy, impose]
• interpose 0
  v 1: be or come between; "An interposing thicket blocked their way" 2: introduce; "God interposed death" 3: to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks" [syn: interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject] 4: get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?" [syn: intervene, step in, interfere, interpose]
• jacket 0
  n 1: a short coat 2: an outer wrapping or casing; "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets" 3: (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown" [syn: crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown, cap] 4: the outer skin of a potato 5: the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition v 1: provide with a thermally non-conducting cover; "The tubing needs to be jacketed" 2: put a jacket on; "The men were jacketed"
• junket 0
  n 1: dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet 2: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" [syn: excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay] 3: a trip taken by an official at public expense v 1: go on a pleasure trip [syn: junketeer, junket] 2: provide a feast or banquet for [syn: feast, banquet, junket] 3: partake in a feast or banquet [syn: feast, banquet, junket]
• juxtapose 0
  v 1: place side by side; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors"
• leatherjacket 0
  n 1: any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes [syn: leatherjacket, leatherfish] 2: any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales [syn: leatherjacket, leatherjack] 3: tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies
• market 0
  n 1: the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace" [syn: market, marketplace, market place] 2: the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it" 3: a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market" [syn: grocery store, grocery, food market, market] 4: the securities markets in the aggregate; "the market always frustrates the small investor" [syn: market, securities industry] 5: an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up [syn: marketplace, market place, mart, market] v 1: engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products" 2: buy household supplies; "We go marketing every Saturday" 3: deal in a market 4: make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life" [syn: commercialize, commercialise, market]
• nightclothes 0
  n 1: garments designed to be worn in bed [syn: nightwear, sleepwear, nightclothes]
• nose 0
  n 1: the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose" [syn: nose, olfactory organ] 2: a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft); "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry" 3: the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon; "he ducked under the nose of the gun" 4: a small distance; "my horse lost the race by a nose" 5: a symbol of inquisitiveness; "keep your nose out of it" 6: the sense of smell (especially in animals); "the hound has a good nose" 7: a natural skill; "he has a nose for good deals" 8: a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged [syn: nozzle, nose] v 1: search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office" [syn: intrude, horn in, pry, nose, poke] 2: advance the forward part of with caution; "She nosed the car into the left lane" 3: catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs" [syn: scent, nose, wind] 4: push or move with the nose 5: rub noses [syn: nuzzle, nose] 6: defeat by a narrow margin
• oppose 0
  v 1: be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion" 2: fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" [syn: fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend] 3: contrast with equal weight or force [syn: oppose, counterbalance] 4: set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other" [syn: pit, oppose, match, play off] 5: act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say" [syn: react, oppose] 6: be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion" [syn: oppose, controvert, contradict]
• overexpose 0
  v 1: expose to too much light; "the photographic film was overexposed and there is no image" [ant: underexpose] 2: expose excessively; "As a child, I was overexposed to French movies" [ant: underexpose]
• picket 0
  n 1: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event [syn: lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket] 2: a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack 3: a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work 4: a vehicle performing sentinel duty 5: a wooden strip forming part of a fence [syn: picket, pale] 6: a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake [syn: picket, piquet] v 1: serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the layoffs" 2: fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"
• pickpocket 0
  n 1: a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places [syn: pickpocket, cutpurse, dip]
• piquet 0
  n 1: a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards 2: a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake [syn: picket, piquet]
• placket 0
  n 1: a piece of cloth sewn under an opening
• pocket 0
  n 1: a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles 2: an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air" [syn: pouch, sac, sack, pocket] 3: a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets" 4: (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left; "the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike" 5: a hollow concave shape made by removing something [syn: scoop, pocket] 6: a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly [syn: air pocket, pocket, air hole] 7: a small isolated group of people; "they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance" 8: (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) [syn: pouch, pocket] 9: an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck v 1: put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change" 2: take unlawfully [syn: pocket, bag]
• pose 0
  n 1: affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on airs with me" [syn: airs, pose] 2: a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes 3: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn: affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness] v 1: introduce; "This poses an interesting question" [syn: present, pose] 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] 3: pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" [syn: pose, impersonate, personate] 4: 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] 5: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" [syn: put, set, place, pose, position, lay] 6: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
• predispose 0
  v 1: make susceptible; "This illness predisposes you to gain weight"
• presuppose 0
  v 1: take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work" [syn: presuppose, suppose] 2: require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones" [syn: presuppose, suppose]
• primrose 0
  n 1: any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads [syn: primrose, primula]
• propose 0
  v 1: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" [syn: propose, suggest, advise] 2: present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity" [syn: project, propose] 3: propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: aim, purpose, purport, propose] 4: put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission" [syn: nominate, propose] 5: ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman" [syn: propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the question]
• prose 0
  n 1: ordinary writing as distinguished from verse 2: matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
• racket 0
  n 1: a loud and disturbing noise 2: an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit [syn: racket, fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise] 3: the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" [syn: noise, dissonance, racket] 4: a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games [syn: racket, racquet] v 1: celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!" [syn: revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail] 2: make loud and annoying noises 3: hit (a ball) with a racket
• racquet 0
  n 1: a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games [syn: racket, racquet]
• repose 0
  n 1: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: rest, ease, repose, relaxation] 2: the absence of mental stress or anxiety [syn: peace, peacefulness, peace of mind, repose, serenity, heartsease, ataraxis] 3: a disposition free from stress or emotion [syn: repose, quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility] v 1: put or confide something in a person or thing; "These philosophers reposed the law in the people" 2: be inherent or innate in; [syn: rest, reside, repose] 3: lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum" 4: lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch" [syn: recumb, repose, recline] 5: put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" [syn: lay, put down, repose] 6: to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King"
• rocket 0
  n 1: any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine [syn: rocket, projectile] 2: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion [syn: rocket, rocket engine] 3: erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender [syn: rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa] 4: propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon [syn: rocket, skyrocket] 5: sends a firework display high into the sky [syn: skyrocket, rocket] v 1: shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed" [syn: rocket, skyrocket] 2: propel with a rocket
• rose 0
  adj 1: of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn" [syn: rose, roseate, rosaceous] n 1: any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses [syn: rose, rosebush] 2: pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began [syn: blush wine, pink wine, rose, rose wine] 3: a dusty pink color [syn: rose, rosiness]
• skyrocket 0
  n 1: propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon [syn: rocket, skyrocket] 2: sends a firework display high into the sky [syn: skyrocket, rocket] v 1: shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed" [syn: rocket, skyrocket]
• socket 0
  n 1: a bony hollow into which a structure fits 2: receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted 3: a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
• sprocket 0
  n 1: roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through 2: thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain [syn: sprocket, sprocket wheel] 3: tooth on the rim of gear wheel [syn: cog, sprocket]
• straitjacket 0
  n 1: anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines; "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket" 2: a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person [syn: straitjacket, straightjacket]
• superimpose 0
  v 1: place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?" [syn: superimpose, superpose, lay over]
• supermarket 0
  n 1: a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods
• suppose 0
  v 1: express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?" [syn: suppose, say] 2: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess] 3: 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] 4: take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work" [syn: presuppose, suppose] 5: require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones" [syn: presuppose, suppose]
• thicket 0
  n 1: a dense growth of bushes [syn: brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket]
• throes 0
  n 1: violent pangs of suffering; "death throes"
• ticket 0
  n 1: a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment) 2: a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc. [syn: tag, ticket] 3: a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation) 4: a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices [syn: slate, ticket] 5: the appropriate or desirable thing; "this car could be just the ticket for a small family" [syn: ticket, just the ticket] v 1: issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!" [syn: ticket, fine] 2: provide with a ticket for passage or admission; "Ticketed passengers can board now"
• transpose 0
  n 1: a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix v 1: change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word" [syn: permute, commute, transpose] 2: transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" [syn: transfer, transpose, transplant] 3: cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size" [syn: counterchange, transpose, interchange] 4: transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality 5: put (a piece of music) into another key 6: exchange positions without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other" [syn: commute, transpose] 7: change key; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"
• trinket 0
  n 1: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing [syn: bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket]
• wicket 0
  n 1: cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket 2: a small arch used as croquet equipment [syn: wicket, hoop] 3: small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door) [syn: wicket, wicket door, wicket gate] 4: small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted [syn: wicket, lattice, grille]
• becket 0
  n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170) [syn: Becket, Thomas a Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas a Becket] 2: (nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship
• reimpose 0
  v 1: impose anew; "The fine was reimposed"
• bose 0
  n 1: Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles; led to the description of fundamental particles that later came to be known as bosons [syn: Bose, Satyendra N. Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose]
• bullnose 0
  n 1: a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front [syn: bullnose, bullnosed plane]
• inclose 0
  v 1: surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" [syn: enclose, close in, inclose, shut in] 2: introduce; "Insert your ticket here" [syn: insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce]
• pickett 0
  n 1: American Confederate general known for leading a disastrous charge at Gettysburg (1825-1875) [syn: Pickett, George Edward Pickett]
• pricket 0
  n 1: a sharp metal spike to hold a candle 2: male deer in his second year
• dominos 0
  n 1: any of several games played with small rectangular blocks [syn: dominoes, dominos]
• overclothes 0
  n 1: clothing for use outdoors [syn: outerwear, overclothes]
• crockett 0
  n 1: United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836) [syn: Crockett, Davy Crockett, David Crockett]
• newmarket 0
  n 1: a long close-fitting coat worn for riding in the 19th century 2: a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card [syn: Michigan, Chicago, Newmarket, boodle, stops]
• tucket 0
  n 1: (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" [syn: flourish, fanfare, tucket]
• upmarket 0
  adj 1: designed for consumers with high incomes; "he turned up in well-cut clothes...and upmarket felt hats"- New Yorker [ant: downmarket]
• arose 0
• beaus 0
• bitches 0
• blows 0
• boroughs 0
• bows 0
• brose 0
• bungalows 0
• cameos 0
• cargoes 0
• cargos 0
• chateaus 0
• chose 0
• cloths 0
• commandos 0
• crows 0

See also clothes definition and clothes synonyms