Words that rhyme with crowed

n 1: any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" [syn: residence, abode] 2: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" [syn: dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house]

n 1: a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device [ant: cathode] 2: the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current [ant: cathode]

v 1: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]

adj 1: of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow [ant: plucked] 2: forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling" [syn: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed] 3: have legs that curve outward at the knees [syn: bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged] 4: showing an excessively deferential manner [syn: bowed, bowing]

n 1: the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry

n 1: a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile 2: the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car; "he imported wine by the boatload" [syn: boatload, shipload, carload]

n 1: a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device [ant: anode] 2: the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current [ant: anode]

n 1: a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) [syn: code, codification] 2: a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy 3: (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions [syn: code, computer code] v 1: attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later" 2: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons" [syn: code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code]

n 1: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne] 2: a tall elegant chest of drawers [syn: chiffonier, commode]

v 1: cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" [syn: corrode, eat, rust] 2: become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" [syn: corrode, rust]

n 1: a junction where one street or road crosses another [syn: intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour]

v 1: convert code into ordinary language [syn: decode, decrypt, decipher] [ant: encode]

n 1: a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier [syn: diode, rectifying tube, rectifying valve] 2: a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction [syn: diode, semiconductor diode, junction rectifier, crystal rectifier]

v 1: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother]

v 1: convert information into code; "encode pictures digitally" [ant: decipher, decode, decrypt]

v 1: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded" [syn: erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away] 2: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" [syn: erode, eat away, fret]

v 1: cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" [syn: explode, detonate, blow up, set off] 2: burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded" [syn: explode, burst] [ant: go off, implode] 3: show a violent emotional reaction; "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary" 4: be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise; "His anger exploded" [syn: explode, burst forth, break loose] 5: destroy by exploding; "The enemy exploded the bridge" 6: cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/ 7: drive from the stage by noisy disapproval 8: show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete 9: burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded" [syn: detonate, explode, blow up] 10: increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted" [syn: explode, irrupt]

v 1: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise]

n 1: a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion [syn: prod, goad] 2: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring] v 1: give heart or courage to [syn: spur, goad] 2: urge with or as if with a goad 3: stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick [syn: goad, prick] 4: goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" [syn: needle, goad]

n 1: a highway [syn: highroad, trunk road]

v 1: burst inward; "The bottle imploded" [syn: implode, go off] [ant: burst, explode]

n 1: an encroachment or intrusion; "they made inroads in the United States market" 2: an invasion or hostile attack

n 1: weight to be borne or conveyed [syn: load, loading, burden] 2: a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads" [syn: load, loading] 3: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment] 4: an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; "he got a load on and started a brawl" 5: the power output of a generator or power plant 6: an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" [syn: burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus] 7: a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks [syn: lode, load] 8: the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents [syn: warhead, payload, load] 9: electrical device to which electrical power is delivered v 1: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" [syn: load, lade, laden, load up] 2: provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera" [syn: load, charge] 3: transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory 4: put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags onto the trucks" 5: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" [syn: load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase]

n 1: a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks [syn: lode, load]

n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn: manner, mode, style, way, fashion] 2: a particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode" 3: a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility [syn: modality, mode] 4: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker [syn: mood, mode, modality] 5: any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave [syn: mode, musical mode] 6: the most frequent value of a random variable [syn: mode, modal value]

n 1: a connecting point at which several lines come together 2: any thickened enlargement [syn: node, knob, thickening] 3: (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge [syn: node, leaf node] 4: (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system [ant: antinode] 5: (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane 6: the source of lymph and lymphocytes [syn: lymph node, lymph gland, node] 7: any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part 8: (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network [syn: node, client, guest]

n 1: a lyric poem with complex stanza forms

v 1: make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete; "Modern ways of cooking have outmoded the hearth"

n 1: an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power 2: an excessive burden [syn: overload, overburden] v 1: become overloaded; "The aerator overloaded" 2: fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details" [syn: clog, overload] 3: place too much a load on; "don't overload the car" [syn: overload, surcharge, overcharge]

n 1: the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents [syn: warhead, payload, load] 2: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment]

n 1: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight [syn: railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system] 2: a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track" [syn: railroad track, railroad, railway] v 1: compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" [syn: dragoon, sandbag, railroad] 2: supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West" 3: transport by railroad

v 1: load anew; "She reloaded the gun carefully" [syn: recharge, reload] 2: place a new load on; "The movers reloaded the truck"

n 1: an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation [syn: road, route] 2: a way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame"

adj 1: fastened with stitches [syn: sewed, sewn, stitched]

n 1: the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car; "he imported wine by the boatload" [syn: boatload, shipload, carload]

n 1: any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species [syn: frog, toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian, salientian]

adj 1: having a toe or toes of a specified kind; often used in combination; "long-toed; "five-toed" [ant: toeless]

n 1: quantity that can be carried by a train

adj 1: erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back" [syn: straight, unbent, unbowed] 2: not forced to bow down to a conqueror

v 1: leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel" [syn: drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge] 2: take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van" [syn: unload, unlade, offload]

n 1: work that a person is expected to do in a specified time [syn: workload, work load]

n 1: English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827) [syn: Spode, Josiah Spode] 2: a brand of fine English porcelain

n 1: a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant 2: any of several herbs of the genus Isatis