Words that rhyme with cyclamate

n 1: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, come- on, hook, lure, sweetener] 2: something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed [syn: bait, decoy, lure] v 1: 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] 2: lure, entice, or entrap with bait 3: attack with dogs or set dogs upon

v 1: make less active or intense [syn: slake, abate, slack] 2: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" [syn: abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away]

v 1: get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt" [syn: acclimatize, acclimatise, acclimate]

adj 1: joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school" [syn: amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused] v 1: to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" [syn: mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate]

adj 1: belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate" [ant: inanimate] 2: endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings" [ant: inanimate, non-living, nonliving] 3: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence [syn: sentient, animate] [ant: insensate, insentient] v 1: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination" [syn: inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt] 2: give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons" [syn: animize, animise, animate] 3: make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" [syn: enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate] [ant: blunt, deaden] 4: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]

adj 1: not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" [syn: approximate, approximative, rough] 2: very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness" [syn: approximate, near] 3: located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united" [syn: approximate, close together(p)] v 1: be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own" [syn: approximate, come close] 2: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" [syn: estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge]

n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

v 1: make automatic or control or operate automatically; "automatize the production"; "automate the movement of the robot" [syn: automatize, automatise, automate]

v 1: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect, look, await, wait]

v 1: make effective from an earlier date; "The increase in tax was backdated to January"

v 1: moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm" 2: flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons 3: soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"

v 1: 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: complete victory 2: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king [syn: checkmate, mate] v 1: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" [syn: checkmate, mate]

n 1: any salt or ester of chromic acid

n 1: an acquaintance that you go to school with [syn: schoolmate, classmate, schoolfellow, class fellow]

v 1: compare critically; of texts 2: to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"

v 1: make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway" [syn: parallel, collimate] 2: adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)

v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]

adj 1: having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" [syn: consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a)] 2: perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance" [syn: complete, consummate] 3: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated] v 1: fulfill sexually; "consummate a marriage" 2: make perfect; bring to perfection

n 1: a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping 2: the quantity contained in a crate [syn: crate, crateful] v 1: put into a crate; as for protection; "crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum" [ant: uncrate]

v 1: make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" [syn: make, create] 2: bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting" 3: pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating" 4: invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer" 5: create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" [syn: create, make] 6: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: produce, make, create]

v 1: reduce to ashes; "Cremate a corpse"

n 1: the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?" [syn: date, day of the month] 2: a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking" [syn: date, escort] 3: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" [syn: date, appointment, engagement] 4: a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date" [syn: date, particular date] 5: the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date" 6: the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class" 7: a particular day specified as the time something happens; "the date of the election is set by law" 8: sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed v 1: go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart" 2: stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24" [syn: date, date stamp] 3: assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings" 4: date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!" [syn: go steady, go out, date, see] 5: provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"

n 1: a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on" [syn: argument, argumentation, debate] 2: the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) [syn: debate, disputation, public debate] v 1: argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary" 2: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" [syn: consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate] 3: discuss the pros and cons of an issue [syn: debate, deliberate] 4: have an argument about something [syn: argue, contend, debate, fence]

v 1: kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies 2: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" [syn: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off]

v 1: peel off in scales; "dry skin desquamates" [syn: desquamate, peel off]

n 1: a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid [syn: bichromate, dichromate]

n 1: an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take" [syn: estimate, estimation, approximation, idea] 2: a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody; "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent" [syn: estimate, estimation] 3: a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) [syn: appraisal, estimate, estimation] 4: a statement indicating the likely cost of some job; "he got an estimate from the car repair shop" 5: the respect with which a person is held; "they had a high estimation of his ability" [syn: estimate, estimation] v 1: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" [syn: estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge] 2: judge to be probable [syn: calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast]

n 1: an associate who shares an apartment with you

n 1: a salt or ester of glutamic acid

n 1: an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing [syn: guesstimate, guestimate] v 1: estimate based on a calculation

n 1: a helpful partner [syn: helpmate, helpmeet]

n 1: someone who resides in the same house with you

n 1: one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital) 2: a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated [syn: inpatient, inmate] [ant: outpatient] 3: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird]

adj 1: marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity; "intimate friend"; "intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L. Parrington 2: having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere; "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate" [syn: cozy, intimate, informal] 3: having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders" [syn: familiar, intimate] 4: involved in a sexual relationship; "the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate with many men"; "he touched her intimate parts" [syn: intimate, sexual] 5: innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter" [syn: inner, internal, intimate] 6: thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read [syn: intimate, knowledgeable, versed] n 1: someone to whom private matters are confided [syn: confidant, intimate] v 1: give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" [syn: intimate, adumbrate, insinuate] 2: imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" [syn: suggest, intimate]

n 1: (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship)

n 1: an appraisal that is too high [syn: overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation, overappraisal] 2: a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high [syn: overestimate, overestimation, overrating, overreckoning] v 1: make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers" [syn: overestimate, overrate] [ant: underestimate, underrate] 2: assign too high a value to; "You are overestimating the value of your old car" [syn: overvalue, overestimate] [ant: underestimate, undervalue]

adj 1: (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin 2: of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point [syn: palmate, palm-shaped]

n 1: a companion at play [syn: playmate, playfellow]

n 1: a senior clergyman and dignitary [syn: archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate] 2: any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet

n 1: an associate who shares a room with you [syn: roommate, roomie, roomy]

n 1: an acquaintance that you go to school with [syn: schoolmate, classmate, schoolfellow, class fellow]

n 1: an associate on the same ship with you

n 1: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill] 2: drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check v 1: subject to a stalemate

adj 1: made pure n 1: the product of vaporization of a solid v 1: direct energy or urges into useful activities 2: make more subtle or refined [syn: rarefy, sublimate, subtilize] 3: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water" [syn: purify, sublimate, make pure, distill] 4: change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated" [syn: sublime, sublimate] 5: vaporize and then condense right back again [syn: sublime, sublimate]

n 1: an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value [syn: underestimate, underestimation, underrating, underreckoning] v 1: assign too low a value to; "Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price" [syn: undervalue, underestimate] [ant: overestimate, overvalue] 2: make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed" [syn: lowball, underestimate] 3: make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the work that went into the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river" [syn: underestimate, underrate] [ant: overestimate, overrate]

n 1: a fellow worker

n 1: a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates" [syn: teammate, mate]

n 1: a salt (or ester) of carbamic acid

n 1: medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group

v 1: react with bromine [syn: bromate, brominate] 2: treat with bromine [syn: bromate, brominate]

n 1: a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid [syn: bichromate, dichromate]

v 1: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]