Words that rhyme with dea

• ab 0
  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]
• absentee 0
  n 1: one that is absent or not in residence
• addressee 0
  n 1: one to whom something is addressed
• adoptee 0
  n 1: someone (such as a child) who has been adopted
• agree 0
  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"
• airworthy 0
  adj 1: (of aircraft) fit to fly [ant: unairworthy]
• alee 0
  adv 1: on or toward the lee; "put the helm alee"
• already 0
  adv 1: prior to a specified or implied time; "she has already graduated"
• amputee 0
  n 1: someone who has had a limb removed by amputation
• antibody 0
  n 1: any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response
• appointee 0
  n 1: an official who is appointed 2: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn: appointee, appointment]
• attendee 0
  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]
• baddie 0
  n 1: the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction [syn: villain, baddie]
• bandy 0
  adj 1: have legs that curve outward at the knees [syn: bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged] v 1: toss or strike a ball back and forth 2: exchange blows 3: discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult questions" [syn: bandy, kick around]
• banshee 0
  n 1: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death [syn: banshee, banshie]
• barramundi 0
  n 1: a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats [syn: barramundi, giant perch, giant seaperch, Asian seabass, white seabass, Lates calcarifer]
• bawdy 0
  adj 1: humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language" [syn: bawdy, off-color, ribald] n 1: lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy" [syn: bawdry, bawdy]
• be 0
  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]
• beady 0
  adj 1: small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; "bright beady eyes"; "black buttony eyes" [syn: beady, beadlike, buttony, buttonlike] 2: covered with beads or jewels or sequins [syn: beady, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly]
• bee 0
  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
• bid 0
  n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something [syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation] 2: an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention" [syn: bid, play] 3: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price [syn: bid, tender] 4: (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make [syn: bid, bidding] v 1: propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting" [syn: offer, bid, tender] 2: invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" [syn: wish, bid] 3: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure] 4: make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump" [syn: bid, call] 5: make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population" 6: ask someone in a friendly way to do something [syn: invite, bid]
• biddy 0
  n 1: adult female chicken [syn: hen, biddy] 2: young bird especially of domestic fowl [syn: chick, biddy]
• birdie 0
  n 1: (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole 2: badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers [syn: shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle] v 1: shoot in one stroke under par
• bloody 0
  adv 1: extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all- fired aggressive?" [syn: bloody, damn, all-fired] adj 1: having or covered with or accompanied by blood; "a bloody nose"; "your scarf is all bloody"; "the effects will be violent and probably bloody"; "a bloody fight" [ant: bloodless] 2: informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" [syn: bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a)] v 1: cover with blood; "bloody your hands"
• body 0
  n 1: the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" [syn: body, organic structure, physical structure] 2: a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" 3: a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake" [syn: body, dead body] 4: an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body" 5: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" [syn: torso, trunk, body] 6: a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents" 7: 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] 8: the central message of a communication; "the body of the message was short" 9: the main mass of a thing 10: a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin) [syn: soundbox, body] 11: the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted" v 1: invest with or as with a body; give body to [syn: body, personify]
• bourgeoisie 0
  n 1: the social class between the lower and upper classes [syn: middle class, bourgeoisie]
• brandy 0
  n 1: distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
• brie 0
  n 1: soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert
• broody 0
  adj 1: physiologically ready to incubate eggs; "a broody hen" 2: deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"; [syn: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative] n 1: a domestic hen ready to brood [syn: brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen, sitter]
• buddy 0
  n 1: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities [syn: buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick]
• busybody 0
  n 1: a person who meddles in the affairs of others [syn: busybody, nosy-parker, nosey-parker, quidnunc]
• caddie 0
  n 1: an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player [syn: caddie, golf caddie] v 1: act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player [syn: caddie, caddy]
• caddy 0
  n 1: a can for storing tea [syn: caddy, tea caddy] v 1: act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player [syn: caddie, caddy]
• candy 0
  n 1: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts [syn: candy, confect] v 1: coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze [syn: sugarcoat, glaze, candy]
• cc 0
  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]
• chickadee 0
  n 1: any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America
• chiropody 0
  n 1: the branch of medicine concerned with the feet [syn: podiatry, chiropody]
• cloudy 0
  adj 1: lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit" [syn: cloudy, nebulose, nebulous] 2: full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies" [ant: clear] 3: (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbid]
• cod 0
  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]
• comedy 0
  n 1: light and humorous drama with a happy ending [ant: tragedy] 2: a comic incident or series of incidents [syn: drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness]
• conferee 0
  n 1: a person on whom something is bestowed; "six honorary were conferred; the conferees were..." 2: a member of a conference
• cruddy 0
  adj 1: characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes" [syn: cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty]
• cuddy 0
  n 1: the galley or pantry of a small ship
• curie 0
  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]
• custody 0
  n 1: a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" [syn: detention, detainment, hold, custody] 2: holding by the police; "the suspect is in custody" 3: (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children" [syn: hands, custody]
• daddy 0
  n 1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk [syn: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop]
• dandy 0
  adj 1: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing] n 1: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse] 2: a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost [syn: yawl, dandy]
• de 0
  n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE]
• debris 0
  n 1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up [syn: debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus]
• decree 0
  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]
• degree 0
  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"
• deportee 0
  n 1: a person who is expelled from home or country by authority [syn: exile, deportee]
• detainee 0
  n 1: some held in custody [syn: detainee, political detainee]
• devotee 0
  n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover]
• die 0
  n 1: a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers [syn: die, dice] 2: a device used for shaping metal 3: a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods v 1: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be born] 2: suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" 3: be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame; "I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered"; "We almost died laughing during the show" 4: stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" [syn: fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down] 5: feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery" 6: languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave" 7: cut or shape with a die; "Die out leather for belts" [syn: die, die out] 8: to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player 9: lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall" [syn: die, pall, become flat] 10: disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!" 11: suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die"
• disagree 0
  v 1: be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" [syn: disagree, differ, dissent, take issue] [ant: agree, concord, concur, hold] 2: be different from one another [syn: disagree, disaccord, discord] [ant: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally]
• disembody 0
  v 1: free from a body or physical form or reality
• dogsbody 0
  n 1: a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do
• dowdy 0
  adj 1: lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room" 2: primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game" [syn: dowdy, frumpy, frumpish] n 1: British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) [syn: Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy] 2: deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust [syn: dowdy, pandowdy]
• draftee 0
  n 1: someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee, conscript, inductee] [ant: military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer]
• eddy 0
  n 1: founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) [syn: Eddy, Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy] 2: a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself [syn: eddy, twist] v 1: flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl]
• effendi 0
  n 1: a former Turkish term of respect; especially for government officials
• embody 0
  v 1: represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist" [syn: incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate] 2: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" [syn: embody, be, personify] 3: represent or express something abstract in tangible form; "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"
• emcee 0
  n 1: a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) [syn: master of ceremonies, emcee, host] v 1: act as a master of ceremonies [syn: emcee, compere]
• enlistee 0
  n 1: any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) [syn: recruit, enlistee]
• escapee 0
  n 1: someone who escapes
• esprit 0
  n 1: liveliness of mind or spirit
• fee 0
  n 1: a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services 2: an interest in land capable of being inherited v 1: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward" [syn: tip, fee, bung]
• flea 0
  n 1: any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
• flee 0
  v 1: run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn: flee, fly, take flight]
• foolhardy 0
  adj 1: marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest" [syn: foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless]
• fop 0
  n 1: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]
• forelady 0
  n 1: a woman who is foreperson of a jury [syn: forewoman, forelady]
• foresee 0
  v 1: realize beforehand [syn: anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee] 2: picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President" [syn: envision, foresee] 3: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn: anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter]
• free 0
  adv 1: without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" [syn: loose, free] adj 1: able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice" [ant: unfree] 2: unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" [ant: bound] 3: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission" [syn: complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p), gratuitous] 4: not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane" 5: not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran" [syn: detached, free] 6: not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man" [ant: unfree] 7: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn: spare, free] 8: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn: barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent] 9: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: free, loose, liberal] n 1: people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave" [syn: free, free people] v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose] [ant: confine, detain] 2: relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" [syn: rid, free, disembarrass] 3: remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble" [syn: dislodge, free] [ant: deposit, lodge, stick, wedge] 4: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" [syn: exempt, relieve, free] [ant: apply, enforce, implement] 5: make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners" [syn: free, release] 6: free from obligations or duties [syn: free, discharge] 7: free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor" [syn: free, disengage] [ant: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude] 8: let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility" [syn: absolve, justify, free] [ant: blame, fault] 9: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, free, give up] 10: release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition [syn: release, free, liberate] 11: make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" [syn: unblock, unfreeze, free, release] [ant: block, freeze, immobilise, immobilize]
• gaudy 0
  adj 1: 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] 2: (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display [syn: flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty] n 1: (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college
• gee 0
  n 1: a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated [syn: g, gee, g-force] v 1: turn to the right side; "the horse geed" 2: give a command to a horse to turn to the right side
• ghee 0
  n 1: clarified butter used in Indian cookery
• giddy 0
  adj 1: having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff" [syn: dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous] 2: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light- headed, lightheaded, silly]
• glee 0
  n 1: great merriment [syn: hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, glee, gleefulness] 2: malicious satisfaction [syn: gloat, gloating, glee]
• goatee 0
  n 1: a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard
• goody 0
  n 1: something considered choice to eat [syn: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat]
• grandee 0
  n 1: a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal
• greedy 0
  adj 1: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" [syn: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile] 2: (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" [syn: avid, devouring(a), esurient, greedy] 3: wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies"
• grid 0
  n 1: a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines 2: a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region [syn: power system, power grid, grid] 3: a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material [syn: grid, storage-battery grid] 4: an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube [syn: grid, control grid] 5: a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat [syn: grid, gridiron]
• guarantee 0
  n 1: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications [syn: guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty] 2: an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true; "there is no guarantee that they are not lying" 3: a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults [syn: guarantee, guaranty] v 1: give surety or assume responsibility; "I vouch for the quality of my products" [syn: guarantee, vouch] 2: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure] 3: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners" [syn: undertake, guarantee] 4: stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I warrant this information" [syn: guarantee, warrant]
• guaranty 0
  n 1: a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults [syn: guarantee, guaranty]
• gutsy 0
  adj 1: marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine" [syn: gutsy, plucky] [ant: gutless]
• handy 0
  adj 1: easy to reach; "found a handy spot for the can opener" [syn: handy, ready to hand(p)] 2: easy to use; "a handy gadget" 3: skillful with the hands; "handy with an axe" n 1: United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958) [syn: Handy, W. C. Handy, William Christopher Handy]
• hardy 0
  adj 1: having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes" [syn: hardy, stalwart, stout, sturdy] 2: able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions; "strawberries are hardy and easy to grow"; "camels are tough and hardy creatures" 3: invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" [syn: audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing] n 1: United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957) [syn: Hardy, Oliver Hardy] 2: English novelist and poet (1840-1928) [syn: Hardy, Thomas Hardy]
• he 0
  n 1: a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas) [syn: helium, He, atomic number 2] 2: the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
• heady 0
  adj 1: marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision" [syn: judicious, wise, heady] 2: extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic [syn: heady, intoxicating] 3: marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest" [syn: foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless]
• homebody 0
  n 1: a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel [syn: stay-at-home, homebody]
• howdy 0
  n 1: an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged polite hellos" [syn: hello, hullo, hi, howdy, how- do-you-do]
• hymnody 0
  n 1: the act of singing psalms or hymns [syn: psalmody, hymnody]
• id 0
  n 1: a state in the Rocky Mountains [syn: Idaho, Gem State, ID] 2: a card or badge used to identify the bearer; "you had to show your ID in order to get in" [syn: ID, I.D.] 3: (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity
• inductee 0
  n 1: a person inducted into an organization or social group; "Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame" 2: someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee, conscript, inductee] [ant: military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer]
• internee 0
  n 1: a person who is interned; "the internees were enemy aliens and suspected terrorists"
• interviewee 0
  n 1: a person who is interviewed
• invitee 0
  n 1: a visitor to whom hospitality is extended [syn: guest, invitee]

See also dea definition