Words that rhyme with delict

n 1: someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie" [syn: addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky] 2: someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms v 1: to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) [syn: addict, hook]

v 1: cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents" 2: cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague" [syn: afflict, smite]

n 1: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"-- Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" [syn: conflict, struggle, battle] 2: opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision" 3: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" [syn: battle, conflict, fight, engagement] 4: a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties" 5: an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings" 6: opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot); "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing" 7: a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" [syn: dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict] v 1: be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!" 2: go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" [syn: conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene]

v 1: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press] 2: become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted" [syn: constrict, constringe, narrow]

v 1: be in contradiction with [syn: contradict, belie, negate] 2: deny the truth of [syn: contradict, negate, contravene] 3: be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion" [syn: oppose, controvert, contradict] 4: prove negative; show to be false [syn: negate, contradict] [ant: affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain]

n 1: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird] 2: a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense v 1: find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced" [ant: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate]

v 1: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" [syn: picture, depict, render, show] 2: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack" [syn: describe, depict, draw] 3: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" [syn: portray, depict, limn]

adj 1: worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" [syn: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone] 2: forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse" [syn: abandoned, derelict, deserted] 3: failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills" [syn: derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss] 4: in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble- down shack" [syn: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down] n 1: a person without a home, job, or property 2: a ship abandoned on the high seas [syn: abandoned ship, derelict]

n 1: a region marked off for administrative or other purposes [syn: district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion] v 1: regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns [syn: zone, district]

n 1: a formal or authoritative proclamation 2: 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: expel or eject without recourse to legal process; "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m." 2: expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months" [syn: evict, force out]

v 1: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students" [syn: inflict, bring down, visit, impose]

adj 1: having been got the better of; "I'm pretty beat up but I don't feel licked yet"

n 1: the most extreme possible amount or value; "voltage peak" [syn: extremum, peak] 2: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush] 3: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" [syn: acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top] 4: the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" [syn: peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit] 5: a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" [syn: point, tip, peak] 6: the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid" [syn: vertex, peak, apex, acme] 7: a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead" [syn: bill, peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor] v 1: to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million" [syn: top out, peak] [ant: bottom out]

adj 1: more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision" n 1: a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect" [syn: past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluperfect tense]

v 1: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise] 2: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]

n 1: an organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated 2: geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared

v 1: place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [syn: restrict, curtail, curb, cut back] 2: place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled" [ant: derestrict] 3: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle] 4: make more specific; "qualify these remarks" [syn: qualify, restrict]

adj 1: rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian" [syn: rigorous, strict] 2: (of rules) stringently enforced; "hard-and-fast rules" [syn: hard-and-fast, strict] 3: characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint [syn: nonindulgent, strict] [ant: indulgent] 4: incapable of compromise or flexibility [syn: rigid, strict] 5: severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" [syn: stern, strict, exacting]

n 1: (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment [syn: verdict, finding of fact]

adj 1: (of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance; "black hair plastered with pomade" [syn: plastered, slicked]

n 1: United States anthropologist (1887-1948) [syn: Benedict, Ruth Benedict, Ruth Fulton] 2: Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547) [syn: Benedict, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict] 3: a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor) [syn: benedick, benedict]

v 1: make free from restrictions [ant: restrict]