Words that rhyme with devolutionary

adj 1: cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands; "ablutionary rituals" [syn: ablutionary, cleansing]

n 1: someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums) [syn: statistician, actuary]

n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle) [syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry] 2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]

adj 1: open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" [syn: aired, airy] 2: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich" [syn: airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windy] 3: having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air; "airy gauze curtains" 4: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal]

adj 1: relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony [syn: antiphonary, antiphonal] n 1: bound collection of antiphons [syn: antiphonary, antiphonal]

n 1: avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1)

n 1: any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves 2: a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry) 3: United States rock singer (born in 1931) [syn: Berry, Chuck Berry, Charles Edward Berry] v 1: pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer"

n 1: any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries [syn: blueberry, blueberry bush] 2: sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high- growing blueberry plants

n 1: cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries [syn: boysenberry, boysenberry bush] 2: large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries

v 1: cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas" 2: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" [syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest] 3: place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods" 4: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" [syn: immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up] 5: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap" [syn: bury, sink] 6: dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories" [syn: forget, bury] [ant: remember, think of]

adj 1: having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow [syn: canary, canary-yellow] n 1: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn: fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary] 2: a female singer 3: a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge [syn: canary yellow, canary] 4: any of several small Old World finches [syn: canary, canary bird]

adj 1: of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions; "cardiopulmonary resuscitation" [syn: cardiopulmonary, cardiorespiratory]

n 1: the act of carrying something v 1: move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" [syn: transport, carry] 2: have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains" [syn: carry, pack, take] 3: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel] 4: serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" [syn: carry, convey, express] 5: bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of; "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage" 6: support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" [syn: hold, carry, bear] 7: contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" [syn: hold, bear, carry, contain] 8: extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme" 9: continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" [syn: carry, extend] 10: be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison" 11: win in an election; "The senator carried his home state" 12: include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the payroll?" 13: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry] 14: have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" [syn: stock, carry, stockpile] 15: include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference" [syn: carry, run] 16: propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball" [syn: dribble, carry] 17: pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province" 18: have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee"; "The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes"; "These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an unusual name" 19: be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house" 20: keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years" 21: have or possess something abstract; "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance" 22: be equipped with (a mast or sail); "This boat can only carry a small sail" 23: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters" [syn: carry, persuade, sway] 24: compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time" 25: take further or advance; "carry a cause" 26: have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars" 27: capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight" 28: transfer (entries) from one account book to another [syn: post, carry] 29: transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2" 30: pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught to fetch and carry" 31: bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives" 32: propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence" 33: drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry" [syn: carry, hold] 34: be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre" 35: have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet" 36: cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green" 37: secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily" 38: be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match" 39: sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune" 40: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" [syn: have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect]

adj 1: warding off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze [syn: cautionary, prophylactic] 2: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)]

n 1: creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell- shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil [syn: teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens] 2: spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil [syn: wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry]

adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet] n 1: wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry 2: any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood [syn: cherry, cherry tree] 3: a red fruit with a single hard stone 4: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: cerise, cherry, cherry red]

n 1: a confectioner's shop [syn: confectionery, confectionary, candy store]

n 1: candy and other sweets considered collectively; "the business decided to concentrate on confectionery and soft drinks" 2: a confectioner's shop [syn: confectionery, confectionary, candy store] 3: the occupation and skills of a confectioner

n 1: a manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order) [syn: consuetudinary, consuetudinal]

adj 1: very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion" 2: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms" 3: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward] 4: in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind" [syn: adverse, contrary] n 1: a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: reverse, contrary, opposite] 2: exact opposition; "public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty" 3: a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false

adj 1: surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart); "coronary arteries" n 1: obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus) [syn: coronary thrombosis, coronary]

adj 1: relating to or being a counterrevolution 2: marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution; "ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies" [ant: revolutionary] n 1: a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution [syn: counterrevolutionist, counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary]

n 1: a farm where dairy products are produced [syn: dairy, dairy farm]

adj 1: associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money; "deflationary measures" [ant: inflationary]

n 1: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them [syn: dictionary, lexicon]

adj 1: having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment; "The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds" [syn: discretionary, discretional] 2: (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed; "discretionary funds"; "discretionary income"

adj 1: (of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive

adj 1: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic]

adj 1: of or relating to elocution; "elocutionary recitals" 2: (used of style of speaking) overly embellished; "an elocutionary Oxonian delivery"

n 1: machinery consisting of engines collectively

adj 1: of or relating to or produced by evolution; "evolutionary biology"

adj 1: (used of military forces) designed for military operations abroad; "the French expeditionary force in Indochina"

adj 1: beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature" [ant: ordinary] 2: far more than usual or expected; "an extraordinary desire for approval"; "it was an over-the-top experience" [syn: extraordinary, over-the-top, sinful] 3: (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials; "an ambassador extraordinary"

n 1: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers [syn: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite] 2: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf]

n 1: a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule [syn: ferry, ferryboat] 2: transport by boat or aircraft [syn: ferry, ferrying] v 1: transport from one place to another 2: transport by ferry 3: travel by ferry

n 1: a worker who holds or is invested with an office [syn: official, functionary]

adj 1: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun" [syn: blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary]

adj 1: having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar" [syn: hairy, haired, hirsute] [ant: hairless] 2: hazardous and frightening; "hairy moments in the mountains"

adj 1: not based on fact; unreal; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself" [syn: fanciful, imaginary, notional] n 1: (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1 [syn: complex number, complex quantity, imaginary number, imaginary]

adj 1: associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation; "inflationary prices" [ant: deflationary]

adj 1: of or relating to or given to insurrection [syn: insurrectional, insurrectionary]

n 1: offensive term for a person of German descent [syn: Kraut, Krauthead, Boche, Jerry, Hun]

n 1: a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) [syn: legionnaire, legionary]

n 1: a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries" [syn: luminary, leading light, guiding light, notable, notability]

v 1: take in marriage [syn: marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse] 2: perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" [syn: marry, wed, tie, splice]

adj 1: marked by materialism [syn: materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded] 2: serving for wages in a foreign army; "mercenary killers" [syn: mercenary(a), free-lance(a), freelance(a)] 3: profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business" [syn: mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking(a)] n 1: a person hired to fight for another country than their own [syn: mercenary, soldier of fortune]

adj 1: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful] 2: offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: gay, festal, festive, merry] 3: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy]

adj 1: relating to or connected to a religious mission [syn: missionary, missional] n 1: someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program 2: someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country [syn: missionary, missioner]

adj 1: (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'; "heard nary a sound"

n 1: (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword 2: a return punch (especially by a boxer) [syn: counterpunch, parry, counter] v 1: impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack" [syn: parry, block, deflect] 2: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]

n 1: a treeless grassy plain

adj 1: taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure; "gave precautionary advice"; "I would take precautionary steps to keep him away" [syn: precautionary, precautional]

adj 1: denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important; designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding; "a preliminary investigation" n 1: a minor match preceding the main event [syn: preliminary, prelim] 2: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" [syn: preliminary, overture, prelude]

adj 1: under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule" [syn: probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative]

adj 1: relating to or affecting the lungs; "pulmonary disease" [syn: pneumonic, pulmonary, pulmonic]

adj 1: extremely conservative [syn: reactionary, reactionist, far-right] n 1: an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism [syn: reactionary, ultraconservative, extreme right-winger]

adj 1: of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion); "reversionary annuity"; "reversionary interest"

adj 1: markedly new or introducing radical change; "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views" [syn: revolutionary, radical] 2: of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn [syn: rotatory, revolutionary] 3: relating to or having the nature of a revolution; "revolutionary wars"; "the Revolutionary era" 4: advocating or engaged in revolution; "revolutionary pamphlets"; "a revolutionary junta" [ant: counterrevolutionary] n 1: a radical supporter of political or social revolution [syn: revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverter]

adj 1: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" [syn: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly] 2: marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; "bloody-minded tyrants"; "bloodthirsty yells"; "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"-G.W.Johnson [syn: bloodthirsty, bloody- minded, sanguinary]

adj 1: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge" [syn: chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery]

n 1: a private place of education for the young 2: a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis

n 1: dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif

adj 1: standing still; "the car remained stationary with the engine running" 2: not capable of being moved; "stationary machinery"

n 1: paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes [syn: stationery, letter paper]

n 1: English actress (1847-1928) [syn: Terry, Dame Ellen Terry, Dame Alice Ellen Terry] 2: a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes [syn: terry, terry cloth, terrycloth]

adj 1: not alert to danger or deception; "the shrieks of unwary animals taken by surprise"; "some thieves prey especially on unwary travelers"; "seduce the unwary reader into easy acquiescence"- O.J.Campbell [ant: wary]

adj 1: of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine 2: of or relating to the urinary system of the body

v 1: become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" [syn: change, alter, vary] 2: be at variance with; be out of line with [syn: deviate, vary, diverge, depart] [ant: conform] 3: be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather" 4: make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu" [syn: vary, variegate, motley]

adv 1: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" [syn: very, really, real, rattling] 2: precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite" adj 1: precisely as stated; "the very center of town" 2: being the exact same one; not any other:; "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see" [syn: identical, selfsame(a), very(a)]

adj 1: of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine n 1: a doctor who practices veterinary medicine [syn: veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, vet]

adj 1: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich" [syn: airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windy] n 1: a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible 2: a person with unusual powers of foresight [syn: visionary, illusionist, seer]

adj 1: marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; "they were wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers" [ant: unwary] 2: openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [syn: leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary]

n 1: sailing barge used especially in East Anglia [syn: wherry, Norfolk wherry] 2: light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors

n 1: a Scottish cap with straight sides and a crease along the top from front to back; worn by Highlanders as part of military dress

adj 1: of or pertaining to a recession [syn: recessionary, recessive]

n 1: the beneficiary of a pension fund [syn: pensioner, pensionary] 2: a person who works only for money [syn: hireling, pensionary]

adj 1: of the nature of or expressing a petition; "the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness"

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian [syn: valetudinarian, valetudinary]