Words that rhyme with diameter

• restaurateur 2
  n 1: the proprietor of a restaurant [syn: restaurateur, restauranter]
• amateur 0
  adj 1: engaged in as a pastime; "an amateur painter"; "gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals"; "recreational golfers"; "reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating"; "unpaid extras in the documentary" [syn: amateur, recreational, unpaid] 2: lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting" [syn: amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilled] n 1: someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime 2: an athlete who does not play for pay [ant: pro, professional]
• bestir 0
  v 1: become active; "He finally bestirred himself" [syn: bestir, rouse]
• calorimeter 0
  n 1: a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat
• deter 0
  v 1: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth" [syn: deter, discourage] 2: turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people" [syn: dissuade, deter] [ant: persuade]
• dosimeter 0
  n 1: a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity) [syn: dosemeter, dosimeter]
• gravimeter 0
  n 1: a measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid [syn: hydrometer, gravimeter] 2: a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth [syn: gravimeter, gravity meter]
• hexameter 0
  n 1: a verse line having six metrical feet
• inter 0
  v 1: 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]
• limiter 0
  n 1: (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion" [syn: limiter, clipper]
• musculature 0
  n 1: the muscular system of an organism [syn: muscular structure, musculature, muscle system]
• nomenclature 0
  n 1: a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology" [syn: terminology, nomenclature, language]
• overture 0
  n 1: orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio 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] 3: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: overture, advance, approach, feeler]
• parameter 0
  n 1: a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves [syn: parameter, parametric quantity] 2: any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance 3: (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program [syn: argument, parameter] 4: a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data
• pentameter 0
  n 1: a verse line having five metrical feet
• perimeter 0
  n 1: the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary [syn: margin, border, perimeter] 2: a line enclosing a plane areas 3: the size of something as given by the distance around it [syn: circumference, perimeter]
• portraiture 0
  n 1: a word picture of a person's appearance and character [syn: portrayal, portraiture, portrait] 2: the activity of making portraits
• prelature 0
  n 1: prelates collectively [syn: prelacy, prelature] 2: the office or station of a prelate [syn: prelacy, prelature]
• premature 0
  adj 1: born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; "a premature infant" [ant: full-term] 2: too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment" [syn: previous(p), premature] 3: uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end" [syn: premature, untimely]
• primogeniture 0
  n 1: right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
• provocateur 0
  n 1: a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts [syn: agent provocateur, provocateur]
• raconteur 0
  n 1: a person skilled in telling anecdotes [syn: anecdotist, raconteur]
• rapporteur 0
  n 1: a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings
• saboteur 0
  n 1: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks [syn: saboteur, wrecker, diversionist] 2: a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader [syn: fifth columnist, saboteur]
• scimitar 0
  n 1: a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade
• signature 0
  n 1: your name written in your own handwriting 2: a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch" [syn: touch, signature] 3: a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program [syn: signature, signature tune, theme song] 4: the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key [syn: key signature, signature] 5: a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book
• tablature 0
  n 1: a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used
• telemeter 0
  n 1: any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer
• temperature 0
  n 1: the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) 2: the somatic sensation of cold or heat
• tetrameter 0
  n 1: a verse line having four metrical feet
• polarimeter 0
  n 1: an optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light [syn: polarimeter, polariscope]
• planimeter 0
  n 1: a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure [syn: integrator, planimeter]
• tachymeter 0
  n 1: a theodolite designed for rapid measurements [syn: tachymeter, tacheometer]
• tensimeter 0
  n 1: a manometer for measuring vapor pressure
• colorimeter 0
  n 1: a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents [syn: colorimeter, tintometer]
• traveler 0
  n 1: a person who changes location [syn: traveler, traveller]
• crenature 0
  n 1: one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) [syn: scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle]
• quadrature 0
  n 1: the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
• alkalimeter 0
• delimiter 0
• heptameter 0
• dimeter 0
• pulsimeter 0
• acidimeter 0
• vaporimeter 0
• velocimeter 0
• coverture 0

See also diameter definition and diameter synonyms