Words that rhyme with disarticulate

  • ablate
    v 1: wear away through erosion or vaporization 2: remove an organ or bodily structure
  • accumulate
    v 1: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" [syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard] 2: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]
  • bookplate
    n 1: a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted [syn: bookplate, ex libris]
  • breastplate
    n 1: armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass [syn: breastplate, aegis, egis]
  • coagulate
    adj 1: transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood" [syn: coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose] v 1: change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood" [syn: clot, coagulate] 2: cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state [syn: clot, coagulate]
  • conflate
    v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
  • contemplate
    v 1: look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate one's navel" 2: consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job" 3: think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study" [syn: study, meditate, contemplate] 4: reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" [syn: chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate]
  • copperplate
    n 1: a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings 2: a print made from an engraved copperplate 3: an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved [syn: copperplate, copperplate engraving]
  • cumulate
    v 1: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]
  • deflate
    v 1: collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon" 2: release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress" 3: reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence" [syn: deflate, puncture] 4: produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy" [ant: inflate] 5: reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency" [ant: inflate] 6: become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated" [ant: blow up, inflate]
  • deregulate
    v 1: lift the regulations on [ant: govern, order, regularise, regularize, regulate]
  • dissimulate
    v 1: hide (feelings) from other people
  • doorplate
    n 1: a nameplate fastened to a door; indicates the person who works or lives there
  • ejaculate
    n 1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come] v 1: utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas" [syn: blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate] 2: eject semen
  • electroplate
    n 1: any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis v 1: coat with metal by electrolysis; "electroplate the watch"
  • emasculate
    adj 1: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy] v 1: deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law" [syn: emasculate, castrate] 2: remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise]
  • emulate
    v 1: strive to equal or match, especially by imitating; "He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister" 2: imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software 3: compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with; "This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors"
  • encapsulate
    v 1: enclose in a capsule or other small container 2: put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news" [syn: encapsulate, capsule, capsulize, capsulise]
  • faceplate
    n 1: a protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component)
  • fishplate
    n 1: metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams
  • footplate
    n 1: the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls
  • formulate
    v 1: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis" [syn: explicate, formulate, develop] 2: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" [syn: invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge] 3: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate] 4: prepare according to a formula
  • granulate
    v 1: form into grains [syn: granulate, grain] 2: become granular [syn: granulate, grain] 3: form granulating tissue; "wounds and ulcers can granulate"
  • hotplate
    n 1: a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm [syn: hot plate, hotplate]
  • inflate
    v 1: exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" [syn: inflate, blow up, expand, amplify] 2: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" [syn: inflate, blow up] [ant: deflate] 3: cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy" [ant: deflate] 4: increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency" [ant: deflate] 5: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: balloon, inflate, billow]
  • inoculate
    v 1: introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs" 2: introduce a microorganism into 3: perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school" [syn: immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate] 4: insert a bud for propagation 5: impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
  • inosculate
    v 1: come together or open into each other; "the blood vessels anastomose" [syn: anastomose, inosculate] 2: cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis; "anastomose blood vessels" [syn: anastomose, inosculate]
  • insufflate
    v 1: breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit 2: treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity 3: blow or breathe hard on or into
  • insulate
    v 1: protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came" 2: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" [syn: isolate, insulate]
  • legislate
    v 1: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time" [syn: legislate, pass]
  • matriculate
    n 1: someone who has been admitted to a college or university v 1: enroll as a student
  • miscalculate
    v 1: judge incorrectly; "I had misestimated his determination" [syn: miscalculate, misestimate] 2: calculate incorrectly; "I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding" [syn: miscalculate, misestimate]
  • nameplate
    n 1: a plate bearing a name
  • oblate
    adj 1: having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles [syn: oblate, pumpkin-shaped] [ant: prolate, watermelon-shaped] n 1: a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life
  • ovulate
    v 1: produce and discharge eggs; "women ovulate about once every month"
  • pullulate
    v 1: be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries" [syn: teem, pullulate, swarm] 2: move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" [syn: pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate] 3: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" [syn: shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout] 4: become abundant; increase rapidly 5: breed freely and abundantly
  • recalculate
    v 1: calculate anew; "The costs had to be recalculated"
  • reflate
    v 1: economics: experience reflation; "The economy reflated after the Fed took extreme measures" 2: economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation; "These measures reflated the economy" 3: inflate again; "reflate the balloon" 4: become inflated again
  • reformulate
    v 1: formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis [syn: redevelop, reformulate]
  • regulate
    v 1: fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" [syn: regulate, modulate] 2: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" [syn: regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern] [ant: deregulate] 3: shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" [syn: determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate] 4: check the emission of (sound) [syn: baffle, regulate]
  • simulate
    v 1: reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" [syn: imitate, copy, simulate] 2: create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" [syn: model, simulate] 3: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: simulate, assume, sham, feign]
  • stimulate
    v 1: act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates" [syn: stimulate, excite] [ant: dampen, stifle] 2: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make] 3: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn: stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir] 4: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn: stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up] [ant: calm, de-energise, de-energize, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize] 5: cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, stimulate, rush, hasten] 6: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: stimulate, excite, stir] 7: provide the needed stimulus for [syn: provoke, stimulate]
  • strangulate
    v 1: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" [syn: strangle, strangulate, throttle] 2: constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air 3: become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"
  • template
    n 1: a model or standard for making comparisons [syn: template, templet, guide]
  • triangulate
    adj 1: composed of or marked with triangles v 1: divide into triangles or give a triangular form to; "triangulate the piece of cardboard" 2: measure by using trigonometry; "triangulate the angle" 3: survey by triangulation; "The land surveyor worked by triangulating the plot"
  • ululate
    v 1: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" [syn: howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup]
  • ungulate
    adj 1: having or resembling hoofs; "horses and other hoofed animals" [syn: ungulate, ungulated, hoofed, hooved] [ant: unguiculate, unguiculated] n 1: any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically [syn: ungulate, hoofed mammal]
  • willet
    n 1: large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts [syn: willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus]
  • wristlet
    n 1: a band or bracelet worn around the wrist [syn: wristlet, wrist band]
  • zealot
    n 1: a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans 2: a fervent and even militant proponent of something [syn: partisan, zealot, drumbeater] [ant: nonpartisan, nonpartizan]
  • stellate
    adj 1: arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center; "radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways" [syn: radial, stellate, radiate]
  • branchlet
    n 1: a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year [syn: branchlet, twig, sprig]
  • brooklet
    n 1: a small brook
  • charlotte
    n 1: the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina [syn: Charlotte, Queen City] 2: a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard
  • mantelet
    n 1: portable bulletproof shelter [syn: mantelet, mantlet] 2: short cape worn by women [syn: mantelet, mantilla]
  • omelet
    n 1: beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly [syn: omelet, omelette]
  • pilate
    n 1: the Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36) [syn: Pilate, Pontius Pilate]
  • playlet
    n 1: a short play
  • stylet
    n 1: small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade
  • templet
    n 1: a model or standard for making comparisons [syn: template, templet, guide]
  • cardinalate
    n 1: cardinals collectively
  • arillate
    adj 1: (of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover [syn: ariled, arillate]
  • cannulate
    v 1: introduce a cannula or tube into; "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck" [syn: cannulate, cannulize, cannulise, intubate, canulate]
  • papillate
    adj 1: resembling or covered with papillae
  • lancelot
    n 1: (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere [syn: Lancelot, Sir Lancelot]
  • calceolate
    adj 1: of slipper-shaped blossoms; "the calceiform lip of certain orchids" [syn: calceolate, calceiform]
  • lanceolate
    adj 1: (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex [syn: lanceolate, lancelike]
  • vesiculate
    v 1: become vesicular or full of air cells; "The organs vesiculated" 2: cause to become vesicular or full of air cells; "vesiculate an organ"
  • auriculate
    adj 1: having auricles [syn: auriculate, auriculated]
  • annulate
    adj 1: shaped like a ring [syn: annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped, doughnut-shaped]
  • serrulate
    adj 1: minutely serrated
  • alit
  • bedplate
  • fasciculate
  • jugulate
  • soleplate
  • winglet
  • baseplate
  • greenlet
  • hooklet
  • benlate
  • baffleplate
  • cellulate
  • ocellate
  • spiculate
  • recirculate
  • valleculate
  • ligulate
  • vamplate

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