Words that rhyme with dorp

n 1: an expectation [syn: anticipation, expectancy] 2: something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development" [syn: anticipation, expectancy] 3: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) [syn: prediction, anticipation, prevision] 4: anticipating with confidence of fulfillment [syn: anticipation, expectation]

n 1: the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware; "automation replaces human workers by machines" [syn: automation, mechanization, mechanisation] 2: the condition of being automatically operated or controlled; "automation increases productivity" 3: equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation; "this factory floor is a showcase for automation and robotic equipment"

adj 1: pink or pinkish n 1: Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors [syn: carnation, clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus] 2: a pink or reddish-pink color

n 1: the act of causing something to happen [syn: causing, causation]

n 1: a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder" [syn: cessation, surcease]

adj 1: of or relating to whales and dolphins etc [syn: cetacean, cetaceous] n 1: large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals [syn: cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower]

n 1: an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement [syn: citation, commendation] 2: (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.) 3: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation] 4: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: quotation, quote, citation] 5: a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding 6: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948

n 1: the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music" [syn: color, colour, coloration, colouration] 2: appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration" [syn: coloration, colouration] 3: choice and use of colors (as by an artist) [syn: coloration, colouration]

n 1: the act or process of complicating 2: a situation or condition that is complex or confused; "her coming was a serious complication" 3: any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease; "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis" 4: a development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications" [syn: complication, ramification] 5: puzzling complexity [syn: complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness]

n 1: an informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose] 2: (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered

n 1: additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" [syn: confirmation, verification, check, substantiation] 2: information that confirms or verifies 3: making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it; "the ratification of the treaty"; "confirmation of the appointment" [syn: ratification, confirmation] 4: a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism 5: a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church

n 1: seizure by the government [syn: confiscation, arrogation]

n 1: a bold challenge 2: discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions 3: a hostile disagreement face-to-face [syn: confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off] 4: the act of hostile groups opposing each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" [syn: confrontation, opposition] 5: a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison

n 1: a rounded spherical form [syn: conglomeration, conglobation] 2: a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together [syn: aggregate, congeries, conglomeration] 3: an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass [syn: conglomeration, conglobation]

n 1: the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration [syn: congratulation, felicitation] 2: (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another; "I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage" [syn: congratulation, felicitation]

n 1: a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church [syn: congregation, fold, faithful] 2: an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over" 3: the act of congregating [syn: congregation, congregating]

n 1: the state of being joined together [syn: junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation] 2: the inflection of verbs 3: the complete set of inflected forms of a verb 4: a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms 5: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union] 6: the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays" [syn: union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure] [ant: disunion]

n 1: what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression [syn: intension, connotation] 2: an idea that is implied or suggested

n 1: a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal); "his consecration to study" 2: (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; "the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church"

n 1: the human act of creating [syn: creation, creative activity] 2: an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone 3: the event that occurred at the beginning of something; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure" [syn: creation, conception] 4: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" [syn: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration] 5: (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence 6: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm]

n 1: the incineration of a dead body

adj 1: of or belonging to the class Crustacea [syn: crustaceous, crustacean] n 1: any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton

n 1: the act of damning 2: the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell [syn: damnation, eternal damnation]

v 1: look with amazement; look stupidly [syn: goggle, gape, gawp, gawk]

n 1: a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting [syn: deflection, warp] 2: a shape distorted by twisting or folding [syn: warp, buckle] 3: a moral or mental distortion [syn: warp, warping] 4: yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof v 1: make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story [syn: falsify, distort, garble, warp] 2: bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave" [syn: heave, buckle, warp]

v 1: make a raucous noise [syn: yawp, bawl] 2: complain whiningly [syn: whine, grizzle, yammer, yawp]

n 1: a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state [syn: corporation, corp]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants n 1: a native or inhabitant of Alsace 2: breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind [syn: German shepherd, German shepherd dog, German police dog, alsatian]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language; "Croatian villages" n 1: a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia [syn: Croatian, Croat]

adj 1: of or relating to Dalmatia or its inhabitants n 1: a native or inhabitant of Dalmatia 2: a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia [syn: dalmatian, coach dog, carriage dog]

n 1: outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953) [syn: Thorpe, Jim Thorpe, James Francis Thorpe]

n 1: diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill [syn: scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill]