Words that rhyme with duckweed

  • accede
    v 1: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer, accede, give in] 2: take on duties or office; "accede to the throne" [syn: accede, enter] 3: to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" [syn: assent, accede, acquiesce] [ant: dissent]
  • agreed
    adj 1: united by being of the same opinion; "agreed in their distrust of authority" [syn: agreed, in agreement(p)]
  • bead
    n 1: a small ball with a hole through the middle 2: a shape that is spherical and small; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead" [syn: drop, bead, pearl] 3: a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture [syn: beading, bead, beadwork, astragal] v 1: form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example 2: decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown" 3: string together like beads
  • bindweed
    n 1: any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit
  • blanket
    adj 1: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide] n 1: bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep" [syn: blanket, cover] 2: anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [syn: blanket, mantle] 3: a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor v 1: cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields" 2: form a blanket-like cover (over)
  • bleed
    v 1: lose blood from one's body [syn: shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage] 2: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" [syn: bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise] 3: get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!" 4: be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" [syn: run, bleed] 5: drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"
  • breed
    n 1: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" [syn: breed, strain, stock] 2: a special type; "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs" v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn] 2: copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare" [syn: breed, cover] 3: cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs" 4: have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" [syn: breed, multiply]
  • cede
    v 1: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant] 2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: surrender, cede, deliver, give up]
  • concede
    v 1: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" [syn: concede, profess, confess] 2: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn: concede, yield, grant] 3: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant] 4: acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"
  • creed
    n 1: any system of principles or beliefs [syn: creed, credo] 2: the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group [syn: religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed]
  • cudweed
    n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color 2: any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads [syn: cotton rose, cudweed, filago] 3: perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States [syn: western mugwort, white sage, cudweed, prairie sage, Artemisia ludoviciana, Artemisia gnaphalodes]
  • decreed
    adj 1: fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time") [syn: appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed]
  • gulfweed
    n 1: brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea [syn: gulfweed, sargassum, sargasso, Sargassum bacciferum]
  • hawkweed
    n 1: any of various plants of the genus Pilosella 2: any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion
  • hogweed
    n 1: tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers [syn: cow parsnip, hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium]
  • locoweed
    n 1: any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock [syn: locoweed, crazyweed, crazy weed] 2: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
  • pigweed
    n 1: common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb [syn: lamb's-quarters, pigweed, wild spinach, Chenopodium album] 2: leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India and China [syn: pigweed, Amaranthus hypochondriacus] 3: leaves collected from the wild [syn: lamb's-quarter, pigweed, wild spinach]
  • pokeweed
    n 1: perennial of the genus Phytolacca
  • pondweed
    n 1: any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae 2: submerged freshwater perennials [syn: Elodea, genus Elodea, pondweed, ditchmoss]
  • ragweed
    n 1: widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity [syn: ragwort, tansy ragwort, ragweed, benweed, Senecio jacobaea] 2: any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma [syn: ragweed, ambrosia, bitterweed]
  • seaweed
    n 1: plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
  • silverweed
    n 1: any of various twining shrubs of the genus Argyreia having silvery leaves and showy purple flowers 2: low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States; Europe; Asia [syn: silverweed, goose- tansy, goose grass, Potentilla anserina]
  • sneezeweed
    n 1: any of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezing
  • stickweed
    n 1: any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to clothing
  • stinkweed
    n 1: foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America [syn: field pennycress, French weed, fanweed, penny grass, stinkweed, mithridate mustard, Thlaspi arvense]
  • tumbleweed
    n 1: any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass 2: prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States [syn: Russian thistle, Russian tumbleweed, Russian cactus, tumbleweed, Salsola kali tenuifolia] 3: bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds [syn: winged pigweed, tumbleweed, Cycloloma atriplicifolium] 4: bushy plant of western United States [syn: tumbleweed, Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans]
  • waterweed
    n 1: a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea
  • weed
    n 1: any plant that crowds out cultivated plants [ant: cultivated plant] 2: a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning [syn: weed, mourning band] 3: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane] v 1: clear of weeds; "weed the garden"
  • brookweed
    n 1: American water pimpernel [syn: brookweed, Samolus parviflorus, Samolus floribundus] 2: water pimpernel of Europe to China [syn: brookweed, Samolus valerandii]
  • fireweed
    n 1: tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant [syn: fireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup, Epilobium angustifolium] 2: an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers [syn: fireweed, Erechtites hieracifolia]
  • knapweed
    n 1: any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers
  • goutweed
  • knotweed
  • smartweed

See also duckweed definition