Words that rhyme with dupuis

n 1: one that is absent or not in residence

n 1: an official who is appointed 2: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn: appointee, appointment]

n 1: soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert

n 1: a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) [syn: master of ceremonies, emcee, host] v 1: act as a master of ceremonies [syn: emcee, compere]

n 1: any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) [syn: recruit, enlistee]

n 1: someone who escapes

n 1: liveliness of mind or spirit

n 1: a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services 2: an interest in land capable of being inherited v 1: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward" [syn: tip, fee, bung]

n 1: any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap

v 1: run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn: flee, fly, take flight]

n 1: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]

v 1: realize beforehand [syn: anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee] 2: picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President" [syn: envision, foresee] 3: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn: anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter]

adv 1: without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" [syn: loose, free] adj 1: able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice" [ant: unfree] 2: unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" [ant: bound] 3: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission" [syn: complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p), gratuitous] 4: not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane" 5: not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran" [syn: detached, free] 6: not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man" [ant: unfree] 7: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn: spare, free] 8: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn: barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent] 9: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: free, loose, liberal] n 1: people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave" [syn: free, free people] v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose] [ant: confine, detain] 2: relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" [syn: rid, free, disembarrass] 3: remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble" [syn: dislodge, free] [ant: deposit, lodge, stick, wedge] 4: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" [syn: exempt, relieve, free] [ant: apply, enforce, implement] 5: make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners" [syn: free, release] 6: free from obligations or duties [syn: free, discharge] 7: free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor" [syn: free, disengage] [ant: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude] 8: let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility" [syn: absolve, justify, free] [ant: blame, fault] 9: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, free, give up] 10: release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition [syn: release, free, liberate] 11: make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" [syn: unblock, unfreeze, free, release] [ant: block, freeze, immobilise, immobilize]

n 1: a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated [syn: g, gee, g-force] v 1: turn to the right side; "the horse geed" 2: give a command to a horse to turn to the right side

n 1: clarified butter used in Indian cookery

n 1: great merriment [syn: hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, glee, gleefulness] 2: malicious satisfaction [syn: gloat, gloating, glee]

n 1: a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard

n 1: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications [syn: guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty] 2: an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true; "there is no guarantee that they are not lying" 3: a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults [syn: guarantee, guaranty] v 1: give surety or assume responsibility; "I vouch for the quality of my products" [syn: guarantee, vouch] 2: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure] 3: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners" [syn: undertake, guarantee] 4: stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I warrant this information" [syn: guarantee, warrant]

n 1: a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults [syn: guarantee, guaranty]

adj 1: marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine" [syn: gutsy, plucky] [ant: gutless]

n 1: a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas) [syn: helium, He, atomic number 2] 2: the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

n 1: a state in the Rocky Mountains [syn: Idaho, Gem State, ID] 2: a card or badge used to identify the bearer; "you had to show your ID in order to get in" [syn: ID, I.D.] 3: (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity

n 1: a person who is interned; "the internees were enemy aliens and suspected terrorists"

n 1: a person who is interviewed

n 1: a visitor to whom hospitality is extended [syn: guest, invitee]

n 1: a special anniversary (or the celebration of it)

n 1: large brownish-green New Zealand parrot [syn: kea, Nestor notabilis]

adj 1: serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure" [syn: cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal] n 1: metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated 2: something crucial for explaining; "the key to development is economic integration" 3: pitch of the voice; "he spoke in a low key" 4: any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music [syn: key, tonality] [ant: atonalism, atonality] 5: a kilogram of a narcotic drug; "they were carrying two keys of heroin" 6: a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple [syn: samara, key fruit, key] 7: United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star- Spangled Banner' (1779-1843) [syn: Key, Francis Scott Key] 8: a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida [syn: key, cay, Florida key] 9: (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court; "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint" [syn: key, paint] 10: a list of answers to a test; "some students had stolen the key to the final exam" 11: a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations 12: a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access; "a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it" 13: mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) [syn: winder, key] 14: the central building block at the top of an arch or vault [syn: keystone, key, headstone] 15: a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed v 1: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn: identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name] 2: provide with a key; "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building" 3: vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key; "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot" 4: regulate the musical pitch of 5: harmonize with or adjust to; "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude"

n 1: hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella [syn: knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu] 2: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee [syn: stifle, knee] 3: the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee

n 1: a unit of length of thread or yarn 2: a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock [syn: pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley]

adj 1: towards the side away from the wind [syn: downwind, lee(a)] n 1: United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957) [syn: Lee, Spike Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee] 2: United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970) [syn: Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose Louise Hovick] 3: United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973) [syn: Lee, Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam] 4: United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926) [syn: Lee, Tsung Dao Lee] 5: leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794) [syn: Lee, Richard Henry Lee] 6: soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818) [syn: Lee, Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee] 7: American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870) [syn: Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee] 8: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind [syn: lee, lee side, leeward] [ant: windward]

n 1: a tenant who holds a lease [syn: leaseholder, lessee]

n 1: someone to whom a license is granted

n 1: large and often sumptuous tent [syn: pavilion, marquee] 2: permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. [syn: marquee, marquise]

n 1: humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937) [syn: Marquis, Don Marquis, Donald Robert Perry Marquis] 2: nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count [syn: marquis, marquess]

n 1: a state in New England [syn: Maine, Pine Tree State, ME]

n 1: a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace [syn: cuddle, nestle, snuggle] v 1: move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags" [syn: cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw close] 2: lie in a sheltered position; "The little cottage nestles in the forest" 3: position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow" [syn: nestle, snuggle]

n 1: a politician who is running for public office [syn: campaigner, candidate, nominee]

n 1: someone released on probation or on parole [syn: probationer, parolee]

n 1: a person to whom money is paid

n 1: seed of a pea plant used for food 2: the fruit or seed of a pea plant 3: a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds [syn: pea, pea plant]

n 1: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" [syn: urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water] 2: informal terms for urination; "he took a pee" [syn: peeing, pee, pissing, piss] v 1: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [syn: make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water]

n 1: a humble request for help from someone in authority [syn: supplication, plea] 2: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) 3: an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed

n 1: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" [syn: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley] 2: a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources [syn: medley, potpourri, pastiche] 3: a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume

n 1: wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline

n 1: a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum [syn: rhenium, Re, atomic number 75] 2: ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods [syn: Ra, Re] 3: the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization [syn: re, ray]

n 1: (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play [syn: referee, ref] 2: someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication [syn: reviewer, referee, reader] 3: an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case v 1: be a referee or umpire in a sports competition [syn: referee, umpire] 2: evaluate professionally a colleague's work [syn: referee, peer review]

n 1: adroitness and cleverness in reply

n 1: someone who has retired from active working [syn: retiree, retired person]

n 1: the basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents [syn: Sri Lanka rupee, rupee] 2: the basic unit of money in Seychelles; equal to 100 cents [syn: Seychelles rupee, rupee] 3: the basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisa [syn: Nepalese rupee, rupee] 4: the basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents [syn: Mauritian rupee, rupee] 5: the basic unit of money in Pakistan; equal to 100 paisa [syn: Pakistani rupee, rupee] 6: the basic unit of money in India; equal to 100 paise [syn: Indian rupee, rupee]

n 1: a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff [syn: talus, scree]

n 1: a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land 2: anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume [syn: ocean, sea] 3: turbulent water with swells of considerable size; "heavy seas"

n 1: the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located v 1: perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see" 2: perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" [syn: understand, realize, realise, see] 3: perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" [syn: witness, find, see] 4: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image] 5: deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" [syn: see, consider, reckon, view, regard] 6: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" [syn: learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see] 7: see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie" [syn: watch, view, see, catch, take in] 8: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" [syn: meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see] 9: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" [syn: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn] 10: be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" [syn: see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure] 11: go to see for professional or business reasons; "You should see a lawyer"; "We had to see a psychiatrist" 12: go to see for a social visit; "I went to see my friend Mary the other day" 13: go to see a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning" [syn: visit, see] 14: take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business" [syn: attend, take care, look, see] 15: receive as a specified guest; "the doctor will see you now"; "The minister doesn't see anybody before noon" 16: date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!" [syn: go steady, go out, date, see] 17: see and understand, have a good eye; "The artist must first learn to see" 18: deliberate or decide; "See whether you can come tomorrow"; "let's see--which movie should we see tonight?" 19: observe as if with an eye; "The camera saw the burglary and recorded it" 20: observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country" [syn: examine, see] 21: go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" [syn: experience, see, go through] 22: accompany or escort; "I'll see you to the door" [syn: see, escort] 23: match or meet; "I saw the bet of one of my fellow players" 24: make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" [syn: interpret, construe, see]

v 1: visit famous or interesting sights

n 1: narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow v 1: move along on skis; "We love to ski the Rockies"; "My children don't ski"

n 1: a brief indulgence of your impulses [syn: spree, fling] v 1: engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping

n 1: a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water; "iced tea is a cooling drink" 2: a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea" [syn: tea, afternoon tea, teatime] 3: a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves; "tea has fragrant white flowers" [syn: tea, Camellia sinensis] 4: a reception or party at which tea is served; "we met at the Dean's tea for newcomers" 5: dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea; "the store shelves held many different kinds of tea"; "they threw the tea into Boston harbor" [syn: tea, tea leaf]

n 1: the starting place for each hole on a golf course; "they were waiting on the first tee" [syn: tee, teeing ground] 2: support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff [syn: tee, football tee] 3: a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground [syn: tee, golf tee] v 1: place on a tee; "tee golf balls" [syn: tee, tee up] 2: connect with a tee; "tee two pipes"

adj 1: being one more than two [syn: three, 3, iii] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce- ace] 2: one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips [syn: trey, three]

n 1: someone who is being trained

n 1: a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms 2: a figure that branches from a single root; "genealogical tree" [syn: tree, tree diagram] 3: English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) [syn: Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree] v 1: force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape [syn: corner, tree] 2: plant with trees; "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer" 3: chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels" 4: stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree [syn: tree, shoetree]

n 1: a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit [syn: trustee, legal guardian] 2: members of a governing board [syn: regent, trustee]

adj 1: beneath the surface of the sea [syn: submarine, undersea]

n 1: a person who buys [syn: buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee]

adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units [syn: six, 6, vi, half dozen, half-dozen] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad] 2: more than 130 southeastern Virgin Islands; a dependent territory of the United States [syn: United States Virgin Islands, American Virgin Islands, VI]

adj 1: (used informally) very small; "a wee tot" [syn: bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy] 2: very early; "the wee hours of the morning" n 1: a short time; "bide a wee" v 1: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [syn: make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water]

n 1: noisy and boisterous revelry

adj 1: being one more than ten [syn: eleven, 11, xi] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one [syn: eleven, 11, XI] 2: the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet

n 1: the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard" [syn: Z, z, zee, zed, ezed, izzard]

n 1: a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada 2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree

n 1: a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm [syn: LP, L-P]

n 1: one million periods per second [syn: megahertz, MHz, megacycle per second, megacycle, Mc]

n 1: a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma 2: the Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee

n 1: a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time [syn: personal computer, PC, microcomputer]

n 1: broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs [syn: television, telecasting, TV, video] 2: an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a telly" [syn: television receiver, television, television set, tv, tv set, idiot box, boob tube, telly, goggle box]

n 1: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai [syn: Chang Jiang, Changjiang, Chang, Yangtze, Yangtze River, Yangtze Kiang]

n 1: a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body [syn: vitamin E, tocopherol, E] 2: a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons [syn: einsteinium, Es, E, atomic number 99] 3: the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees [syn: east, due east, eastward, E] 4: the base of the natural system of logarithms; approximately equal to 2.718282... 5: the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: E, e]

n 1: the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication [syn: electrical engineering, EE]

n 1: a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram [syn: gram, gramme, gm, g] 2: a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine [syn: guanine, G] 3: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) [syn: deoxyguanosine monophosphate, G] 4: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn: thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard] 5: a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated [syn: g, gee, g-force] 6: a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes [syn: gigabyte, G, GB] 7: a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes [syn: gigabyte, gibibyte, G, GB, GiB] 8: (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation [syn: gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant, constant of gravitation, G] 9: the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: G, g]

n 1: the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health [syn: qi, chi, ch'i, ki] 2: goddess personifying earth; counterpart of Akkadian Aruru

n 1: English film actress (1913-1967) [syn: Leigh, Vivien Leigh]

adj 1: being one more than fifty [syn: fifty-one, 51, li] n 1: a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals [syn: lithium, Li, atomic number 3] 2: Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers

n 1: destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle [syn: myocardial infarction, myocardial infarct, MI] 2: a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile [syn: nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile] 3: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude [syn: nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile] 4: a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters [syn: mile, statute mile, stat mi, land mile, international mile, mi] 5: a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region [syn: Michigan, Wolverine State, Great Lakes State, MI] 6: the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory [syn: Security Service, MI, Military Intelligence Section 5] 7: the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas [syn: Secret Intelligence Service, MI, Military Intelligence Section 6] 8: the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization

n 1: a radioactive transuranic element [syn: meitnerium, Mt, element 109, atomic number 109] 2: a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms [syn: metric ton, MT, tonne, t] 3: a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border [syn: Montana, Treasure State, MT] 4: the use of computers to translate from one language to another [syn: machine translation, MT]

n 1: a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts [syn: neon, Ne, atomic number 10] 2: the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees [syn: northeast, nor'-east, northeastward, NE] 3: a midwestern state on the Great Plains [syn: Nebraska, Cornhusker State, NE]

n 1: 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha in Zambia

n 1: a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite [syn: nickel, Ni, atomic number 28]

n 1: a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms [syn: phosphorus, P, atomic number 15] 2: the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: P, p]

n 1: the month following August and preceding October [syn: September, Sep, Sept]

n 1: a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors [syn: silicon, Si, atomic number 14] 2: a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela); "Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites" [syn: Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, SI unit, International System of Units, International System] 3: the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization [syn: ti, te, si]

n 1: a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine [syn: thymine, T] 2: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) [syn: deoxythymidine monophosphate, T] 3: a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms [syn: metric ton, MT, tonne, t] 4: the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: T, t] 5: thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer [syn: triiodothyronine, liothyronine, T] 6: hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; "thyroxine is 65% iodine" [syn: thyroxine, thyroxin, tetraiodothyronine, T]

n 1: a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold [syn: tellurium, Te, atomic number 52] 2: the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization [syn: ti, te, si]

n 1: a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite [syn: titanium, Ti, atomic number 22] 2: shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii [syn: ti, Cordyline terminalis] 3: the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization [syn: ti, te, si]

n 1: a Loloish language [syn: Lolo, Yi]

n 1: corn [syn: Zea, genus Zea]

n 1: large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn [syn: indri, indris, Indri indri, Indri brevicaudatus]

n 1: (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja [syn: rani, ranee]

n 1: a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite [syn: rubidium, Rb, atomic number 37]

n 1: a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite) [syn: selenium, Se, atomic number 34] 2: the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees [syn: southeast, sou'-east, southeastward, SE]

n 1: a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite [syn: terbium, Tb, atomic number 65] 2: infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages) [syn: tuberculosis, TB, T.B.] 3: a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits [syn: terabit, Tbit, Tb] 4: a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes [syn: terabyte, TB] 5: a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes [syn: terabyte, tebibyte, TB, TiB]