Words that rhyme with enewetak

n 1: (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn" [syn: attack, onslaught, onset, onrush] 2: an offensive move in a sport or game; "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning" 3: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast] 4: ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided" [syn: approach, attack, plan of attack] 5: the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life" [syn: attack, attempt] 6: a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase [syn: attack, tone-beginning] 7: a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea" 8: the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent); "the film was sensitive to attack by acids"; "open to attack by the elements" 9: strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work" v 1: launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" [syn: attack, assail] [ant: defend] 2: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault] 3: take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" [syn: attack, aggress] 4: attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" [syn: assail, assault, set on, attack] 5: set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed" 6: begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal"

n 1: an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. [syn: counterattack, countermove] 2: (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board [syn: counterattack, counterplay] v 1: make a counterattack [syn: counterattack, counterstrike]

n 1: poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart- shaped leaves [syn: balsam poplar, hackmatack, tacamahac, Populus balsamifera]

n 1: very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple [syn: hardtack, pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit, ship biscuit] 2: a mountain mahogany

n 1: a stack of hay [syn: haystack, hayrick, rick]

n 1: a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated [syn: smokestack, stack]

n 1: a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board [syn: thumbtack, drawing pin, pushpin] v 1: fasten with thumbtacks; "The teacher thumbtacked the notice on the bulletin board"

n 1: tack or small nail of tinned iron

n 1: the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings [syn: Tanakh, Tanach, Hebrew Scripture]

n 1: steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock [syn: ticktock, tocktact, tictac] v 1: make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn: tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat]

n 1: a town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity [syn: Antioch, Antakya, Antakiya]

n 1: a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America [syn: Arawak, Arawakan] 2: a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America [syn: Arawak, Arawakan]