Words that rhyme with eukaryote

  • appropriate
    adj 1: suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate" [ant: inappropriate] v 1: give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day" [syn: allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve] 2: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" [syn: appropriate, capture, seize, conquer]
  • associate
    adj 1: having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor" n 1: a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing" 2: a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate] 3: a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise; "associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners" 4: any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate" 5: a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies [syn: associate degree, associate] v 1: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate] 2: keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [syn: consort, associate, affiliate, assort] 3: bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution" [syn: consociate, associate]
  • at
    n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium [syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85] 2: 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
  • ate
    n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
  • aureate
    adj 1: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn: aureate, florid, flamboyant] 2: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden]
  • baccalaureate
    n 1: a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies 2: an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies [syn: bachelor's degree, baccalaureate]
  • chariot
    n 1: a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage 2: a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome v 1: transport in a chariot 2: ride in a chariot
  • commissariat
    n 1: a stock or supply of foods [syn: commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, victuals]
  • compatriot
    n 1: a person from your own country
  • expatriate
    n 1: a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates" [syn: exile, expatriate, expat] v 1: expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions" [syn: expatriate, deport, exile] [ant: repatriate] 2: move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad
  • expropriate
    v 1: deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners"
  • inappropriate
    adj 1: not suitable for a particular occasion etc; "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate pressure on them" [ant: appropriate] 2: not in keeping with what is correct or proper; "completely inappropriate behavior" [syn: inappropriate, incompatible, out or keeping(p), unfitting]
  • inebriate
    n 1: a chronic drinker [syn: drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino] v 1: fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" [syn: exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify] 2: make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) [syn: intoxicate, soak, inebriate] 3: become drunk or drink excessively [syn: souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up]
  • lariat
    n 1: a long noosed rope used to catch animals [syn: lasso, lariat, riata, reata]
  • laureate
    adj 1: worthy of the greatest honor or distinction; "The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub n 1: someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
  • luxuriate
    v 1: become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously [syn: luxuriate, wanton] 2: enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream" [syn: indulge, luxuriate] 3: thrive profusely or flourish extensively
  • mediate
    adj 1: acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact" [ant: immediate] 2: being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line" [syn: in-between, mediate, middle] v 1: act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement" [syn: intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate] 2: occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new"
  • misappropriate
    v 1: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family" [syn: embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate]
  • multivariate
    adj 1: pertaining to any procedure involving two or more variables
  • nauseate
    v 1: upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the diners" [syn: sicken, nauseate, turn one's stomach] 2: cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" [syn: disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up]
  • negotiate
    v 1: discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house" [syn: negociate, negotiate, talk terms] 2: succeed in passing through, around, or over; "The hiker negociated the high mountain pass" [syn: negotiate, negociate]
  • nucleate
    adj 1: having a nucleus or occurring in the nucleus; "nucleated cells" [syn: nucleated, nucleate] v 1: form into a nucleus; "Some cells had nucleated"
  • obviate
    v 1: do away with [syn: obviate, rid of, eliminate] [ant: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take] 2: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off]
  • officiate
    v 1: act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?" 2: perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function; "His wife officiated as his private secretary" [syn: officiate, function]
  • palliate
    v 1: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" [syn: extenuate, palliate, mitigate] 2: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches" [syn: relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage]
  • patriot
    n 1: one who loves and defends his or her country [syn: patriot, nationalist]
  • permeate
    v 1: spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks" [syn: permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle] 2: pass through; "Water permeates sand easily" [syn: percolate, sink in, permeate, filter] 3: penetrate mutually or be interlocked; "The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot" [syn: interpenetrate, permeate]
  • poet
    n 1: a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
  • potentiate
    v 1: increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon); "potentiate the drug"
  • procreate
    v 1: have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" [syn: reproduce, procreate, multiply]
  • prokaryote
    n 1: a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma [syn: prokaryote, procaryote] [ant: eucaryote, eukaryote]
  • proletariat
    n 1: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" [syn: labor, labour, working class, proletariat]
  • propitiate
    v 1: make peace with [syn: propitiate, appease]
  • radiate
    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] 2: having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies v 1: send out rays or waves; "The sun radiates heat" 2: send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness" 3: extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions" [syn: radiate, ray] 4: have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" [syn: glow, beam, radiate, shine] 5: cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "The sun is radiating" 6: experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness" [syn: glow, beam, radiate, shine] 7: issue or emerge in rays or waves; "Heat radiated from the metal box" 8: spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified" [syn: diversify, radiate]
  • recreate
    v 1: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify] 2: engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion; "On weekends I play"; "The students all recreate alike" [syn: play, recreate] 3: give encouragement to [syn: cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden] [ant: dishearten, put off] 4: create anew; "she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting"
  • renegotiate
    v 1: negociate anew; "The two warring parties will have to renegociate" [syn: renegociate, renegotiate] 2: revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor; "We renegociated our old mortgage now that the interest rates have come down" [syn: renegociate, renegotiate]
  • repatriate
    n 1: a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored v 1: send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees 2: admit back into the country [ant: deport, exile, expatriate]
  • repudiate
    v 1: cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" [syn: disown, renounce, repudiate] 2: refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement" 3: refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt" 4: reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"
  • secretariat
    n 1: an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations [syn: secretariat, secretariate] 2: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1973
  • vicariate
    n 1: the religious institution under the authority of a vicar [syn: vicariate, vicarship]
  • fimbriate
    adj 1: having a fringe of slender processes
  • cypriot
    adj 1: of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture; "Cypriot expatriates"; "Cypriote monasteries" [syn: Cyprian, Cypriote, Cypriot] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Cyprus [syn: Cypriot, Cypriote, Cyprian]
  • variate
    n 1: a variable quantity that is random [syn: random variable, variate, variant, stochastic variable, chance variable]
  • aydt
  • ait
  • impropriate
  • iscariot
  • marriott
  • harriet
  • heriot
  • phanariot
  • salariat

See also eukaryote definition and eukaryote synonyms