Words that rhyme with figure
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nigger
n 1: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" [syn: nigger, nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra] -
are
n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar] -
chigger
n 1: small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans [syn: chigoe, chigger, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans] 2: larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation [syn: harvest mite, chigger, jigger, redbug] -
configure
v 1: set up for a particular purpose; "configure my new computer"; "configure a plane for a combat mission" -
digger
n 1: a laborer who digs 2: a machine for excavating [syn: power shovel, excavator, digger, shovel] -
disfigure
v 1: mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" [syn: deface, disfigure, blemish] -
jigger
n 1: a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey [syn: shot glass, jigger, pony] 2: any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl [syn: jiggermast, jigger] 3: larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation [syn: harvest mite, chigger, jigger, redbug] -
outrigger
n 1: a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull -
picture
n 1: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them" [syn: picture, image, icon, ikon] 2: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre" [syn: painting, picture] 3: a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind" [syn: mental picture, picture, impression] 4: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" [syn: picture, scene] 5: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures" [syn: picture, pictorial matter] 6: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" [syn: movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick] 7: the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone" [syn: video, picture] 8: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters" [syn: word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation] 9: a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair" 10: a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light- sensitive material [syn: photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic] v 1: 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] 2: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" [syn: picture, depict, render, show] -
prefigure
v 1: imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured" 2: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict] -
rigger
n 1: someone who rigs ships 2: a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists [syn: rigger, rigger brush] 3: someone who works on an oil rig [syn: rigger, oil rigger] 4: a sailing vessel with a specified rig; "a square rigger" -
rigour
n 1: the quality of being valid and rigorous [syn: cogency, validity, rigor, rigour] 2: something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" [syn: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness] 3: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" [syn: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness] -
snigger
n 1: a disrespectful laugh [syn: snicker, snort, snigger] v 1: laugh quietly [syn: snicker, snigger] -
sure
adv 1: definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come" [syn: surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting] adj 1: having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends" [syn: certain(p), sure] [ant: incertain, uncertain, unsure] 2: exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors" [syn: certain, sure] 3: certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win" [syn: certain, sure] [ant: uncertain] 4: physically secure or dependable; "a sure footing"; "was on sure ground" 5: reliable in operation or effect; "a quick and certain remedy"; "a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure sign of termites" [syn: certain, sure] 6: (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence; "a sure (or trusted) friend" [syn: sure, trusted] 7: infallible or unfailing; "a sure (or true) sign of one's commitment" 8: certain not to fail; "a sure hand on the throttle" 9: impossible to doubt or dispute; "indisputable (or sure) proof" [syn: indisputable, sure] -
transfigure
v 1: elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration [syn: transfigure, glorify, spiritualize] 2: change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection" [syn: metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrify] -
trigger
n 1: lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun [syn: gun trigger, trigger] 2: a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen 3: an act that sets in motion some course of events [syn: trigger, induction, initiation] v 1: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off] 2: release or pull the trigger on; "Trigger a gun" -
vigour
n 1: forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip" [syn: energy, vigor, vigour, zip] 2: active strength of body or mind [syn: vigor, vigour, dynamism, heartiness] 3: an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style" [syn: energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim] -
rigor
n 1: something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" [syn: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness] 2: the quality of being valid and rigorous [syn: cogency, validity, rigor, rigour] 3: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" [syn: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness] -
vigor
n 1: forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip" [syn: energy, vigor, vigour, zip] 2: active strength of body or mind [syn: vigor, vigour, dynamism, heartiness] 3: an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style" [syn: energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim] -
gravedigger
n 1: a person who earns a living by digging graves -
frigga
n 1: (Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin [syn: Frigg, Frigga] -
reconfigure
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swigger
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