Words that rhyme with granule

  • animalcule
    n 1: microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium [syn: animalcule, animalculum]
  • annual
    adj 1: completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants" [syn: annual, one-year] [ant: biennial, perennial, two-year] 2: occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris"; "yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income" [syn: annual, yearly] n 1: (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year 2: a reference book that is published regularly once every year [syn: annual, yearly, yearbook]
  • bascule
    n 1: a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
  • biannual
    adj 1: occurring or payable twice each year [syn: semiannual, biannual, biyearly, half-yearly]
  • bimanual
    adj 1: requiring two hands or designed for two people; "a two- handed sledgehammer"; "a two-handed crosscut saw"; "a machine designed for bimanual operation" [syn: two- handed, bimanual]
  • capsule
    n 1: a small container 2: a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside 3: a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses 4: a shortened version of a written work [syn: condensation, abridgement, abridgment, capsule] 5: a structure that encloses a body part 6: a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space [syn: space capsule, capsule] 7: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute [syn: ejection seat, ejector seat, capsule] v 1: enclose in a capsule [syn: capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise] 2: put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news" [syn: encapsulate, capsule, capsulize, capsulise]
  • consensual
    adj 1: existing by consent; "a consensual contract"
  • continual
    adj 1: occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters" [ant: sporadic] 2: `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)
  • fascicule
    n 1: an installment of a printed work [syn: fascicle, fascicule]
  • gallinule
    n 1: any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens [syn: gallinule, marsh hen, water hen, swamphen]
  • globule
    n 1: a small globe or ball
  • graticule
    n 1: a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument [syn: reticle, reticule, graticule]
  • lobule
    n 1: a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe
  • majuscule
    adj 1: of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries [ant: minuscular, minuscule] 2: uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script" [syn: capital, great, majuscule] n 1: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters" [syn: capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule] [ant: lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter]
  • manual
    adj 1: of or relating to the hands; "manual dexterity" 2: requiring human effort; "a manual transmission" [ant: automatic] 3: doing or requiring physical work; "manual labor"; "manual laborer" n 1: a small handbook 2: (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle [syn: manual of arms, manual]
  • microtubule
    n 1: a microscopically small tubule
  • minuscule
    adj 1: of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries [syn: minuscule, minuscular] [ant: majuscule] 2: lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters" [syn: little, minuscule, small] 3: very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell" [syn: minuscule, miniscule] n 1: the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case [syn: small letter, lowercase, lower-case letter, minuscule] [ant: capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase] 2: a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
  • module
    n 1: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind [syn: faculty, mental faculty, module] 2: detachable compartment of a spacecraft 3: computer circuit consisting of an assembly of electronic components (as of computer hardware) 4: a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components
  • molecule
    n 1: (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound 2: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck]
  • nodule
    n 1: a small node 2: small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant [syn: nodule, tubercle] 3: (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)
  • ovule
    n 1: a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization 2: a small or immature ovum
  • papule
    n 1: a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox)
  • pustule
    n 1: a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
  • reschedule
    v 1: assign a new time and place for an event; "We had to reschedule the doctor's appointment"
  • reticule
    n 1: a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries 2: a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument [syn: reticle, reticule, graticule]
  • ridicule
    n 1: language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate 2: the act of deriding or treating with contempt [syn: derision, ridicule] v 1: subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun]
  • schedule
    n 1: a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to [syn: agenda, docket, schedule] 2: an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur v 1: plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week" 2: make a schedule; plan the time and place for events; "I scheduled an exam for this afternoon"
  • sensual
    adj 1: marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice" [syn: animal(a), carnal, fleshly, sensual] 2: sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance" [syn: sensual, sultry]
  • spaniel
    n 1: any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears
  • stipule
    n 1: a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; usually occurring in pairs and soon shed
  • tubule
    n 1: a small tube
  • vestibule
    n 1: a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule] 2: any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)
  • daniel
    n 1: (Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC) 2: a wise and upright judge; "a Daniel come to judgment" -- Shakespeare 3: an Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar [syn: Daniel, Book of Daniel, Book of the Prophet Daniel]
  • samuel
    n 1: (Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king
  • saccule
    n 1: a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) [syn: saccule, sacculus]
  • spicule
    n 1: small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals [syn: spicule, spiculum]
  • cellule
  • glandule
  • monticule
  • emmanuel
  • lodicule
  • spaniol
  • mcdaniel
  • nathaniel
  • fanueil
  • immanuel
  • pilule
  • barbule
  • opuscule
  • daniell

See also granule definition