Words that rhyme with haim

n 1: enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved" [syn: acclaim, acclamation, plaudits, plaudit, eclat] v 1: praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein" [syn: acclaim, hail, herald] 2: clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval [syn: applaud, clap, spat, acclaim] [ant: boo, hiss]

adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: ablaze, aflame, aroused] 2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)]

n 1: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [syn: purpose, intent, intention, aim, design] 2: the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" [syn: aim, object, objective, target] 3: the action of directing something at an object; "he took aim and fired" 4: the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies [syn: bearing, heading, aim] v 1: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" [syn: aim, take, train, take aim, direct] 2: propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: aim, purpose, purport, propose] 3: move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" [syn: drive, get, aim] 4: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public [syn: calculate, aim, direct] 5: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" [syn: target, aim, place, direct, point] 6: direct (a remark) toward an intended goal; "She wanted to aim a pun" 7: have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal [syn: draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for]

adj 1: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal] n 1: an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on the driver" [syn: incrimination, inculpation, blame] 2: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap" [syn: blame, rap] v 1: put or pin the blame on [syn: blame, fault] [ant: absolve, free, justify] 2: harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother" [syn: blame, find fault, pick] 3: attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" [syn: blame, charge]

n 1: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument [syn: chime, bell, gong] v 1: emit a sound; "bells and gongs chimed"

n 1: an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his claim asked for damages" 2: an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims" 3: demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day" 4: an informal right to something; "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame" [syn: claim, title] 5: an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim" [syn: title, claim] 6: a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" [syn: call, claim] v 1: assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar" [ant: disclaim] 2: demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident" [syn: claim, lay claim, arrogate] [ant: forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive] 3: ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount" 4: lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea" [syn: claim, take] [ant: disclaim] 5: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" [syn: claim, take, exact]

n 1: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall] 2: an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) [syn: climb, climbing, mounting] 3: the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top" [syn: climb, mount] v 1: go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" [syn: climb, climb up, mount, go up] 2: move with difficulty, by grasping 3: go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" [syn: wax, mount, climb, rise] [ant: wane] 4: slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill" 5: improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder" 6: increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" [syn: rise, go up, climb]

n 1: the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter" [syn: climate, clime]

n 1: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" [syn: crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking] 2: an evil act not necessarily punishable by law; "crimes of the heart"

n 1: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird] 2: a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" [syn: dame, madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman]

v 1: recite in elocution [syn: declaim, recite] 2: speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society" [syn: declaim, inveigh]

n 1: a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar 2: street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars [syn: dime bag, dime]

n 1: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn: dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge] v 1: make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" [syn: dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire] [ant: clean, make clean]

v 1: cause inflammation in; "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint" 2: catch fire; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles" [syn: kindle, inflame] 3: cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds" [syn: kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame] 4: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" [syn: inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up] 5: become inflamed; get sore; "His throat inflamed"

adj 1: pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument" [syn: feeble, lame] 2: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" [syn: crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game] n 1: someone who doesn't understand what is going on [syn: square, lame] 2: a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress" v 1: deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life" [syn: cripple, lame]

n 1: a caustic substance produced by heating limestone [syn: calcium hydroxide, lime, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate] 2: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide [syn: calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime] 3: a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds [syn: birdlime, lime] 4: any of various related trees bearing limes [syn: lime, lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia] 5: any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart- shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber [syn: linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree] 6: the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees v 1: spread birdlime on branches to catch birds [syn: birdlime, lime] 2: cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"

v 1: injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

n 1: an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression [syn: mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist] 2: a performance using gestures and body movements without words [syn: mime, pantomime, dumb show] v 1: imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately" [syn: mimic, mime] 2: act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple" [syn: mime, pantomime]

n 1: a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing" 2: a person's reputation; "he wanted to protect his good name" 3: family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name" [syn: name, gens] 4: a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music" [syn: name, figure, public figure] 5: by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law" 6: a defamatory or abusive word or phrase [syn: name, epithet] v 1: assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader" [syn: name, call] 2: give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months" [syn: name, identify] 3: charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" [syn: name, nominate, make] 4: create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee" [syn: appoint, name, nominate, constitute] 5: mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!" 6: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer] 7: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn: identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name] 8: give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi" [syn: list, name] 9: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis [syn: diagnose, name]

adj 1: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)]

adj 1: first in rank or degree; "an architect of premier rank"; "the prime minister" [syn: premier(a), prime(a)] 2: used of the first or originating agent; "prime mover" 3: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: choice, prime(a), prize, quality, select] 4: of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers; "prime number" 5: being at the best stage of development; "our manhood's prime vigor"- Robert Browning [syn: prime, meridian] n 1: a number that has no factor but itself and 1 [syn: prime, prime quantity] 2: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush] 3: the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m. 4: the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest [syn: prime, prime of life] v 1: insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine" 2: cover with a primer; apply a primer to [syn: prime, ground, undercoat] 3: fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine"

v 1: declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles; "He was proclaimed King" 2: state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty" [syn: proclaim, exclaim, promulgate] 3: affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" [syn: predicate, proclaim] 4: praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim]

v 1: claim back [syn: reclaim, repossess] 2: reuse (materials from waste products) [syn: reclaim, recover] 3: bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct" [syn: reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify] 4: make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes" 5: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn: domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame]

v 1: assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990" 2: name again or anew; "He was renamed Minister of the Interior"

n 1: correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds) [syn: rhyme, rime] 2: a piece of poetry [syn: verse, rhyme] v 1: compose rhymes [syn: rhyme, rime] 2: be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme" [syn: rhyme, rime]

n 1: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) [syn: frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime] 2: correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds) [syn: rhyme, rime] v 1: be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme" [syn: rhyme, rime] 2: compose rhymes [syn: rhyme, rime]

adj 1: same in identity; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street" [ant: other] 2: closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year" [ant: different] 3: equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number" [syn: like, same] [ant: unlike] 4: unchanged in character or nature; "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever" n 1: a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer [syn: Lapp, Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame] 2: the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula [syn: Lapp, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame]

n 1: a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt 2: a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" [syn: shame, disgrace, ignominy] 3: an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it" [syn: pity, shame] v 1: bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime" [syn: dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame] [ant: honor, honour, reward] 2: compel through a sense of shame; "She shamed him into making amends" 3: cause to be ashamed 4: surpass or beat by a wide margin

n 1: any thick, viscous matter [syn: sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze] v 1: cover or stain with slime; "The snake slimed his victim"

adj 1: inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night" [syn: empyreal, empyrean, sublime] 2: worthy of adoration or reverence [syn: reverend, sublime] 3: lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton 4: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" [syn: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded] v 1: vaporize and then condense right back again [syn: sublime, sublimate] 2: change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated" [syn: sublime, sublimate]

adj 1: flat and uninspiring 2: very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed" [ant: wild] 3: brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" [syn: tame, tamed] [ant: untamed, wild] 4: very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes [syn: meek, tame] v 1: correct by punishment or discipline [syn: tame, chasten, subdue] 2: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements" [syn: tone down, moderate, tame] 3: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame] 4: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn: domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame] 5: make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog" [syn: domesticate, tame]

n 1: any of various mints of the genus Thymus 2: leaves can be used as seasoning for almost any meat and stews and stuffings and vegetables

n 1: an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip" [syn: time, clip] 2: a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time" 3: an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" 4: a suitable moment; "it is time to go" 5: the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past 6: a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together" 7: a reading of a point in time as given by a clock; "do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock" [syn: clock time, time] 8: the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event [syn: fourth dimension, time] 9: rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration [syn: meter, metre, time] 10: the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail" [syn: prison term, sentence, time] v 1: measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners" [syn: clock, time] 2: assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene" 3: set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely" 4: regulate or set the time of; "time the clock" 5: adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"

n 1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: Boehme, Jakob Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm, Behmen, Jakob Behmen]

n 1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: Boehme, Jakob Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm, Behmen, Jakob Behmen]

n 1: a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation; "HDTV looks the same but it's really a whole new ballgame" [syn: ballgame, new ballgame] 2: a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) [syn: ball game, ballgame]

n 1: a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

n 1: more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first