Words that rhyme with halloo

  • curlew
    n 1: large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
  • devalue
    v 1: remove the value from; deprive of its value [syn: devalue, devaluate] 2: lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting" 3: lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again" [syn: depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue] [ant: appreciate, apprise, apprize, revalue]
  • hullabaloo
    n 1: disturbance usually in protest [syn: agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo]
  • igloo
    n 1: an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome [syn: igloo, iglu]
  • lulu
    n 1: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish]
  • ormolu
    n 1: brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture
  • overvalue
    v 1: assign too high a value to; "You are overestimating the value of your old car" [syn: overvalue, overestimate] [ant: underestimate, undervalue]
  • purlieu
    n 1: an outer adjacent area of any place [syn: environs, purlieu]
  • revalue
    v 1: gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue] [ant: depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue] 2: value anew; "revalue the German Mark"
  • undervalue
    v 1: assign too low a value to; "Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price" [syn: undervalue, underestimate] [ant: overestimate, overvalue] 2: esteem lightly 3: lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again" [syn: depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue] [ant: appreciate, apprise, apprize, revalue]
  • value
    n 1: a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed; "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds" 2: the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" 3: the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else; "he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices" [syn: value, economic value] 4: relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe 5: (music) the relative duration of a musical note [syn: value, time value, note value] 6: an ideal accepted by some individual or group; "he has old- fashioned values" v 1: fix or determine the value of; assign a value to; "value the jewelry and art work in the estate" 2: hold dear; "I prize these old photographs" [syn: prize, value, treasure, appreciate] 3: regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" [syn: respect, esteem, value, prize, prise] [ant: disesteem, disrespect] 4: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" [syn: measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value] 5: estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" [syn: rate, value]
  • waterloo
    n 1: a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat 2: a final crushing defeat; "he met his waterloo" 3: the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon [syn: Waterloo, Battle of Waterloo]
  • tolu
    n 1: aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups [syn: tolu, balsam of tolu, tolu balsam]
  • yalu
    n 1: river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China) [syn: Yalu, Yalu River]
  • zulu
    n 1: a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities 2: a community of Negroid people in eastern South Africa 3: a Bantu language of considerable literary importance in southeastern Africa
  • w
    n 1: a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite [syn: tungsten, wolfram, W, atomic number 74] 2: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees [syn: west, due west, westward, W] 3: a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm [syn: watt, W] 4: the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: W, w, double-u]
  • poilu
    n 1: a French soldier (especially in World War I) 2: thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S. [syn: purloo, chicken purloo, poilu]
  • honolulu
    n 1: the capital and largest city of Hawaii; located on a large bay on the island of Oahu [syn: Honolulu, capital of Hawaii, Hawaiian capital]
  • angelou
  • superglue
  • kinabalu
  • kwazulu
  • sulu

See also halloo definition