Words that rhyme with henle

  • accidental
    adj 1: happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally ; "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting" [syn: accidental, inadvertent] n 1: a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
  • coincidental
    adj 1: occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events" [syn: coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous]
  • compartmental
    adj 1: divided up into compartments or categories; "most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized" [syn: compartmental, compartmentalized, compartmentalised]
  • continental
    adj 1: of or pertaining to or typical of Europe; "a Continental breakfast" 2: of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War; "the Continental Army"; "the Continental Congress" 3: of or relating to or characteristic of a continent; "the continental divide"; "continental drift" 4: being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe; "the continental United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters" [ant: intercontinental]
  • dental
    adj 1: of or relating to the teeth; "dental floss" 2: of or relating to dentistry; "dental student" n 1: a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge [syn: alveolar consonant, dental consonant, alveolar, dental]
  • departmental
    adj 1: of or relating to a department; "departmental policy"
  • detrimental
    adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant" [syn: damaging, detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious]
  • developmental
    adj 1: of or relating to or constituting development; "developmental psychology"
  • experimental
    adj 1: relating to or based on experiment; "experimental physics" 2: relying on observation or experiment; "experimental results that supported the hypothesis" [syn: experimental, data- based, observational] 3: of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an experimental drug"
  • fundamental
    adj 1: serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure" [syn: cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal] 2: being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles" [syn: fundamental, rudimentary, underlying] 3: far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes" [syn: fundamental, profound] n 1: any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business; "fundamentals include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management, and capital structure" 2: the lowest tone of a harmonic series [syn: fundamental, fundamental frequency, first harmonic]
  • gentle
    adj 1: soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe; "a gentle reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun at him" [syn: gentle, soft] 2: having or showing a kindly or tender nature; "the gentle touch of her hand"; "her gentle manner was comforting"; "a gentle sensitive nature"; "gentle blue eyes" 3: quiet and soothing; "a gentle voice"; "a gentle nocturne" 4: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes" [syn: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician] 5: easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient" [syn: docile, gentle] 6: having little impact; "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the window" [syn: easy, gentle, soft] 7: marked by moderate steepness; "an easy climb"; "a gentle slope" [syn: easy, gentle] v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle] 2: give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility [syn: ennoble, gentle, entitle] 3: stroke soothingly
  • governmental
    adj 1: relating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state; "governmental policy"; "public confidence and governmental morale"
  • incidental
    adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence; "incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change" [syn: incidental, incident] [ant: basic] 2: not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA [syn: incidental, nonessential] 3: following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable" [syn: attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent] n 1: (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses" [syn: incidental expense, incidental, minor expense] 2: an item that is incidental
  • incremental
    adj 1: increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions; "lecturers enjoy...steady incremental growth in salary"
  • instrumental
    adj 1: relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments; "instrumental compositions"; "an instrumental ensemble" [ant: vocal] 2: serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime" [syn: implemental, instrumental, subservient]
  • intercontinental
    adj 1: extending or taking place between or among continents; "intercontinental exploration"; "intercontinental flights" [ant: continental]
  • lentil
    n 1: round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food 2: the fruit or seed of a lentil plant 3: widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder [syn: lentil, lentil plant, Lens culinaris]
  • mental
    adj 1: involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects" [ant: physical] 2: of or relating to the mind; "mental powers"; "mental development"; "mental hygiene" 3: of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks 4: of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw [syn: genial, mental] 5: affected by a disorder of the mind; "a mental patient"; "mental illness"
  • monumental
    adj 1: relating or belonging to or serving as a monument; "the use of the arch in monumental architecture"; "monumental sculptures" 2: of outstanding significance; "Einstein's monumental contributions to physics" 3: imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale" [syn: massive, monolithic, monumental]
  • occidental
    adj 1: denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere; "occidental civilization"; "Hesperian culture" [syn: occidental, Hesperian] n 1: a native inhabitant of the Occident 2: an artificial language
  • oriental
    adj 1: denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia; "oriental civilization" n 1: a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans) [syn: Oriental, oriental person]
  • ornamental
    adj 1: serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose; "cosmetic fenders on cars"; "the buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative" [syn: cosmetic, decorative, ornamental] n 1: any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value
  • parental
    adj 1: designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced [ant: filial] 2: relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; "parental guidance" [syn: parental, maternal, paternal] [ant: filial]
  • phenol
    n 1: any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups 2: a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally [syn: carbolic acid, phenol, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid]
  • rental
    adj 1: available to rent or lease; "a rental car" 2: of or relating to rent; "rental agreement"; "rental charges" n 1: property that is leased or rented out or let [syn: lease, rental, letting] 2: the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) [syn: rental, renting]
  • sentimental
    adj 1: given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality 2: effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" [syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy]
  • supplemental
    adj 1: functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary] 2: added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes" [syn: supplementary, supplemental]
  • temperamental
    adj 1: relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities" 2: subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer" [syn: moody, temperamental] 3: likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster [syn: erratic, temperamental]
  • transcendental
    adj 1: existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley [syn: nonnatural, otherworldly, preternatural, transcendental] 2: of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
  • transcontinental
    adj 1: spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent; "transcontinental railway"; "transcontinental travelers"; "a transcontinental city"
  • judgmental
    adj 1: depending on judgment; "a judgmental error"; "I think that she is too judgmental to be a good therapist" [ant: nonjudgmental]
  • intergovernmental
  • benel