Words that rhyme with hexapartite

adj 1: having no weak points; "an airtight defense"; "an airtight argument" [syn: airtight, air-tight] 2: not allowing air or gas to pass in or out [syn: airtight, air-tight, gas-tight]

n 1: a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa

n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

v 1: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: befall, bechance, betide]

v 1: cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart" 2: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated" [syn: quiver, quake, palpitate] 3: beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated" [syn: palpitate, flutter]

n 1: a form of igneous rock consisting of extremely coarse granite resulting from the crystallization of magma rich in rare elements

n 1: amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein

n 1: a peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids

n 1: a ruler who is unconstrained by law [syn: dictator, potentate]

adj 1: done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" [syn: hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous] n 1: a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering v 1: bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution" 2: separate as a fine suspension of solid particles 3: fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" [syn: precipitate, come down, fall] 4: fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin" 5: hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"

v 1: cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man" [syn: resuscitate, revive] 2: return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" [syn: come to, revive, resuscitate]

n 1: a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current [syn: rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent] 2: a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore [syn: riptide, rip current]

n 1: a swelling rush of anything; "he rose on the springtide of prosperity" 2: a greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons [ant: neap, neap tide]

n 1: a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave

n 1: a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments [syn: soapstone, soaprock, soap-rock, steatite]

n 1: thought to derive from meteorites

adj 1: having made a legally valid will before death [ant: intestate] n 1: a person who makes a will [syn: testator, testate]

adj 1: receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex [syn: transvestic, transvestite] n 1: someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex [syn: transvestite, cross-dresser]

n 1: cellulose acetate that is relatively slow to burn; used instead of celluloid for motion-picture film [syn: cellulose triacetate, triacetate]

adj 1: involving three parties or elements; "a tripartite treaty"; "a tripartite division"; "a three-way playoff" [syn: tripartite, three-party, three-way]

v 1: represent as less significant or important [syn: understate, minimize, minimise, downplay] [ant: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate]

adv 1: in or toward the northern parts of a state; "he lives upstate New York"

adj 1: of or relating to the Hittite people or their language or culture n 1: a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC 2: the language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions

adj 1: so tight as to cling to the skin; "skintight jeans" [syn: skintight, skin-tight]