Words that rhyme with infests

n 1: (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored [syn: address, computer address, reference] 2: the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with 3: the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets" [syn: address, speech] 4: the manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in his manner of address to the captain" 5: a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described 6: written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location [syn: address, destination, name and address] 7: the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball 8: social skill [syn: savoir-faire, address] v 1: speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window" [syn: address, turn to] 2: give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees" [syn: address, speak] 3: put an address on (an envelope) [syn: address, direct] 4: direct a question at someone 5: address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question 6: greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name" [syn: address, call] 7: access or locate by address 8: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" [syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address] 9: speak to someone [syn: address, accost, come up to] 10: adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting

v 1: take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" [syn: attack, aggress]

v 1: 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] 2: charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine 3: set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) [syn: tax, assess] 4: estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"

v 1: give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son" [ant: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict] 2: confer prosperity or happiness on 3: make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate [syn: bless, sign] 4: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify] [ant: deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow]

n 1: a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it); "he showered her with caresses"; "soft music was a fond caress"; "the caresses of the breeze played over his face" v 1: touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner; "He caressed her face"; "They fondled in the back seat of the taxi" [syn: caress, fondle]

n 1: weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat [syn: chess, cheat, Bromus secalinus] 2: a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king [syn: chess, chess game]

n 1: a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever) v 1: make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data" [syn: compress, compact, pack together] [ant: decompress, uncompress] 2: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press]

v 1: confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure [syn: confess, squeal, fink] 2: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" [syn: concede, profess, confess] 3: confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

n 1: any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste [syn: cress, cress plant] 2: pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs

n 1: a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously [syn: largess, largesse] 2: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit [syn: munificence, largess, largesse, magnanimity, openhandedness]

adv 1: used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly" [syn: less, to a lesser extent] [ant: more, to a greater extent] 2: comparative of little; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days" [ant: more] adj 1: (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old" [ant: more than, more(a)] 2: (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect" 3: (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"

n 1: a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" [syn: mess, messiness, muss, mussiness] 2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish] 3: soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge" 4: a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel 5: a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax [syn: mess, mess hall] 6: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] v 1: eat in a mess hall 2: make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room" [syn: mess, mess up]

adv 1: despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go" [syn: however, nevertheless, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstanding]

n 1: the state of being of noble birth [syn: nobility, noblesse] 2: members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)

adv 1: despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go" [syn: however, nevertheless, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstanding]

v 1: haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her" [syn: haunt, obsess, ghost] 2: be preoccupied with something; "She is obsessing over her weight"

v 1: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists" [syn: oppress, suppress, crush] 2: cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union" [syn: persecute, oppress]

v 1: have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East" 2: have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?" [syn: own, have, possess] 3: enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas; "What possessed you to buy this house?"; "A terrible rage possessed her"

n 1: the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure] 2: the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines [syn: press, public press] 3: a machine used for printing [syn: press, printing press] 4: a dense crowd of people [syn: crush, jam, press] 5: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes [syn: wardrobe, closet, press] 6: clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use 7: any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids [syn: press, mechanical press] 8: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead [syn: press, military press] 9: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" [syn: press, pressure, pressing] v 1: exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" 2: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies" [syn: urge, urge on, press, exhort] 3: to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind" [syn: weigh, press] 4: place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers" 5: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press] 6: crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street" 7: create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay" 8: be urgent; "This is a pressing problem" 9: exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate" [syn: crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate] 10: press from a plastic; "press a record" [syn: press, press out] 11: make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman" [syn: press, push] 12: press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing" [syn: iron, iron out, press] 13: lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds" [syn: weight- lift, weightlift, press] 14: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure]

v 1: practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry" 2: confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist" 3: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" [syn: concede, profess, confess] 4: state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades" 5: receive into a religious order or congregation 6: take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun" 7: state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine" [syn: profess, pretend]

n 1: gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts" [syn: advancement, progress] 2: the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) [syn: progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion] [ant: retreat] 3: a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops" [syn: progress, progression, advance] v 1: develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" [syn: progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up] [ant: regress, retrograde, retrogress] 2: move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on" [syn: advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on] [ant: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw] 3: form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" [syn: build up, work up, build, progress]

v 1: revise or renew one's assessment [syn: reassess, reevaluate]

v 1: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" [syn: suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb] 2: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists" [syn: oppress, suppress, crush] 3: control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior [syn: inhibit, bottle up, suppress] 4: put out of one's consciousness [syn: suppress, repress] 5: reduce the incidence or severity of or stop; "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"

v 1: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" [syn: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break] [ant: keep, observe] 2: spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island" 3: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law [syn: sin, transgress, trespass] 4: pass beyond (limits or boundaries) [syn: transgress, trespass, overstep]

n 1: partial or complete nakedness; "a state of undress" v 1: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" [syn: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel] [ant: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog] 2: remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments" [syn: strip, undress, divest, disinvest]

n 1: North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 [syn: United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.]

n 1: an affirmative; "I was hoping for a yes" [ant: no]

n 1: a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons [syn: einsteinium, Es, E, atomic number 99]

n 1: English pianist (1890-1965) [syn: Hess, Dame Myra Hess] 2: Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973) [syn: Hess, Walter Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess] 3: Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987) [syn: Hess, Rudolf Hess, Walther Richard Rudolf Hess] 4: United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964) [syn: Hess, Victor Hess, Victor Franz Hess]

n 1: a strip of land projecting into a body of water [syn: cape, ness]