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Words that rhyme with innumerate

accurate 0
adj 1: conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" [ant: inaccurate] 2: (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" [syn: accurate, exact, precise]
agglomerate 0
adj 1: clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated flower head" [syn: agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered] n 1: volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together 2: a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus] v 1: form into one cluster
aspirate 0
n 1: a consonant pronounced with aspiration v 1: remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound" [syn: aspirate, draw out, suck out] 2: pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds 3: suck in (air)
at 0
n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium [syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85] 2: 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
barbiturate 0
n 1: organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal
bat 0
n 1: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate [syn: bat, chiropteran] 2: (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats" [syn: bat, at-bat] 3: a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash [syn: squash racket, squash racquet, bat] 4: the club used in playing cricket; "a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting" [syn: cricket bat, bat] 5: a club used for hitting a ball in various games v 1: strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball" 2: wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" [syn: bat, flutter] 3: have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez" 4: use a bat; "Who's batting?" 5: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick]
brat 0
n 1: a very troublesome child [syn: terror, brat, little terror, holy terror] 2: a small pork sausage [syn: bratwurst, brat]
carat 0
n 1: a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg 2: the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold [syn: karat, carat, kt]
carburet 0
v 1: combine with carbon
caret 0
n 1: a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
carrot 0
n 1: deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant 2: perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions [syn: carrot, cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa] 3: orange root; important source of carotene 4: promise of reward as in "carrot and stick"; "used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote";
cat 0
n 1: feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats [syn: cat, true cat] 2: an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll" [syn: guy, cat, hombre, bozo] 3: a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!" 4: the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults" [syn: kat, khat, qat, quat, cat, Arabian tea, African tea] 5: a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat" [syn: cat-o'-nine-tails, cat] 6: a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work [syn: Caterpillar, cat] 7: any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild [syn: big cat, cat] 8: a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross- sectional scans along a single axis [syn: computerized tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography, CAT] v 1: beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails 2: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
cellaret 0
n 1: sideboard with compartments for holding bottles [syn: minibar, cellaret]
chat 0
n 1: an informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose] 2: birds having a chattering call [syn: New World chat, chat] 3: songbirds having a chattering call [syn: Old World chat, chat] v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
claret 0
n 1: a dark purplish-red color 2: dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine [syn: claret, red Bordeaux] v 1: drink claret; "They were clareting until well past midnight"
coelenterate 0
n 1: radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms [syn: coelenterate, cnidarian]
combat 0
n 1: an engagement fought between two military forces [syn: combat, armed combat] 2: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" [syn: fight, fighting, combat, scrap] v 1: battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget" [syn: battle, combat]
commensurate 0
adj 1: corresponding in size or degree or extent; "pay should be commensurate with the time worked" [ant: incommensurate]
confederate 0
adj 1: of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War; "Confederate soldiers" 2: united in a confederacy or league [syn: allied, confederate, confederative] n 1: a supporter of the Confederate States of America 2: someone who assists in a plot [syn: confederate, collaborator, henchman, partner in crime] 3: a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) [syn: accomplice, confederate] v 1: form a group or unite; "The groups banded together" [syn: band together, confederate] 2: form a confederation with; of nations
conglomerate 0
adj 1: composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass; "the conglomerate peoples of New England" n 1: a composite rock made up of particles of varying size [syn: pudding stone, conglomerate] 2: a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization [syn: conglomerate, empire] v 1: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]
considerate 0
adj 1: showing concern for the rights and feelings of others; "friends considerate enough to leave us alone" [ant: inconsiderate]
corporate 0
adj 1: of or belonging to a corporation; "corporate rates"; "corporate structure" 2: possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term" [syn: bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate] 3: done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good" [syn: corporate, collective] 4: organized and maintained as a legal corporation; "a special agency set up in corporate form"; "an incorporated town" [syn: corporate, incorporated]
culprit 0
n 1: someone who perpetrates wrongdoing [syn: perpetrator, culprit]
curate 0
n 1: a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" [syn: curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector]
degenerate 0
adj 1: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast] n 1: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior [syn: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate] v 1: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" [syn: devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate] [ant: convalesce, recover, recuperate]
deliberate 0
adj 1: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony" [syn: deliberate, calculated, measured] 2: unhurried and with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed" [syn: careful, deliberate, measured] v 1: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" [syn: consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate] 2: discuss the pros and cons of an issue [syn: debate, deliberate]
desperate 0
adj 1: arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams" [syn: despairing, desperate] 2: desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do- or-die conflict" [syn: desperate, do-or-die(a)] 3: (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men" 4: showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life" [syn: desperate, heroic] 5: showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition" 6: fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency" [syn: desperate, dire] n 1: a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"
directorate 0
n 1: a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution [syn: directorate, board of directors]
disinherit 0
v 1: prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting [syn: disinherit, disown] [ant: bequeath, leave, will]
disparate 0
adj 1: fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind; "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "disparate ideas" 2: including markedly dissimilar elements; "a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers"
doctorate 0
n 1: one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university [syn: doctor's degree, doctorate]
elaborate 0
adj 1: marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern" [syn: elaborate, luxuriant] 2: developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme" [syn: detailed, elaborate, elaborated] v 1: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten] 2: produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey" 3: make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" [syn: complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate] 4: work out in detail; "elaborate a plan" [syn: elaborate, work out]
electorate 0
n 1: the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote
emirate 0
n 1: the domain controlled by an emir 2: the office of an emir
fat 0
adj 1: having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" [ant: lean, thin] 2: having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope" 3: containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue" [syn: fatty, fat] [ant: fat-free, fatless, nonfat] 4: lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job" [syn: fat, juicy] 5: marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: fat, fertile, productive, rich] n 1: a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat" 2: a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold" [syn: adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue] 3: excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others" [syn: fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois] [ant: leanness, spareness, thinness] v 1: make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" [syn: fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up]
favourite 0
adj 1: appealing to the general public; "a favorite tourist attraction" [syn: favorite, favourite] 2: preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child" [syn: favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferent] n 1: a competitor thought likely to win [syn: front-runner, favorite, favourite] 2: a special loved one [syn: darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky] 3: something regarded with special favor or liking; "that book is one of my favorites" [syn: favorite, favourite]
flat 0
adv 1: with flat sails; "sail flat against the wind" 2: in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay" [syn: directly, flat, straight] [ant: indirectly] adj 1: having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams" [syn: flat, level, plane] 2: having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; "flat computer monitors" 3: not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional] 4: stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor" [syn: flat, prostrate] 5: lacking contrast or shading between tones [ant: contrasty] 6: (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat" [ant: natural, sharp] 7: flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) [syn: compressed, flat] 8: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid] 9: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: bland, flat] 10: having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola" 11: sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" [syn: flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous] 12: horizontally level; "a flat roof" 13: lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth; "a film with two-dimensional characters"; "a flat two-dimensional painting" [syn: two-dimensional, 2-dimensional, flat] 14: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish" [syn: flat, mat, matt, matte, matted] 15: commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market" n 1: a level tract of land; "the salt flats of Utah" 2: a shallow box in which seedlings are started 3: a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named 4: freight car without permanent sides or roof [syn: flatcar, flatbed, flat] 5: a deflated pneumatic tire [syn: flat, flat tire] 6: scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting 7: a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house [syn: apartment, flat]
floret 0
n 1: a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) [syn: floret, floweret]
floweret 0
n 1: a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) [syn: floret, floweret]
garret 0
n 1: floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage [syn: loft, attic, garret]
gat 0
n 1: a gangster's pistol [syn: gat, rod]
gnat 0
n 1: any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies 2: (British usage) mosquito
hat 0
n 1: headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim [syn: hat, chapeau, lid] 2: an informal term for a person's role; "he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly" v 1: put on or wear a hat; "He was unsuitably hatted" 2: furnish with a hat
illiterate 0
adj 1: not able to read or write [ant: literate] 2: uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate" [syn: ignorant, illiterate] 3: lacking culture, especially in language and literature [ant: literate] n 1: a person unable to read [syn: illiterate, illiterate person, nonreader]
immoderate 0
adj 1: beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending" [ant: moderate]
imperforate 0
adj 1: not perforated; having no opening
inaccurate 0
adj 1: not exact; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate" [ant: accurate]
incommensurate 0
adj 1: not corresponding in size or degree or extent; "a reward incommensurate with his effort" [ant: commensurate]
inconsiderate 0
adj 1: lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others; "shockingly inconsiderate behavior" [ant: considerate] 2: without proper consideration or reflection; "slovenly inconsiderate reasoning"; "unconsidered words"; "prejudice is the holding of unconsidered opinions" [syn: inconsiderate, unconsidered]
incorporate 0
adj 1: formed or united into a whole [syn: incorporate, incorporated, integrated, merged, unified] v 1: make into a whole or make part of a whole; "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal" [syn: integrate, incorporate] [ant: disintegrate] 2: include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's" [syn: incorporate, contain, comprise] 3: form a corporation 4: unite or merge with something already in existence; "incorporate this document with those pertaining to the same case"
indurate 0
adj 1: emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion" [syn: callous, indurate, pachydermatous] v 1: become fixed or established; "indurated customs" 2: make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter" [syn: harden, indurate] [ant: soften] 3: become hard or harder; "The wax hardened" [syn: harden, indurate] [ant: soften] 4: cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold" [syn: inure, harden, indurate]
inspectorate 0
n 1: a body of inspectors
intemperate 0
adj 1: (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; "an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones" [ant: temperate] 2: excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage" [ant: temperate] 3: given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker" [syn: intemperate, hard, heavy]
interpret 0
v 1: make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" [syn: interpret, construe, see] 2: give an interpretation or explanation to [syn: rede, interpret] 3: give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" [syn: interpret, render] 4: create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" [syn: represent, interpret] 5: restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N." [syn: translate, interpret, render] 6: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" [syn: understand, read, interpret, translate]
invertebrate 0
adj 1: lacking a backbone or spinal column; "worms are an example of invertebrate animals" [syn: invertebrate, spineless] [ant: vertebrate] n 1: any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
inveterate 0
adv 1: in a habitual and longstanding manner; "smoking chronically" [syn: chronically, inveterate] adj 1: habitual; "a chronic smoker" [syn: chronic, inveterate]
karat 0
n 1: the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold [syn: karat, carat, kt]
lat 0
n 1: a broad flat muscle on either side of the back [syn: latissimus dorsi, lat]
leveret 0
n 1: a young hare especially one in its first year
literate 0
adj 1: able to read and write [ant: illiterate] 2: versed in literature; dealing with literature [ant: illiterate] 3: knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields; "computer literate" n 1: a person who can read and write [syn: literate, literate person]
magistrate 0
n 1: a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
mat 0
adj 1: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish" [syn: flat, mat, matt, matte, matted] n 1: a thick flat pad used as a floor covering 2: mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture [syn: mat, matting] 3: sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports [syn: mat, gym mat] 4: a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven; "a mat of weeds and grass" 5: a master's degree in teaching [syn: Master of Arts in Teaching, MAT] 6: the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss [syn: flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte] 7: a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it v 1: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" [syn: entangle, tangle, mat, snarl] [ant: disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl] 2: change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes" [syn: felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat]
matt 0
adj 1: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish" [syn: flat, mat, matt, matte, matted] n 1: the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss [syn: flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte]
matte 0
adj 1: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish" [syn: flat, mat, matt, matte, matted] n 1: a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted 2: the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss [syn: flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte] v 1: change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes" [syn: felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat]
misinterpret 0
v 1: interpret falsely 2: interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!" [syn: misread, misinterpret] 3: interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn: misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss]
moderate 0
adj 1: being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart" [ant: immoderate] 2: not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism" [syn: moderate, temperate] 3: marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response" [syn: moderate, restrained] n 1: a person who takes a position in the political center [syn: centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist] v 1: preside over; "John moderated the discussion" [syn: moderate, chair, lead] 2: make less fast or intense; "moderate your speed" 3: lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" [syn: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate] 4: make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears" [syn: mince, soften, moderate] 5: 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] 6: restrain [syn: chasten, moderate, temper]
numerate 0
adj 1: able to understand and use numbers [ant: innumerate] v 1: determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: count, number, enumerate, numerate] 2: read out loud as words written numbers
parrot 0
n 1: usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds 2: a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated v 1: repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words"
pastorate 0
n 1: pastors collectively 2: the position of pastor [syn: pastorship, pastorate]
pat 0
adv 1: completely or perfectly; "he has the lesson pat"; "had the system down pat" adj 1: having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial" [syn: glib, pat, slick] 2: exactly suited to the occasion; "a pat reply" n 1: the sound made by a gentle blow [syn: pat, rap, tap] 2: a light touch or stroke [syn: tap, pat, dab] v 1: pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin [syn: chuck, pat] 2: hit lightly; "pat him on the shoulder" [syn: dab, pat]
perforate 0
adj 1: having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon" [syn: pierced, perforated, perforate, punctured] v 1: make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation; "perforate the sheets of paper" [syn: punch, perforate] 2: pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest" [syn: penetrate, perforate]
pirate 0
n 1: someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own [syn: plagiarist, plagiarizer, plagiariser, literary pirate, pirate] 2: someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation [syn: pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover] 3: a ship that is manned by pirates [syn: pirate, pirate ship] v 1: copy illegally; of published material 2: take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" [syn: commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate]
portrait 0
n 1: a word picture of a person's appearance and character [syn: portrayal, portraiture, portrait] 2: any likeness of a person, in any medium; "the photographer made excellent portraits" [syn: portrait, portrayal]
preliterate 0
adj 1: not yet having acquired the ability to read and write 2: used of a society that has not developed writing [syn: preliterate, nonliterate]
protectorate 0
n 1: a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty [syn: protectorate, associated state]
quadrate 0
adj 1: having four sides and four angles n 1: a cubelike object 2: a square-shaped object
rat 0
n 1: any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse 2: someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike [syn: scab, strikebreaker, blackleg, rat] 3: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git] 4: one who reveals confidential information in return for money [syn: informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber] 5: a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure v 1: desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage 2: employ scabs or strike breakers in 3: take the place of work of someone on strike [syn: fink, scab, rat, blackleg] 4: give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat 5: catch rats, especially with dogs 6: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag]
regenerate 0
adj 1: reformed spiritually or morally; "a regenerate sinner"; "regenerate by redemption from error or decay" [ant: unregenerate, unregenerated] v 1: reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership" [syn: regenerate, renew] 2: amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit 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: return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me" [syn: regenerate, restore, rejuvenate] 5: replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue; "The snake regenerated its tail" 6: be formed or shaped anew 7: form or produce anew; "regenerate hatred" 8: undergo regeneration 9: restore strength; "This food revitalized the patient" [syn: regenerate, revitalize]
reinterpret 0
v 1: interpret from a different viewpoint [syn: reinterpret, re-explain] 2: assign a new or different meaning to
sat 0
n 1: the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians [syn: Saturday, Sabbatum, Sat]
scat 0
n 1: singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument [syn: scat, scat singing] v 1: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" [syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away]
secret 0
adj 1: not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks" 2: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance" [syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground] 3: not openly made known; "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride" [syn: unavowed, secret] 4: communicated covertly; "their secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages" 5: not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts" [syn: secret, private] 6: designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk" [syn: hidden, secret] 7: hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden" [syn: privy, secluded, secret] 8: (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications" [syn: confidential, secret] 9: indulging only covertly; "a secret alcoholic" 10: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients" [syn: mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic] 11: the next to highest level of official classification for documents n 1: something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret" 2: information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking" [syn: secret, arcanum] 3: something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets" [syn: mystery, enigma, secret, closed book]
separate 0
adj 1: independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church" [ant: joint] 2: standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage" [syn: freestanding, separate] 3: separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes" 4: have the connection undone; having become separate [syn: disjoined, separate] n 1: a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication [syn: offprint, reprint, separate] 2: a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments v 1: act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries" [syn: separate, divide] 2: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: separate, disunite, divide, part] 3: mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" [syn: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart] 4: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" [syn: divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up] [ant: unify, unite] 5: divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" 6: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate] 7: make a division or separation [syn: separate, divide] 8: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" [syn: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up] 9: go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" [syn: separate, part, split] 10: become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" [syn: break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart] 11: treat differently on the basis of sex or race [syn: discriminate, separate, single out] 12: come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" [syn: separate, divide, part] 13: divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" [syn: branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate]
slat 0
n 1: a thin strip (wood or metal) [syn: slat, spline] v 1: equip or bar with slats; "Slat the windows" 2: close the slats of (windows)
spat 0
n 1: a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss] 2: a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles [syn: spat, gaiter] 3: a young oyster or other bivalve v 1: come down like raindrops; "Bullets were spatting down on us" 2: become permanently attached; "mollusks or oysters spat" 3: strike with a sound like that of falling rain; "Bullets were spatting the leaves" 4: clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval [syn: applaud, clap, spat, acclaim] [ant: boo, hiss] 5: engage in a brief and petty quarrel 6: spawn; "oysters spat" 7: clap one's hands together; "The children were clapping to the music" [syn: clap, spat]
splat 0
n 1: a single splash; "he heard a splat as it hit the floor" 2: a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair v 1: give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact 2: split open and flatten for cooking; "splat fish over an open fire" 3: flatten on impact; "The snowballs splatted on the trees"
sprat 0
n 1: small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines [syn: sprat, brisling] 2: small herring processed like a sardine [syn: brisling, sprat, Clupea sprattus]
tat 0
n 1: tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar [syn: cheapness, tackiness, tat, sleaze] 2: a projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture [syn: Thematic Apperception Test, TAT] v 1: make lacework by knotting or looping [syn: tat, intertwine]
temperate 0
adj 1: (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants" [ant: intemperate] 2: not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking" [ant: intemperate] 3: not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism" [syn: moderate, temperate]
triumvirate 0
n 1: a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority
turret 0
n 1: a small tower extending above a building 2: a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation [syn: gun enclosure, gun turret, turret]
unregenerate 0
adj 1: tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield [syn: stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate] [ant: docile] 2: not reformed morally or spiritually; "unregenerate human nature"; "unregenerate conservatism" [syn: unregenerate, unregenerated] [ant: regenerate] 3: unrepentant and incapable of being reformed; "an unregenerate criminal" [syn: unreformable, unregenerate]
vat 0
n 1: a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production [syn: VAT, value-added tax, ad valorem tax] 2: a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids [syn: tub, vat]
vertebrate 0
adj 1: having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals" [ant: invertebrate, spineless] n 1: animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium [syn: vertebrate, craniate]
lyrate 0
adj 1: (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre
gatt 0
n 1: a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas [syn: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT]
nonfat 0
adj 1: without fat or fat solids; "nonfat or fat-free milk" [syn: nonfat, fat-free, fatless] [ant: fat, fatty]
banneret 0
n 1: a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command [syn: knight banneret, knight of the square flag, banneret]
pomfret 0
n 1: deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food [syn: pomfret, Brama raii]
desiderate 0