Words that rhyme with instanter

n 1: small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia

n 1: one who anoints as a religious ceremony

n 1: a person who assents

n 1: light teasing repartee [syn: banter, raillery, give- and-take, backchat] v 1: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter]

n 1: a batter who bunts

n 1: a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop [syn: canter, lope] v 1: ride at a canter; "The men cantered away" 2: go at a canter, of horses 3: ride at a cantering pace; "He cantered the horse across the meadow"

n 1: the musical director of a choir [syn: choirmaster, precentor, cantor] 2: the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos [syn: cantor, hazan]

n 1: a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects v 1: work as a carpenter

n 1: a low-lying region in central France 2: an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm" [syn: center, centre, middle, heart, eye] 3: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure [syn: center, centre, midpoint] 4: a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers" [syn: center, centre] 5: the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering [syn: center, centre] 6: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty] 7: the object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party" [syn: center, centre, center of attention, centre of attention] 8: a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere" [syn: center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre] 9: a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research" [syn: center, centre] v 1: move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered" [syn: center, centre] 2: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet]

n 1: reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played [syn: chanter, melody pipe]

v 1: bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions [syn: concenter, concentre, focalize, focalise, focus]

adv 1: in the opposite direction; "run counter" adj 1: indicating opposition or resistance [syn: antagonistic, counter] n 1: table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted 2: game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games 3: a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens [syn: counter, tabulator] 4: a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers [syn: buffet, counter, sideboard] 5: a person who counts things 6: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter] 7: (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers) 8: a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot; "a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot" [syn: counter, heel counter] 9: a return punch (especially by a boxer) [syn: counterpunch, parry, counter] v 1: speak in response; "He countered with some very persuasive arguments" 2: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn: anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter]

n 1: a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water [syn: carafe, decanter]

n 1: a person who dissents from some established policy [syn: dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant]

n 1: a sorcerer or magician

n 1: a minor short-term fight [syn: brush, clash, encounter, skirmish] 2: a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" [syn: meeting, encounter] 3: a casual meeting with a person or thing [syn: encounter, coming upon] 4: a hostile disagreement face-to-face [syn: confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off] v 1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" [syn: meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see] 2: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" [syn: find, happen, chance, bump, encounter] 3: be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties" [syn: run into, encounter] 4: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" [syn: meet, encounter, receive] 5: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" [syn: meet, encounter, play, take on]

v 1: to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes" [syn: enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into] [ant: exit, get out, go out, leave] 2: become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations" [syn: enter, participate] [ant: chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel] 3: register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members" [syn: enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit] 4: be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?" [syn: figure, enter] 5: make a record of; set down in permanent form [syn: record, enter, put down] 6: come on stage 7: take on duties or office; "accede to the throne" [syn: accede, enter] 8: put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text" [syn: insert, infix, enter, introduce] 9: set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career" [syn: embark, enter]

n 1: the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake [syn: epicenter, epicentre]

n 1: a research worker who conducts experiments 2: a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas; "she was an experimenter in new forms of poetry"

n 1: one who agitates; a political troublemaker [syn: agitator, fomenter]

n 1: a regular customer [syn: patron, frequenter]

n 1: a person who grants or gives something [ant: withholder]

n 1: a person who makes a grant in legal form; "conveyed from grantor to grantee"

n 1: a person who grunts 2: domestic swine [syn: hog, pig, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa]

n 1: someone who hunts game [syn: hunter, huntsman] 2: a person who searches for something; "a treasure hunter" 3: a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel [syn: Orion, Hunter] 4: a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal [syn: hunter, hunting watch]

n 1: any structure that makes progress difficult [syn: obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta] 2: the baggage and equipment carried by an army

v 1: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" [syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest]

n 1: someone who is the first to think of or make something [syn: inventor, discoverer, artificer]

n 1: a government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered

n 1: a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together [syn: jointer, jointer plane, jointing plane, long plane]

n 1: a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power [syn: military junta, junta]

n 1: an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area

adj 1: of deep purplish red n 1: a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta 2: a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I [syn: Magenta, Battle of Magenta]

n 1: the middle of winter

n 1: a skilled worker who coins or stamps money [syn: coiner, minter, moneyer]

n 1: an artist who paints 2: a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint 3: a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing) 4: large American feline resembling a lion [syn: cougar, puma, catamount, mountain lion, painter, panther, Felis concolor]

n 1: that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form 2: the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus

adj 1: relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot; "plantar warts can be very painful"

n 1: the owner or manager of a plantation [syn: planter, plantation owner] 2: a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground 3: a decorative pot for house plants

n 1: a mark to indicate a direction or relation [syn: arrow, pointer] 2: an indicator as on a dial 3: (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions [syn: cursor, pointer] 4: a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game [syn: pointer, Spanish pointer]

n 1: someone whose occupation is printing [syn: printer, pressman] 2: (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing 3: a machine that prints [syn: printer, printing machine]

n 1: someone who propels a boat with a pole 2: (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground 3: someone who bets [syn: bettor, better, wagerer, punter]

v 1: enter again; "You cannot re-enter the country with this visa"

n 1: someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent" [syn: tenant, renter] 2: an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person

n 1: a careless leisurely gait; "he walked with a kind of saunter as if he hadn't a care in the world" 2: a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation] v 1: walk leisurely and with no apparent aim [syn: stroll, saunter]

v 1: cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting

n 1: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" [syn: splinter, sliver] v 1: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" [syn: secede, splinter, break away] 2: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: sliver, splinter] 3: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered" [syn: splinter, sliver]

n 1: someone who runs a short distance at top speed

n 1: a person with strabismus [syn: squinter, squint-eye]

n 1: a woolen cap of Scottish origin [syn: tam, tam-o'-shanter, tammy]

n 1: a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter [syn: teletypewriter, teleprinter, teletype machine, telex, telex machine]

n 1: someone who torments [syn: tormentor, tormenter, persecutor] 2: a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings [syn: tormenter, tormentor, teaser]

n 1: the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox [syn: winter, wintertime] v 1: spend the winter; "We wintered on the Riviera"; "Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island" [syn: winter, overwinter]

n 1: a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc. 2: someone who ascends on foot; "a solitary mounter of the staircase" [syn: mounter, climber]

n 1: someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner [syn: ranter, raver]

n 1: a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips

n 1: a speaker with an unusually loud voice 2: the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes 3: any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor

n 1: an economizer who stints someone with something

n 1: a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth

n 1: a hairdresser who tints hair

n 1: the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas [syn: Santa Claus, Santa, Kriss Kringle, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, St. Nick]

n 1: (from the Sanskrit for `end of the Veda') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints rooted in the Upanishads as opposed to Mimamsa which relies on the Vedas and Brahmanas

n 1: a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl 2: extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned [syn: manta, manta ray, devilfish]

n 1: state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War [syn: Atlanta, capital of Georgia] 2: a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864 [syn: Atlanta, battle of Atlanta]

n 1: the musical director of a choir [syn: choirmaster, precentor, cantor]

adv 1: (law) deliberately or knowingly

n 1: a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water

v 1: spend the winter; "We wintered on the Riviera"; "Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island" [syn: winter, overwinter]

n 1: a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations) 2: a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies [syn: headhunter, head-shrinker]

n 1: English dramatist whose plays are characterized by silences and the use of inaction (born in 1930) [syn: Pinter, Harold Pinter]

n 1: one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another [syn: guarantor, surety, warrantor, warranter]