Words that rhyme with keadle

n 1: a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function 2: United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989) [syn: Beadle, George Beadle, George Wells Beadle]

adj 1: complex and ingenious in design or function; "the daedal hand of nature" n 1: (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus [syn: Daedalus, Daedal]

n 1: the leaf of a conifer [syn: acerate leaf, needle] 2: a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument 3: a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) 4: a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record [syn: phonograph needle, needle] v 1: goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" [syn: needle, goad] 2: prick with a needle

n 1: a lever that is operated with the foot [syn: pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever] v 1: tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones" 2: operate (machinery) by a treadle

v 1: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn: wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet- talk, inveigle]

v 1: sing in modulation [syn: tweedle, chirp] 2: play negligently on a musical instrument 3: entice through the use of music