Words that rhyme with labret

v 1: make less active or intense [syn: slake, abate, slack] 2: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" [syn: abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away]

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]

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

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)

n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

n 1: organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal

v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]

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]

v 1: combine with carbon

n 1: a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text

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";

n 1: a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem" [syn: eunuch, castrate] v 1: deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law" [syn: emasculate, castrate] 2: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten] 3: remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise] 4: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter, neuter, spay, castrate]

n 1: sideboard with compartments for holding bottles [syn: minibar, cellaret]

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"

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]

v 1: work together on a common enterprise of project; "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group" [syn: collaborate, join forces, cooperate, get together] 2: cooperate as a traitor; "he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris"

adj 1: corresponding in size or degree or extent; "pay should be commensurate with the time worked" [ant: incommensurate]

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

v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]

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]

adj 1: showing concern for the rights and feelings of others; "friends considerate enough to leave us alone" [ant: inconsiderate]

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]

n 1: a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping 2: the quantity contained in a crate [syn: crate, crateful] v 1: put into a crate; as for protection; "crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum" [ant: uncrate]

v 1: make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" [syn: make, create] 2: bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting" 3: pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating" 4: invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer" 5: create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" [syn: create, make] 6: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: produce, make, create]

n 1: someone who perpetrates wrongdoing [syn: perpetrator, culprit]

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]

n 1: the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?" [syn: date, day of the month] 2: a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking" [syn: date, escort] 3: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" [syn: date, appointment, engagement] 4: a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date" [syn: date, particular date] 5: the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date" 6: the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class" 7: a particular day specified as the time something happens; "the date of the election is set by law" 8: sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed v 1: go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart" 2: stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24" [syn: date, date stamp] 3: assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings" 4: date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!" [syn: go steady, go out, date, see] 5: provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"

n 1: a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on" [syn: argument, argumentation, debate] 2: the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) [syn: debate, disputation, public debate] v 1: argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary" 2: 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] 3: discuss the pros and cons of an issue [syn: debate, deliberate] 4: have an argument about something [syn: argue, contend, debate, fence]

v 1: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" [syn: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify] 2: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify] 3: award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to; "He was decorated for his services in the military" 4: provide with decoration; "dress the windows" [syn: dress, decorate]

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]

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]

v 1: give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate] 2: establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew] [ant: confute, disprove] 3: provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence] 4: march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle" [syn: demonstrate, march]

v 1: violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God" [syn: desecrate, profane, outrage, violate] 2: remove the consecration from a person or an object [syn: desecrate, unhallow, deconsecrate] [ant: bless, consecrate, hallow, sanctify]

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"

n 1: a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution [syn: directorate, board of directors]

v 1: prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting [syn: disinherit, disown] [ant: bequeath, leave, will]

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"

n 1: one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university [syn: doctor's degree, doctorate]

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]

n 1: the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote

n 1: the domain controlled by an emir 2: the office of an emir

v 1: lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk" [syn: evaporate, vaporize, vaporise] 2: cause to change into a vapor; "The chemist evaporated the water" [syn: evaporate, vaporise] 3: change into a vapor; "The water evaporated in front of our eyes" [syn: evaporate, vaporise] 4: become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance" [syn: melt, disappear, evaporate]

v 1: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant: downplay, minimise, minimize, understate] 2: do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups" [syn: overdo, exaggerate]

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]

n 1: a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) [syn: floret, floweret]

n 1: a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) [syn: floret, floweret]

n 1: floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage [syn: loft, attic, garret]

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]

adj 1: beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending" [ant: moderate]

adj 1: not perforated; having no opening

adj 1: not exact; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate" [ant: accurate]

adj 1: not corresponding in size or degree or extent; "a reward incommensurate with his effort" [ant: commensurate]

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]

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"

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]

n 1: a person who shows no gratitude [syn: ingrate, thankless wretch, ungrateful person]

adj 1: lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods [ant: numerate]

n 1: a body of inspectors

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]

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]

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

adv 1: in a habitual and longstanding manner; "smoking chronically" [syn: chronically, inveterate] adj 1: habitual; "a chronic smoker" [syn: chronic, inveterate]

adj 1: feeling or showing extreme anger; "irate protesters"; "ireful words" [syn: irate, ireful]

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]

n 1: a young hare especially one in its first year

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]

n 1: a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)

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]

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]

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

v 1: make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers" [syn: overestimate, overrate] [ant: underestimate, underrate]

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"

n 1: pastors collectively 2: the position of pastor [syn: pastorship, pastorate]

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]

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]

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]

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]

v 1: make a proportional settlement or distribution 2: divide or assess proportionally; "The rent was prorated for the rest of the month"

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]

adj 1: having four sides and four angles n 1: a cubelike object 2: a square-shaped object

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]

v 1: interpret from a different viewpoint [syn: reinterpret, re-explain] 2: assign a new or different meaning to

v 1: make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated" [syn: compensate, recompense, remunerate]

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]

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]

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]

v 1: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up] 2: recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others); "We must tolerate the religions of others" 3: have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him" 4: allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital" [syn: allow, permit, tolerate]

n 1: a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority

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]

v 1: make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the work that went into the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river" [syn: underestimate, underrate] [ant: overestimate, overrate]

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]

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]

n 1: the first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March in the Gregorian calendar) [syn: Chait, Caitra]

adj 1: (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre

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]

n 1: deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food [syn: pomfret, Brama raii]