Words that rhyme with machinate

  • agglutinate
    adj 1: united as if by glue [syn: agglutinate, agglutinative] v 1: string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) 2: clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
  • alternate
    adj 1: every second one of a series; "the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays"; "jam every other day"- the White Queen 2: serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan" [syn: alternate, alternative, substitute] 3: occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate" [syn: alternate(a), alternating(a)] 4: of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired; "stems with alternate leaves" [ant: opposite, paired] n 1: someone who takes the place of another person [syn: surrogate, alternate, replacement] v 1: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions [syn: alternate, jump] 2: exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions 3: be an understudy or alternate for a role [syn: understudy, alternate] 4: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip- flop] 5: do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift" [syn: alternate, take turns]
  • archidiaconate
    n 1: office or position of an archdeacon
  • ate
    n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
  • cachinnate
    v 1: laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way
  • carbonate
    n 1: a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) v 1: turn into a carbonate 2: treat with carbon dioxide; "Carbonated soft drinks"
  • concatenate
    v 1: combine two strings to form a single one 2: add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series; "concatenate terms"; "concatenate characters"
  • consternate
    v 1: fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion; "After the terrorist attack, people look consternated"
  • coordinate
    adj 1: of equal importance, rank, or degree n 1: a number that identifies a position relative to an axis [syn: coordinate, co-ordinate] v 1: bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?" [syn: organize, organise, coordinate] 2: bring into common action, movement, or condition; "coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers"; "coordinate his actions with that of his colleagues"; "coordinate our efforts" 3: be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well" 4: bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts" [syn: align, ordinate, coordinate]
  • detonate
    v 1: cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" [syn: explode, detonate, blow up, set off] 2: burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded" [syn: detonate, explode, blow up]
  • hibernate
    v 1: sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves" [syn: hibernate, hole up] [ant: aestivate, estivate] 2: be in an inactive or dormant state
  • intonate
    v 1: speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness" [syn: intonate, intone] 2: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: chant, intone, intonate, cantillate]
  • iodinate
    v 1: cause to combine with iodine; "iodinate thyroxine" [ant: de-iodinate]
  • procrastinate
    v 1: postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally] 2: postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"
  • rabbinate
    n 1: rabbis collectively 2: the office or function of a rabbi
  • subordinate
    adj 1: lower in rank or importance [syn: subordinate, low- level] [ant: dominant] 2: subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom" [ant: insubordinate] 3: (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence" [syn: dependent, subordinate] [ant: independent, main(a)] n 1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another [syn: subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier] 2: a word that is more specific than a given word [syn: hyponym, subordinate, subordinate word] v 1: rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools" 2: make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler" [syn: subordinate, subdue]
  • sultanate
    n 1: country or territory ruled by a sultan
  • turbinate
    adj 1: of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages 2: in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate] n 1: any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates [syn: turbinate bone, turbinate, turbinal]
  • catenate
    v 1: arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores [syn: catenate, catenulate]
  • shogunate
    n 1: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny]
  • polycarbonate
  • aydt
  • ait
  • titanate
  • diaconate
  • subdiaconate

See also machinate definition