Words that rhyme with macule

  • animalcule
    n 1: microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium [syn: animalcule, animalculum]
  • bascule
    n 1: a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
  • capsule
    n 1: a small container 2: a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside 3: a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses 4: a shortened version of a written work [syn: condensation, abridgement, abridgment, capsule] 5: a structure that encloses a body part 6: a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space [syn: space capsule, capsule] 7: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute [syn: ejection seat, ejector seat, capsule] v 1: enclose in a capsule [syn: capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise] 2: put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news" [syn: encapsulate, capsule, capsulize, capsulise]
  • cool
    adj 1: neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat; "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze" [ant: warm] 2: marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament" [syn: cool, coolheaded, nerveless] 3: (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets; "cool greens and blues and violets" [ant: warm] 4: psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes" [ant: warm] 5: (used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification; "a cool million bucks" 6: fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept; "he's a cool dude"; "that's cool"; "Mary's dress is really cool"; "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early" n 1: the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature; "the cool of early morning" 2: great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool" [syn: aplomb, assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid] v 1: make cool or cooler; "Chill the food" [syn: cool, chill, cool down] [ant: heat, heat up] 2: loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm" [syn: cool, chill, cool down] [ant: heat, heat up, hot up] 3: lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably" [syn: cool, cool off, cool down]
  • fascicule
    n 1: an installment of a printed work [syn: fascicle, fascicule]
  • gallinule
    n 1: any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens [syn: gallinule, marsh hen, water hen, swamphen]
  • globule
    n 1: a small globe or ball
  • granule
    n 1: a tiny grain
  • graticule
    n 1: a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument [syn: reticle, reticule, graticule]
  • lobule
    n 1: a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe
  • molecule
    n 1: (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound 2: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck]
  • nodule
    n 1: a small node 2: small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant [syn: nodule, tubercle] 3: (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)
  • ovule
    n 1: a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization 2: a small or immature ovum
  • papule
    n 1: a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox)
  • pustule
    n 1: a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
  • reschedule
    v 1: assign a new time and place for an event; "We had to reschedule the doctor's appointment"
  • reticule
    n 1: a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries 2: a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument [syn: reticle, reticule, graticule]
  • ridicule
    n 1: language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate 2: the act of deriding or treating with contempt [syn: derision, ridicule] v 1: subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun]
  • schedule
    n 1: a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to [syn: agenda, docket, schedule] 2: an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur v 1: plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week" 2: make a schedule; plan the time and place for events; "I scheduled an exam for this afternoon"
  • stipule
    n 1: a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; usually occurring in pairs and soon shed
  • tubule
    n 1: a small tube
  • vestibule
    n 1: a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule] 2: any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)
  • saccule
    n 1: a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) [syn: saccule, sacculus]
  • spicule
    n 1: small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals [syn: spicule, spiculum]
  • cellule
  • glandule
  • monticule
  • lodicule
  • pilule
  • barbule

See also macule definition and macule synonyms