Words that rhyme with mase

adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: ablaze, aflame, aroused] 2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)] 3: resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze in autumn" 4: lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" [syn: ablaze(p), inflamed, reddened]

v 1: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" [syn: amaze, astonish, astound] 2: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]

v 1: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" [syn: measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value] 2: consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting" [syn: survey, appraise]

n 1: a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables

n 1: a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly" [syn: blaze, blazing] 2: a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes" [syn: hell, blaze] 3: noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" [syn: hell, blaze] 4: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance] 5: a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes" v 1: shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere" 2: shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men" [syn: blaze away, blaze] 3: burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze" 4: move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space" [syn: blaze, blaze out] 5: indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail"

v 1: cook in liquid; "braise beef"

v 1: solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point

n 1: an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" [syn: case, instance, example] 2: a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" [syn: event, case] 3: a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord" [syn: lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa] 4: the actual state of things; "that was not the case" 5: a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage" 6: a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor" 7: a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities" [syn: subject, case, guinea pig] 8: a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir" 9: a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly" 10: the quantity contained in a case [syn: case, caseful] 11: nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence [syn: case, grammatical case] 12: a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters" 13: a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" [syn: character, eccentric, type, case] 14: a specific size and style of type within a type family [syn: font, fount, typeface, face, case] 15: an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part [syn: sheath, case] 16: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: shell, case, casing] 17: the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" [syn: casing, case] 18: (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers; "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters" [syn: case, compositor's case, typesetter's case] 19: bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" [syn: case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip] 20: a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home [syn: case, display case, showcase, vitrine] v 1: look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed" 2: enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud" [syn: encase, incase, case]

n 1: a long chair; for reclining [syn: chaise longue, chaise, daybed] 2: a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse [syn: chaise, shay]

n 1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [syn: fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage] 2: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria] 3: a fine crack in a glaze or other surface v 1: cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind [syn: madden, craze] 2: develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"

n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox]

n 1: the time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years" [syn: days, years]

n 1: the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn: daze, shock, stupor] 2: confusion characterized by lack of clarity [syn: daze, fog, haze] v 1: to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights" [syn: dazzle, bedazzle, daze] 2: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her" [syn: stun, bedaze, daze]

n 1: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence 2: a short musical passage [syn: phrase, musical phrase] 3: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up [syn: idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase] 4: dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence v 1: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate] 2: divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical passage"

n 1: a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt

n 1: an expression of approval and commendation; "he always appreciated praise for his work" [syn: praise, congratulations, kudos, extolment] 2: offering words of homage as an act of worship; "they sang a hymn of praise to God" v 1: express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" [ant: criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart]

v 1: appraise anew; "Homes in our town are reappraised every five years and taxes are increased accordingly"

v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword]

n 1: a woman's close-fitting foundation garment [syn: corset, girdle, stays]

n 1: structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired [syn: ways, shipway, slipway]

n 1: English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named (1702-1761) [syn: Bayes, Thomas Bayes]

n 1: protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis [syn: plasminogen activator, urokinase]

adj 1: very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom" [syn: blase, worldly] 2: uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star" [syn: blase, bored] 3: nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about housecleaning"