Words that rhyme with mccarville

adj 1: immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage; "larval societies"; "larval crayfishes"; "the larval stage" 2: relating to or typical of a larva; "the larval eye"

n 1: something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science" [syn: wonder, marvel] v 1: be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities" [syn: wonder, marvel] 2: express astonishment or surprise about something

n 1: equipment and supplies of a military force [syn: materiel, equipage]

v 1: spell incorrectly

n 1: any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap

n 1: a motor hotel

adj 1: lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music" 2: delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink" n 1: any of various pale or light colors

n 1: group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" [syn: force, personnel] 2: the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management [syn: personnel department, personnel office, personnel, staff office]

v 1: suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion" [syn: squelch, quell, quench] 2: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" [syn: quell, stay, appease]

n 1: French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937) [syn: Ravel, Maurice Ravel] 2: a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking" [syn: run, ladder, ravel] v 1: disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?" [syn: ravel, unravel, ravel out] [ant: knot, ravel, tangle] 2: tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" [syn: ravel, tangle, knot] [ant: ravel, ravel out, unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle]

n 1: `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms [syn: Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback] 2: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) [syn: insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel] 3: someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action [syn: maverick, rebel] v 1: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance [syn: rebel, arise, rise, rise up] 2: break with established customs [syn: rebel, renegade]

v 1: cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" [syn: repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back] [ant: attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in] 2: be repellent to; cause aversion in [syn: repel, repulse] [ant: appeal, attract] 3: force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" [syn: repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back] 4: reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" [syn: rebuff, snub, repel] 5: fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" [syn: disgust, gross out, revolt, repel]

v 1: sell (something) again after having bought it

v 1: render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" [syn: recite, retell] 2: make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel" [syn: fictionalize, fictionalise, retell] 3: to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" [syn: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell]

n 1: the activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard sell" v 1: exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" [ant: buy, purchase] 2: be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes" 3: persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" 4: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: deal, sell, trade] 5: give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a successful career" 6: be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well in certain circles" 7: be responsible for the sale of; "All her publicity sold the products" 8: deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country" [syn: betray, sell]

n 1: ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun 2: the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals 3: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles [syn: carapace, shell, cuticle, shield] 4: the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts 5: the exterior covering of a bird's egg [syn: shell, eggshell] 6: a rigid covering that envelops an object; "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice" 7: a very light narrow racing boat [syn: shell, racing shell] 8: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: shell, case, casing] 9: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) [syn: plate, scale, shell] 10: the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod v 1: use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" [syn: blast, shell] 2: create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain" [syn: blast, shell] 3: fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled" 4: hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning" 5: look for and collect shells by the seashore 6: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" [syn: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish] 7: remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels" 8: remove the husks from; "husk corn" [syn: husk, shell]

n 1: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" [syn: smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception] 2: any property detected by the olfactory system [syn: olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent] 3: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell] 4: the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents [syn: smell, sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality] 5: the act of perceiving the odor of something [syn: smell, smelling] v 1: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense 2: emit an odor; "The soup smells good" 3: smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells" 4: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" [syn: smack, reek, smell] 5: become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption" [syn: smell, smell out, sense]

n 1: a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation [syn: enchantment, spell, trance] 2: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: go, spell, tour, turn] 3: a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather" [syn: while, piece, spell, patch] 4: a verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese" [syn: spell, magic spell, magical spell, charm] v 1: orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of; "How do you spell this word?" "We had to spell out our names for the police officer" [syn: spell, spell out] 2: indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!" [syn: spell, import] 3: write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter" [syn: spell, write] 4: relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn; "She spelled her husband at the wheel" 5: place under a spell [ant: unspell] 6: take turns working; "the workers spell every four hours"

n 1: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" [syn: cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation] 2: a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain" [syn: cry, yell] v 1: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" [syn: shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall] 2: utter or declare in a very loud voice; "You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine" [syn: yell, scream]

adj 1: being ten more than forty [syn: fifty, 50, l] n 1: a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) [syn: liter, litre, l, cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre] 2: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five [syn: fifty, 50, L] 3: a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter [syn: lambert, L] 4: the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: L, l]

n 1: English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915) [syn: Cavell, Edith Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell]

n 1: United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974) [syn: Cornell, Katherine Cornell] 2: United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874) [syn: Cornell, Ezra Cornell]

n 1: a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron v 1: make a marcel in a woman's hair

n 1: German white wine from the Moselle valley or a similar wine made elsewhere

n 1: Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896) [syn: Nobel, Alfred Nobel, Alfred Bernhard Nobel]

n 1: period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 [syn: Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel]