Words that rhyme with mescher

n 1: someone who attacks [syn: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter] 2: a confident assertive person who acts as instigator

n 1: an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it [syn: tax assessor, assessor]

n 1: a mechanical device that compresses gasses

n 1: a priest who hears confession and gives absolution 2: someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)

n 1: a first-year undergraduate [syn: freshman, fresher]

n 1: a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications" [syn: lecture, public lecture, talk] 2: a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" [syn: lecture, speech, talking to] 3: teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) [syn: lecture, lecturing] v 1: deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" [syn: lecture, talk] 2: 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: any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime" [syn: measure, step] 2: how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify [syn: measure, quantity, amount] 3: a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill" [syn: bill, measure] 4: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" [syn: measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration] 5: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work" [syn: standard, criterion, measure, touchstone] 6: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse [syn: meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence] 7: musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song" [syn: measure, bar] 8: measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements [syn: measuring stick, measure, measuring rod] 9: a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance v 1: determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall" [syn: measure, mensurate, measure out] 2: express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?" [syn: quantify, measure] 3: have certain dimensions; "This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches" 4: 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]

n 1: a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure" [syn: pleasure, pleasance] [ant: pain, painfulness] 2: something or someone that provides a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight" [syn: joy, delight, pleasure] 3: a formal expression; "he serves at the pleasure of the President" 4: an activity that affords enjoyment; "he puts duty before pleasure" 5: sexual gratification; "he took his pleasure of her"

n 1: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure" [syn: pressure, pressure level, force per unit area] 2: a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government" 3: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" [syn: press, pressure, pressing] 4: the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure] 5: the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal" [syn: pressure, pressure sensation] 6: an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress 7: the pressure exerted by the atmosphere [syn: atmospheric pressure, air pressure, pressure] v 1: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information" [syn: coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force] 2: exert pressure on someone through threats [syn: blackmail, blackjack, pressure]

n 1: a fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts more than one day 2: a drink that refreshes; "he stopped at the bar for a quick refresher" 3: a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments [syn: refresher course, refresher]

n 1: a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw [syn: thresher, thrasher, threshing machine] 2: large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed [syn: thresher, thrasher, thresher shark, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus]

n 1: accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.; "the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies" [syn: treasure, hoarded wealth] 2: art highly prized for its beauty or perfection [syn: gem, treasure] 3: any possession that is highly valued by its owner; "the children returned from the seashore with their shells and other treasures" 4: a collection of precious things; "the trunk held all her meager treasures" v 1: hold dear; "I prize these old photographs" [syn: prize, value, treasure, appreciate] 2: be fond of; be attached to [syn: care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure]