Words that rhyme with multivalve

v 1: grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's" [syn: shrive, absolve] 2: let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility" [syn: absolve, justify, free] [ant: blame, fault]

adj 1: used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.) [syn: bivalve, bivalved] [ant: univalve] n 1: marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together [syn: bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch]

v 1: curl, wind, or twist together [syn: convolve, convolute]

v 1: turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" [syn: dig, delve, cut into, turn over]

v 1: pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital" 2: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: fall, return, pass, devolve] 3: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" [syn: devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate] [ant: convalesce, recover, recuperate]

n 1: (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out v 1: become weaker; "The sound faded out" [syn: dissolve, fade out, fade away] 2: cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [syn: dissolve, resolve, break up] 3: come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up" [syn: dissolve, break up] 4: stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" [syn: disband, dissolve] 5: cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears" 6: lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme" 7: cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture" 8: pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee" 9: become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat" [syn: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt] 10: bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" [syn: dissolve, break up] 11: declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections" [syn: dissolve, dismiss]

v 1: work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution" [syn: evolve, germinate, develop] 2: undergo development or evolution; "Modern man evolved a long time ago" 3: gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting" [syn: develop, acquire, evolve]

n 1: the handle of a weapon or tool [syn: haft, helve]

v 1: connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" [syn: involve, affect, regard] 2: engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" 3: have as a necessary feature; "This decision involves many changes" [syn: imply, involve] 4: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand] [ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of] 5: contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses" 6: occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon" 7: make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved"

n 1: the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" [syn: resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution] [ant: irresoluteness, irresolution] 2: a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote [syn: resolution, declaration, resolve] v 1: bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" [syn: decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate] 2: reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation [syn: conclude, resolve] 3: reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again" [syn: purpose, resolve] 4: understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" [syn: answer, resolve] 5: make clearly visible; "can this image be resolved?" 6: find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x" [syn: resolve, solve] 7: cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [syn: dissolve, resolve, break up]

v 1: turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" [syn: revolve, go around, rotate] 2: move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus" [syn: orb, orbit, revolve] 3: cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words" [syn: roll, revolve]

n 1: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation [syn: ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve] 2: anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his conscience" v 1: save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: salvage, salve, relieve, save] 2: apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing

v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off] 2: place on a shelf; "shelve books"

v 1: find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" [syn: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work] 2: find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x" [syn: resolve, solve] 3: settle, as of a debt; "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt" [syn: clear, solve]

adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn: twelve, 12, xii, dozen] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn: twelve, 12, XII, dozen]

adj 1: used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc. [ant: bivalve, bivalved] n 1: a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes [syn: gastropod, univalve]

n 1: a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it 2: device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone 3: control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid 4: the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs 5: one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods