Words that rhyme with nitrify

• abnormally 0
  adv 1: in an abnormal manner; "they were behaving abnormally"; "his blood pressure was abnormally low"
• abysmally 0
  adv 1: in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn: terribly, atrociously, awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenly]
• accidentally 0
  adv 1: without advance planning; "they met accidentally" [syn: by chance, accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedly] [ant: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely] 2: of a minor or subordinate nature; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models" [syn: incidentally, accidentally] 3: without intention; in an unintentional manner; "she hit him unintentionally" [syn: unintentionally, accidentally] [ant: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely]
• acetify 0
  v 1: make sour or more sour [syn: sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify] [ant: dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten] 2: turn acidic; "the solution acetified" [syn: acidify, acetify] [ant: alkalify, alkalise, alkalize, basify]
• acidify 0
  v 1: make sour or more sour [syn: sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify] [ant: dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten] 2: turn acidic; "the solution acetified" [syn: acidify, acetify] [ant: alkalify, alkalise, alkalize, basify]
• alkalify 0
  v 1: turn basic and less acidic; "the solution alkalized" [syn: alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify] [ant: acetify, acidify]
• amplify 0
  v 1: increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind" [syn: magnify, amplify] 2: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant: downplay, minimise, minimize, understate] 3: exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" [syn: inflate, blow up, expand, amplify] 4: increase the volume of; "amplify sound"
• anomaly 0
  n 1: deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule [syn: anomaly, anomalousness] 2: a person who is unusual [syn: anomaly, unusual person] 3: (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
• argufy 0
  v 1: have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" [syn: quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate]
• balmily 0
  adv 1: in a mildly insane manner; "the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily" [syn: daftly, dottily, balmily, nuttily, wackily]
• bawdily 0
  adv 1: in a bawdy manner
• beatify 0
  v 1: fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" [syn: exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify] 2: make blessedly happy 3: declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican"
• beautify 0
  v 1: make more beautiful [syn: fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify] [ant: uglify] 2: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify] 3: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" [syn: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify]
• beggarly 0
  adj 1: marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut" [syn: beggarly, mean] 2: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt [syn: beggarly, mean]
• bloodily 0
  adv 1: involving a great bloodshed [ant: bloodlessly]
• bodily 0
  adv 1: in bodily form; "he was translated bodily to heaven" adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the body; "a bodily organ"; "bodily functions" 2: affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness" [syn: bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic] 3: having or relating to a physical material body; "bodily existence"
• broccoli 0
  n 1: plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds [syn: broccoli, Brassica oleracea italica] 2: branched green undeveloped flower heads
• calcify 0
  v 1: become impregnated with calcium salts [ant: decalcify] 2: become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify" 3: turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries" 4: convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
• caudally 0
  adv 1: toward the posterior end of the body [syn: caudally, caudal]
• certify 0
  v 1: provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence] 2: guarantee payment on; of checks 3: authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state" [syn: license, licence, certify] [ant: decertify, derecognise, derecognize] 4: guarantee as meeting a certain standard; "certified grade AAA meat" [syn: certify, endorse, indorse] 5: declare legally insane
• cheekily 0
  adv 1: in a brash cheeky manner; "brashly, she asked for a rebate" [syn: cheekily, nervily, brashly]
• clammily 0
  adv 1: in a clammy manner
• clarify 0
  v 1: make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death" [syn: clarify, clear up, elucidate] [ant: obfuscate] 2: make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"
• classically 0
  adv 1: in the manner of Greek and Roman culture; "this exercise develops a classically shaped body"
• classify 0
  v 1: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate] 2: declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents" [ant: declassify] 3: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" [syn: relegate, classify]
• codify 0
  v 1: organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws"
• coincidentally 0
  adv 1: happening at the same time [syn: coincidentally, coincidently]
• conjugally 0
  adv 1: in a conjugal manner [syn: conjugally, connubial]
• contumely 0
  n 1: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" [syn: abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification]
• craftily 0
  adv 1: in an artful manner; "he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced"; "had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?" [syn: craftily, cunningly, foxily, knavishly, slyly, trickily, artfully]
• creakily 0
  adv 1: in a creaky manner; "the old boat was moving along creakily" [syn: creakily, creakingly, screakily]
• crucify 0
  v 1: kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified" 2: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate] 3: hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh" [syn: mortify, subdue, crucify] 4: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" [syn: savage, blast, pillory, crucify]
• daintily 0
  adv 1: in a refined manner; "she nibbled daintily at her cake" 2: in a delicate manner; "the invitation cards were written up daintily in white and gold"
• dandify 0
  v 1: dress like a dandy
• decalcify 0
  v 1: lose calcium or calcium compounds 2: remove calcium or lime from; "decalcify the rock" [ant: calcify]
• decertify 0
  v 1: cause to be no longer approved or accepted; "Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the People's Republic of China" [syn: decertify, derecognize, derecognise] [ant: certify, licence, license]
• declassify 0
  v 1: lift the restriction on and make available again; "reclassify the documents" [ant: classify]
• dehumidify 0
  v 1: make less humid; "The air conditioner dehumidifies the air in the summer" [ant: humidify, moisturise, moisturize]
• deify 0
  v 1: consider as a god or godlike; "These young men deify financial success" 2: exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their King"
• demystify 0
  v 1: make less mysterious or remove the mystery from; "let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about" [ant: mystify]
• denitrify 0
  v 1: remove nitrogen from; "Denitrify the soil" [ant: nitrify]
• departmentally 0
  adv 1: dependent on a department
• detoxify 0
  v 1: remove poison from; "detoxify the soil" [syn: detoxify, detoxicate] 2: treat for alcohol or drug dependence; "He was detoxified in the clinic" [syn: detox, detoxify]
• detrimentally 0
  adv 1: in a detrimental manner [syn: detrimentally, harmfully, noxiously] [ant: harmlessly]
• developmentally 0
  adv 1: with respect to development; "developmentally retarded"
• diastole 0
  n 1: the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood
• dignify 0
  v 1: confer dignity or honor upon; "He was dignified with a title" [syn: ennoble, dignify] 2: raise the status of; "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer"
• dismally 0
  adv 1: in a cheerless manner; "in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future" [syn: dismally, drearily] 2: in a dreadful manner; "as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed" [syn: dismally, dreadfully]
• disorderly 0
  adj 1: undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct" [ant: orderly] 2: in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn: disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy] 3: completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing [syn: chaotic, disorderly]
• disqualify 0
  v 1: make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you" [syn: disqualify, unfit, indispose] [ant: dispose, qualify] 2: declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete" [ant: qualify]
• distally 0
  adv 1: far from the center; "the bronchus is situated distally"
• diversify 0
  v 1: make (more) diverse; "diversify a course of study" 2: spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified" [syn: diversify, radiate] 3: vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified" [syn: diversify, branch out, broaden] [ant: narrow, narrow down, specialise, specialize]
• dreamily 0
  adv 1: in a dreamy manner; "`She would look beautiful in the new dress,' Tommy said dreamily" [syn: dreamily, moonily, dreamfully]
• dulcify 0
  v 1: make sweeter in taste [syn: sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate] [ant: acetify, acidify, acidulate, sour]
• eagerly 0
  adv 1: with eagerness; in an eager manner; "the news was eagerly awaited" [syn: eagerly, thirstily]
• easterly 0
  adv 1: from the east; "the winds blew easterly all night" [ant: westerly] adj 1: lying in or toward the east; "the east side of New York"; "eastern cities" [syn: easterly, eastern] 2: from the east; used especially of winds; "an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly" [syn: easterly, eastern] n 1: a wind from the east [syn: east wind, easter, easterly]
• edify 0
  v 1: make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal" [syn: enlighten, edify]
• elderly 0
  adj 1: advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen" [syn: aged, elderly, older, senior] n 1: people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were available for the aged" [syn: aged, elderly] [ant: young, youth]
• electrify 0
  v 1: excite suddenly and intensely; "The news electrified us" 2: charge (a conductor) with electricity 3: equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance" [syn: electrify, wire]
• emulsify 0
  v 1: cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion [ant: demulsify] 2: form into or become an emulsion; "The solution emulsified" [ant: demulsify]
• environmentally 0
  adv 1: for the environment; "the new recycling policy is environmentally safe"
• exemplify 0
  v 1: be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue" [syn: exemplify, represent] 2: clarify by giving an example of [syn: exemplify, illustrate, instance]
• experimentally 0
  adv 1: in an experimental fashion; "this can be experimentally determined" [syn: experimentally, by experimentation, through an experiment]
• facsimile 0
  n 1: an exact copy or reproduction [syn: facsimile, autotype] 2: duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio [syn: facsimile, facsimile machine, fax] v 1: send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me the report right away?" [syn: fax, telefax, facsimile]
• falsify 0
  v 1: make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story [syn: falsify, distort, garble, warp] 2: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent] 3: prove false; "Falsify a claim" 4: falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records" [ant: correct, rectify, right] 5: insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby [syn: interpolate, alter, falsify]
• family 0
  n 1: a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" [syn: family, household, house, home, menage] 2: primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" [syn: family, family unit] 3: a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents" [syn: class, category, family] 4: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry] 5: a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family" [syn: kin, kinsperson, family] 6: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family" 7: a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities [syn: syndicate, crime syndicate, mob, family] 8: an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship" [syn: family, fellowship]
• feudally 0
  adv 1: in a feudal manner; "a feudally organized society"
• fiscally 0
  adv 1: in financial matters; "fiscally irresponsible" [syn: fiscally, in fiscal matters]
• formally 0
  adv 1: with official authorization; "the club will be formally recognized" [syn: formally, officially] 2: in a formal manner; "he was dressed rather formally" [ant: informally]
• formerly 0
  adv 1: at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once"; [syn: once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erst]
• fortify 0
  v 1: make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries" [syn: strengthen, beef up, fortify] [ant: weaken] 2: enclose by or as if by a fortification [syn: fortify, fort] 3: prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border" [syn: arm, build up, fortify, gird] [ant: demilitarise, demilitarize, disarm] 4: add nutrients to; "fortified milk" 5: add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!" [syn: spike, lace, fortify]
• friskily 0
  adv 1: in a playfully frisky manner; "he moves about friskily despite his age"
• frontally 0
  adv 1: in, at, or toward the front
• frostily 0
  adv 1: without warmth or enthusiasm; "`Come in if you have to,' he said frostily" [syn: frostily, frigidly]
• fructify 0
  v 1: become productive or fruitful; "The seeds fructified" 2: make productive or fruitful; "The earth that he fructified" 3: bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify" [syn: fructify, set]
• frugally 0
  adv 1: in a frugal manner; "in villages, the new pipeline marks the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed frugally, weighed out drop by drop"
• fundamentally 0
  adv 1: in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person" [syn: basically, fundamentally, essentially]
• gaudily 0
  adv 1: in a tastelessly garish manner; "the temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers" [syn: garishly, tawdrily, gaudily]
• giddily 0
  adv 1: in a giddy light-headed manner; "he walked around dizzily" [syn: dizzily, giddily, light-headedly]
• gloomily 0
  adv 1: with gloom; "such a change is gloomily foreseen by many"
• glorify 0
  v 1: praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim] 2: bestow glory upon; "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic" 3: elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration [syn: transfigure, glorify, spiritualize] 4: cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"
• gratify 0
  v 1: make happy or satisfied [syn: satisfy, gratify] [ant: dissatisfy] 2: yield (to); give satisfaction to [syn: gratify, pander, indulge]
• greedily 0
  adv 1: in a greedy manner [syn: avariciously, covetously, greedily]
• guiltily 0
  adv 1: in the manner of someone who has committed an offense; "she blushed guiltily as she spoke"
• handily 0
  adv 1: in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located" [syn: handily, conveniently] [ant: inconveniently] 2: with no difficulty; "she beat him handily" [syn: handily, hands down]
• hastily 0
  adv 1: in a hurried or hasty manner; "the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful"; "hastily, he scanned the headlines"; "sold in haste and at a sacrifice" [syn: hurriedly, hastily, in haste] [ant: unhurriedly]
• hebdomadally 0
  adv 1: without missing a week; "she visited her aunt weekly" [syn: hebdomadally, weekly, every week, each week]
• homily 0
  n 1: a sermon on a moral or religious topic [syn: homily, preachment]
• horizontally 0
  adv 1: in a horizontal direction; "a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally"
• horrify 0
  v 1: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us" [syn: dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify]
• humidify 0
  v 1: make (more) humid; "We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house" [syn: humidify, moisturize, moisturise] [ant: dehumidify]
• huskily 0
  adv 1: in a hoarse or husky voice; "`Excuse me,' he said hoarsely" [syn: hoarsely, huskily]
• identify 0
  v 1: recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster" [syn: identify, place] 2: give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months" [syn: name, identify] 3: consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He identified with the refugees" 4: conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus" 5: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn: identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name] 6: consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
• illegally 0
  adv 1: in an illegal manner; "they dumped the waste illegally" [syn: illegally, illicitly, lawlessly] [ant: lawfully, legitimately, licitly]
• incidentally 0
  adv 1: introducing a different topic; in point of fact; "incidentally, I won't go to the party" [syn: by the way, by the bye, incidentally, apropos] 2: of a minor or subordinate nature; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models" [syn: incidentally, accidentally]
• informally 0
  adv 1: without formality; "he visited us informally" [ant: formally] 2: with the use of colloquial expressions; "this building is colloquially referred to as The Barn" [syn: colloquially, conversationally, informally]
• intensify 0
  v 1: increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing" [syn: escalate, intensify, step up] [ant: de-escalate, step down, weaken] 2: make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions" [syn: intensify, compound, heighten, deepen] 3: become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" [syn: intensify, deepen] 4: make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
• jauntily 0
  adv 1: in a jaunty fashionable manner; "his hat sat jauntily on his full brown hair"
• jerkily 0
  adv 1: with spasms; "the mouth was slightly open, and jerked violently and spasmodically at one corner" [syn: spasmodically, jerkily] 2: with jerking motions; "She rose stiffly, jerkily from the window seat"
• jollify 0
  v 1: celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!" [syn: revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail]

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