Words that rhyme with ocellate

n 1: metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon [syn: aglet, aiglet] 2: ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform [syn: aglet, aiglet, aiguilette]

n 1: a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease [syn: amulet, talisman]

n 1: a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle 2: a sock that reaches just above the ankle [syn: anklet, anklets, bobbysock, bobbysocks] 3: an ornament worn around the ankle [syn: anklet, ankle bracelet]

n 1: (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle; "a hollow roundel" [syn: annulet, roundel] 2: molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column [syn: annulet, bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet] 3: a small ring

adj 1: of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals); "appellate court" [syn: appellate, appellant]

n 1: a band worn around the arm for decoration [syn: armlet, arm band]

adj 1: expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; "articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings" [ant: inarticulate, unarticulate] 2: consisting of segments held together by joints [syn: articulated, articulate] [ant: unarticulated] v 1: provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood" [syn: joint, articulate] 2: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate] 3: speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" [syn: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say] 4: unite by forming a joint or joints; "the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones" 5: express or state clearly [syn: articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise]

n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

n 1: any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts

n 1: a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness; "she went about her chores on automatic pilot"; "too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot"; "she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot" [syn: automatic pilot, autopilot] 2: a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course [syn: autopilot, automatic pilot, robot pilot]

n 1: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, come- on, hook, lure, sweetener] 2: something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed [syn: bait, decoy, lure] v 1: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride] 2: lure, entice, or entrap with bait 3: attack with dogs or set dogs upon

n 1: a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting 2: a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person" [syn: vote, ballot, voting, balloting] v 1: vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"

n 1: a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there" [syn: note, short letter, line, billet] 2: lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home) 3: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation] v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter, billet, canton]

n 1: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: booklet, brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet]

n 1: a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist [syn: watchband, watchstrap, wristband, watch bracelet, bracelet] 2: jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration [syn: bracelet, bangle]

n 1: a projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: bullet, slug] 2: a high-speed passenger train [syn: bullet train, bullet] 3: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" [syn: fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet]

adj 1: used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule [syn: capsulate, capsulated] v 1: enclose in a capsule [syn: capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise]

n 1: flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes [syn: wreath, garland, coronal, chaplet, lei]

n 1: a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot [syn: cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate] 2: a food made from roasted ground cacao beans 3: a medium brown to dark-brown color [syn: chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber, burnt umber]

n 1: a small circle 2: decorated metal band worn around the head

n 1: diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul

adj 1: mutually related [syn: correlative, correlate, correlated] n 1: either of two or more related or complementary variables [syn: correlate, correlative] v 1: to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?" 2: bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information"

n 1: a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece [syn: corselet, corslet]

n 1: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad] 2: a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed

n 1: a decorative bedspread (usually quilted)

n 1: a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping 2: the quantity contained in a crate [syn: crate, crateful] v 1: put into a crate; as for protection; "crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum" [ant: uncrate]

v 1: make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" [syn: make, create] 2: bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting" 3: pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating" 4: invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer" 5: create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" [syn: create, make] 6: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: produce, make, create]

n 1: thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled [syn: cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop]

n 1: the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?" [syn: date, day of the month] 2: a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking" [syn: date, escort] 3: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" [syn: date, appointment, engagement] 4: a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date" [syn: date, particular date] 5: the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date" 6: the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class" 7: a particular day specified as the time something happens; "the date of the election is set by law" 8: sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed v 1: go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart" 2: stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24" [syn: date, date stamp] 3: assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings" 4: date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!" [syn: go steady, go out, date, see] 5: provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"

adj 1: having a very finely toothed margin

adj 1: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" [syn: bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark] 2: crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail" v 1: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children" [syn: abandon, forsake, desolate, desert] 2: reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside" [syn: depopulate, desolate] 3: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge]

adj 1: sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled; "inconsolable when her son died" [syn: inconsolable, disconsolate, unconsolable] [ant: consolable] 2: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary]

n 1: a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling [syn: distillate, distillation]

n 1: a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance

n 1: a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); "he had a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man"; "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling [syn: drop, drib, driblet]

n 1: a tiny drop

n 1: a young eagle

n 1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come] v 1: utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas" [syn: blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate] 2: eject semen

n 1: a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar [syn: eyelet, eyehole] 2: fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines [syn: cringle, eyelet, loop, grommet, grummet]

n 1: an elaborate party (often outdoors) [syn: fete, feast, fiesta] 2: an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival" [syn: festival, fete] v 1: have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" [syn: celebrate, fete]

n 1: a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef [syn: fillet, filet] 2: a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish [syn: fillet, filet, fish fillet, fish filet] 3: a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus [syn: lemniscus, fillet] 4: a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband [syn: taenia, tenia, fillet] 5: fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members [syn: fillet, stopping] v 1: decorate with a lace of geometric designs [syn: fillet, filet] 2: cut into filets; "filet the fish" [syn: fillet, filet]

adj 1: having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum) [syn: flagellate, flagellated, whiplike, lash- like] n 1: a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals [syn: flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore] v 1: whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn: flagellate, scourge]

n 1: a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried [syn: flageolet, haricot] 2: a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes [syn: flageolet, treble recorder, shepherd's pipe]

n 1: a tiny flat

n 1: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment] 2: transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates [syn: freight, freightage] 3: the charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper" [syn: freight, freightage, freight rate] v 1: transport commercially as cargo 2: load with goods for transportation

n 1: an adornment worn on the forehead [syn: frontlet, frontal]

n 1: the rate of moving (especially walking or running) [syn: pace, gait] 2: a horse's manner of moving 3: a person's manner of walking

n 1: a movable barrier in a fence or wall 2: a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs [syn: gate, logic gate] 3: total admission receipts at a sports event 4: passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark v 1: supply with a gate; "The house was gated" 2: control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate 3: restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment

n 1: to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet" [syn: gauntlet, gantlet] 2: a glove of armored leather; protects the hand [syn: gauntlet, gantlet, metal glove] 3: a glove with long sleeve [syn: gauntlet, gantlet] 4: a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim [syn: gauntlet, gantlet]

n 1: a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice 2: hand tool for boring holes [syn: auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble]

n 1: a drinking glass with a base and stem 2: a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup [syn: chalice, goblet]

n 1: a frame of iron bars to hold a fire [syn: grate, grating] 2: a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something 3: a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air [syn: grate, grating] v 1: furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace" 2: gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" [syn: eat into, fret, rankle, grate] 3: reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface; "grate carrots and onions"; "grate nutmeg" 4: make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger" [syn: grate, grind] 5: scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair" [syn: scrape, grate]

adj 1: relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay" 2: of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey" [syn: great, outstanding] 3: remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome" 4: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing] 5: uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script" [syn: capital, great, majuscule] 6: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)] n 1: a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field; "he is one of the greats of American music"

n 1: a community of people smaller than a village [syn: hamlet, crossroads] 2: the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father 3: a settlement smaller than a town [syn: village, hamlet]

n 1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street]

n 1: the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action [syn: hate, hatred] [ant: love] v 1: dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians" [syn: hate, detest] [ant: love]

n 1: (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord [syn: serf, helot, villein]

adj 1: completely neat and clean; "the apartment was immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick- and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps" [syn: immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and- span, spic, spick, spotless] 2: free from stain or blemish [syn: immaculate, undefiled] 3: without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record" [syn: faultless, immaculate, impeccable]

adj 1: without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry" [syn: inarticulate, unarticulate] [ant: articulate]

n 1: an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) [syn: inlet, recess] 2: an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container [syn: intake, inlet]

adj 1: (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact, virginal" [syn: intact, inviolate] 2: must be kept sacred [syn: inviolable, inviolate, sacrosanct]

n 1: a small island [syn: isle, islet]

v 1: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" [syn: isolate, insulate] 2: obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound" 3: set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" [syn: sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate] 4: separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

n 1: small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice

n 1: small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates [syn: lancelet, amphioxus]

adv 1: later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday" [syn: late, belatedly, tardily] [ant: ahead of time, early, too soon] 2: to an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening" [syn: deep, late] 3: at an advanced age or stage; "she married late"; "undertook the project late in her career" 4: in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also" [syn: recently, late, lately, of late, latterly] adj 1: being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast" [ant: early, middle] 2: after the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments" [syn: belated, late, tardy] 3: of the immediate past or just previous to the present time; "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal" [syn: late(a), recent] 4: having died recently; "her late husband" 5: of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek" [ant: early, middle] 6: at or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child" [syn: late, later(a)] [ant: early] 7: (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House" [syn: former(a), late(a), previous(a)]

n 1: a thin triangular flap of a heart valve [syn: cusp, leaflet] 2: part of a compound leaf 3: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: booklet, brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet]

n 1: a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball 2: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. [syn: mallet, hammer] 3: a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing [syn: mallet, beetle]

n 1: the officer below the master on a commercial ship [syn: mate, first mate] 2: a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates" [syn: teammate, mate] 3: the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates" 4: a person's partner in marriage [syn: spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half] 5: an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" [syn: match, mate] 6: one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" [syn: mate, fellow] 7: South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea [syn: mate, Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis] 8: informal term for a friend of the same sex 9: South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate 10: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king [syn: checkmate, mate] v 1: engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" [syn: copulate, mate, pair, couple] 2: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" [syn: match, mate, couple, pair, twin] 3: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" [syn: checkmate, mate]

n 1: highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet [syn: mullet, grey mullet, gray mullet] 2: freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide [syn: mullet, grey mullet, gray mullet] 3: bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin

n 1: a small nut

n 1: beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly [syn: omelet, omelette]

n 1: the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art [syn: palette, pallet] 2: board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used [syn: palette, pallet] 3: one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor [syn: pallette, palette]

n 1: the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art [syn: palette, pallet] 2: a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it 3: a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay 4: a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed 5: board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used [syn: palette, pallet]

n 1: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: booklet, brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet] 2: a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet [syn: tract, pamphlet]

adj 1: composed of distinct particles [ant: nonparticulate] n 1: a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant) [syn: particulate, particulate matter]

n 1: liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned 2: the top of the head [syn: pate, poll, crown]

n 1: a young pig [syn: piglet, piggy, shoat, shote]

n 1: someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight [syn: pilot, airplane pilot] 2: a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor 3: a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors [syn: pilot program, pilot film, pilot] 4: something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; "this painting is a copy of the original" [syn: original, archetype, pilot] 5: small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner [syn: pilot burner, pilot light, pilot] 6: an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track [syn: fender, buffer, cowcatcher, pilot] v 1: operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba" [syn: fly, aviate, pilot] 2: act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?" [syn: navigate, pilot]

n 1: (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" [syn: home plate, home base, home, plate] 2: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic 3: a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) 4: dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten 5: the quantity contained in a plate [syn: plate, plateful] 6: a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly [syn: plate, crustal plate] 7: the thin under portion of the forequarter 8: a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special" 9: any flat platelike body structure or part 10: the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube 11: a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded [syn: plate, photographic plate] 12: structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage 13: a shallow receptacle for collection in church [syn: plate, collection plate] 14: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) [syn: plate, scale, shell] 15: a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth [syn: denture, dental plate, plate] v 1: coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver"

n 1: tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting [syn: platelet, blood platelet, thrombocyte]

n 1: (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning [syn: postulate, posit] v 1: maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future" [syn: contend, postulate] 2: take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature" [syn: postulate, posit] 3: 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]

n 1: idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: prate, prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music] v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]

n 1: a senior clergyman and dignitary [syn: archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate]

n 1: flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying [syn: fryer, frier, pullet] 2: young hen usually less than a year old

n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe] 2: one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy [syn: quadruplet, quad] 3: a set of four similar things considered as a unit [syn: quartet, quartette, quadruplet, quadruple]

n 1: a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" 2: amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" [syn: rate, charge per unit] 3: the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" [syn: pace, rate] 4: a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure; "the literacy rate"; "the retention rate"; "the dropout rate" v 1: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" [syn: rate, rank, range, order, grade, place] 2: be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly" 3: estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" [syn: rate, value]

v 1: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify] 2: engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion; "On weekends I play"; "The students all recreate alike" [syn: play, recreate] 3: give encouragement to [syn: cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden] [ant: dishearten, put off] 4: create anew; "she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting"

adj 1: resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system" [syn: reticulate, reticular] [ant: nonreticulate] v 1: form a net or a network 2: distribute by a network, as of water or electricity 3: divide so as to form a network

n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll] 2: a strand or cluster of hair [syn: lock, curl, ringlet, whorl] 3: a small ring 4: any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae [syn: ringlet, ringlet butterfly]

n 1: a small stream [syn: rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet]

n 1: small root or division of a root

v 1: fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" [syn: satiate, sate, replete, fill]

adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet] n 1: a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge [syn: scarlet, vermilion, orange red]

n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad]

n 1: sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs 2: large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins v 1: move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter"

n 1: a pan used for frying foods [syn: frying pan, frypan, skillet]

n 1: (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate 2: thin layers of rock used for roofing [syn: slate, slating] 3: a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers 4: a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices [syn: slate, ticket] v 1: designate or schedule; "He slated his talk for 9 AM"; "She was slated to be his successor" 2: enter on a list or slate for an election; "He was slated for borough president" 3: cover with slate; "slate the roof"

n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 2: a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge, upsurge] 3: the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow [syn: freshet, spate]

n 1: a young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star 2: a small star