Words that rhyme with ooten

n 1: someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed" [syn: automaton, zombi, zombie] 2: a mechanism that can move automatically [syn: automaton, robot, golem]

v 1: make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room" [syn: brighten, lighten up, lighten] [ant: darken] 2: become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm" [syn: clear up, clear, light up, brighten] [ant: cloud, overcast]

n 1: a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes 2: an electrical switch operated by pressing; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk" [syn: push button, push, button] 3: any of various plant parts that resemble buttons 4: a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment; "they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate" 5: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn: clitoris, clit, button] 6: a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism [syn: release, button] 7: any artifact that resembles a button v 1: provide with buttons; "button a shirt" 2: fasten with buttons; "button the dress" [ant: unbutton]

n 1: an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant 2: the naval officer in command of a military ship [syn: captain, skipper] 3: a policeman in charge of a precinct [syn: captain, police captain, police chief] 4: an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn: master, captain, sea captain, skipper] 5: the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry" [syn: captain, chieftain] 6: the pilot in charge of an airship [syn: captain, senior pilot] 7: a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers [syn: captain, headwaiter, maitre d'hotel, maitre d'] v 1: be the captain of a sports team

adj 1: definite but not specified or identified; "set aside a certain sum each week"; "to a certain degree"; "certain breeds do not make good pets"; "certain members have not paid their dues"; "a certain popular teacher"; "a certain Mrs. Jones" 2: having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends" [syn: certain(p), sure] [ant: incertain, uncertain, unsure] 3: established beyond doubt or question; definitely known; "what is certain is that every effect must have a cause"; "it is certain that they were on the bus"; "his fate is certain"; "the date for the invasion is certain" [ant: uncertain] 4: certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win" [syn: certain, sure] [ant: uncertain] 5: established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed" [syn: sealed, certain] [ant: uncertain, unsealed] 6: reliable in operation or effect; "a quick and certain remedy"; "a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure sign of termites" [syn: certain, sure] 7: exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors" [syn: certain, sure]

n 1: a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes [syn: mountebank, charlatan]

n 1: a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi

adj 1: growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution" [syn: cosmopolitan, widely distributed] [ant: endemic] 2: composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests; "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay; "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"; "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks" [ant: provincial] 3: of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience" [syn: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world- wide] n 1: a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries [syn: cosmopolitan, cosmopolite]

n 1: soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state [syn: cotton, cotton fiber, cotton wool] 2: fabric woven from cotton fibers 3: erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers [syn: cotton, cotton plant] 4: thread made of cotton fibers v 1: take a liking to; "cotton to something"

n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard]

n 1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) [syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall] 2: any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees" v 1: provide with drapery; "curtain the bedrooms"

v 1: take away the enthusiasm of [syn: dishearten, put off] [ant: cheer, embolden, hearten, recreate]

n 1: a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough

adj 1: purchased; not homemade; "my boughten clothes"; "a store- bought dress" [syn: boughten, store-bought]

n 1: a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language) 2: a Celtic language of Brittany

adj 1: characteristic of or associated with the Britons; "the Briton inhabitants of England" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Great Britain [syn: Britisher, Briton, Brit] 2: an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions

n 1: English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890) [syn: Burton, Richard Burton, Sir Richard Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton] 2: Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984) [syn: Burton, Richard Burton] 3: a strong dark English ale

n 1: English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727) [syn: Newton, Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton] 2: a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes [syn: newton, N]

n 1: someone (especially a German) who speaks a Germanic language 2: a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans

n 1: Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981) [syn: Dayan, Moshe Dayan]

n 1: large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth [syn: batholith, batholite, pluton, plutonic rock]