Words that rhyme with ordinate

  • agglutinate
    adj 1: united as if by glue [syn: agglutinate, agglutinative] v 1: string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) 2: clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
  • archidiaconate
    n 1: office or position of an archdeacon
  • at
    n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium [syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85] 2: 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
  • ate
    n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
  • bayonet
    n 1: a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon v 1: stab or kill someone with a bayonet
  • cabinet
    n 1: a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display 2: persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers 3: a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock [syn: cabinet, locker, storage locker] 4: housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television [syn: cabinet, console]
  • carbonate
    n 1: a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) v 1: turn into a carbonate 2: treat with carbon dioxide; "Carbonated soft drinks"
  • coordinate
    adj 1: of equal importance, rank, or degree n 1: a number that identifies a position relative to an axis [syn: coordinate, co-ordinate] v 1: bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?" [syn: organize, organise, coordinate] 2: bring into common action, movement, or condition; "coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers"; "coordinate his actions with that of his colleagues"; "coordinate our efforts" 3: be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well" 4: bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts" [syn: align, ordinate, coordinate]
  • discriminate
    adj 1: marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions; "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people" [ant: indiscriminate] v 1: recognize or perceive the difference [syn: discriminate, know apart] 2: treat differently on the basis of sex or race [syn: discriminate, separate, single out] 3: distinguish; "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish"
  • dragonet
    n 1: small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom- dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America
  • effeminate
    adj 1: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy]
  • garnet
    n 1: any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive
  • geminate
    n 1: a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate" v 1: form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word" [syn: reduplicate, geminate] 2: occur in pairs [syn: pair, geminate] 3: arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers" [syn: pair, geminate] 4: arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words"
  • granite
    n 1: plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz 2: something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness); "a man of granite"
  • hornet
    n 1: large stinging paper wasp
  • incarnate
    adj 1: possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term" [syn: bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate] 2: invested with a bodily form especially of a human body; "a monarch...regarded as a god incarnate" v 1: make concrete and real [ant: disincarnate] 2: represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist" [syn: incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate]
  • inordinate
    adj 1: beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands" [syn: excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable]
  • insubordinate
    adj 1: not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys" [ant: subordinate] 2: disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority [syn: insubordinate, resistant, resistive]
  • laminate
    n 1: a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers v 1: create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material 2: press or beat (metals) into thin sheets 3: cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material; "laminate the table" 4: split (wood) into thin sheets
  • obstinate
    adj 1: tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield [syn: stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate] [ant: docile] 2: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing [syn: cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant] 3: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward] v 1: persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"
  • palatinate
    n 1: a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine [syn: Palatinate, Pfalz] 2: a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine
  • pinnate
    adj 1: (of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis [syn: pinnate, pinnated]
  • pomegranate
    n 1: shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit [syn: pomegranate, pomegranate tree, Punica granatum] 2: large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind
  • rabbinate
    n 1: rabbis collectively 2: the office or function of a rabbi
  • reincarnate
    adj 1: having a new body v 1: be born anew in another body after death; "Hindus believe that we transmigrate" [syn: reincarnate, transmigrate] 2: cause to appear in a new form; "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market" [syn: reincarnate, renew]
  • rennet
    n 1: a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket
  • senate
    n 1: assembly possessing high legislative powers 2: the upper house of the United States Congress [syn: United States Senate, U.S. Senate, US Senate, Senate]
  • sonnet
    n 1: a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme v 1: praise in a sonnet 2: compose a sonnet
  • subordinate
    adj 1: lower in rank or importance [syn: subordinate, low- level] [ant: dominant] 2: subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom" [ant: insubordinate] 3: (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence" [syn: dependent, subordinate] [ant: independent, main(a)] n 1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another [syn: subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier] 2: a word that is more specific than a given word [syn: hyponym, subordinate, subordinate word] v 1: rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools" 2: make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler" [syn: subordinate, subdue]
  • sultanate
    n 1: country or territory ruled by a sultan
  • tenet
    n 1: a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof [syn: dogma, tenet]
  • turbinate
    adj 1: of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages 2: in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate] n 1: any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates [syn: turbinate bone, turbinate, turbinal]
  • catenate
    v 1: arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores [syn: catenate, catenulate]
  • pectinate
    adj 1: like a comb
  • lionet
    n 1: a small or young lion
  • lunate
    adj 1: resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a), crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate]
  • bipinnate
    adj 1: of a leaf shape; having doubly pinnate leaflets (as ferns)
  • tripinnate
    adj 1: (of a leaf shape) thrice pinnate [syn: tripinnate, tripinnated]
  • staminate
    adj 1: capable of fertilizing female organs [syn: antheral, staminate]
  • bobbinet
  • cannot
  • polycarbonate
  • aydt
  • falconet
  • janet
  • ait
  • titanate
  • pulmonate
  • resupinate
  • garnett
  • tabinet
  • sinnott
  • sinnet
  • barnet
  • discarnate
  • diaconate
  • connaught
  • subdiaconate
  • incoordinate

See also ordinate definition