Words that rhyme with ovule

• animalcule 0
  n 1: microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium [syn: animalcule, animalculum]
• bascule 0
  n 1: a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
• capsule 0
  n 1: a small container 2: a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside 3: a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses 4: a shortened version of a written work [syn: condensation, abridgement, abridgment, capsule] 5: a structure that encloses a body part 6: a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space [syn: space capsule, capsule] 7: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute [syn: ejection seat, ejector seat, capsule] v 1: enclose in a capsule [syn: capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise] 2: put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news" [syn: encapsulate, capsule, capsulize, capsulise]
• fascicule 0
  n 1: an installment of a printed work [syn: fascicle, fascicule]
• gallinule 0
  n 1: any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens [syn: gallinule, marsh hen, water hen, swamphen]
• globule 0
  n 1: a small globe or ball
• granule 0
  n 1: a tiny grain
• graticule 0
  n 1: a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument [syn: reticle, reticule, graticule]
• lobule 0
  n 1: a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe
• majuscule 0
  adj 1: of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries [ant: minuscular, minuscule] 2: uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script" [syn: capital, great, majuscule] n 1: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters" [syn: capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule] [ant: lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter]
• microtubule 0
  n 1: a microscopically small tubule
• minuscule 0
  adj 1: of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries [syn: minuscule, minuscular] [ant: majuscule] 2: lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters" [syn: little, minuscule, small] 3: very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell" [syn: minuscule, miniscule] n 1: the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case [syn: small letter, lowercase, lower-case letter, minuscule] [ant: capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase] 2: a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
• module 0
  n 1: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind [syn: faculty, mental faculty, module] 2: detachable compartment of a spacecraft 3: computer circuit consisting of an assembly of electronic components (as of computer hardware) 4: a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components
• molecule 0
  n 1: (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound 2: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck]
• nodule 0
  n 1: a small node 2: small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant [syn: nodule, tubercle] 3: (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)
• papule 0
  n 1: a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox)
• pustule 0
  n 1: a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
• reschedule 0
  v 1: assign a new time and place for an event; "We had to reschedule the doctor's appointment"
• reticule 0
  n 1: a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries 2: a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument [syn: reticle, reticule, graticule]
• ridicule 0
  n 1: language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate 2: the act of deriding or treating with contempt [syn: derision, ridicule] v 1: subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun]
• schedule 0
  n 1: a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to [syn: agenda, docket, schedule] 2: an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur v 1: plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week" 2: make a schedule; plan the time and place for events; "I scheduled an exam for this afternoon"
• stipule 0
  n 1: a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; usually occurring in pairs and soon shed
• tubule 0
  n 1: a small tube
• vestibule 0
  n 1: a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule] 2: any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)
• saccule 0
  n 1: a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) [syn: saccule, sacculus]
• spicule 0
  n 1: small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals [syn: spicule, spiculum]
• cellule 0
• glandule 0
• monticule 0
• lodicule 0
• pilule 0
• barbule 0
• opuscule 0

See also ovule definition