Words that rhyme with percent

• absent 0
  adj 1: not being in a specified place [ant: present] 2: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting] 3: lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence" [syn: absent, absentminded, abstracted, scatty] v 1: go away or leave; "He absented himself" [syn: absent, remove]
• accent 0
  n 1: distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern" [syn: accent, speech pattern] 2: special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents" [syn: emphasis, accent] 3: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy" [syn: dialect, idiom, accent] 4: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: stress, emphasis, accent] 5: a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation [syn: accent, accent mark] v 1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate] 2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" [syn: stress, accent, accentuate]
• advent 0
  n 1: arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer" [syn: advent, coming] 2: the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas 3: (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment [syn: Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ, Second Advent, Advent, Parousia]
• ascent 0
  n 1: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall] 2: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" [syn: rise, rising, ascent, ascension] [ant: fall] 3: the act of changing location in an upward direction [syn: rise, ascent, ascension, ascending]
• assent 0
  n 1: agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly" [syn: assent, acquiescence] v 1: to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" [syn: assent, accede, acquiesce] [ant: dissent]
• augment 0
  v 1: enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East" 2: grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"
• bent 0
  adj 1: fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" [syn: bent, bent on(p), dead set(p), out to(p)] 2: used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back" [syn: bended, bent] 3: of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders" [syn: bent, crumpled, dented] n 1: a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" [syn: bent, set] 2: grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens [syn: bent, bent grass, bent-grass] 3: an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges 4: a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" [syn: bent, knack, hang]
• cement 0
  n 1: concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; "they stood on the grey cement beside the pool" 2: a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar 3: something that hardens to act as adhesive material 4: any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth 5: a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth [syn: cementum, cement] v 1: make fast as if with cement; "We cemented our friendship" 2: cover or coat with cement 3: bind or join with or as if with cement
• cent 0
  n 1: a fractional monetary unit of several countries 2: a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit [syn: penny, cent, centime]
• circumvent 0
  v 1: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent] 2: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" [syn: outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent] 3: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
• comment 0
  n 1: a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account" [syn: remark, comment, input] 2: a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal" [syn: comment, commentary] 3: a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip" [syn: gossip, comment, scuttlebutt] v 1: make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague" [syn: comment, notice, remark, point out] 2: explain or interpret something 3: provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written" [syn: gloss, comment, annotate]
• compliment 0
  n 1: a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration v 1: say something to someone that expresses praise; "He complimented her on her last physics paper" [syn: compliment, congratulate] 2: express respect or esteem for
• consent 0
  n 1: permission to do something; "he indicated his consent" v 1: give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" [syn: accept, consent, go for] [ant: decline, refuse]
• content 0
  adj 1: satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are; "a contented smile" [syn: contented, content] [ant: discontent, discontented] n 1: everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content" 2: what a communication that is about something is about [syn: message, content, subject matter, substance] 3: the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc. 4: the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons" [syn: capacity, content] 5: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned [syn: content, cognitive content, mental object] 6: the state of being contented with your situation in life; "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content" [syn: contentedness, content] 7: something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject" [syn: subject, content, depicted object] v 1: satisfy in a limited way; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day" 2: make content; "I am contented" [ant: discontent]
• decrement 0
  n 1: the amount by which something decreases [syn: decrease, decrement] [ant: increase, increment] 2: a process of becoming smaller or shorter [syn: decrease, decrement] [ant: growth, increase, increment]
• dent 0
  n 1: an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it made a dent in my bank account" 2: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent] 3: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: dent, ding, gouge, nick] v 1: make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" [syn: indent, dent]
• descent 0
  n 1: a movement downward 2: properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" [syn: origin, descent, extraction] 3: the act of changing your location in a downward direction 4: the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors [syn: descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation] 5: a downward slope or bend [syn: descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope] [ant: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade] 6: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock]
• detent 0
  n 1: a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn: pawl, detent, click, dog]
• discontent 0
  adj 1: showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing; "saw many discontent faces in the room"; "was discontented with his position" [syn: discontented, discontent] [ant: content, contented] n 1: a longing for something better than the present situation [syn: discontentment, discontent, discontentedness] [ant: contentment] v 1: make dissatisfied [ant: content]
• disorient 0
  v 1: cause to be lost or disoriented [syn: disorient, disorientate] [ant: orient, orientate]
• dissent 0
  n 1: (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority; "he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion" 2: a difference of opinion 3: the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent [syn: protest, objection, dissent] v 1: withhold assent; "Several Republicans dissented" [ant: accede, acquiesce, assent] 2: express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country" [syn: protest, resist, dissent] 3: be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" [syn: disagree, differ, dissent, take issue] [ant: agree, concord, concur, hold]
• document 0
  n 1: writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) [syn: document, written document, papers] 2: anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks 3: a written account of ownership or obligation 4: (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters [syn: text file, document] v 1: record in detail; "The parents documented every step of their child's development" 2: support or supply with references; "Can you document your claims?"
• event 0
  n 1: something that happens at a given place and time 2: a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" [syn: event, case] 3: a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory 4: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" [syn: consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot]
• experiment 0
  n 1: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation [syn: experiment, experimentation] 2: the testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living"; "not all experimentation is done in laboratories" [syn: experiment, experimentation] 3: a venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard" v 1: to conduct a test or investigation; "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease" 2: try something new, as in order to gain experience; "Students experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new style" [syn: experiment, try out]
• extent 0
  n 1: the point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right" 2: the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"
• ferment 0
  n 1: a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest" [syn: agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest] 2: a substance capable of bringing about fermentation 3: a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol [syn: zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment] v 1: be in an agitated or excited state; "The Middle East is fermenting"; "Her mind ferments" 2: work up into agitation or excitement; "Islam is fermenting Africa" 3: cause to undergo fermentation; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats" [syn: ferment, work] 4: go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" [syn: sour, turn, ferment, work]
• foment 0
  v 1: try to stir up public opinion [syn: agitate, foment, stir up] 2: bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented"
• fragment 0
  n 1: a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" 2: a broken piece of a brittle artifact [syn: shard, sherd, fragment] 3: an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play" v 1: break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" [syn: break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise]
• frequent 0
  adj 1: coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints" [ant: infrequent] 2: frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'"; v 1: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of [syn: patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor] [ant: boycott] 2: be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet" [syn: frequent, haunt]
• gent 0
  n 1: informal abbreviation of `gentleman' 2: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" [syn: chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke] 3: port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry [syn: Gent, Gand, Ghent]
• implement 0
  n 1: instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end v 1: apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design; "implement a procedure" 2: ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone"; [syn: enforce, implement, apply] [ant: exempt, free, relieve] 3: pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal" [syn: follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through]
• indent 0
  n 1: an order for goods to be exported or imported 2: the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line [syn: indentation, indention, indent, indenture] v 1: set in from the margin; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter" 2: cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; "indent the documents" 3: make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" [syn: indent, dent] 4: notch the edge of or make jagged 5: bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant" [syn: indenture, indent]
• intent 0
  adj 1: giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" [syn: captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped] n 1: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [syn: purpose, intent, intention, aim, design] 2: the intended meaning of a communication [syn: intent, purport, spirit]
• invent 0
  v 1: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" [syn: invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge] 2: make up something artificial or untrue [syn: fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent]
• lament 0
  n 1: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament, lamentation, plaint, wail] 2: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person [syn: dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody] 3: a mournful poem; a lament for the dead [syn: elegy, lament] v 1: express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child" [syn: lament, keen] 2: regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan]
• lent 0
  n 1: a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday [syn: Lent, Lententide]
• malcontent 0
  adj 1: discontented as toward authority [syn: disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious] n 1: a person who is discontented or disgusted
• misrepresent 0
  v 1: represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" [syn: misrepresent, belie] 2: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent]
• orient 0
  n 1: the countries of Asia [syn: East, Orient] 2: the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia [syn: eastern hemisphere, orient] v 1: be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward" [syn: orient, point] 2: determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest" [syn: orient, orientate] [ant: disorient, disorientate] 3: cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West" 4: familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances; "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen" 5: adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings" [syn: tailor, orient]
• ornament 0
  n 1: something used to beautify [syn: decoration, ornament, ornamentation] v 1: 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] 2: be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
• pent 0
  adj 1: closely confined [syn: pent, shut up(p)]
• pigment 0
  n 1: dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) 2: any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color 3: a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably" [syn: paint, pigment] v 1: acquire pigment; become colored or imbued 2: color or dye with a pigment; "pigment a photograph"
• portent 0
  n 1: a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" [syn: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy]
• present 0
  adj 1: temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations" [ant: future, past] 2: being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation" [ant: absent] n 1: the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow" [syn: present, nowadays] 2: something presented as a gift; "his tie was a present from his wife" 3: a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking [syn: present, present tense] v 1: give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate] 2: bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" [syn: present, represent, lay out] 3: perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'" [syn: stage, present, represent] 4: hand over formally [syn: present, submit] 5: introduce; "This poses an interesting question" [syn: present, pose] 6: give, especially as an honor or reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation" [syn: award, present] 7: give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" [syn: give, gift, present] 8: deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" [syn: deliver, present] 9: cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community" [syn: introduce, present, acquaint] 10: represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" [syn: portray, present] 11: present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" [syn: confront, face, present] 12: formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc. 13: recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute" [syn: salute, present]
• prevent 0
  v 1: keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" [syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid] 2: stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" [syn: prevent, keep] [ant: allow, let, permit]
• regiment 0
  n 1: army unit smaller than a division v 1: subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization; "regiment one's children" 2: form (military personnel) into a regiment 3: assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers"
• reinvent 0
  v 1: bring back into existence; "The candidate reinvented the concept of national health care so that he would get elected" 2: create anew and make over; "He reinvented African music for American listeners"
• relent 0
  v 1: give in, as to influence or pressure [syn: yield, relent, soften] [ant: remain firm, stand]
• rent 0
  n 1: a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service 2: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn: rip, rent, snag, split, tear] 3: the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions [syn: economic rent, rent] 4: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: rent, rip, split] v 1: let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad" [syn: rent, lease] 2: grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" [syn: lease, let, rent] 3: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take] 4: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services [syn: rent, hire, charter, lease]
• reorient 0
  v 1: orient once again, after a disorientation [syn: reorientate, reorient] 2: cause to turn 3: set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; "Orient the house towards the South"
• repent 0
  v 1: turn away from sin or do penitence [syn: repent, atone] 2: feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about [syn: repent, regret, rue]
• represent 0
  v 1: take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin" [syn: represent, stand for, correspond] 2: express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" [syn: typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent] 3: be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven" 4: be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute; "I represent the silent majority" 5: serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl" 6: be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue" [syn: exemplify, represent] 7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be] 8: be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant" [syn: defend, represent] [ant: prosecute] 9: create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" [syn: represent, interpret] 10: play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master" [syn: act, play, represent] 11: perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'" [syn: stage, present, represent] 12: describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel" 13: point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution" 14: bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" [syn: present, represent, lay out] 15: to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) [syn: map, represent]
• resent 0
  v 1: feel bitter or indignant about; "She resents being paid less than her co-workers" 2: wish ill or allow unwillingly [syn: begrudge, resent] [ant: wish, wish well]
• scent 0
  n 1: a distinctive odor that is pleasant [syn: aroma, fragrance, perfume, scent] 2: an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced 3: any property detected by the olfactory system [syn: olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent] v 1: cause to smell or be smelly [syn: odorize, odourise, scent] [ant: deodorise, deodorize, deodourise] 2: catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs" [syn: scent, nose, wind] 3: apply perfume to; "She perfumes herself every day" [syn: perfume, scent]
• segment 0
  n 1: one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road" [syn: section, segment] 2: one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange" v 1: divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word" [syn: segment, section] 2: divide or split up; "The cells segmented"
• sent 0
  adj 1: caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted [ant: unsent] n 1: 100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
• spent 0
  adj 1: depleted of energy, force, or strength; "impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil"; "the exhausted food sources"; "exhausted oil wells" [syn: exhausted, spent] [ant: unexhausted] 2: drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out" [syn: exhausted, dog-tired, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn- out(a), worn out(p)]
• supplement 0
  n 1: textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end [syn: addendum, supplement, postscript] 2: a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency) [syn: supplement, supplementation] 3: a supplementary component that improves capability [syn: accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on] v 1: add as a supplement to what seems insufficient; "supplement your diet" 2: serve as a supplement to; "Vitamins supplemented his meager diet" 3: add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language" [syn: append, add on, supplement, affix]
• tent 0
  n 1: a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs); "he pitched his tent near the creek" [syn: tent, collapsible shelter] 2: a web that resembles a tent or carpet v 1: live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" [syn: camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent]
• torment 0
  n 1: unbearable physical pain [syn: torture, torment] 2: extreme mental distress [syn: anguish, torment, torture] 3: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" [syn: agony, torment, torture] 4: a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors" [syn: harassment, torment] 5: a severe affliction [syn: curse, torment] 6: the act of harassing someone [syn: badgering, worrying, torment, bedevilment] v 1: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: torment, torture, excruciate, rack] 2: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate] 3: subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" [syn: torture, excruciate, torment]
• unsent 0
  adj 1: not dispatched or transmitted; "the letter remained unwritten and unsent" [ant: sent]
• unspent 0
  adj 1: (of financial resources) not spent; "unexpended funds"; "his unspent allowance" [syn: unspent, unexpended]
• vent 0
  n 1: a hole for the escape of gas or air [syn: vent, venthole, vent-hole, blowhole] 2: external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate 3: a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt [syn: vent, volcano] 4: a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket) 5: activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger" [syn: release, outlet, vent] v 1: give expression or utterance to; "She vented her anger"; "The graduates gave vent to cheers" [syn: vent, ventilate, give vent] 2: expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms" [syn: vent, ventilate, air out, air]
• wisent 0
  n 1: European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison [syn: wisent, aurochs, Bison bonasus]
• brent 0
  n 1: small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward [syn: brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose]
• ghent 0
  n 1: port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry [syn: Gent, Gand, Ghent]
• kent 0
  n 1: a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans 2: United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971) [syn: Kent, Rockwell Kent]
• stent 0
  n 1: a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
• trent 0
  n 1: a river in central England that flows generally northeastward to join with the Ouse River and form the Humber [syn: Trent, River Trent, Trent River] 2: a city in northern Italy (northwest of Venice) on the River Adige; the site of the Council of Trent [syn: Trento, Trent]
• tashkent 0
  n 1: the capital of Uzbekistan [syn: Tashkent, Taskent, capital of Uzbek]
• nonevent 0
  n 1: an anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected
• ament 0
  n 1: a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence [syn: catkin, ament]
• anent 0
• dement 0
• forwent 0
• leant 0
• meant 0
• outspent 0
• overspent 0
• quitrent 0
• underwent 0
• unmeant 0
• went 0
• bendt 0
• bente 0
• dente 0
• ent 0
• fendt 0
• fent 0
• jent 0
• mente 0
• dessent 0
• gourment 0
• ident 0
• misspent 0
• blent 0
• outwent 0
• precent 0
• thereanent 0

See also percent definition and percent synonyms