Words that rhyme with poetaster

n 1: any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers 2: star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis

n 1: an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles [syn: catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket]

n 1: a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot [syn: bister, bistre]

n 1: a workman employed to blast with explosives [syn: blaster, chargeman]

n 1: a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint) 2: (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin 3: (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid [syn: blister, bulla, bleb] v 1: get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike" [syn: blister, vesicate] 2: subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" [syn: blister, scald, whip] 3: cause blisters to form on; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"

n 1: a worker who casts molten metal into finished products 2: a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar [syn: caster, castor] 3: a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable [syn: caster, castor]

n 1: a multiple star with 6 components; second brightest in Gemini; close to Pollux [syn: Castor, Alpha Geminorum] 2: a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar [syn: caster, castor] 3: a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable [syn: caster, castor] 4: a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material) [syn: beaver, castor] 5: type genus of the Castoridae: beavers [syn: Castor, genus Castor]

n 1: a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster" [syn: catastrophe, disaster] 2: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" [syn: calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm] 3: an act that has disastrous consequences

n 1: formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water

adv 1: more quickly [syn: quicker, faster]

n 1: a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus [syn: fester, suppurating sore] v 1: ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering" [syn: fester, maturate, suppurate]

n 1: the quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn: glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle]

n 1: a player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge

n 1: presiding officer of a school [syn: headmaster, schoolmaster, master]

n 1: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages [syn: jester, fool, motley fool]

n 1: a spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (especially salmon)

adj 1: most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch" [syn: chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)] n 1: an artist of consummate skill; "a master of the violin"; "one of the old masters" [syn: maestro, master] 2: a person who has general authority over others [syn: overlord, master, lord] 3: a combatant who is able to defeat rivals [syn: victor, master, superior] 4: directs the work of others 5: presiding officer of a school [syn: headmaster, schoolmaster, master] 6: an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made [syn: master, master copy, original] 7: an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn: master, captain, sea captain, skipper] 8: someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution 9: an authority qualified to teach apprentices [syn: master, professional] 10: key that secures entrance everywhere [syn: passkey, passe-partout, master key, master] v 1: be or become completely proficient or skilled in; "She mastered Japanese in less than two years" [syn: master, get the hang] 2: get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" [syn: overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master] 3: have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems" [syn: dominate, master] 4: have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?" [syn: master, control]

n 1: a form of address for a man [syn: Mister, Mr, Mr.]

n 1: a storm blowing from the northeast [syn: northeaster, noreaster]

n 1: a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" [syn: curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector] 2: only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus [syn: Pastor, subgenus Pastor]

v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer]

n 1: a rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached

n 1: a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings 2: any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs [syn: plaster of Paris, plaster] 3: a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. [syn: poultice, cataplasm, plaster] 4: a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster" [syn: plaster, plasterwork] 5: adhesive tape used in dressing wounds [syn: plaster, adhesive plaster, sticking plaster] v 1: apply a heavy coat to [syn: plaster, plaster over, stick on] 2: cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"; "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco" [syn: plaster, beplaster] 3: affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall" 4: apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm" 5: coat with plaster; "daub the wall" [syn: plaster, daub] 6: dress by covering with a therapeutic substance [syn: poultice, plaster]

n 1: the rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor

n 1: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current [syn: resistor, resistance]

n 1: a female person who has the same parents as another person; "my sister married a musician" [syn: sister, sis] [ant: blood brother, brother] 2: (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God" 3: a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; "none of her sisters would betray her" 4: (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women [syn: baby, babe, sister]

n 1: a strong wind from the southeast [syn: southeaster, sou'easter]

n 1: a sister who has only one parent in common with you [syn: half sister, half-sister, stepsister]

n 1: someone who samples food or drink for its quality [syn: taster, taste tester, taste-tester, sampler]

n 1: someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications [syn: examiner, tester, quizzer] 2: a flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed)

n 1: a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit [syn: thermistor, thermal resistor]

n 1: a semiconductor device capable of amplification [syn: transistor, junction transistor, electronic transistor]

n 1: a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground [syn: tornado, twister] 2: small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts [syn: cruller, twister]

n 1: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama]

n 1: someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently [syn: wastrel, waster] 2: a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones" [syn: destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter]

n 1: a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox 2: a wind from the east [syn: east wind, easter, easterly]

n 1: English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912) [syn: Lister, Joseph Lister, Baron Lister] 2: assessor who makes out the tax lists 3: moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow [syn: lister, lister plow, lister plough, middlebreaker, middle buster]

n 1: wind that blows from west to east [syn: west wind, wester]

n 1: United States historian who wrote a nine volume history of the people of the United States (1852-1932) [syn: McMaster, John Bach McMaster]

n 1: any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver- white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits

n 1: protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants [syn: testa, episperm, seed coat]

n 1: (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia 2: the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered

n 1: British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964) [syn: Astor, Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor] 2: United States capitalist (born in Germany) who made a fortune in fur trading (1763-1848) [syn: Astor, John Jacob Astor]

n 1: a workman who pastes 2: an adhesive label [syn: gummed label, sticker, paster]

n 1: a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)

n 1: (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim) 2: an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre [syn: Esther, Book of Esther]

n 1: a largely agricultural county in central England [syn: Leicestershire, Leicester] 2: an industrial city in Leicestershire in central England; built on the site of a Roman settlement

n 1: (Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy 2: a genus of Psittacidae [syn: Nestor, genus Nestor]

n 1: an announcer who reads sports news or describes sporting events [syn: sports announcer, sportscaster, sports commentator]

n 1: a technician who designs or maintains a website

n 1: a blouse with buttons down the front; "in Britain they call a shirtwaist a shirtwaister" [syn: shirtwaist, shirtwaister]

n 1: an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes [syn: enema, clyster]