Words that rhyme with preallotment

n 1: a share set aside for a specific purpose [syn: allotment, allocation] 2: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" [syn: allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation]

n 1: a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus)

n 1: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment]

n 1: an encampment of huts (chiefly military)

n 1: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress [syn: hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap] 2: any structure that makes progress difficult [syn: obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta]

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]

n 1: placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law [syn: impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage]

n 1: a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain [syn: liniment, embrocation]

n 1: the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability

n 1: cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of physical abuse" [syn: maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill-usage, abuse]

n 1: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" [syn: measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration]

n 1: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease [syn: medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug]

n 1: a gay feeling [syn: gaiety, merriment] 2: activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around" [syn: fun, merriment, playfulness]

n 1: a statement that contains a mistake

n 1: the practice of treating (someone or something) badly; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother"

n 1: a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began" [syn: moment, minute, second, instant] 2: an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn: moment, mo, minute, second, bit] 3: at this time; "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she is studying at the moment" [syn: here and now, present moment, moment] 4: having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence" [syn: consequence, import, moment] [ant: inconsequence] 5: a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force) 6: the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

n 1: a structure erected to commemorate persons or events [syn: memorial, monument] 2: an important site that is marked and preserved as public property 3: a burial vault (usually for some famous person) [syn: repository, monument]

n 1: a source of materials to nourish the body [syn: nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals]

n 1: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold [syn: end, remainder, remnant, oddment] 2: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting [syn: curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity]

n 1: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation [syn: ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve] 2: toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin [syn: cream, ointment, emollient]

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"

n 1: making to seem more important than it really is [syn: exaggeration, overstatement, magnification] [ant: understatement]

n 1: the condition of being reinstated; "her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly" 2: the act of restoring someone to a previous position; "we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel"

n 1: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment] 2: the act of sending off something [syn: dispatch, despatch, shipment]

n 1: a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" 2: a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true" [syn: argument, statement] 3: (music) the presentation of a musical theme; "the initial statement of the sonata" 4: a nonverbal message; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention" 5: the act of affirming or asserting or stating something [syn: affirmation, assertion, statement] 6: (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program [syn: instruction, command, statement, program line] 7: a document showing credits and debits [syn: statement, financial statement]

n 1: care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) [syn: treatment, intervention] 2: the management of someone or something; "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system" [syn: treatment, handling] 3: a manner of dealing with something artistically; "his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture" 4: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased" [syn: discussion, treatment, discourse]

n 1: gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy