Words that rhyme with processes

n 1: a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error" [syn: procedure, process] 2: (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering" [syn: process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation] 3: a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant [syn: summons, process] 4: a mental process that you are not directly aware of; "the process of denial" [syn: process, unconscious process] 5: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" [syn: process, outgrowth, appendage] 6: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls" [syn: process, physical process] v 1: subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill" [syn: process, treat] 2: deal with in a routine way; "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants" 3: perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information; "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech" 4: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination" [syn: action, sue, litigate, process] 5: march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room" [syn: march, process] 6: shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" [syn: work, work on, process] 7: deliver a warrant or summons to someone; "He was processed by the sheriff" [syn: serve, process, swear out]

adj 1: subjected to a special process or treatment; "prepared ergot"; "processed cheeses are easy to spread" 2: freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare [syn: refined, processed] [ant: crude, unprocessed, unrefined] 3: prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process; "processed ores" [ant: unprocessed]

n 1: preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure; "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals"