Words that rhyme with regelate

n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

v 1: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect, look, await, wait]

n 1: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, come- on, hook, lure, sweetener] 2: something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed [syn: bait, decoy, lure] v 1: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride] 2: lure, entice, or entrap with bait 3: attack with dogs or set dogs upon

v 1: compare critically; of texts 2: to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"

v 1: extract information from a modulated carrier wave

v 1: become wider; "His pupils were dilated" [syn: dilate, distend] 2: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten]

v 1: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" [syn: elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate] [ant: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down]

adj 1: (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery" [syn: etiolate, etiolated, blanched] v 1: make weak by stunting the growth or development of 2: bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight 3: make pale or sickly; "alcohol etiolates your skin"

v 1: insert (days) in a calendar

v 1: be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?" [syn: relate, interrelate] 2: place into a mutual relationship; "I cannot interrelate these two events"

adv 1: later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday" [syn: late, belatedly, tardily] [ant: ahead of time, early, too soon] 2: to an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening" [syn: deep, late] 3: at an advanced age or stage; "she married late"; "undertook the project late in her career" 4: in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also" [syn: recently, late, lately, of late, latterly] adj 1: being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast" [ant: early, middle] 2: after the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments" [syn: belated, late, tardy] 3: of the immediate past or just previous to the present time; "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal" [syn: late(a), recent] 4: having died recently; "her late husband" 5: of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek" [ant: early, middle] 6: at or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child" [syn: late, later(a)] [ant: early] 7: (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House" [syn: former(a), late(a), previous(a)]

v 1: translate incorrectly

adj 1: having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles [syn: oblate, pumpkin-shaped] [ant: prolate, watermelon-shaped] n 1: a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life

adj 1: marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton [syn: flowery, ornate]

n 1: liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned 2: the top of the head [syn: pate, poll, crown]

n 1: (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" [syn: home plate, home base, home, plate] 2: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic 3: a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) 4: dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten 5: the quantity contained in a plate [syn: plate, plateful] 6: a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly [syn: plate, crustal plate] 7: the thin under portion of the forequarter 8: a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special" 9: any flat platelike body structure or part 10: the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube 11: a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded [syn: plate, photographic plate] 12: structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage 13: a shallow receptacle for collection in church [syn: plate, collection plate] 14: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) [syn: plate, scale, shell] 15: a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth [syn: denture, dental plate, plate] v 1: coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver"

v 1: be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday" [syn: postdate, follow] [ant: antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, precede, predate] 2: establish something as being later relative to something else [ant: antedate, foredate, predate]

n 1: idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: prate, prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music] v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]

v 1: be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" [syn: predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate] [ant: follow, postdate] 2: come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify" [syn: precede, predate] 3: prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs" [syn: raven, prey, predate] 4: establish something as being earlier relative to something else [syn: predate, antedate, foredate] [ant: postdate]

v 1: make a proportional settlement or distribution 2: divide or assess proportionally; "The rent was prorated for the rest of the month"

n 1: a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" 2: amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" [syn: rate, charge per unit] 3: the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" [syn: pace, rate] 4: a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure; "the literacy rate"; "the retention rate"; "the dropout rate" v 1: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" [syn: rate, rank, range, order, grade, place] 2: be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly" 3: estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" [syn: rate, value]

v 1: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate] 2: be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with] 3: give an account of; "The witness related the events" 4: be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?" [syn: relate, interrelate] 5: have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"

v 1: to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" [syn: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell]

adj 1: characterized by dignity and propriety [syn: sedate, staid] 2: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" [syn: grave, sedate, sober, solemn] v 1: cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" [syn: sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise] [ant: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate]

n 1: sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs 2: large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins v 1: move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter"

n 1: (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate 2: thin layers of rock used for roofing [syn: slate, slating] 3: a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers 4: a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices [syn: slate, ticket] v 1: designate or schedule; "He slated his talk for 9 AM"; "She was slated to be his successor" 2: enter on a list or slate for an election; "He was slated for borough president" 3: cover with slate; "slate the roof"

n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 2: a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge, upsurge] 3: the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow [syn: freshet, spate]

n 1: the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south" [syn: state, province] 2: the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" 3: the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax" 4: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic] 5: (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container); "the solid state of water is called ice" [syn: state of matter, state] 6: a state of depression or agitation; "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him" 7: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" [syn: country, state, land] 8: the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789" [syn: Department of State, United States Department of State, State Department, State, DoS] v 1: express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" [syn: state, say, tell] 2: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" [syn: submit, state, put forward, posit] 3: indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?" [syn: express, state]

adv 1: without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office" [syn: directly, straight, direct] 2: in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay" [syn: directly, flat, straight] [ant: indirectly] 3: in a straight line; in a direct course; "the road runs straight" adj 1: successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days" [syn: straight, consecutive] 2: having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders" [ant: crooked] 3: (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky" [ant: curly] 4: erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back" [syn: straight, unbent, unbowed] 5: in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report" 6: characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal" [syn: straight, square] [ant: corrupt, crooked] 7: no longer coiled [syn: uncoiled, straight] [ant: coiled] 8: free from curves or angles; "a straight line" [ant: curved, curving] 9: neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now" 10: not homosexual 11: accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true" [syn: true, straight] 12: without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears" [syn: square(a), straightforward, straight] 13: without water; "took his whiskey neat" [syn: neat, straight, full-strength] 14: following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning" 15: rigidly conventional or old-fashioned [syn: square, straight] n 1: a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex [syn: heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight] 2: a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit) 3: a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse [syn: straightaway, straight]

v 1: restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N." [syn: translate, interpret, render] 2: change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil" [syn: translate, transform] 3: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" [syn: understand, read, interpret, translate] 4: bring to a certain spiritual state 5: change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation 6: be equivalent in effect; "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power" 7: be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way; "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English" 8: subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body 9: express, as in simple and less technical language; "Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"; "Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?" 10: determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA

adv 1: in or toward the northern parts of a state; "he lives upstate New York"

n 1: time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" [syn: delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait] 2: the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him" [syn: wait, waiting] v 1: stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets" 2: wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment" [syn: wait, hold off, hold back] 3: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect, look, await, wait] 4: serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's" [syn: wait, waitress]

n 1: the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity 2: sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms [syn: weight, free weight, exercising weight] 3: the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed" [syn: weight, weightiness] 4: an artifact that is heavy 5: an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility" 6: a system of units used to express the weight of something [syn: system of weights, weight] 7: a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan" [syn: weight unit, weight] 8: (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance [syn: weight, weighting] v 1: weight down with a load [syn: burden, burthen, weight, weight down] [ant: disburden, unburden] 2: present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders" [syn: slant, angle, weight]

adj 1: relating to or characterized by chelation [syn: chelate, chelated] 2: having or resembling chelae or claws n 1: a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions [syn: chelate, chelate compound] v 1: form a chelate, in chemistry

adj 1: having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis" [syn: prolate, watermelon-shaped] [ant: oblate, pumpkin-shaped] 2: rounded like an egg [syn: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate]

adj 1: arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center; "radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways" [syn: radial, stellate, radiate]

v 1: provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation [syn: fellate, suck, blow, go down on]

v 1: translate again

adj 1: (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex [syn: lanceolate, lancelike]

adj 1: (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions; "alate leaves"; "alate seeds of a maple tree" [syn: alate, alated]

v 1: question formally about policy or government business

adj 1: urn-shaped; large below and contracted toward the mouth