Words that rhyme with register

  • administer
    v 1: work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of; "administer a program"; "she administers the funds" [syn: administer, administrate] 2: perform (a church sacrament) ritually; "administer the last unction" 3: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out] 4: give or apply (medications) [syn: administer, dispense] 5: direct the taking of; "administer an exam"; "administer an oath"
  • banister
    n 1: a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling [syn: bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail]
  • barrister
    n 1: a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution
  • blister
    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"
  • breadwinner
    n 1: one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents
  • canister
    n 1: a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm [syn: case shot, canister, canister shot] 2: metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour [syn: canister, cannister, tin]
  • character
    n 1: an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel" [syn: fictional character, fictitious character, character] 2: a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands" [syn: quality, character, lineament] 3: the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer [syn: character, fiber, fibre] 4: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" [syn: character, role, theatrical role, part, persona] 5: a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" [syn: character, eccentric, type, case] 6: good repute; "he is a man of character" 7: a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability; "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively" [syn: character, reference, character reference] 8: a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters" [syn: character, grapheme, graphic symbol] 9: (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes v 1: engrave or inscribe characters on
  • competitor
    n 1: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" [syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender]
  • creditor
    n 1: a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists [ant: debitor, debtor]
  • divestiture
    n 1: an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior; "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly" 2: the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
  • editor
    n 1: a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine) [syn: editor, editor in chief] 2: (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data [syn: editor program, editor]
  • epicure
    n 1: a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) [syn: epicure, gourmet, gastronome, bon vivant, epicurean, foodie]
  • ester
    n 1: formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
  • expenditure
    n 1: money paid out; an amount spent [syn: outgo, spending, expenditure, outlay] [ant: income] 2: the act of spending money for goods or services [syn: expending, expenditure] 3: the act of consuming something [syn: consumption, using up, expenditure]
  • fester
    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]
  • hemisphere
    n 1: half of the terrestrial globe 2: half of a sphere 3: either half of the cerebrum [syn: hemisphere, cerebral hemisphere]
  • jester
    n 1: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages [syn: jester, fool, motley fool]
  • messenger
    n 1: a person who carries a message [syn: messenger, courier]
  • minister
    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: a person appointed to a high office in the government; "Minister of Finance" [syn: minister, government minister] 3: a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador [syn: minister, diplomatic minister] 4: the job of a head of a government department v 1: attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to minister to my mother all the time" 2: work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish"
  • mister
    n 1: a form of address for a man [syn: Mister, Mr, Mr.]
  • pedicure
    n 1: professional care for the feet and toenails v 1: care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.
  • pester
    v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer]
  • predator
    n 1: someone who attacks in search of booty [syn: marauder, predator, vulture, piranha] 2: any animal that lives by preying on other animals [syn: predator, predatory animal]
  • progenitor
    n 1: an ancestor in the direct line [syn: progenitor, primogenitor]
  • registrar
    n 1: a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company 2: the administrator responsible for student records 3: someone responsible for keeping records [syn: registrar, record-keeper, recorder]
  • semester
    n 1: one of two divisions of an academic year 2: half a year; a period of 6 months
  • senator
    n 1: a member of a senate
  • sinister
    adj 1: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening] 2: stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy [syn: black, dark, sinister] 3: on or starting from the wearer's left; "bar sinister"
  • sister
    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]
  • stepsister
    n 1: a sister who has only one parent in common with you [syn: half sister, half-sister, stepsister]
  • tester
    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)
  • lister
    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]
  • bannister
    n 1: English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929) [syn: Bannister, Roger Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister] 2: a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling [syn: bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail]
  • deregister
  • registering
  • registers
  • hollister
  • regester
  • magister

See also register definition and register synonyms