Words that rhyme with respell

  • compel
    v 1: force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form" [syn: compel, oblige, obligate] 2: necessitate or exact; "the water shortage compels conservation"
  • dispel
    v 1: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" [syn: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off] 2: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter]
  • expel
    v 1: force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country" [syn: expel, throw out, kick out] 2: remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" [syn: oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel] 3: cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" [syn: rout, rout out, expel] 4: eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" [syn: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release]
  • farewell
    n 1: an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting [syn: farewell, word of farewell] 2: the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn: farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting]
  • fell
    adj 1: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" [syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious] n 1: the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) [syn: hide, fell] 2: seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges [syn: fell, felled seam] 3: the act of felling something (as a tree) v 1: cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" [syn: fell, drop, strike down, cut down] 2: pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" [syn: fly, fell, vanish] 3: sew a seam by folding the edges
  • foretell
    v 1: foreshadow or presage [syn: announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald] 2: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise] 3: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]
  • gazelle
    n 1: small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes
  • gel
    n 1: a colloid in a more solid form than a sol [syn: gel, colloidal gel] 2: a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects [syn: gelatin, gel] v 1: become a gel; "The solid, when heated, gelled" 2: apply a styling gel to; "she mousses her hair" [syn: mousse, gel]
  • hell
    n 1: any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; [syn: hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno] 2: a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes" [syn: hell, blaze] 3: (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson [syn: Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit] [ant: Heaven] 4: (religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis [syn: Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld] 5: violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin" [syn: sin, hell] 6: noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" [syn: hell, blaze]
  • hotel
    n 1: a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
  • impel
    v 1: urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate [syn: impel, force] 2: cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship" [syn: propel, impel]
  • jell
    v 1: become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" [syn: jell, set, congeal]
  • lapel
    n 1: lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar
  • misspell
    v 1: spell incorrectly
  • morel
    n 1: any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap
  • motel
    n 1: a motor hotel
  • pastel
    adj 1: lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music" 2: delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink" n 1: any of various pale or light colors
  • propel
    v 1: cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship" [syn: propel, impel] 2: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" [syn: motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite]
  • quell
    v 1: suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion" [syn: squelch, quell, quench] 2: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" [syn: quell, stay, appease]
  • rappel
    n 1: (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body [syn: rappel, abseil] v 1: lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing" [syn: rappel, abseil, rope down]
  • rebel
    n 1: `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms [syn: Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback] 2: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) [syn: insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel] 3: someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action [syn: maverick, rebel] v 1: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance [syn: rebel, arise, rise, rise up] 2: break with established customs [syn: rebel, renegade]
  • repel
    v 1: cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" [syn: repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back] [ant: attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in] 2: be repellent to; cause aversion in [syn: repel, repulse] [ant: appeal, attract] 3: force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" [syn: repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back] 4: reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" [syn: rebuff, snub, repel] 5: fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" [syn: disgust, gross out, revolt, repel]
  • resell
    v 1: sell (something) again after having bought it
  • retell
    v 1: render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" [syn: recite, retell] 2: make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel" [syn: fictionalize, fictionalise, retell] 3: to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" [syn: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell]
  • sell
    n 1: the activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard sell" v 1: exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" [ant: buy, purchase] 2: be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes" 3: persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" 4: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: deal, sell, trade] 5: give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a successful career" 6: be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well in certain circles" 7: be responsible for the sale of; "All her publicity sold the products" 8: deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country" [syn: betray, sell]
  • shell
    n 1: ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun 2: the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals 3: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles [syn: carapace, shell, cuticle, shield] 4: the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts 5: the exterior covering of a bird's egg [syn: shell, eggshell] 6: a rigid covering that envelops an object; "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice" 7: a very light narrow racing boat [syn: shell, racing shell] 8: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: shell, case, casing] 9: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) [syn: plate, scale, shell] 10: the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod v 1: use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" [syn: blast, shell] 2: create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain" [syn: blast, shell] 3: fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled" 4: hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning" 5: look for and collect shells by the seashore 6: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" [syn: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish] 7: remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels" 8: remove the husks from; "husk corn" [syn: husk, shell]
  • smell
    n 1: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" [syn: smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception] 2: any property detected by the olfactory system [syn: olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent] 3: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell] 4: the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents [syn: smell, sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality] 5: the act of perceiving the odor of something [syn: smell, smelling] v 1: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense 2: emit an odor; "The soup smells good" 3: smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells" 4: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" [syn: smack, reek, smell] 5: become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption" [syn: smell, smell out, sense]
  • spell
    n 1: a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation [syn: enchantment, spell, trance] 2: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: go, spell, tour, turn] 3: a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather" [syn: while, piece, spell, patch] 4: a verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese" [syn: spell, magic spell, magical spell, charm] v 1: orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of; "How do you spell this word?" "We had to spell out our names for the police officer" [syn: spell, spell out] 2: indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!" [syn: spell, import] 3: write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter" [syn: spell, write] 4: relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn; "She spelled her husband at the wheel" 5: place under a spell [ant: unspell] 6: take turns working; "the workers spell every four hours"
  • cornell
    n 1: United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974) [syn: Cornell, Katherine Cornell] 2: United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874) [syn: Cornell, Ezra Cornell]
  • nobel
    n 1: Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896) [syn: Nobel, Alfred Nobel, Alfred Bernhard Nobel]
  • noel
    n 1: period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 [syn: Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel]
  • pell