Words that rhyme with rickover

• awe 0
  n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe" 2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence, awe, veneration] v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"
• baccarat 0
  n 1: a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine [syn: baccarat, chemin de fer]
• blah 0
  n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah]
• bourgeois 0
  adj 1: (according to Marxist thought) being of the property- owning class and exploitive of the working class 2: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: bourgeois, conservative, materialistic] 3: belonging to the middle class n 1: a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise [syn: businessperson, bourgeois] 2: a member of the middle class [syn: bourgeois, burgher]
• bra 0
  n 1: an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts [syn: brassiere, bra, bandeau]
• caw 0
  n 1: the sound made by corvine birds v 1: utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens
• changeover 0
  n 1: an event that results in a transformation [syn: conversion, transition, changeover]
• claw 0
  n 1: sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles 2: a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something [syn: hook, claw] 3: a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods [syn: claw, chela, nipper, pincer] 4: a bird's foot v 1: move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging; "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain" 2: clutch as if in panic; "She clawed the doorknob" 3: scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails 4: attack as if with claws; "The politician clawed his rival"
• clover 0
  n 1: a plant of the genus Trifolium [syn: clover, trefoil]
• craw 0
  n 1: a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food [syn: craw, crop]
• crossover 0
  n 1: the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis [syn: crossing over, crossover] 2: a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party [syn: crossover voter, crossover] 3: the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience; "a jazz-classical crossover album" 4: a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other [syn: crossing, crosswalk, crossover]
• draw 0
  n 1: a gully that is shallower than a ravine 2: an entertainer who attracts large audiences; "he was the biggest drawing card they had" [syn: drawing card, draw, attraction, attractor, attracter] 3: the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided; "the game ended in a draw"; "their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie" [syn: draw, standoff, tie] 4: anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" [syn: draw, lot] 5: a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack; "he got a pair of kings in the draw" 6: a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking" [syn: hook, draw, hooking] 7: (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage [syn: draw, draw play] 8: poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer; "he played only draw and stud" [syn: draw, draw poker] 9: the act of drawing or hauling something; "the haul up the hill went very slowly" [syn: draw, haul, haulage] v 1: cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" [syn: pull, draw, force] [ant: force, push] 2: get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association" [syn: reap, draw] 3: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" [syn: trace, draw, line, describe, delineate] 4: make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?" [syn: draw, make] 5: bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim" [syn: draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out] 6: represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" 7: take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel" [syn: draw, take out] 8: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack" [syn: describe, depict, draw] 9: select or take in from a given group or region; "The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population" 10: elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter" 11: suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" [syn: puff, drag, draw] 12: move or go steadily or gradually; "The ship drew near the shore" 13: remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank" [syn: withdraw, draw, take out, draw off] [ant: bank, deposit] 14: choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots" [syn: draw, cast] 15: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls" [syn: draw, get] 16: bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition; "She was drawn to despair"; "The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum"; "The session was drawn to a close" 17: cause to flow; "The nurse drew blood" 18: write a legal document or paper; "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office" 19: engage in drawing; "He spent the day drawing in the garden" 20: move or pull so as to cover or uncover something; "draw the shades"; "draw the curtains" 21: allow a draft; "This chimney draws very well" 22: require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches" 23: pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" [syn: draw, quarter, draw and quarter] 24: cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter" [syn: pull, draw] 25: take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words" [syn: absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up] 26: direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" [syn: attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in] [ant: beat back, drive, force back, push back, repel, repulse] 27: thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" [syn: string, thread, draw] 28: stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow); "The archers were drawing their bows" [syn: pull back, draw] 29: pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" [syn: guide, run, draw, pass] 30: finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.; "The teams drew a tie" [syn: tie, draw] 31: contract; "The material drew after it was washed in hot water" 32: reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die; "draw wire" 33: steep; pass through a strainer; "draw pulp from the fruit" 34: remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken" [syn: disembowel, eviscerate, draw] 35: flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching; "draw steel" 36: cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"
• drover 0
  n 1: someone who drives a herd [syn: herder, herdsman, drover]
• flashover 0
  n 1: an unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator)
• flaw 0
  n 1: an imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer" [syn: defect, fault, flaw] 2: defect or weakness in a person's character; "he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless" 3: an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness v 1: add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective [syn: flaw, blemish]
• flyover 0
  n 1: bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels [syn: overpass, flyover] 2: a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground [syn: flyover, fly-by, flypast]
• gnaw 0
  v 1: bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker" 2: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded" [syn: erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away]
• guffaw 0
  n 1: a burst of deep loud hearty laughter [syn: guffaw, belly laugh] v 1: laugh boisterously [syn: guffaw, laugh loudly]
• hangover 0
  n 1: disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol) [syn: hangover, katzenjammer] 2: an official who remains in office after his term [syn: holdover, hangover] 3: something that has survived from the past; "a holdover from the sixties"; "hangovers from the 19th century" [syn: hangover, holdover]
• haw 0
  n 1: a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus [syn: hawthorn, haw] 2: the nictitating membrane of a horse v 1: utter `haw'; "he hemmed and hawed"
• holdover 0
  n 1: an official who remains in office after his term [syn: holdover, hangover] 2: something that has survived from the past; "a holdover from the sixties"; "hangovers from the 19th century" [syn: hangover, holdover]
• hurrah 0
  n 1: a victory cheer; "let's give the team a big hurrah" [syn: hurrah, hooray] v 1: shout `hurrah!'
• jaw 0
  n 1: the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth 2: the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth 3: holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit] 2: talk incessantly and tiresomely [syn: yack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap away] 3: chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" [syn: chew, masticate, manducate, jaw] 4: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
• law 0
  n 1: the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" [syn: law, jurisprudence] 2: legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping" 3: a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society [syn: law, natural law] 4: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics" [syn: law, law of nature] 5: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do [syn: jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy] 6: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale" [syn: law, practice of law] 7: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" [syn: police, police force, constabulary, law]
• layover 0
  n 1: a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends" [syn: stop, stopover, layover]
• leftover 0
  adj 1: not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions" [syn: leftover, left over(p), left(p), odd, remaining, unexpended] n 1: a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists [syn: leftover, remnant]
• maw 0
  n 1: informal terms for the mouth [syn: trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob]
• moreover 0
  adv 1: in addition; "computer chess games are getting cheaper all the time; furthermore, their quality is improving"; "the cellar was dark; moreover, mice nested there"; "what is more, there's no sign of a change" [syn: furthermore, moreover, what is more]
• nova 0
  n 1: a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
• over 0
  adv 1: at or to a point across intervening space etc.; "come over and see us some time"; "over there" 2: throughout an area; "he is known the world over" 3: throughout a period of time; "stay over the weekend" [syn: over, o'er] 4: beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position; "a roof that hangs over"; 5: over the entire area; "the wallpaper was covered all over with flowers"; "she ached all over"; "everything was dusted over with a fine layer of soot" [syn: all over, over] adj 1: having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview" [syn: complete, concluded, ended, over(p), all over, terminated] n 1: (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
• paw 0
  n 1: a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped 2: the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" [syn: hand, manus, mitt, paw] v 1: scrape with the paws; "The bear pawed the door" 2: touch clumsily; "The man tried to paw her"
• popover 0
  n 1: light hollow muffin made of a puff batter (individual Yorkshire pudding) baked in a deep muffin cup
• pullover 0
  n 1: a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head [syn: pullover, slipover]
• pushover 0
  n 1: someone who is easily taken advantage of 2: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic" [syn: cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake]
• raw 0
  adj 1: (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: natural, raw(a), rude(a)] 2: having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound" 3: not treated with heat to prepare it for eating [ant: cooked] 4: not processed or refined; "raw sewage" 5: devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power" [syn: naked, raw] 6: brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal" 7: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn: crude, raw] 8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty" 9: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive, sore, raw, tender] 10: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" [syn: bleak, cutting, raw] 11: used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" [syn: raw(a), unsanded] 12: lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits" [syn: raw, new] 13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked] n 1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: raw, altogether, birthday suit]
• rover 0
  n 1: someone who leads a wandering unsettled life [syn: wanderer, roamer, rover, bird of passage] 2: an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement [syn: rover, scouter]
• saw 0
  n 1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people [syn: proverb, adage, saw, byword] 2: hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting 3: a power tool for cutting wood [syn: power saw, saw, sawing machine] v 1: cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace"
• shah 0
  n 1: title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran [syn: Shah, Shah of Iran]
• slaw 0
  n 1: basically shredded cabbage [syn: coleslaw, slaw]
• slipover 0
  n 1: a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head [syn: pullover, slipover]
• squaw 0
  n 1: an American Indian woman
• stopover 0
  n 1: a stopping place on a journey; "there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago" [syn: stopover, way station] 2: a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends" [syn: stop, stopover, layover]
• straw 0
  adj 1: of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored n 1: plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder 2: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble] 3: a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white [syn: pale yellow, straw, wheat] 4: a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth [syn: straw, drinking straw] v 1: cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm" 2: spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet" [syn: strew, straw]
• supernova 0
  n 1: a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process
• takeover 0
  n 1: a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force [syn: coup d'etat, coup, putsch, takeover] 2: a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation
• thaw 0
  n 1: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours" [syn: thaw, melt, thawing, melting] 2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: thaw, thawing, warming] 3: a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile; "the thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs" v 1: become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat" [syn: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt]
• turnover 0
  n 1: the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers [syn: employee turnover, turnover rate, turnover] 2: a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling 3: the volume measured in dollars; "the store's dollar volume continues to rise" [syn: dollar volume, turnover] 4: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: upset, overturn, turnover]
• walkover 0
  n 1: backbends combined with handstands 2: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic" [syn: cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake]
• yaw 0
  n 1: an erratic deflection from an intended course [syn: yaw, swerve] v 1: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape, yawn, yaw] 2: deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship" 3: swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it"
• chaw 0
  n 1: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad] v 1: chew without swallowing; "chaw tobacco"
• shaw 0
  n 1: United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004) [syn: Shaw, Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky] 2: United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885) [syn: Shaw, Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billings] 3: United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919) [syn: Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw] 4: British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950) [syn: Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw]
• dover 0
  n 1: the capital of the state of Delaware [syn: Dover, capital of Delaware]
• daw 0
  n 1: common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery [syn: jackdaw, daw, Corvus monedula]
• bogota 0
  n 1: capital and largest city of Colombia; located in central Colombia on a high fertile plain [syn: Bogota, capital of Colombia]
• navratilova 0
  n 1: United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won nine Wimbledon women's singles championships (born in 1956) [syn: Navratilova, Martina Navratilova]
• jehovah 0
  n 1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH] 2: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah]
• moldova 0
  n 1: a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991 [syn: Moldova, Republic of Moldova, Moldavia]
• casanova 0
  n 1: an Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798) [syn: Casanova, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt] 2: any man noted for his amorous adventures
• handover 0
  n 1: act of relinquishing property or authority etc; "the handover of occupied territory"
• hanover 0
  n 1: a port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League [syn: Hannover, Hanover] 2: the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria) [syn: Hanover, House of Hanover, Hanoverian line]
• passover 0
  n 1: (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt [syn: Passover, Pesach, Pesah, Feast of the Unleavened Bread]
• spillover 0
  n 1: (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure
• grover 0
• ova 0
• pshaw 0
• strikeover 0
• wingover 0
• trover 0
• aw 0
• canova 0

See also rickover definition