Words that rhyme with ruge

n 1: an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension [syn: centrifuge, extractor, separator] v 1: rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids [syn: centrifuge, centrifugate]

n 1: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" [syn: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent] 2: a heavy rain [syn: downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker] 3: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations" [syn: flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion] v 1: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" [syn: deluge, flood, inundate, swamp] 2: charge someone with too many tasks [syn: overwhelm, deluge, flood out] 3: fill or cover completely, usually with water [syn: inundate, deluge, submerge]

n 1: any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever [syn: antipyretic, febrifuge]

adj 1: unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge [syn: huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian]

n 1: a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together)

n 1: a racing sled for one or two people v 1: move along on a luge or toboggan [syn: toboggan, luge]

n 1: a safe place; "He ran to safety" [syn: safety, refuge] 2: something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying" [syn: recourse, refuge, resort] 3: a shelter from danger or hardship [syn: refuge, sanctuary, asylum] 4: act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" [syn: recourse, resort, refuge]

n 1: a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl]

n 1: a person of unquestioning obedience [syn: flunky, flunkey, stooge, yes-man] 2: a victim of ridicule or pranks [syn: butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge] v 1: cruise in slow or routine flights 2: act as the stooge; "His role was to stooge for the popular comedian" 3: act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner; "He stooged for the flamboyant Senator"

n 1: something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind" [syn: subterfuge, blind]

n 1: a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms [syn: vermifuge, anthelmintic, anthelminthic, helminthic]