Words that rhyme with sas

  • acquiesce
    v 1: to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" [syn: assent, accede, acquiesce] [ant: dissent]
  • alas
    adv 1: by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay" [syn: unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alas] [ant: as luck would have it, fortuitously, fortunately, luckily]
  • amass
    v 1: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass] 2: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" [syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard]
  • ass
    n 1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] 2: a pompous fool 3: hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse 4: slang for sexual intercourse [syn: fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup]
  • bass
    adj 1: having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet" [syn: bass, deep] n 1: the lowest part of the musical range 2: the lowest part in polyphonic music [syn: bass, bass part] 3: an adult male singer with the lowest voice [syn: bass, basso] 4: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae [syn: sea bass, bass] 5: any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) [syn: freshwater bass, bass] 6: the lowest adult male singing voice [syn: bass, bass voice, basso] 7: the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments 8: nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
  • bless
    v 1: give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son" [ant: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict] 2: confer prosperity or happiness on 3: make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate [syn: bless, sign] 4: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify] [ant: deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow]
  • brass
    n 1: an alloy of copper and zinc 2: a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece [syn: brass, brass instrument] 3: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" [syn: administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation] 4: impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn: boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek] 5: an ornament or utensil made of brass 6: the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments [syn: brass section, brass] 7: a memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet, plaque]
  • chess
    n 1: weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat [syn: chess, cheat, Bromus secalinus] 2: a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king [syn: chess, chess game]
  • class
    n 1: a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents" [syn: class, category, family] 2: a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" [syn: class, form, grade, course] 3: people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" [syn: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class] 4: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" [syn: course, course of study, course of instruction, class] 5: a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA" [syn: class, division] 6: a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High" [syn: class, year] 7: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders 8: elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class" v 1: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate]
  • crass
    adj 1: (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
  • cress
    n 1: any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste [syn: cress, cress plant] 2: pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs
  • dress
    adj 1: suitable for formal occasions; "formal wear"; "a full- dress uniform"; "dress shoes" [syn: full-dress, dress] 2: (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes; "a dress dinner"; "a full-dress ceremony" [syn: dress, full-dress] n 1: a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice [syn: dress, frock] 2: clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" [syn: attire, garb, dress] 3: clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress" [syn: apparel, wearing apparel, dress, clothes] v 1: put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?" [syn: dress, get dressed] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress] 2: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress] 3: put a finish on; "dress the surface smooth" 4: dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie" [syn: dress, dress up] 5: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume, dress] 6: kill and prepare for market or consumption; "dress a turkey" [syn: dress, dress out] 7: arrange in ranks; "dress troops" [syn: dress, line up] 8: decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods [syn: trim, garnish, dress] 9: provide with decoration; "dress the windows" [syn: dress, decorate] 10: put a dressing on; "dress the salads" 11: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back] 12: cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width 13: convert into leather; "dress the tanned skins" 14: apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's wounds" 15: give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses" [syn: dress, groom, curry] 16: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure]
  • fess
    n 1: (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield [syn: fesse, fess]
  • gas
    n 1: the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container [syn: gas, gaseous state] 2: a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely 3: a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines [syn: gasoline, gasolene, gas, petrol] 4: a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn: flatulence, flatulency, gas] 5: a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" [syn: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun] 6: a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes [syn: natural gas, gas] v 1: attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes" 2: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
  • glass
    n 1: a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure 2: a container for holding liquids while drinking [syn: glass, drinking glass] 3: the quantity a glass will hold [syn: glass, glassful] 4: a small refracting telescope [syn: field glass, glass, spyglass] 5: an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant [syn: methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash] 6: a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror [syn: looking glass, glass] 7: glassware collectively; "She collected old glass" v 1: furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: glass, glaze] 2: scan (game in the forest) with binoculars 3: enclose with glass; "glass in a porch" [syn: glass, glass in] 4: put in a glass container 5: become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over]
  • grass
    n 1: narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay 2: German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927) [syn: Grass, Gunter Grass, Gunter Wilhelm Grass] 3: a police informer who implicates many people [syn: supergrass, grass] 4: bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle [syn: eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grass] 5: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane] v 1: shoot down, of birds 2: cover with grass; "The owners decided to grass their property" 3: spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach 4: cover with grass [syn: grass, grass over] 5: feed with grass 6: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag]
  • guess
    n 1: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis] 2: an estimate based on little or no information [syn: guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning] v 1: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess] 2: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" [syn: guess, venture, pretend, hazard] 3: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" [syn: estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge] 4: guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize" [syn: guess, infer]
  • harass
    v 1: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke] 2: exhaust by attacking repeatedly; "harass the enemy"
  • heiress
    n 1: a female heir [syn: heiress, inheritress, inheritrix]
  • impasse
    n 1: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill] 2: a street with only one way in or out [syn: blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse]
  • lass
    n 1: a girl or young woman who is unmarried [syn: lass, lassie, young girl, jeune fille]
  • last
    adv 1: most_recently; "I saw him last in London" 2: the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values" [syn: last, lastly, in conclusion, finally] adj 1: immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read" 2: coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel" [ant: first] 3: occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave" [syn: concluding, final, last, terminal] 4: most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job" 5: occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites" 6: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: final, last, net] 7: highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually" [syn: last, utmost] 8: not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say" [syn: final, last] 9: lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place" [syn: last, last-place, lowest] n 1: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 2: the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last" 3: a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last" 4: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last" [syn: death, last] 5: a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds 6: a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels 7: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" [syn: end, last, final stage] 8: holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes [syn: last, shoemaker's last, cobbler's last] v 1: persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" [syn: last, endure] 2: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out]
  • mass
    adj 1: formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness" [syn: aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, mass] n 1: the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field 2: (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] 3: an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) 4: (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist 5: a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass" 6: the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people" [syn: multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed] 7: the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports" [syn: bulk, mass, volume] 8: a musical setting for a Mass; "they played a Mass composed by Beethoven" 9: a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite; "the priest said Mass" v 1: join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; "Crowds were massing outside the palace"
  • mess
    n 1: a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" [syn: mess, messiness, muss, mussiness] 2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish] 3: soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge" 4: a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel 5: a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax [syn: mess, mess hall] 6: (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] v 1: eat in a mess hall 2: make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room" [syn: mess, mess up]
  • morass
    n 1: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot [syn: mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack]
  • pass
    adj 1: of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play" [syn: passing(a), pass(a)] [ant: running(a)] n 1: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls" [syn: base on balls, walk, pass] 2: (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days" 3: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" [syn: pass, passing play, passing game, passing] 4: the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" [syn: pass, mountain pass, notch] 5: any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit" [syn: pass, passport] 6: a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes" [syn: pass, laissez passer] 7: a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane turned to make a second pass" 8: a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs [syn: pass, strait, straits] 9: a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday" [syn: pass, head, straits] 10: one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass" 11: you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round" [syn: bye, pass] 12: a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had to show his pass in order to get out" [syn: pass, liberty chit] 13: a complimentary ticket; "the star got passes for his family" 14: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer] 15: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss, flip] 16: success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" [syn: passing, pass, qualifying] [ant: failing, flunk] v 1: go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" [syn: pass, go through, go across] 2: move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" [syn: travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass] 3: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time" [syn: legislate, pass] 4: pass by; "three years elapsed" [syn: elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along] 5: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" [syn: pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give] 6: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" [syn: run, go, pass, lead, extend] 7: travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" [syn: pass, overtake, overhaul] 8: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" [syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place] 9: go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House" [syn: pass, clear] 10: pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" [syn: spend, pass] 11: 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] 12: transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" [syn: communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across] 13: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn: evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass] 14: go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now" [syn: pass, make it] [ant: bomb, fail, flunk, flush it] 15: be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" [syn: exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top] 16: accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak" [ant: fail] 17: allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed" 18: transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control" 19: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana" [syn: sink, pass, lapse] 20: throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed" 21: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: fall, return, pass, devolve] 22: cause to pass; "She passed around the plates" [syn: pass, make pass] 23: grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" [syn: authorize, authorise, pass, clear] 24: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be born] 25: eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [syn: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass]
  • press
    n 1: the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure] 2: the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines [syn: press, public press] 3: a machine used for printing [syn: press, printing press] 4: a dense crowd of people [syn: crush, jam, press] 5: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes [syn: wardrobe, closet, press] 6: clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use 7: any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids [syn: press, mechanical press] 8: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead [syn: press, military press] 9: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" [syn: press, pressure, pressing] v 1: exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" 2: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies" [syn: urge, urge on, press, exhort] 3: to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind" [syn: weigh, press] 4: place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers" 5: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press] 6: crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street" 7: create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay" 8: be urgent; "This is a pressing problem" 9: exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate" [syn: crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate] 10: press from a plastic; "press a record" [syn: press, press out] 11: make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman" [syn: press, push] 12: press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing" [syn: iron, iron out, press] 13: lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds" [syn: weight- lift, weightlift, press] 14: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure]
  • prowess
    n 1: a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art" [syn: art, artistry, prowess]
  • sass
    n 1: an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass" [syn: sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth] v 1: answer back in an impudent or insolent manner; "don't sass me!"; "The teacher punished the students who were sassing all morning";
  • stress
    n 1: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: stress, emphasis, accent] 2: (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor" [syn: tension, tenseness, stress] 3: special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed" [syn: stress, focus] 4: difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson [syn: stress, strain] 5: (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area" v 1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate] 2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" [syn: stress, accent, accentuate] 3: test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" [syn: try, strain, stress]
  • surpass
    v 1: distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" [syn: excel, stand out, surpass] 2: be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" [syn: surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform] 3: move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" [syn: travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass] 4: be greater in scope or size than some standard; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds" [syn: exceed, transcend, surpass]
  • tress
    n 1: a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair [syn: braid, plait, tress, twist]
  • us
    n 1: North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 [syn: United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.]
  • vas
    n 1: a tube in which a body fluid circulates [syn: vessel, vas]
  • wrasse
    n 1: chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored
  • jewess
    n 1: a woman who is a Jew
  • fesse
    n 1: (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield [syn: fesse, fess]
  • hess
    n 1: English pianist (1890-1965) [syn: Hess, Dame Myra Hess] 2: Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973) [syn: Hess, Walter Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess] 3: Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987) [syn: Hess, Rudolf Hess, Walther Richard Rudolf Hess] 4: United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964) [syn: Hess, Victor Hess, Victor Franz Hess]
  • hesse
    n 1: Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962) [syn: Hesse, Hermann Hesse]
  • ness
    n 1: a strip of land projecting into a body of water [syn: cape, ness]
  • s
    n 1: 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites [syn: second, sec, s] 2: an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions) [syn: sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16] 3: the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees [syn: south, due south, southward, S] 4: a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm [syn: mho, siemens, reciprocal ohm, S] 5: the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: S, s] 6: (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity" [syn: randomness, entropy, S]
  • das
    n 1: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn: hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das]
  • alsace
    n 1: a region of northeastern France famous for its wines [syn: Alsace, Alsatia, Elsass]
  • chasse
    n 1: (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading [syn: chasse, sashay] v 1: perform a chasse step, in ballet [syn: chasse, sashay]
  • masse
    n 1: a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball [syn: masse, masse shot]
  • tasse
    n 1: one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs [syn: tasset, tasse]
  • sess
    n 1: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
  • sos
    n 1: an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
  • bras
  • cess
  • contrasts
  • forecasts
  • jess
  • bes
  • bess
  • tess
  • uss
  • lambastes
  • haas
  • gras
  • basse
  • cas
  • cass
  • dass
  • frass
  • grasse
  • kras
  • krass
  • nass
  • tass
  • depass
  • repass
  • blass
  • glas
  • klas
  • klass
  • plas
  • plass
  • plasse
  • strass
  • trass

See also sas definition