Words that rhyme with sestet

• ate 0
  n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• motet 0
  n 1: an unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics; intended to be sung as part of a church service; originated in the 13th century
• octet 0
  n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one [syn: eight, 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet] 2: eight performers or singers who perform together [syn: octet, octette] 3: a set of eight similar things considered as a unit [syn: octet, octette] 4: eight people considered as a unit [syn: octet, octette, eightsome] 5: a musical composition written for eight performers [syn: octet, octette]
• orientate 0
  v 1: determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest" [syn: orient, orientate] [ant: disorient, disorientate]
• overstate 0
  v 1: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant: downplay, minimise, minimize, understate]
• palpitate 0
  v 1: cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart" 2: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated" [syn: quiver, quake, palpitate] 3: beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated" [syn: palpitate, flutter]
• potentate 0
  n 1: a ruler who is unconstrained by law [syn: dictator, potentate]
• precipitate 0
  adj 1: done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" [syn: hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous] n 1: a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering v 1: bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution" 2: separate as a fine suspension of solid particles 3: fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" [syn: precipitate, come down, fall] 4: fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin" 5: hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"
• premeditate 0
  v 1: consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand; "premeditated murder" 2: think or reflect beforehand or in advance; "I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake"
• prostate 0
  adj 1: relating to the prostate gland [syn: prostate, prostatic] n 1: a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen [syn: prostate gland, prostate]
• quartet 0
  n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe] 2: four performers or singers who perform together [syn: quartet, quartette] 3: a set of four similar things considered as a unit [syn: quartet, quartette, quadruplet, quadruple] 4: four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m." [syn: quartet, quartette, foursome] 5: a musical composition for four performers [syn: quartet, quartette]
• quintet 0
  n 1: a musical composition for five performers [syn: quintet, quintette] 2: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe] 3: five performers or singers who perform together [syn: quintet, quintette] 4: a set of five similar things considered as a unit [syn: quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuple] 5: five people considered as a unit [syn: quintet, quintette, fivesome]
• regurgitate 0
  v 1: pour or rush back; "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle" 2: feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food; "many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest" 3: repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" [syn: regurgitate, reproduce] 4: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
• rehabilitate 0
  v 1: help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute; "The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated"; "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated" 2: reinstall politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime" [ant: purge] 3: restore to a state of good condition or operation
• reinstate 0
  v 1: restore to the previous state or rank 2: bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" [syn: restore, reinstate, reestablish]
• restate 0
  v 1: to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" [syn: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell]
• resuscitate 0
  v 1: cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man" [syn: resuscitate, revive] 2: return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" [syn: come to, revive, resuscitate]
• septet 0
  n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one [syn: seven, 7, VII, sevener, heptad, septet, septenary] 2: seven performers or singers who perform together [syn: septet, septette] 3: a set of seven similar things considered as a unit [syn: septet, septette] 4: seven people considered as a unit [syn: septet, septette, sevensome] 5: a musical composition written for seven performers [syn: septet, septette]
• sextet 0
  n 1: a musical composition written for six performers [syn: sextet, sextette, sestet] 2: the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad] 3: six performers or singers who perform together [syn: sextet, sextette, sestet] 4: a set of six similar things considered as a unit [syn: sextet, sextette, sestet] 5: six people considered as a unit [syn: sextet, sextette, sixsome]
• testate 0
  adj 1: having made a legally valid will before death [ant: intestate] n 1: a person who makes a will [syn: testator, testate]
• triacetate 0
  n 1: cellulose acetate that is relatively slow to burn; used instead of celluloid for motion-picture film [syn: cellulose triacetate, triacetate]
• understate 0
  v 1: represent as less significant or important [syn: understate, minimize, minimise, downplay] [ant: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate]
• upstate 0
  adv 1: in or toward the northern parts of a state; "he lives upstate New York"
• vegetate 0
  v 1: lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind 2: establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house" 3: produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously" 4: grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously" 5: grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed" 6: propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along" 7: engage in passive relaxation; "After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television" [syn: vege out, vegetate]
• sagittate 0
  adj 1: (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes [syn: sagittate, sagittiform, arrow-shaped]
• reorientate 0
  v 1: orient once again, after a disorientation [syn: reorientate, reorient]
• costate 0
  adj 1: (of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture [syn: costate, ribbed] 2: having ribs
• peltate 0
  adj 1: (of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example) [syn: peltate, shield- shaped]
• tractate 0
• tridentate 0
• aydt 0
• ait 0
• palmitate 0
• cristate 0
• guttate 0
• scutate 0

See also sestet definition and sestet synonyms