Words that rhyme with settles

v 1: intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!" [syn: meddle, tamper]

adj 1: containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "a metallic compound"; "metallic luster"; "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"- Ambrose Bierce [syn: metallic, metal(a)] [ant: nonmetal, nonmetallic] n 1: any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. [syn: metallic element, metal] 2: a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper" [syn: alloy, metal] v 1: cover with metal

n 1: part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored [syn: petal, flower petal]

n 1: a gradual sinking to a lower level [syn: settling, subsiding, subsidence]

n 1: Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997) [syn: Eccles, John Eccles, Sir John Carew Eccles]