Words that rhyme with sordor

n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]

n 1: a tenant in someone's house [syn: lodger, boarder, roomer] 2: someone who forces their way aboard ship; "stand by to repel boarders" 3: a pupil who lives at school during term time

n 1: a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete] 2: the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary [syn: margin, border, perimeter] 3: the boundary of a surface [syn: edge, border] 4: a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge [syn: molding, moulding, border] 5: a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border" v 1: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ, ring, skirt, border] 2: form the boundary of; be contiguous to [syn: bound, border] 3: enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" [syn: frame, frame in, border] 4: provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" [syn: border, edge] 5: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on]

n 1: a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time" [syn: disorder, upset] 2: a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder" [syn: disorderliness, disorder] [ant: order, orderliness] 3: a disturbance of the peace or of public order [ant: order] v 1: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" [syn: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder] 2: bring disorder to [syn: disorder, disarray] [ant: order]

n 1: a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use

n 1: the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service 2: the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'" [syn: mail, mail service, postal service, post] 3: a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system 4: any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered; "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post for me?"; "she was opening her post" [syn: mail, post] 5: (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings [syn: chain mail, ring mail, mail, chain armor, chain armour, ring armor, ring armour] v 1: send via the postal service; "I'll mail you the check tomorrow" [syn: mail, get off] 2: cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written" [syn: mail, post, send]

n 1: someone who attacks in search of booty [syn: marauder, predator, vulture, piranha]

n 1: (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London" 2: a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude" [syn: order, order of magnitude] 3: established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order" [ant: disorder] 4: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation" [syn: ordering, order, ordination] 5: a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order" [syn: orderliness, order] [ant: disorder, disorderliness] 6: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" [syn: decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript] 7: a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers" [syn: order, purchase order] 8: a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" [syn: club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order] 9: a body of rules followed by an assembly [syn: order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure] 10: (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order" [syn: Holy Order, Order] 11: a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict" [syn: order, monastic order] 12: (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families 13: a request for something to be made, supplied, or served; "I gave the waiter my order"; "the company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle" 14: (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans 15: the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list" [syn: order, ordering] v 1: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" [syn: order, tell, enjoin, say] 2: make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage" 3: issue commands or orders for [syn: order, prescribe, dictate] 4: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" [syn: regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern] [ant: deregulate] 5: bring order to or into; "Order these files" [ant: disarray, disorder] 6: place in a certain order; "order the photos chronologically" 7: appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church" [syn: ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order] 8: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" [syn: arrange, set up, put, order] 9: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" [syn: rate, rank, range, order, grade, place]

n 1: one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: one- fourth, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern] 2: a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter" 3: (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter" 4: a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock" 5: one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas" 6: a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter" 7: one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter" 8: a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) 9: a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) 10: a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine" 11: an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter" 12: the rear part of a ship [syn: stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail] 13: piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp 14: clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; "he surrendered but asked for quarter" v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter, billet, canton] 2: 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] 3: divide into quarters; "quarter an apple" 4: divide by four; divide into quarters

n 1: equipment for making records [syn: recorder, recording equipment, recording machine] 2: someone responsible for keeping records [syn: registrar, record-keeper, recorder] 3: a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs 4: a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece [syn: fipple flute, fipple pipe, recorder, vertical flute]

n 1: a repeated order for the same merchandise; "he's the one who sends out all the new orders and reorders" v 1: assign a new order to 2: make a new request to be supplied with; "The store had to reorder the popular CD several times"

n 1: someone who skates on a skateboard

n 1: (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order

n 1: a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners

n 1: a portable television camera and videocassette recorder

n 1: someone who slides down snow-covered slopes while standing on a snowboard

n 1: (biology) a taxonomic group ranking above an order and below a class or subclass

n 1: British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956) [syn: Korda, Sir Alexander Korda, Sandor Kellner]