Words that rhyme with spaceflight

  • acolyte
    n 1: someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
  • alight
    adj 1: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)] v 1: to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him" [syn: alight, light, perch] 2: come down; "the birds alighted" [syn: alight, climb down]
  • alright
    adv 1: without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion); "it's expensive all right" [syn: all right, alright] 2: an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence [syn: very well, fine, alright, all right, OK] 3: in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right') [syn: okay, O.K., all right, alright] adj 1: nonstandard usage
  • candlelight
    n 1: the light provided by a burning candle [syn: candlelight, candle flame]
  • coprolite
    n 1: fossil excrement; petrified dung
  • cosmopolite
    n 1: a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries [syn: cosmopolitan, cosmopolite]
  • crystallite
    n 1: any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock
  • daylight
    n 1: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: day, daytime, daylight] [ant: dark, night, nighttime] 2: light during the daytime
  • deadlight
    n 1: a strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather
  • delight
    n 1: a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; "his delight to see her was obvious to all" [syn: delight, delectation] 2: something or someone that provides a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight" [syn: joy, delight, pleasure] v 1: give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" [syn: please, delight] [ant: displease] 2: take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" [syn: delight, enjoy, revel] 3: hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant: disenchant, disillusion]
  • electrolyte
    n 1: a solution that conducts electricity; "the proper amount and distribution of electrolytes in the body is essential for health"
  • firelight
    n 1: the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace)
  • flashlight
    n 1: a small portable battery-powered electric lamp [syn: flashlight, torch]
  • floodlight
    n 1: light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography [syn: flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood] v 1: illuminate with floodlights
  • gaslight
    n 1: light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas
  • halite
    n 1: naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride [syn: halite, rock salt]
  • headlight
    n 1: a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive [syn: headlight, headlamp]
  • highlight
    n 1: the most interesting or memorable part; "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican" [syn: highlight, high spot] 2: an area of lightness in a picture [syn: highlight, highlighting] v 1: move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" [syn: foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up] [ant: background, downplay, play down] 2: apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent; "highlight the area above your eyebrows"
  • impolite
    adj 1: not polite [ant: polite]
  • lamplight
    n 1: light from a lamp
  • limelight
    n 1: a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: limelight, spotlight, glare, public eye] 2: a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting [syn: limelight, calcium light]
  • metabolite
    n 1: any substance involved in metabolism (either as a product of metabolism or as necessary for metabolism)
  • moonlight
    n 1: the light of the Moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the Moon was bright enough to read by" [syn: moonlight, moonshine, Moon] v 1: work a second job, usually after hours; "The law student is moonlighting as a taxi driver"
  • night
    n 1: the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside [syn: night, nighttime, dark] [ant: day, daylight, daytime] 2: a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom 3: the period spent sleeping; "I had a restless night" 4: the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; "three nights later he collapsed" 5: darkness; "it vanished into the night" 6: a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night" 7: the time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television every night" 8: Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx [syn: Nox, Night]
  • penlight
    n 1: a small flashlight resembling a fountain pen
  • polite
    adj 1: showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. [ant: impolite] 2: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite] 3: not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham [syn: civil, polite] [ant: rude, uncivil]
  • proselyte
    n 1: a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
  • right
    adv 1: precisely, exactly; "stand right here!" 2: immediately; "she called right after dinner" 3: exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: right, flop] 4: toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right" [ant: left] 5: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" [syn: properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right way] [ant: improperly] 6: an interjection expressing agreement [syn: right, right on] 7: completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap" 8: (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily" [syn: mighty, mightily, powerful, right] 9: in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves him right"; "do right by him" [syn: justly, right] 10: in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" [syn: correctly, right, aright] [ant: incorrectly, wrong, wrongly] adj 1: being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream" [ant: left] 2: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" [syn: correct, right] [ant: incorrect, wrong] 3: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" [syn: correct, right] 4: in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess" [ant: wrong] 5: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" [syn: right, correct] [ant: wrong] 6: appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" [syn: proper, right] 7: of or belonging to the political or intellectual right [ant: center, left] 8: in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right" 9: intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" [syn: right(a), right-hand(a)] 10: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" [syn: correct, right] 11: having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle" 12: (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out" 13: most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" [syn: good, right, ripe] 14: precisely accurate; "a veracious account" [syn: veracious, right] n 1: an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" 2: location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right" [ant: left] 3: the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right [syn: right field, rightfield, right] 4: those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged [syn: right, right wing] 5: the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body" [syn: right, right hand] 6: a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east; "take a right at the corner" 7: anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" [syn: right, rightfulness] [ant: wrong, wrongfulness] 8: (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights" v 1: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" [syn: right, compensate, redress, correct] [ant: wrong] 2: put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" 3: regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again" 4: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" [syn: correct, rectify, right] [ant: falsify]
  • satellite
    adj 1: surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power; "a city and its satellite communities" n 1: man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon [syn: satellite, artificial satellite, orbiter] 2: a person who follows or serves another [syn: satellite, planet] 3: any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star v 1: broadcast or disseminate via satellite
  • searchlight
    n 1: a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction
  • sidelight
    n 1: light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow [syn: sidelight, running light]
  • skylight
    n 1: a window in a roof to admit daylight [syn: skylight, fanlight]
  • socialite
    n 1: a socially prominent person
  • spotlight
    n 1: a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: limelight, spotlight, glare, public eye] 2: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer [syn: spotlight, spot] v 1: move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" [syn: foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up] [ant: background, downplay, play down] 2: illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater
  • starlight
    n 1: the light of the stars
  • stoplight
    n 1: a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop [syn: stoplight, brake light] 2: a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections [syn: traffic light, traffic signal, stoplight]
  • streetlight
    n 1: a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street [syn: streetlight, street lamp]
  • sunlight
    n 1: the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind" [syn: sunlight, sunshine, sun]
  • taillight
    n 1: lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle [syn: taillight, tail lamp, rear light, rear lamp]
  • tantalite
    n 1: a mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum
  • tight
    adv 1: firmly or closely; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight" [syn: fast, tight] 2: in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard" [syn: close, closely, tight] adj 1: closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest" [ant: loose] 2: pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope" [syn: taut, tight] 3: set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration; "in tight formation"; "a tight blockade" 4: pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed" [syn: compressed, tight] 5: (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip" [syn: mean, mingy, miserly, tight] 6: affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market" 7: of such close construction as to be impermeable; "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house" [ant: leaky] 8: of textiles; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave" [syn: close, tight] 9: securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid; "the bolts are tight" 10: (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game" [syn: close, tight] 11: very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet] 12: exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation" [syn: nasty, tight] 13: demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures" [syn: rigorous, stringent, tight] 14: packed closely together; "they stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"
  • torchlight
    n 1: light from a torch or torches
  • twilight
    adj 1: lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river" [syn: dusky, twilight(a), twilit] n 1: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle] 2: the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth 3: a condition of decline following successes; "in the twilight of the empire"
  • vermiculite
    n 1: any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure
  • zeolite
    n 1: any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in plutonic rocks
  • jacklight
    n 1: a light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night v 1: hunt with a jacklight [syn: jacklight, jack]
  • sodalite
    n 1: a vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate and sodium chloride in crystalline form; occurs in igneous rocks
  • aerolite
    n 1: a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
  • carmelite
    adj 1: of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite monasteries" n 1: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers [syn: Carmelite, White Friar]
  • cellulite
    n 1: lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc.
  • chrysolite
    n 1: a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone
  • cryolite
    n 1: a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine [syn: cryolite, Greenland spar]
  • kimberlite
    n 1: a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia
  • lepidolite
    n 1: a mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium
  • overflight
    n 1: a flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreign territory)
  • rhyolite
    n 1: very acid volcanic rock
  • theodolite
    n 1: a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod [syn: theodolite, transit]
  • amphibolite
    n 1: a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase
  • cristobalite
    n 1: a white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks
  • graptolite
  • heteroclite
  • hoplite
  • hyalite
  • lowlight
  • peine
  • phonolite
  • corallite
  • featherlight
  • marmolite
  • oolite
  • spherulite
  • staurolite
  • ichthyolite
  • monothelite
  • topazolite
  • toxophilite
  • variolite
  • perlite
  • nightlight

See also spaceflight definition and spaceflight synonyms