Words that rhyme with standards

n 1: a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics" [syn: answer, reply, response] 2: a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" [syn: solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent] 3: the speech act of replying to a question [ant: enquiry, inquiry, interrogation, query, question] 4: the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims 5: a nonverbal reaction; "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me" v 1: react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" [syn: answer, reply, respond] 2: respond to a signal; "answer the door"; "answer the telephone" 3: give the correct answer or solution to; "answer a question"; "answer the riddle" 4: understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" [syn: answer, resolve] 5: give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument); "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution" 6: be liable or accountable; "She must answer for her actions" 7: be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve" [syn: suffice, do, answer, serve] 8: match or correspond; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave" 9: be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of; "This may answer her needs" 10: react to a stimulus or command; "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch"

adv 1: at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" [syn: back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards] [ant: forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards] 2: in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward" [syn: backward, backwards]

adj 1: unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the company" n 1: long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising [syn: banner, streamer] 2: a newspaper headline that runs across the full page [syn: streamer, banner] 3: any distinctive flag [syn: standard, banner]

n 1: the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something [syn: boundary, bound, bounds] 2: a line determining the limits of an area [syn: boundary, edge, bound] 3: the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability" [syn: limit, bound, boundary]

n 1: any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream [syn: cancer, malignant neoplastic disease] 2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer [syn: Cancer, Crab] 3: a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini 4: the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22 [syn: Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crab] 5: type genus of the family Cancridae [syn: Cancer, genus Cancer]

n 1: a performer who dances professionally [syn: dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean] 2: a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball) [syn: dancer, social dancer]

n 1: mature male goose

adj 1: shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks; "a bowl of hammered brass"

adj 1: having or involving the use of hands; "a handed, tree- living animal"; "a four-handed card game" [ant: handless]

n 1: a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn: hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment] 2: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance" [syn: luck, fortune, chance, hazard] 3: an obstacle on a golf course v 1: 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] 2: put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize] 3: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance]

n 1: light in a transparent protective case

n 1: a cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon [syn: lanyard, laniard] 2: a cord worn around the neck to hold a knife or whistle [syn: lanyard, laniard] 3: (nautical) a line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships [syn: lanyard, laniard]

n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn: manner, mode, style, way, fashion] 2: a way of acting or behaving [syn: manner, personal manner] 3: a kind; "what manner of man are you?"

n 1: social deportment; "he has the manners of a pig"

n 1: a person who makes plans [syn: planner, contriver, deviser] 2: a notebook for recording appointments and things to be done, etc.

n 1: words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another 2: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration] v 1: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]

adj 1: cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard" [syn: isolated, marooned, stranded]

adj 1: falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing" [syn: deficient, inferior, substandard]