Words that rhyme with subbasement

n 1: a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken [syn: abasement, degradation, abjection] 2: depriving one of self-esteem [syn: humiliation, abasement]

n 1: the action of accomplishing something [syn: accomplishment, achievement]

adj 1: nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side" [syn: adjacent, next, side by side(p)] 2: having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)] 3: near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"

n 1: a public promotion of some product or service [syn: ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert]

n 1: an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents" 2: a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations 3: a substance that exerts some force or effect 4: a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission [syn: agent, factor, broker] 5: any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau [syn: agent, federal agent] 6: the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause [syn: agentive role, agent]

n 1: the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; "he looked at me in astonishment" [syn: astonishment, amazement]

n 1: the thing arranged or agreed to; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago" [syn: agreement, arrangement] 2: an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement" 3: an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" [syn: arrangement, organization, organisation, system] 4: the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs" [syn: placement, arrangement] 5: a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments [syn: musical arrangement, arrangement] 6: the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music [syn: arrangement, arranging, transcription]

n 1: the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth [syn: appraisal, assessment] 2: an amount determined as payable; "the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership" 3: the market value set on assets 4: the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" [syn: judgment, judgement, assessment]

n 1: the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; "he looked at me in astonishment" [syn: astonishment, amazement]

n 1: the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage [syn: basement, cellar] 2: the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture

n 1: state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one [syn: mourning, bereavement]

n 1: a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side)

n 1: being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating [syn: adulteration, debasement] 2: changing to a lower state (a less respected state) [syn: degradation, debasement]

n 1: the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape" [syn: defacement, disfigurement, disfiguration]

n 1: act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics [syn: supplanting, displacement] 2: an event in which something is displaced without rotation [syn: shift, displacement] 3: the act of uniform movement [syn: translation, displacement] 4: (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound [syn: displacement, displacement reaction] 5: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one 6: to move something from its natural environment [syn: displacement, deracination] 7: act of removing from office or employment

n 1: the legal dissolution of a marriage [syn: divorce, divorcement]

n 1: writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) [syn: document, written document, papers] 2: anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks 3: a written account of ownership or obligation 4: (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters [syn: text file, document] v 1: record in detail; "The parents documented every step of their child's development" 2: support or supply with references; "Can you document your claims?"

n 1: military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon 2: the act of putting something in a certain place [syn: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement]

n 1: the act of enclosing something in a case [syn: encasement, incasement]

n 1: the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare [syn: enslavement, captivity] 2: the act of making slaves of your captives

n 1: a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors" [syn: harassment, torment] 2: the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism [syn: harassment, molestation]

n 1: a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" [syn: motion, movement, move, motility] 2: the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" [syn: motion, movement, move] 3: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something [syn: movement, motion] 4: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front" [syn: movement, social movement, front] 5: a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic" 6: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [syn: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort] 7: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement" [syn: apparent motion, motion, apparent movement, movement] 8: a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement" [syn: bowel movement, movement, bm] 9: a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" [syn: drift, trend, movement] 10: the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement" 11: the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"

adj 1: enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance; "a patient smile"; "was patient with the children"; "an exact and patient scientist"; "please be patient" [ant: impatient] n 1: a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly" 2: the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause [syn: affected role, patient role, patient]

n 1: the paved surface of a thoroughfare [syn: pavement, paving] 2: material used to pave an area [syn: paving, pavement, paving material] 3: walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway [syn: sidewalk, pavement]

n 1: the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs" [syn: placement, arrangement] 2: contact established between applicants and prospective employees; "the agency provided placement services" 3: the act of putting something in a certain place [syn: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement]

n 1: the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy" [syn: replacement, replacing] 2: someone who takes the place of another person [syn: surrogate, alternate, replacement] 3: an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood" [syn: substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch] 4: a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another [syn: substitute, replacement] 5: filling again by supplying what has been used up [syn: refilling, replenishment, replacement, renewal] 6: a person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor" [syn: successor, replacement]

n 1: a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" 2: a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true" [syn: argument, statement] 3: (music) the presentation of a musical theme; "the initial statement of the sonata" 4: a nonverbal message; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention" 5: the act of affirming or asserting or stating something [syn: affirmation, assertion, statement] 6: (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program [syn: instruction, command, statement, program line] 7: a document showing credits and debits [syn: statement, financial statement]