Words that rhyme with superannuate

• absorbable 0
  adj 1: capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface [ant: adsorbable, adsorbate]
• accentuate 0
  v 1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate] 2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" [syn: stress, accent, accentuate]
• actuate 0
  v 1: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off] 2: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" [syn: motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite]
• agreeable 0
  adj 1: conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature; "Is the plan agreeable to you?"; "he's an agreeable fellow"; "My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me"- Disraeli; "an agreeable manner" [ant: disagreeable] 2: in keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background" [syn: accordant, agreeable, conformable, consonant, concordant] 3: prepared to agree or consent; "agreeable to the plan"
• allowable 0
  adj 1: deductible according to the tax laws 2: that may be permitted especially as according to rule; "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction" [syn: permissible, allowable] [ant: impermissible] 3: deserving to be allowed or considered
• arguable 0
  adj 1: capable of being supported by argument 2: open to argument or debate; "that is a moot question" [syn: arguable, debatable, disputable, moot]
• ascribable 0
  adj 1: capable of being assigned or credited to; "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him" [syn: ascribable, due, imputable, referable]
• ate 0
  n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• attenuate 0
  adj 1: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording" [syn: attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened] v 1: weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) [syn: rarefy, attenuate] 2: become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
• await 0
  v 1: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect, look, await, wait]
• bait 0
  n 1: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, come- on, hook, lure, sweetener] 2: something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed [syn: bait, decoy, lure] v 1: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride] 2: lure, entice, or entrap with bait 3: attack with dogs or set dogs upon
• bate 0
  v 1: moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm" 2: flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons 3: soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"
• berate 0
  v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
• capable 0
  adj 1: (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability; "capable of winning"; "capable of hard work"; "capable of walking on two feet" [ant: incapable] 2: possibly accepting or permitting; "a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation" [syn: capable, open, subject] 3: (followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for; "no one believed her capable of murder" [ant: incapable] 4: having the requisite qualities for; "equal to the task"; "the work isn't up to the standard I require" [syn: adequate to(p), capable, equal to(p), up to(p)] 5: have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable" [syn: able, capable]
• certifiable 0
  adj 1: fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly) [syn: certifiable, certified] 2: capable of being guaranteed or certified; "a certifiable fact"
• chewable 0
  adj 1: easy to cut or chew [syn: chewable, cuttable]
• classifiable 0
  adj 1: capable of being classified [syn: classifiable, distinctive]
• clubbable 0
  adj 1: inclined to club together; "a clubbable man" [syn: clubbable, clubable]
• collate 0
  v 1: compare critically; of texts 2: to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"
• conflate 0
  v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
• conjugate 0
  adj 1: joined together especially in a pair or pairs [syn: conjugate, conjugated, coupled] 2: (of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets 3: formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein" [syn: conjugate, conjugated] 4: of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond [syn: conjugate, conjugated] n 1: a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A [syn: conjugate solution, conjugate] v 1: unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds 2: add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb" 3: undergo conjugation
• crate 0
  n 1: a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping 2: the quantity contained in a crate [syn: crate, crateful] v 1: put into a crate; as for protection; "crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum" [ant: uncrate]
• create 0
  v 1: make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" [syn: make, create] 2: bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting" 3: pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating" 4: invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer" 5: create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" [syn: create, make] 6: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: produce, make, create]
• culpable 0
  adj 1: deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence" [syn: blameworthy, blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable]
• date 0
  n 1: the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?" [syn: date, day of the month] 2: a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking" [syn: date, escort] 3: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" [syn: date, appointment, engagement] 4: a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date" [syn: date, particular date] 5: the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date" 6: the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class" 7: a particular day specified as the time something happens; "the date of the election is set by law" 8: sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed v 1: go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart" 2: stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24" [syn: date, date stamp] 3: assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings" 4: date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!" [syn: go steady, go out, date, see] 5: provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"
• debate 0
  n 1: a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on" [syn: argument, argumentation, debate] 2: the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) [syn: debate, disputation, public debate] v 1: argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary" 2: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" [syn: consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate] 3: discuss the pros and cons of an issue [syn: debate, deliberate] 4: have an argument about something [syn: argue, contend, debate, fence]
• deflate 0
  v 1: collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon" 2: release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress" 3: reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence" [syn: deflate, puncture] 4: produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy" [ant: inflate] 5: reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency" [ant: inflate] 6: become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated" [ant: blow up, inflate]
• demodulate 0
  v 1: extract information from a modulated carrier wave
• deniable 0
  adj 1: capable of being denied or contradicted [ant: undeniable]
• describable 0
  adj 1: capable of being described
• devaluate 0
  v 1: remove the value from; deprive of its value [syn: devalue, devaluate] 2: lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again" [syn: depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue] [ant: appreciate, apprise, apprize, revalue]
• dictate 0
  n 1: an authoritative rule 2: a guiding principle; "the dictates of reason" v 1: issue commands or orders for [syn: order, prescribe, dictate] 2: say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary" 3: rule as a dictator
• dilate 0
  v 1: become wider; "His pupils were dilated" [syn: dilate, distend] 2: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten]
• disagreeable 0
  adj 1: not to your liking; "a disagreeable situation" [ant: agreeable] 2: unpleasant to interact with; "a disagreeable old man" 3: not agreeing with your tastes or expectations; "found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it"; "a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him" [syn: disagreeable, unsympathetic]
• disambiguate 0
  v 1: state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from; "Can you disambiguate this statement?"
• doable 0
  adj 1: capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do [syn: accomplishable, achievable, doable, manageable, realizable]
• effectuate 0
  v 1: produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave" [syn: effect, effectuate, set up]
• elate 0
  v 1: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" [syn: elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate] [ant: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down]
• employable 0
  adj 1: physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available [ant: unemployable] n 1: a person who is qualified and ready to work
• enjoyable 0
  adj 1: affording satisfaction or pleasure; "the company was enjoyable"; "found her praise gratifying"; "full of happiness and pleasurable excitement"; "good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read" [syn: enjoyable, gratifying, pleasurable]
• equate 0
  v 1: consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed" [syn: compare, liken, equate] 2: be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics [syn: equate, correspond] 3: make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors" [syn: equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate]
• estate 0
  n 1: everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities 2: extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" [syn: estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne] 3: a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights [syn: estate of the realm, estate, the three estates]
• evacuate 0
  v 1: move out of an unsafe location into safety; "After the earthquake, residents were evacuated" 2: empty completely; "evacuate the bottle" 3: move people from their homes or country 4: create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel) 5: excrete or discharge from the body [syn: evacuate, void, empty]
• evaluate 0
  v 1: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" [syn: measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value] 2: form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" [syn: evaluate, pass judgment, judge]
• extenuate 0
  v 1: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" [syn: extenuate, palliate, mitigate]
• fate 0
  n 1: an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future [syn: destiny, fate] 2: the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of destiny" [syn: destiny, fate] 3: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion] v 1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom, designate]
• fete 0
  n 1: an elaborate party (often outdoors) [syn: fete, feast, fiesta] 2: an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival" [syn: festival, fete] v 1: have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" [syn: celebrate, fete]
• fluctuate 0
  v 1: cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern 2: move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated" [syn: fluctuate, vacillate, waver] 3: be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"
• foreseeable 0
  adj 1: capable of being anticipated; "foreseeable costs were well within the budget"
• freight 0
  n 1: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment] 2: transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates [syn: freight, freightage] 3: the charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper" [syn: freight, freightage, freight rate] v 1: transport commercially as cargo 2: load with goods for transportation
• friable 0
  adj 1: easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder; "friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue"; "friable curds formed in the stomach";"crumbly cookies" [syn: crumbly, friable]
• gate 0
  n 1: a movable barrier in a fence or wall 2: a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs [syn: gate, logic gate] 3: total admission receipts at a sports event 4: passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark v 1: supply with a gate; "The house was gated" 2: control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate 3: restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
• graduate 0
  adj 1: of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses" [syn: graduate(a), postgraduate] n 1: a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) [syn: alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad] 2: a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts v 1: receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990" 2: confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year" 3: make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder" [syn: calibrate, graduate, fine-tune]
• graspable 0
  adj 1: capable of being apprehended or understood [syn: apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable, understandable]
• habituate 0
  v 1: take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs rarely" [syn: use, habituate] 2: make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music" [syn: habituate, accustom]
• hate 0
  n 1: the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action [syn: hate, hatred] [ant: love] v 1: dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians" [syn: hate, detest] [ant: love]
• identifiable 0
  adj 1: capable of being identified [ant: unidentifiable]
• impalpable 0
  adj 1: incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch; "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans [syn: intangible, impalpable] [ant: tangible, touchable] 2: imperceptible to the senses or the mind; "an impalpable cloud"; "impalpable shadows"; "impalpable distinctions"; "as impalpable as a dream" [ant: palpable, tangible] 3: not perceptible to the touch; "an impalpable pulse"
• improbable 0
  adj 1: not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event" [syn: improbable, unlikely] [ant: likely, probable] 2: having a probability too low to inspire belief [syn: improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely] 3: too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" [syn: improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall(a)]
• inarguable 0
  adj 1: against which no argument can be made [syn: inarguable, unarguable]
• incapable 0
  adj 1: (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability; "incapable of carrying a tune"; "he is incapable of understanding the matter"; "incapable of doing the work" [ant: capable] 2: not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of'); "incapable of solution" 3: (followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for; "simply incapable of lying" [ant: capable] 4: not meeting requirements; "unequal to the demands put upon him" [syn: incapable, incompetent, unequal to(p)]
• indescribable 0
  adj 1: defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor" [syn: indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable]
• individuate 0
  v 1: give individual character to 2: give individual shape or form to; "Language that individuates his memories"
• inescapable 0
  adj 1: impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident" [syn: ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable]
• infatuate 0
  v 1: arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her"
• innate 0
  adj 1: not established by conditioning or learning; "an unconditioned reflex" [syn: unconditioned, innate, unlearned] [ant: conditioned, learned] 2: being talented through inherited qualities; "a natural leader"; "a born musician"; "an innate talent" [syn: natural, born(p), innate(p)] 3: present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development [syn: congenital, inborn, innate]
• insinuate 0
  v 1: introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner; "He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table" 2: give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" [syn: intimate, adumbrate, insinuate]
• invaluable 0
  adj 1: having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth [syn: invaluable, priceless]
• justifiable 0
  adj 1: capable of being justified
• knowable 0
  adj 1: capable of being known [syn: knowable, cognizable, cognisable, cognoscible] [ant: unknowable]
• late 0
  adv 1: later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday" [syn: late, belatedly, tardily] [ant: ahead of time, early, too soon] 2: to an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening" [syn: deep, late] 3: at an advanced age or stage; "she married late"; "undertook the project late in her career" 4: in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also" [syn: recently, late, lately, of late, latterly] adj 1: being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast" [ant: early, middle] 2: after the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments" [syn: belated, late, tardy] 3: of the immediate past or just previous to the present time; "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal" [syn: late(a), recent] 4: having died recently; "her late husband" 5: of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek" [ant: early, middle] 6: at or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child" [syn: late, later(a)] [ant: early] 7: (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House" [syn: former(a), late(a), previous(a)]
• liable 0
  adj 1: at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant; "he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget" [syn: apt(p), liable(p)] 2: subject to legal action; "liable to criminal charges" 3: (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with; "liable to diabetes" [syn: liable(p), nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistant] 4: held legally responsible; "men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service"
• menstruate 0
  v 1: undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11" [syn: menstruate, flow]
• modifiable 0
  adj 1: capable of being modified in form or character or strength (especially by making less extreme); "the rhythm of physiological time is not modifiable except by interference with certain fundamental processes" - Alexis Carrel [ant: unmodifiable]
• negate 0
  v 1: be in contradiction with [syn: contradict, belie, negate] 2: deny the truth of [syn: contradict, negate, contravene] 3: prove negative; show to be false [syn: negate, contradict] [ant: affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain] 4: make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts" [syn: neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate]
• notifiable 0
  adj 1: requiring that official notification be given; "a notifiable disease"
• palpable 0
  adj 1: capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"; "a palpable lie" [syn: palpable, tangible] [ant: impalpable] 2: can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor"
• payable 0
  adj 1: subject to or requiring payment especially as specified; "a collectible bill"; "a note payable on demand"; "a check payable to John Doe" [syn: collectible, collectable, payable] n 1: a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit; "the problem was to match receivables and payables in the same currency" [syn: account payable, payable]
• perpetuate 0
  v 1: cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth"
• plate 0
  n 1: (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" [syn: home plate, home base, home, plate] 2: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic 3: a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) 4: dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten 5: the quantity contained in a plate [syn: plate, plateful] 6: a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly [syn: plate, crustal plate] 7: the thin under portion of the forequarter 8: a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special" 9: any flat platelike body structure or part 10: the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube 11: a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded [syn: plate, photographic plate] 12: structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage 13: a shallow receptacle for collection in church [syn: plate, collection plate] 14: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) [syn: plate, scale, shell] 15: a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth [syn: denture, dental plate, plate] v 1: coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver"
• playable 0
  adj 1: capable of or suitable for being played or played on; "a playable lie in golf"; "the baseball fan reached out and caught a foul that was judged playable"; "the ball field was playable"; "harpsichord music is readily playable"- P.H.Lang [ant: unplayable]
• pliable 0
  adj 1: susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda" [syn: fictile, pliable] 2: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile] 3: able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" [syn: elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant] 4: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: bendable, pliable, pliant, waxy]
• probable 0
  adj 1: likely but not certain to be or become true or real; "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss" [syn: probable, likely] [ant: improbable, unlikely] 2: apparently destined; "the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme" n 1: an applicant likely to be chosen
• punctuate 0
  v 1: insert punctuation marks into [syn: punctuate, mark] 2: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate] 3: interrupt periodically; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"
• quantifiable 0
  adj 1: capable of being quantified
• rectifiable 0
  adj 1: capable of being repaired or rectified; "reparable damage to the car"; "rectifiable wrongs" [syn: reparable, rectifiable] [ant: irreparable]
• relate 0
  v 1: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate] 2: be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with] 3: give an account of; "The witness related the events" 4: be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?" [syn: relate, interrelate] 5: have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"
• reliable 0
  adj 1: worthy of reliance or trust; "a reliable source of information"; "a dependable worker" [syn: reliable, dependable] [ant: undependable, unreliable] 2: worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an honest working stiff"; "a reliable sourcSFLe of information"; "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me" [syn: dependable, honest, reliable, true(p)] 3: conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief; "an authentic account by an eyewitness"; "reliable information" [syn: authentic, reliable]
• renewable 0
  adj 1: that can be renewed or extended; "a renewable lease"; "renewable subscriptions" [ant: nonrenewable, unrenewable] 2: capable of being renewed; replaceable; "renewable energy such as solar energy is theoretically inexhaustible"
• repayable 0
  adj 1: subject to repayment; "business loans are usually repayable in regular installments"
• sinuate 0
  adj 1: curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines" [syn: sinuate, sinuous, wiggly] 2: having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex
• situate 0
  v 1: determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property" [syn: situate, locate] 2: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" [syn: situate, fix, posit, deposit]
• specifiable 0
  adj 1: capable of being specified; "specifiable complaints"
• state 0
  n 1: the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south" [syn: state, province] 2: the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" 3: the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax" 4: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic] 5: (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container); "the solid state of water is called ice" [syn: state of matter, state] 6: a state of depression or agitation; "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him" 7: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" [syn: country, state, land] 8: the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789" [syn: Department of State, United States Department of State, State Department, State, DoS] v 1: express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" [syn: state, say, tell] 2: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" [syn: submit, state, put forward, posit] 3: indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?" [syn: express, state]
• unarguable 0
  adj 1: against which no argument can be made [syn: inarguable, unarguable]
• undeniable 0
  adj 1: not possible to deny [ant: deniable]
• unemployable 0
  adj 1: not acceptable for employment as a worker; "his illiteracy made him unemployable" [ant: employable]
• unflappable 0
  adj 1: not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure; "hitherto imperturbable, he now showed signs of alarm"; "an imperturbable self- possession"; "unflappable in a crisis" [syn: imperturbable, unflappable]
• unidentifiable 0
  adj 1: impossible to identify [ant: identifiable]
• unjustifiable 0
  adj 1: incapable of being justified or explained [syn: indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted]

See also superannuate definition