Words that rhyme with surreal

• accessorial 0
  adj 1: nonessential but helpful; "accessorial services included sorting and packing"
• actuarial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the work of an actuary
• aerial 0
  adj 1: existing or living or growing or operating in the air; "aerial roots of a philodendron"; "aerial particles"; "small aerial creatures such as butterflies"; "aerial warfare"; "aerial photography"; "aerial cable cars" 2: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal] n 1: a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer [syn: forward pass, aerial] 2: an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals [syn: antenna, aerial, transmitting aerial]
• ambassadorial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of ambassadors
• anneal 0
  v 1: bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass" [syn: anneal, temper, normalize]
• antibacterial 0
  adj 1: destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth n 1: any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth [syn: antibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide]
• appeal 0
  n 1: earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm" [syn: entreaty, prayer, appeal] 2: attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her" [syn: appeal, appealingness, charm] 3: (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial; "their appeal was denied in the superior court" 4: request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children" [syn: solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering] v 1: take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately" 2: request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble" [syn: appeal, invoke] 3: be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people" [syn: attract, appeal] [ant: repel, repulse] 4: challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict" 5: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law" [syn: invoke, appeal]
• arboreal 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or formed by trees; "an arborous roof" [syn: arborical, arboreal, arborary, arborous] 2: inhabiting or frequenting trees; "arboreal apes" [syn: arboreal, arboreous, tree-living] [ant: nonarboreal] 3: resembling a tree in form and branching structure; "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda"; "dendriform sponges" [syn: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped]
• armorial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms; "armorial bearing"
• arterial 0
  adj 1: of or involving or contained in the arteries; "arterial disease"; "the arterial system"; "arterial blood"
• authorial 0
  adj 1: of or by or typical of an author; "authorial comments"; "auctorial flights of imagination" [syn: authorial, auctorial]
• automobile 0
  n 1: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" [syn: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar] v 1: travel in an automobile
• bacterial 0
  adj 1: relating to or caused by bacteria; "bacterial infection"
• boreal 0
  adj 1: relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind 2: toward or located in the north; "the boreal signs of the Zodiac" 3: comprising or throughout far northern regions [syn: boreal, circumboreal]
• burial 0
  n 1: the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave [syn: burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture] 2: concealing something under the ground [syn: burying, burial]
• castile 0
  n 1: a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479 [syn: Castile, Castilla]
• censorial 0
  adj 1: belonging or relating to a censor or a censor's functions
• cereal 0
  adj 1: made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it; "a cereal beverage"; "cereal grasses" n 1: grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet [syn: cereal, cereal grass] 2: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses [syn: grain, food grain, cereal] 3: a breakfast food prepared from grain
• combinatorial 0
  adj 1: relating to or involving combinations [syn: combinative, combinatory, combinatorial] 2: relating to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets
• conceal 0
  v 1: prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" [syn: hide, conceal] [ant: show] 2: hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals her anger well" [syn: conceal, hold back, hold in]
• congeal 0
  v 1: become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" [syn: jell, set, congeal]
• conspiratorial 0
  adj 1: relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators; "a conspiratorial whisper"; "the discovery of possible conspirative codes" [syn: conspiratorial, conspirative]
• corneal 0
  adj 1: of or related to the cornea
• corporeal 0
  adj 1: having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett [syn: corporeal, material] [ant: immaterial, incorporeal] 2: affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness" [syn: bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic]
• creel 0
  n 1: a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish
• deal 0
  n 1: a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal" [syn: deal, trade, business deal] 2: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals" [syn: bargain, deal] 3: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 4: a plank of softwood (fir or pine board) 5: wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) [syn: softwood, deal] 6: the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" [syn: hand, deal] 7: the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car" 8: the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise" 9: the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions" v 1: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" [syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address] 2: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn: consider, take, deal, look at] 3: take action with respect to (someone or something); "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students" 4: come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn: cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage] 5: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out] 6: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: deal, sell, trade] 7: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" [syn: manage, deal, care, handle] 8: behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees" 9: distribute cards to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?" 10: direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this" [syn: conduct, carry on, deal] 11: give out as one's portion or share [syn: share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal] 12: give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" 13: sell; "deal hashish"
• diarrhoeal 0
  adj 1: of or relating to diarrhea [syn: diarrheal, diarrhoeal, diarrhetic, diarrhoetic, diarrheic, diarrhoeic]
• dictatorial 0
  adj 1: of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers" 2: expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter" [syn: authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing] 3: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government" [syn: authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical]
• editorial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to an article stating opinions or giving perspectives; "editorial column" 2: relating to or characteristic of an editor; "editorial duties" n 1: an article giving opinions or perspectives [syn: column, editorial, newspaper column]
• eel 0
  n 1: the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled 2: voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
• endometrial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the endometrium
• entrepreneurial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to an entrepreneur; "entrepreneurial risks" 2: willing to take risks in order to make a profit
• equatorial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or at an equator; "equatorial diameter" 2: of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator; "equatorial heat" 3: of or existing at or near the geographic equator; "equatorial Africa" [ant: polar] n 1: a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it
• ethereal 0
  adj 1: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal] 2: of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution" 3: of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death" [syn: celestial, ethereal, supernal] 4: characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing" [syn: ethereal, gossamer]
• exterritorial 0
  adj 1: outside territorial limits or jurisdiction; "fishing in extraterritorial waters"; "enjoying exterritorial privileges and rights" [syn: extraterritorial, exterritorial] [ant: territorial]
• extraterrestrial 0
  adj 1: originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere; "is there extraterrestrial life?" n 1: a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere [syn: extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial, alien]
• extraterritorial 0
  adj 1: outside territorial limits or jurisdiction; "fishing in extraterritorial waters"; "enjoying exterritorial privileges and rights" [syn: extraterritorial, exterritorial] [ant: territorial]
• factorial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to factorials n 1: the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer; "1, 2, 6, 24, and 120 are factorials"
• feel 0
  n 1: an intuitive awareness; "he has a feel for animals" or "it's easy when you get the feel of it"; 2: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell] 3: a property perceived by touch [syn: tactile property, feel] 4: manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel" v 1: undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" [syn: feel, experience] 2: come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining" [syn: find, feel] 3: perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car" [syn: feel, sense] 4: be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss" 5: have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves" 6: undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her" 7: be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft" 8: grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet" 9: examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater" [syn: feel, finger] 10: examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse" [syn: palpate, feel] 11: find by testing or cautious exploration; "He felt his way around the dark room" 12: produce a certain impression; "It feels nice to be home again" 13: pass one's hands over the sexual organs of; "He felt the girl in the movie theater"
• ferial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or being a feria
• filarial 0
  adj 1: related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria
• funereal 0
  adj 1: suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones" [syn: funereal, sepulchral]
• genteel 0
  adj 1: 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]
• gladiatorial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or resembling gladiators or their combat; "gladiatorial combats"
• gubernatorial 0
  adj 1: relating to a governor; "gubernatorial election"
• heal 0
  v 1: heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" [syn: mend, heal] 2: get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly" 3: provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to" [syn: bring around, cure, heal]
• heel 0
  n 1: the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation 2: the back part of the human foot 3: someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn: cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel] 4: one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread 5: the lower end of a ship's mast 6: (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft v 1: tilt to one side; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard" [syn: list, heel] 2: follow at the heels of a person 3: perform with the heels; "heel that dance" 4: strike with the heel of the club; "heel a golf ball" 5: put a new heel on; "heel shoes" [syn: heel, reheel]
• ideal 0
  adj 1: conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal 2: constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception; "a poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content" 3: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas [syn: ideal, idealistic] n 1: the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain 2: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch]
• immaterial 0
  adj 1: of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact" [ant: material] 2: without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit" [syn: incorporeal, immaterial] [ant: corporeal, material] 3: not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities" [syn: immaterial, nonmaterial] [ant: material] 4: not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point" [syn: extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal] 5: (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other; "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)"; "what others think is altogether indifferent to him" [syn: immaterial, indifferent]
• immemorial 0
  adj 1: long past; beyond the limits of memory or tradition or recorded history; "time immemorial"
• imperial 0
  adj 1: relating to or associated with an empire; "imperial colony"; "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire" 2: of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures 3: befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; "imperial palace" 4: belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head" [syn: imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal] n 1: a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III [syn: imperial, imperial beard] 2: a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
• incorporeal 0
  adj 1: without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit" [syn: incorporeal, immaterial] [ant: corporeal, material]
• industrial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or resulting from industry; "industrial output" 2: having highly developed industries; "the industrial revolution"; "an industrial nation" [ant: nonindustrial] 3: employed in industry; "the industrial classes"; "industrial work" 4: suitable to stand up to hard wear; "industrial carpeting"
• inquisitorial 0
  adj 1: especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge [ant: accusatorial] 2: marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor; "the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism"; "a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents"- Waldo Frank 3: having the authority to conduct official investigations; "the inquisitorial power of the Senate"
• keel 0
  n 1: a projection or ridge that suggests a keel 2: the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly 3: one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen]
• kneel 0
  n 1: supporting yourself on your knees [syn: kneel, kneeling] v 1: rest one's weight on one's knees; "In church you have to kneel during parts of the service"
• magisterial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to a magistrate; "official magisterial functions" 2: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner" [syn: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and- mighty, magisterial, peremptory] 3: used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty" [syn: distinguished, grand, imposing, magisterial]
• malarial 0
  adj 1: of or infected by or resembling malaria; "malarial fever"
• managerial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the function or responsibility or activity of management
• manorial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or based on the manor; "manorial accounts"
• marmoreal 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of marble [syn: marmorean, marmoreal]
• material 0
  adj 1: concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts" 2: derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe" [ant: immaterial, nonmaterial] 3: directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness" [ant: immaterial] 4: concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt 5: having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett [syn: corporeal, material] [ant: immaterial, incorporeal] 6: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, real, material] [ant: insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial] n 1: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" [syn: material, stuff] 2: information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography" 3: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" [syn: fabric, cloth, material, textile] 4: things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials" 5: a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he was university material"; "she was vice-presidential material"
• meal 0
  n 1: the food served and eaten at one time [syn: meal, repast] 2: any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times 3: coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
• memorial 0
  n 1: a recognition of meritorious service [syn: memorial, commemoration, remembrance] 2: a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority 3: a structure erected to commemorate persons or events [syn: memorial, monument]
• mercurial 0
  adj 1: liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next" [syn: erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver(a)] 2: relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; "the Mercurial canals" 3: relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; "more than Mercurial thievishness" 4: relating to or containing or caused by mercury; "mercurial preparations"; "mercurial sore mouth"
• ministerial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to a minister of religion or the minister's office; "ministerial duties" 2: of or relating to a government minister or ministry; "ministerial decree"
• ordeal 0
  n 1: a severe or trying experience 2: a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence [syn: ordeal, trial by ordeal]
• oriel 0
  n 1: a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall [syn: oriel, oriel window]
• peal 0
  n 1: a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) [syn: peal, pealing, roll, rolling] v 1: ring recurrently; "bells were pealing" 2: sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" [syn: ring, peal]
• peel 0
  n 1: British politician (1788-1850) [syn: Peel, Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel] 2: the rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn: peel, skin] v 1: strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: skin, peel, pare] 2: come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off" [syn: peel off, peel, flake off, flake] 3: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" [syn: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel] [ant: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog]
• pictorial 0
  adj 1: pertaining to or consisting of pictures; "pictorial perspective"; "pictorial records" [syn: pictorial, pictural] 2: evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description" [syn: graphic, lifelike, pictorial, vivid] n 1: a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures
• piscatorial 0
  adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing; "a piscatory life" [syn: piscatorial, piscatory]
• professorial 0
  adj 1: relating to or characteristic of professors; "professorial demeanor"
• puerile 0
  adj 1: of or characteristic of a child; "puerile breathing" 2: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" [syn: adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile]
• purgatorial 0
  adj 1: serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites" [syn: purgatorial, purging, purifying] 2: of or resembling purgatory; "purgatorial fires"
• raptorial 0
  adj 1: relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; "raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey" 2: living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" [syn: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous]
• real 0
  adv 1: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" [syn: very, really, real, rattling] adj 1: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow [syn: real, existent] [ant: unreal] 2: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money" [ant: unreal] 3: not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real" 4: capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor" [syn: real, tangible] 5: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual, genuine, literal, real] 6: of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages" [ant: nominal] 7: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, real, material] [ant: insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial] 8: (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings" 9: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson [syn: veridical, real] n 1: any rational or irrational number [syn: real number, real] 2: the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos 3: an old small silver Spanish coin
• reel 0
  n 1: a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector 2: music composed for dancing a reel 3: winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod 4: a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound [syn: bobbin, spool, reel] 5: a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps [syn: reel, Scottish reel] 6: an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines [syn: Virginia reel, reel] v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen] 2: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" [syn: spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate] 3: wind onto or off a reel
• repeal 0
  n 1: the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation [syn: abrogation, repeal, annulment] v 1: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate]
• reveal 0
  v 1: make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her" [syn: uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal] 2: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out] 3: disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"
• sartorial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the sartorius muscle 2: of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring
• seal 0
  n 1: fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters [syn: sealing wax, seal] 2: a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents [syn: seal, stamp] 3: the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; "a coat of seal" [syn: seal, sealskin] 4: a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare; "SEAL is an acronym for Sea Air and Land" [syn: Navy SEAL, SEAL] 5: a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it); "the warrant bore the sheriff's seal" 6: an indication of approved or superior status [syn: cachet, seal, seal of approval] 7: a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture 8: fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure 9: any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions v 1: make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows" [syn: seal, seal off] 2: close with or as if with a seal; "She sealed the letter with hot wax" [ant: unseal] 3: decide irrevocably; "sealing dooms" 4: affix a seal to; "seal the letter" 5: cover with varnish [syn: varnish, seal] 6: hunt seals
• secretarial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to a secretary or to a secretary's work
• senatorial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to senators; "senatorial election"
• sensorial 0
  adj 1: involving or derived from the senses; "sensory experience"; "sensory channels" [syn: sensory, sensorial] [ant: extrasensory, paranormal]
• serial 0
  adj 1: in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" [syn: consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive] 2: pertaining to or composed in serial technique; "serial music" 3: pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series; "serial monogamy"; "serial killing"; "a serial killer"; "serial publication" 4: of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations; "serial processing" [syn: serial, in series(p), nonparallel] n 1: a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series" [syn: serial, series] 2: a periodical that appears at scheduled times [syn: series, serial, serial publication]
• sidereal 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the stars or constellations; "sidereal bodies"; "the sidereal system" 2: (of divisions of time) determined by daily motion of the stars; "sidereal time" [ant: civil]
• spiel 0
  n 1: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson) [syn: spiel, patter, line of gab] v 1: replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully" [syn: play, spiel] 2: speak at great length (about something)
• squeal 0
  n 1: a high-pitched howl v 1: utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs [syn: squeal, oink] 2: confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure [syn: confess, squeal, fink]
• steal 0
  n 1: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn: bargain, buy, steal] 2: a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch) v 1: take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" 2: move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness" [syn: steal, slip] 3: steal a base
• steel 0
  n 1: an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range 2: a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard [syn: sword, blade, brand, steel] 3: knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod v 1: get ready for something difficult or unpleasant [syn: steel, nerve] 2: cover, plate, or edge with steel
• stele 0
  n 1: the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant 2: an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings [syn: stele, stela]
• teal 0
  adj 1: of a bluish shade of green [syn: bluish green, blue- green, cyan, teal] n 1: a blue-green color or pigment; "they painted it a light shade of bluish green" [syn: bluish green, blue green, teal] 2: any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America
• terrestrial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air [syn: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene] 2: of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants; "planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley ; "the planetary tilt"; "this terrestrial ball" [syn: planetary, terrestrial] 3: operating or living or growing on land [ant: amphibious, aquatic] 4: concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality" [syn: mundane, terrestrial] 5: of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball" [syn: sublunar, sublunary, terrestrial]
• territorial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to a territory; "the territorial government of the Virgin Islands"; "territorial claims made by a country" 2: displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders; "territorial behavior"; "strongly territorial birds" [ant: nonterritorial] 3: belonging to the territory of any state or ruler; "territorial rights" [ant: exterritorial, extraterritorial] n 1: nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit 2: a territorial military unit [syn: territorial, territorial reserve]
• tutorial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to tutors or tutoring; "tutorial sessions" n 1: a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students
• unreal 0
  adj 1: lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news" [ant: existent, real] 2: not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art" [ant: real(a)] 3: contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" [syn: artificial, unreal] [ant: natural] 4: lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" [syn: insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal] [ant: material, real, substantial]
• unseal 0
  v 1: break the seal of; "He unsealed the letter" [ant: seal]
• uxorial 0
  adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: wifely, wifelike, uxorial] [ant: husbandly]
• veal 0
  n 1: meat from a calf [syn: veal, veau]

See also surreal definition and surreal synonyms