Words that rhyme with tariq

adj 1: used in or characteristic of or containing allegory; "allegorical stories"; "an allegorical painting of Victory leading an army" [syn: allegorical, allegoric]

adj 1: of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters [syn: alphanumeric, alphanumerical, alphameric, alphamerical]

adj 1: relating to anaphora; "anaphoric reference"

adj 1: made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age; "the beautiful antique French furniture" 2: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee] 3: belonging to or lasting from times long ago; "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness" [syn: age-old, antique] n 1: an elderly man [syn: old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer, old geezer, antique] 2: any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity v 1: shop for antiques; "We went antiquing on Saturday" 2: give an antique appearance to; "antique furniture" [syn: antique, antiquate]

n 1: the territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop

adj 1: relating to or located in the atmosphere; "atmospheric tests" [syn: atmospheric, atmospherical]

adj 1: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn: barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild] 2: unrestrained and crudely rich; "barbaric use of color or ornament"

adj 1: of or relating to or containing barium

n 1: a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted v 1: dye with wax; "Indonesian fabrics are often batiked"

n 1: beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles) 2: horny projecting mouth of a bird [syn: beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker] 3: a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures 4: informal terms for the nose [syn: beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz] v 1: hit lightly with a picking motion [syn: peck, pick, beak]

v 1: be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" [syn: bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal] 2: express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" [syn: request, bespeak, call for, quest]

n 1: the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop [syn: diocese, bishopric, episcopate]

adj 1: offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things" [syn: black, bleak, dim] 2: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" [syn: bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark] 3: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" [syn: bleak, cutting, raw]

adj 1: of or relating to or derived from or containing boron; "boric acid" [syn: boric, boracic]

n 1: a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry [syn: boutique, dress shop]

adj 1: relating to or producing butyric acid

n 1: black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics [syn: cacique, cazique]

adj 1: relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight" [syn: thermal, thermic, caloric] [ant: nonthermal] 2: of or relating to calories in food; "comparison of foods on a caloric basis"; "the caloric content of foods"

adj 1: relating to or derived from or containing camphor; "camphoric liniments"

n 1: either side of the face below the eyes 2: an impudent statement [syn: impudence, cheek, impertinence] 3: either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump [syn: buttock, cheek] 4: impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn: boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek] v 1: speak impudently to

adj 1: elegant and stylish; "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut" [syn: chic, smart, voguish] n 1: elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word]

adj 1: easily moved to anger; "men of the choleric type take to kicking and smashing"- H.G.Wells 2: quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn: choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick- tempered, short-tempered] 3: characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response" [syn: choleric, irascible]

n 1: a clergyman or other person in religious orders [syn: cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic]

n 1: a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause 2: the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends [syn: menopause, climacteric, change of life]

n 1: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp]

n 1: a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him away" [syn: creak, creaking] v 1: make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise" [syn: whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak]

n 1: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer" [syn: brook, creek] 2: any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma

n 1: an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) [syn: review, critique, critical review, review article] 2: a serious examination and judgment of something; "constructive criticism is always appreciated" [syn: criticism, critique] v 1: appraise critically; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance" [syn: review, critique]

adj 1: of or containing divalent copper [syn: cupric, cuprous]

n 1: a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered 2: a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom

adj 1: relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment" [syn: empiric, empirical] 2: derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known" [syn: empirical, empiric] [ant: theoretic, theoretical]

adj 1: of or relating to the enteron [syn: enteric, enteral] 2: of or relating to or inside the intestines; "intestinal disease" [syn: intestinal, enteric, enteral]

adj 1: confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories" [ant: exoteric]

adj 1: exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation [ant: distressed, dysphoric, unhappy]

adj 1: suitable for the general public; "writings of an exoteric nature" [ant: esoteric]

n 1: 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] 2: the underlying structure; "providing a factual framework for future research"; "it is part of the fabric of society" [syn: framework, fabric]

adj 1: of or relating to or containing iron [syn: ferric, ferrous]

n 1: brick made of fire clay; used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys

n 1: a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed [syn: freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae] 2: someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie" [syn: addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky] v 1: lose one's nerve; "When he saw the accident, he freaked out" [syn: freak out, freak, gross out]

n 1: a carnival performer who does disgusting acts 2: a person with an unusual or odd personality [syn: eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek]

adj 1: relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus; "the generic name" 2: (of drugs) not protected by trademark; "`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'" 3: applicable to an entire class or group; "is there a generic Asian mind?" n 1: a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape [syn: generic, generic wine] [ant: varietal, varietal wine] 2: any product that can be sold without a brand name

n 1: a stack of hay [syn: haystack, hayrick, rick]

adj 1: of or relating to the cerebral hemispheres

adj 1: belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character" [syn: historic, historical] 2: important in history; "the historic first voyage to outer space"

adj 1: characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria; "during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical amnesia" [syn: hysteric, hysterical] n 1: a person suffering from hysteria

adj 1: of or relating to or exhibiting isomerism

n 1: an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak" 2: soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi 3: a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" [syn: leak, wetting, making water, passing water] 4: the discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak" [syn: escape, leak, leakage, outflow] 5: unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information [syn: leak, news leak] v 1: tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper" 2: be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy" [syn: leak, leak out] 3: enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement" 4: have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"

n 1: plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum [syn: leek, scallion, Allium porrum] 2: related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves

n 1: port city in southwestern Ireland 2: a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba

adj 1: expressing deep emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance" [syn: lyric, lyrical] 2: used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano" [ant: dramatic] 3: relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage" 4: of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry" n 1: the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" [syn: lyric, words, language] 2: a short poem of songlike quality [syn: lyric, lyric poem] v 1: write lyrics for (a song)

adj 1: independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians" [syn: irregular, maverick, unorthodox] n 1: someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action [syn: maverick, rebel] 2: an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it

adj 1: humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing" [syn: meek, mild, modest] 2: very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes [syn: meek, tame] 3: evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant; "compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others"; "a fine fiery blast against meek conformity"- Orville Prescott; "she looked meek but had the heart of a lion"; "was submissive and subservient" [syn: meek, spiritless]

adj 1: of or containing mercury [syn: mercuric, mercurous]

adj 1: of or relating to or located in a mesentery

adj 1: attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome" [syn: hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding]

adj 1: expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language" [syn: metaphorical, metaphoric]

adj 1: of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions; "meteorological factors"; "meteorological chart"; "meteoric (or meteorological) phenomena" [syn: meteorologic, meteorological, meteoric] 2: pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids; "meteoric shower"; "meteoric impacts" 3: like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience; "a meteoric rise to fame"

v 1: pronounce a word incorrectly; "She mispronounces many Latinate words" [syn: mispronounce, misspeak]

n 1: an aura of heightened value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or thing

adj 1: of or relating to or denoting numbers; "a numeral adjective" [syn: numeral, numerical, numeric] 2: measured or expressed in numbers; "numerical value"; "the numerical superiority of the enemy" [syn: numeric, numerical]

adj 1: slanting or inclined in direction or course or position-- neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base" [ant: parallel, perpendicular] 2: indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers" [syn: devious, oblique] n 1: any grammatical case other than the nominative [syn: oblique, oblique case] [ant: nominative, nominative case, subject case] 2: a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso [syn: external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, abdominal external oblique muscle, oblique]

adj 1: formally expressing praise [syn: encomiastic, eulogistic, panegyric, panegyrical] n 1: a formal expression of praise [syn: encomium, eulogy, panegyric, paean, pean]

n 1: medicine used to treat diarrhea [syn: paregoric, camphorated tincture of opium]

n 1: the most extreme possible amount or value; "voltage peak" [syn: extremum, peak] 2: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush] 3: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" [syn: acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top] 4: the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" [syn: peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit] 5: a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" [syn: point, tip, peak] 6: the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid" [syn: vertex, peak, apex, acme] 7: a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead" [syn: bill, peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor] v 1: to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million" [syn: top out, peak] [ant: bottom out]

n 1: a secret look [syn: peek, peep] v 1: throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting" [syn: glance, peek, glint]

adj 1: containing or characteristic of phosphorus; "phosphoric acid" [syn: phosphorous, phosphoric]

n 1: constitution of the human body [syn: physique, build, body-build, habitus] 2: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh]

n 1: a minor annoyance 2: small puncture (as if made by a pin)

n 1: tightly woven fabric with raised cords 2: a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood" [syn: pique, temper, irritation] v 1: cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me" [syn: pique, offend]

adj 1: excessively abundant [syn: overabundant, plethoric, rife]

adj 1: of or relating to or consisting of a polymer; "a polymeric compound"

adj 1: belonging to or existing in times before recorded history; "prehistoric settlements"; "prehistoric peoples" [syn: prehistoric, prehistorical] 2: of or relating to times before written history; "prehistoric archeology" 3: no longer fashionable; "my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes"

adj 1: relating to or near the pylorus

adj 1: of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece; "pyrrhic dance movements" 2: of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables; "pyrrhic verses" 3: of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans); "a Pyrrhic victory" n 1: a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables [syn: pyrrhic, dibrach] 2: an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare

adj 1: of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century [syn: red-brick, redbrick]

n 1: a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis] v 1: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" [syn: smack, reek, smell] 2: smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke" [syn: reek, stink] 3: be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face [syn: reek, fume] 4: give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun"

n 1: using language effectively to please or persuade 2: high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" [syn: grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric] 3: loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" [syn: palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoric] 4: study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)

n 1: an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure 2: an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text [syn: gloss, rubric] 3: directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book) 4: a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with; "Title 8 provided federal help for schools" [syn: title, statute title, rubric] 5: a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type 6: category name; "it is usually discussed under the rubric of `functional obesity'" v 1: adorn with ruby red color

adj 1: exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine" [syn: satirical, satiric]

n 1: the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk v 1: try to get or reach; "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness" 2: try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" [syn: search, seek, look for] 3: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn: try, seek, attempt, essay, assay] 4: go to or towards; "a liquid seeks its own level" 5: inquire for; "seek directions from a local"

n 1: the leader of an Arab village or family [syn: sheik, tribal sheik, sheikh, tribal sheikh, Arab chief] 2: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]

n 1: the leader of an Arab village or family [syn: sheik, tribal sheik, sheikh, tribal sheikh, Arab chief]

n 1: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors" [syn: scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching] 2: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes" [syn: screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming] v 1: utter a shrill cry [syn: shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe]

adj 1: well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well- groomed; "sleek figures in expensive clothes" 2: designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow; "a streamlined convertible" [syn: streamlined, aerodynamic, flowing, sleek] 3: having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters" [syn: satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick] v 1: make slick or smooth [syn: slick, sleek]

adj 1: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch" [syn: furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious] n 1: a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible 2: someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions [syn: prowler, sneak, stalker] 3: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn: fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary] v 1: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot] 2: put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette" 3: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift] 4: pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" [syn: slip, sneak]

v 1: express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" [syn: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise] 2: exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words" [syn: talk, speak] 3: use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect" [syn: speak, talk] 4: give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees" [syn: address, speak] 5: make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"

n 1: a short high-pitched noise; "the squeak of shoes on powdery snow" 2: something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin [syn: close call, close shave, squeak, squeaker, narrow escape] v 1: make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise" [syn: whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak]

n 1: an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" [syn: streak, run] 2: a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness" 3: a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave" [syn: stripe, streak, bar] 4: a sudden flash (as of lightning) v 1: move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across the sky" 2: run naked in a public place 3: mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained [syn: mottle, streak, blotch]

adj 1: of or relating to or containing sulfur; "sulphuric esters" [syn: sulphuric, sulfuric]

n 1: hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding [syn: teak, teakwood] 2: tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood [syn: teak, Tectona grandis]

n 1: a practical method or art applied to some particular task 2: skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency" [syn: proficiency, technique]

adj 1: of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium 2: of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air [syn: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene]

n 1: widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye [syn: turmeric, Curcuma longa, Curcuma domestica] 2: ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning

n 1: a squeeze with the fingers [syn: pinch, tweak] v 1: pinch or squeeze sharply 2: pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush" [syn: pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off] 3: adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine" [syn: fine-tune, tweak]

adj 1: radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history" [syn: alone(p), unique, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled] 2: (followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality; "a species unique to Australia" 3: the single one of its kind; "a singular example"; "the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique copy of an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems have unique solutions" [syn: singular, unique] 4: highly unusual or rare but not the single instance; "spoke with a unique accent"; "had unique ability in raising funds"; "a frankness unique in literature"; "a unique dining experience"

adj 1: in or relating to or obtained from urine; "uric acid"

adj 1: wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar" [ant: strong] 2: overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea" [syn: watery, washy, weak] 3: (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable" [syn: unaccented, light, weak] 4: wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity" [syn: fallible, frail, imperfect, weak] 5: tending downward in price; "a weak market for oil stocks" 6: deficient or lacking in some skill; "he's weak in spelling" 7: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly] 8: (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection 9: not having authority, political strength, or governing power; "a weak president" 10: deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse" [syn: faint, weak] 11: likely to fail under stress or pressure; "the weak link in the chain" 12: deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind"

n 1: any period of seven consecutive days; "it rained for a week" [syn: week, hebdomad] 2: hours or days of work in a calendar week; "they worked a 40-hour week" [syn: workweek, week] 3: a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday [syn: week, calendar week]

v 1: cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" [syn: bring, work, play, wreak, make for]

adj 1: being deficient in moisture; "deserts provide xeric environments" [ant: hydric, mesic]