Words that rhyme with terese

n 1: waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume

n 1: a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point

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: consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting" [syn: survey, appraise]

n 1: a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces [syn: Canary Islands, Canaries]

n 1: a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse" [syn: caprice, impulse, whim]

n 1: soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth [syn: cavity, caries, dental caries, tooth decay]

adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet] n 1: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: cerise, cherry, cherry red]

n 1: a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales" [syn: decrease, lessening, drop-off] [ant: increase] 2: a process of becoming smaller or shorter [syn: decrease, decrement] [ant: growth, increase, increment] 3: the amount by which something decreases [syn: decrease, decrement] [ant: increase, increment] 4: the act of decreasing or reducing something [syn: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down] [ant: increase, step-up] v 1: decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" [syn: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall] [ant: increase] 2: make smaller; "He decreased his staff" [syn: decrease, lessen, minify] [ant: increase]

v 1: remove grease or oil from (a pan)

n 1: the act of speaking contemptuously of [syn: disparagement, dispraise]

v 1: remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" [syn: erase, wipe out] 2: remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" [syn: erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off] 3: wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?" [syn: erase, delete] [ant: record, tape]

n 1: a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks" [syn: addition, increase, gain] 2: a change resulting in an increase; "the increase is scheduled for next month" [ant: decrease, drop-off, lessening] 3: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population" [syn: increase, increment, growth] [ant: decrease, decrement] 4: the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare" [syn: increase, increment] [ant: decrease, decrement] 5: the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary" [syn: increase, step-up] [ant: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down] v 1: become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased" [ant: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen] 2: make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" [ant: decrease, lessen, minify]

n 1: (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group

n 1: rewording for the purpose of clarification [syn: paraphrase, paraphrasis] v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword]

v 1: appraise anew; "Homes in our town are reappraised every five years and taxes are increased accordingly"

v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword]

v 1: repeat an earlier theme of a composition [syn: reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate]

v 1: become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat" [syn: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt] 2: make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" [syn: unblock, unfreeze, free, release] [ant: block, freeze, immobilise, immobilize]

v 1: cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" [syn: resurrect, raise, upraise]

n 1: a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment [syn: verdigris, cupric acetate] 2: a green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze that has been exposed to the air or water for long periods of time v 1: color verdigris

n 1: (Greek mythology) Greek god of war; son of Zeus and Hera; identified with Roman Mars

n 1: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries [syn: Aries, Ram] 2: a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Pisces and Taurus 3: the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19 [syn: Aries, Aries the Ram, Ram]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Timor or its inhabitants n 1: a native or inhabitant of Timor

n 1: the brightest star in Scorpius

n 1: a phrase that has become a catchword [syn: catchphrase, catch phrase]

n 1: an ancient city in northwestern Iran; known for hot springs

n 1: a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India [syn: Kanarese, Canarese]

n 1: a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India [syn: Kanarese, Canarese] 2: a Dravidian language spoken in southern India [syn: Kannada, Kanarese]

n 1: an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA

n 1: a green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone

v 1: praise excessively

n 1: (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter 2: the largest asteroid and the first discovered