Words that rhyme with termini

v 1: declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money" [ant: acknowledge, admit] 2: refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness" 3: refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day" 4: refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" [syn: deny, refuse] [ant: allow, grant] 5: deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits" [syn: deny, abnegate] 6: deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit [syn: traverse, deny] 7: refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"

n 1: one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination; "three-ply cord"; "four- ply yarn" 2: (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood v 1: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" [syn: provide, supply, ply, cater] 2: apply oneself diligently; "Ply one's trade" 3: travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast" [syn: ply, run] 4: join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding; "ply fabric" 5: wield vigorously; "ply an axe" 6: use diligently; "ply your wits!"

n 1: a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge [syn: crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry bar] v 1: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail" [syn: pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy] 2: be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!" 3: search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office" [syn: intrude, horn in, pry, nose, poke] 4: make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him" [syn: pry, prise]

v 1: have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" [syn: trust, swear, rely, bank] [ant: distrust, mistrust, suspect]

n 1: a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics" [syn: answer, reply, response] 2: the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply" [syn: reply, response] v 1: react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" [syn: answer, reply, respond]

v 1: hear or try a court case anew [syn: rehear, retry]

n 1: the seed of the cereal grass 2: hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement [syn: rye, Secale cereale] 3: whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt [syn: rye, rye whiskey, rye whisky]

adj 1: lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man" [syn: diffident, shy, timid, unsure] [ant: confident] 2: short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen" 3: wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; "shy of strangers" n 1: a quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman" v 1: start suddenly, as from fright 2: throw quickly

n 1: an utterance made by exhaling audibly [syn: sigh, suspiration] 2: a sound like a person sighing; "she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees" v 1: heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She sighed sadly" [syn: sigh, suspire] 2: utter with a sigh

n 1: the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth v 1: throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, toss, sky, pitch]

adj 1: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily]

adj 1: moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it" [syn: agile, nimble, quick, spry]

n 1: (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors [syn: spy, undercover agent] 2: a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people; "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night" v 1: catch sight of [syn: descry, spot, espy, spy] 2: watch, observe, or inquire secretly [syn: spy, stag, snoop, sleuth] 3: catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge" [syn: spy, sight] 4: secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage; "spy for the Russians"

adj 1: ready for emergency use; "a standby generator"; "a standby crew" n 1: something that can be relied on when needed 2: an actor able to replace a regular performer when required [syn: understudy, standby]

n 1: an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid [syn: sty, stye, hordeolum, eye infection] 2: a pen for swine [syn: sty, pigsty, pigpen]

n 1: an amount of something available for use 2: offering goods and services for sale [ant: demand] 3: the activity of supplying or providing something [syn: provision, supply, supplying] v 1: give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: supply, provide, render, furnish] 2: circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" [syn: issue, supply] [ant: recall] 3: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" [syn: provide, supply, ply, cater] 4: state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied" [syn: add, append, supply]

adv 1: by that means or because of that; "He knocked over the red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth"

n 1: the part of the leg between the hip and the knee 2: the upper joint of the leg of a fowl [syn: second joint, thigh]

n 1: neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front; "he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie"; "he wore a vest and tie" [syn: necktie, tie] 2: a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" [syn: affiliation, association, tie, tie-up] 3: equality of score in a contest 4: a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating; "he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam" [syn: tie, tie beam] 5: a fastener that serves to join or connect; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction" [syn: link, linkup, tie, tie-in] 6: the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided; "the game ended in a draw"; "their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie" [syn: draw, standoff, tie] 7: (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value 8: one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" [syn: tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper] 9: a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied; "he needed a tie for the packages" v 1: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair" [syn: tie, bind] [ant: unbrace, unlace, untie] 2: finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.; "The teams drew a tie" [syn: tie, draw] 3: limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports" 4: connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" [syn: connect, link, tie, link up] [ant: disconnect] 5: form a knot or bow in; "tie a necktie" 6: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" [syn: bind, tie, attach, bond] 7: perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" [syn: marry, wed, tie, splice] 8: make by tying pieces together; "The fishermen tied their flies" 9: unite musical notes by a tie

n 1: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" [syn: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try] v 1: 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] 2: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe" [syn: test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay] 3: put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials" [syn: judge, adjudicate, try] 4: take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes" [syn: sample, try, try out, taste] 5: examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California" [syn: hear, try] 6: give pain or trouble to; "I've been sorely tried by these students" 7: test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" [syn: try, strain, stress] 8: melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" [syn: try, render] 9: put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice; "Try on this sweater to see how it looks" [syn: try on, try]

v 1: be or form the base for 2: lie underneath

v 1: undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner" [syn: untie, unbrace, unlace] [ant: bind, tie] 2: cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie" [syn: untie, undo, loosen]

v 1: compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others [syn: compete, vie, contend]

n 1: an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders [syn: Army Intelligence, AI] 2: the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively; "workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in computers and robots" [syn: artificial intelligence, AI] 3: a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot [syn: three-toed sloth, ai, Bradypus tridactylus] 4: the introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by some means other than sexual intercourse [syn: artificial insemination, AI]

n 1: a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys [syn: yttrium, Y, atomic number 39] 2: the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: Y, y, wye]

n 1: a sultanate in northwestern Borneo; became independent of Great Britain in 1984 [syn: Brunei, Negara Brunei Darussalam]

n 1: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini [syn: Gemini, Twin] 2: a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere between Taurus and Cancer on the ecliptic 3: the third sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20 [syn: Gemini, Gemini the Twins, Twins]

n 1: a mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments [syn: Sinai, Mount Sinai] 2: a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt [syn: Sinai, Sinai Desert] 3: a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea [syn: Sinai, Sinai Peninsula]

n 1: a variety of green lacewing [syn: goldeneye, golden-eyed fly] 2: large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions [syn: goldeneye, whistler, Bucephela clangula]