Words that rhyme with ternate
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agnate
adj 1: related on the father's side; "a paternal aunt" [syn: agnate, agnatic, paternal] n 1: one related on the father's side [syn: agnate, patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrisib, patrilineal sib] -
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n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment -
cognate
adj 1: related in nature; "connate qualities" [syn: connate, cognate] 2: having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages" 3: related by blood [syn: akin(p), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p)] n 1: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another [syn: blood relation, blood relative, cognate, sib] 2: a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language [syn: cognate, cognate word] -
desalinate
v 1: remove salt from; "desalinate water" [syn: desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise] [ant: salinate] -
designate
adj 1: appointed but not yet installed in office v 1: assign a name or title to [syn: designate, denominate] 2: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) [syn: delegate, designate, depute, assign] 3: indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" [syn: indicate, point, designate, show] 4: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom, designate] 5: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" [syn: intend, destine, designate, specify] -
impregnate
v 1: fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" [syn: impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture] 2: infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" [syn: impregnate, saturate] 3: fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated" 4: make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again" [syn: impregnate, knock up, bang up, prang up] -
indoctrinate
v 1: teach doctrines to; teach uncritically; "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples" -
magnate
n 1: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" [syn: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon] -
peregrinate
v 1: travel around, through, or over, especially on foot; "peregrinate the bridge" -
pollinate
v 1: fertilize by transfering pollen [syn: pollinate, pollenate, cross-pollinate] -
stagnate
v 1: stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy" 2: cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters" 3: cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" 4: be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" [syn: idle, laze, slug, stagnate] [ant: work] -
pronate
v 1: turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards -
adnate
adj 1: of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; "a calyx adnate to the ovary" [ant: connate] -
fluorinate
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italianate
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aydt
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zonate
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ait
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reclinate
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selenate
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triternate
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