Words that rhyme with tripartite

• airtight 0
  adj 1: having no weak points; "an airtight defense"; "an airtight argument" [syn: airtight, air-tight] 2: not allowing air or gas to pass in or out [syn: airtight, air-tight, gas-tight]
• apartheid 0
  n 1: a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa
• apatite 0
  n 1: a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus
• appetite 0
  n 1: a feeling of craving something; "an appetite for life"; "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks [syn: appetite, appetency, appetence]
• ate 0
  n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• betide 0
  v 1: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: befall, bechance, betide]
• bipartite 0
  adj 1: divided into two portions almost to the base 2: involving two parts or elements; "a bipartite document"; "a two-way treaty" [syn: bipartite, two-part, two-way]
• haematite 0
  n 1: the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form [syn: hematite, haematite]
• hematite 0
  n 1: the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form [syn: hematite, haematite]
• magnetite 0
  n 1: an oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets [syn: magnetite, magnetic iron-ore]
• multipartite 0
  adj 1: involving more than two parties
• palpitate 0
  v 1: cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart" 2: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated" [syn: quiver, quake, palpitate] 3: beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated" [syn: palpitate, flutter]
• pegmatite 0
  n 1: a form of igneous rock consisting of extremely coarse granite resulting from the crystallization of magma rich in rare elements
• peptide 0
  n 1: amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein
• polypeptide 0
  n 1: a peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids
• potentate 0
  n 1: a ruler who is unconstrained by law [syn: dictator, potentate]
• precipitate 0
  adj 1: done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" [syn: hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous] n 1: a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering v 1: bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution" 2: separate as a fine suspension of solid particles 3: fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" [syn: precipitate, come down, fall] 4: fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin" 5: hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"
• quadripartite 0
  adj 1: involving four parties [syn: quadripartite, four- party]
• ratite 0
  n 1: flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds [syn: ratite, ratite bird, flightless bird] [ant: carinate, carinate bird, flying bird]
• resuscitate 0
  v 1: cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man" [syn: resuscitate, revive] 2: return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" [syn: come to, revive, resuscitate]
• riptide 0
  n 1: a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current [syn: rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent] 2: a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore [syn: riptide, rip current]
• springtide 0
  n 1: a swelling rush of anything; "he rose on the springtide of prosperity" 2: a greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons [ant: neap, neap tide]
• stalactite 0
  n 1: a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave
• steatite 0
  n 1: a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments [syn: soapstone, soaprock, soap-rock, steatite]
• tektite 0
  n 1: thought to derive from meteorites
• testate 0
  adj 1: having made a legally valid will before death [ant: intestate] n 1: a person who makes a will [syn: testator, testate]
• transvestite 0
  adj 1: receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex [syn: transvestic, transvestite] n 1: someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex [syn: transvestite, cross-dresser]
• triacetate 0
  n 1: cellulose acetate that is relatively slow to burn; used instead of celluloid for motion-picture film [syn: cellulose triacetate, triacetate]
• understate 0
  v 1: represent as less significant or important [syn: understate, minimize, minimise, downplay] [ant: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate]
• upstate 0
  adv 1: in or toward the northern parts of a state; "he lives upstate New York"
• watertight 0
  adj 1: not allowing water to pass in or out 2: without flaws or loopholes; "an ironclad contract"; "a watertight alibi"; "a bulletproof argument" [syn: unassailable, unshakable, watertight, bulletproof]
• hittite 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the Hittite people or their language or culture n 1: a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC 2: the language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions
• skintight 0
  adj 1: so tight as to cling to the skin; "skintight jeans" [syn: skintight, skin-tight]
• cementite 0
  n 1: a chemical compound that is a constituent of steel and cast iron; very hard and brittle [syn: cementite, iron carbide]
• partite 0
• tractate 0
• tridentate 0
• aydt 0
• ait 0
• superstate 0
• enstatite 0
• weathertight 0
• hexapartite 0
• sexpartite 0

See also tripartite definition and tripartite synonyms