Words that rhyme with ukase

• ablaze 0
  adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: ablaze, aflame, aroused] 2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)] 3: resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze in autumn" 4: lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" [syn: ablaze(p), inflamed, reddened]
• ace 0
  adj 1: of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops" [syn: ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p)] n 1: the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one" [syn: one, 1, I, ace, single, unity] 2: one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face 3: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz] 4: proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II [syn: angiotensin converting enzyme, angiotensin-converting enzyme, ACE] 5: a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey [syn: Allied Command Europe, ACE] 6: a serve that the receiver is unable to reach v 1: succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course" [syn: breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail] 2: score an ace against; "He aced his opponents" 3: play (a hole) in one stroke 4: serve an ace against (someone)
• amaze 0
  v 1: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" [syn: amaze, astonish, astound] 2: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
• appraise 0
  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]
• baize 0
  n 1: a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables
• blaze 0
  n 1: a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly" [syn: blaze, blazing] 2: a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes" [syn: hell, blaze] 3: noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" [syn: hell, blaze] 4: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance] 5: a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes" v 1: shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere" 2: shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men" [syn: blaze away, blaze] 3: burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze" 4: move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space" [syn: blaze, blaze out] 5: indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail"
• bookcase 0
  n 1: a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books
• braise 0
  v 1: cook in liquid; "braise beef"
• braze 0
  v 1: solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point
• briefcase 0
  n 1: a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books
• case 0
  n 1: an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" [syn: case, instance, example] 2: a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" [syn: event, case] 3: a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord" [syn: lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa] 4: the actual state of things; "that was not the case" 5: a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage" 6: a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor" 7: a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities" [syn: subject, case, guinea pig] 8: a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir" 9: a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly" 10: the quantity contained in a case [syn: case, caseful] 11: nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence [syn: case, grammatical case] 12: a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters" 13: a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" [syn: character, eccentric, type, case] 14: a specific size and style of type within a type family [syn: font, fount, typeface, face, case] 15: an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part [syn: sheath, case] 16: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: shell, case, casing] 17: the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" [syn: casing, case] 18: (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers; "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters" [syn: case, compositor's case, typesetter's case] 19: bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" [syn: case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip] 20: a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home [syn: case, display case, showcase, vitrine] v 1: look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed" 2: enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud" [syn: encase, incase, case]
• chaise 0
  n 1: a long chair; for reclining [syn: chaise longue, chaise, daybed] 2: a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse [syn: chaise, shay]
• crankcase 0
  n 1: housing for a crankshaft
• craze 0
  n 1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [syn: fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage] 2: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria] 3: a fine crack in a glaze or other surface v 1: cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind [syn: madden, craze] 2: develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"
• days 0
  n 1: the time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years" [syn: days, years]
• daze 0
  n 1: the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn: daze, shock, stupor] 2: confusion characterized by lack of clarity [syn: daze, fog, haze] v 1: to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights" [syn: dazzle, bedazzle, daze] 2: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her" [syn: stun, bedaze, daze]
• encase 0
  v 1: enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud" [syn: encase, incase, case]
• faze 0
  v 1: disturb the composure of [syn: faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle]
• gaze 0
  n 1: a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" [syn: gaze, regard] v 1: look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement" [syn: gaze, stare]
• glaze 0
  n 1: any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods 2: a glossy finish on a fabric 3: a coating for ceramics, metal, etc. v 1: coat with a glaze; "the potter glazed the dishes"; "glaze the bread with eggwhite" 2: become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over] 3: furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: glass, glaze] 4: coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze [syn: sugarcoat, glaze, candy]
• graze 0
  n 1: a superficial abrasion 2: the act of grazing [syn: graze, grazing] v 1: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn: crop, browse, graze, range, pasture] 2: break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet" 3: let feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: crop, graze, pasture] 4: scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: graze, crease, rake] 5: eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" [syn: browse, graze]
• haze 0
  n 1: atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility 2: confusion characterized by lack of clarity [syn: daze, fog, haze] v 1: become hazy, dull, or cloudy 2: harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions
• maize 0
  n 1: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times [syn: corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays] 2: a strong yellow color [syn: gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize]
• malaise 0
  n 1: physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) [syn: malaise, unease, uneasiness]
• maze 0
  n 1: complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost [syn: maze, labyrinth] 2: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations" [syn: tangle, snarl, maze]
• notecase 0
  n 1: a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money [syn: wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbook]
• nutcase 0
  n 1: someone deranged and possibly dangerous [syn: crazy, loony, looney, nutcase, weirdo]
• phase 0
  n 1: any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected" [syn: phase, stage] 2: (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system" [syn: phase, form] 3: a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle [syn: phase, phase angle] 4: (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun); "the full phase of the moon" v 1: arrange in phases or stages; "phase a withdrawal" 2: adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition; "he phased the intake with the output of the machine"
• phrase 0
  n 1: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence 2: a short musical passage [syn: phrase, musical phrase] 3: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up [syn: idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase] 4: dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence v 1: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate] 2: divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical passage"
• pillowcase 0
  n 1: bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" [syn: case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip]
• praise 0
  n 1: an expression of approval and commendation; "he always appreciated praise for his work" [syn: praise, congratulations, kudos, extolment] 2: offering words of homage as an act of worship; "they sang a hymn of praise to God" v 1: express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" [ant: criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart]
• raise 0
  n 1: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" [syn: raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase] 2: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall] 3: increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it" 4: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" [syn: lift, raise, heave] v 1: raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread" 2: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up] [ant: bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down] 3: cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry" 4: collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college" 5: cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [syn: grow, raise, farm, produce] 6: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent] 7: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth] 8: move upwards; "lift one's eyes" [syn: lift, raise] 9: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: raise, erect, rear, set up, put up] [ant: dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down] 10: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke] 11: create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain" 12: raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" [syn: lift, raise, elevate] 13: increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension" [syn: enhance, heighten, raise] 14: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate] 15: cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" [syn: raise, leaven, prove] 16: bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level 17: bet more than the previous player 18: cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" [syn: recruit, levy, raise] 19: put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic" [syn: raise, bring up] 20: pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'" 21: activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny" 22: establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night" 23: multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 24: bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges" 25: invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" [syn: raise, lift] 26: put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" [syn: lift, raise] 27: cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" [syn: resurrect, raise, upraise]
• raze 0
  v 1: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" [syn: level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down] [ant: erect, put up, raise, rear, set up]
• rephrase 0
  v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword]
• showcase 0
  n 1: a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect; "it was a showcase for democracy in Africa" [syn: showcase, show window] 2: a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home [syn: case, display case, showcase, vitrine]
• staircase 0
  n 1: a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps [syn: stairway, staircase]
• stays 0
  n 1: a woman's close-fitting foundation garment [syn: corset, girdle, stays]
• suitcase 0
  n 1: a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him" [syn: bag, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcase]
• uppercase 0
  adj 1: relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case; "uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc" [ant: lowercase] n 1: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters" [syn: capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule] [ant: lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter]
• ways 0
  n 1: structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired [syn: ways, shipway, slipway]
• hayes 0
  n 1: acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993) [syn: Hayes, Helen Hayes] 2: 19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893) [syn: Hayes, Rutherford B. Hayes, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, President Hayes]
• mays 0
  n 1: United States baseball player (born in 1931) [syn: Mays, Willie Mays, Willie Howard Mays Jr., Say Hey Kid]
• rase 0
  v 1: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" [syn: level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down] [ant: erect, put up, raise, rear, set up]
• incase 0
  v 1: enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud" [syn: encase, incase, case]
• agaze 0
  adj 1: (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder; "staring eyes" [syn: agaze, staring]
• doorcase 0
  n 1: the frame that supports a door [syn: doorframe, doorcase]
• uncase 0
  v 1: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" [syn: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel] [ant: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog]
• allays 0
• arrays 0
• ballets 0
• bays 0
• berets 0
• betrays 0
• bouquets 0
• clays 0
• conveys 0
• decays 0
• delays 0
• essays 0
• lays 0
• pays 0
• rays 0
• slipcase 0
• watchcase 0
• cayes 0
• chalets 0
• cliches 0
• communiques 0
• caisse 0
• cayce 0
• cachets 0

See also ukase definition