Words that rhyme with vertebrae

n 1: a slope or hillside

n 1: the cry of an ass v 1: braying characteristic of donkeys [syn: hee-haw, bray] 2: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute] 3: laugh loudly and harshly

n 1: a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp

n 1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up [syn: debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus]

adj 1: slightly insane [syn: fey, touched(p)] 2: suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"; "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown [syn: elfin, fey]

v 1: strip the skin off

n 1: grass mowed and cured for use as fodder v 1: convert (plant material) into hay

n 1: an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll" [syn: guy, cat, hombre, bozo]

adj 1: characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry" [syn: laic, lay, secular] 2: not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease" n 1: a narrative song with a recurrent refrain [syn: ballad, lay] 2: a narrative poem of popular origin [syn: ballad, lay] v 1: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" [syn: put, set, place, pose, position, lay] 2: put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" [syn: lay, put down, repose] 3: prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan" 4: lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay" 5: impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone"

n 1: flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes [syn: wreath, garland, coronal, chaplet, lei]

n 1: a column of light (as from a beacon) [syn: beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation] 2: a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence 3: (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point 4: a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation [syn: beam, ray, electron beam] 5: the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization [syn: re, ray] 6: any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish 7: cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins v 1: emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky" 2: extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions" [syn: radiate, ray] 3: expose to radiation; "irradiate food" [syn: irradiate, ray]

n 1: a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum [syn: rhenium, Re, atomic number 75] 2: ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods [syn: Ra, Re] 3: the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization [syn: re, ray]

n 1: the chance to speak; "let him have his say" v 1: express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" [syn: state, say, tell] 2: report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money" [syn: allege, aver, say] 3: express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?" [syn: suppose, say] 4: have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" [syn: read, say] 5: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" [syn: order, tell, enjoin, say] 6: speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" [syn: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say] 7: communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?" 8: utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office" 9: state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's forget this whole business" 10: recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'" 11: indicate; "The clock says noon"

n 1: a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse [syn: chaise, shay]

v 1: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove]

n 1: a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow [syn: sled, sledge, sleigh] v 1: ride (on) a sled [syn: sled, sleigh]

n 1: a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying 2: a quantity of small objects flying through the air; "a spray of bullets" [syn: spray, spraying] 3: flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage 4: a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist [syn: atomizer, atomiser, spray, sprayer, nebulizer, nebuliser] 5: water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall 6: a jet of vapor v 1: be discharged in sprays of liquid; "Water sprayed all over the floor" 2: scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall" 3: cover by spraying with a liquid; "spray the wall with paint"

adj 1: not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs" [syn: isolated, stray] 2: (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home; "a stray calf"; "a stray dog" n 1: an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal) v 1: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond] 2: wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" [syn: stray, err, drift] 3: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture" [syn: digress, stray, divagate, wander]

n 1: controlling influence 2: pitching dangerously to one side [syn: rock, careen, sway, tilt] v 1: move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet" [syn: rock, sway, shake] 2: move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back" [syn: swing, sway] 3: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters" [syn: carry, persuade, sway] 4: cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently" [syn: rock, sway]

adv 1: to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on" [syn: way, right smart] n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn: manner, mode, style, way, fashion] 2: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" [syn: means, agency, way] 3: a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" [syn: direction, way] 4: the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way" 5: a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path" [syn: way, path, way of life] 6: any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out" 7: a journey or passage; "they are on the way" 8: space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" [syn: room, way, elbow room] 9: the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways" 10: doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way" 11: a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing" 12: a portion of something divided into shares; "they split the loot three ways"

v 1: have a certain weight 2: show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient" [syn: consider, count, weigh] 3: determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken" [syn: weigh, librate] 4: have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much" [syn: count, matter, weigh] 5: to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind" [syn: weigh, press]

adv 1: not only so, but; "I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice" [syn: yea, yeah] n 1: an affirmative; "The yeas have it" [ant: nay]

n 1: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers [syn: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite]

n 1: a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock [syn: pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley]

n 1: French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815) [syn: Ney, Michel Ney, Duc d'Elchingen]

n 1: any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556 [syn: Wei, Wei dynasty]

n 1: a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland [syn: Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos] 2: a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred [syn: individual retirement account, IRA] 3: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: wrath, anger, ire, ira]

n 1: North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 [syn: United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.] 2: the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare [syn: United States Army, US Army, U. S. Army, Army, USA]