Words that rhyme with viaduct
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abduct
v 1: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" [syn: kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch] 2: pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts" [ant: adduct] -
adduct
n 1: a compound formed by an addition reaction v 1: draw a limb towards the body; "adduct the thigh muscle" [ant: abduct] -
aqueduct
n 1: a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley -
conduct
n 1: manner of acting or controlling yourself [syn: behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings] 2: (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people [syn: demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment] v 1: direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this" [syn: conduct, carry on, deal] 2: lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" [syn: conduct, lead, direct] 3: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry] 4: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" [syn: lead, take, direct, conduct, guide] 5: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel] 6: lead musicians in the performance of; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces" -
construct
n 1: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances [syn: concept, conception, construct] [ant: misconception] v 1: make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" [syn: construct, build, make] 2: put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal" [syn: manufacture, fabricate, construct] 3: draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle" 4: create by linking linguistic units; "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph" 5: create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument" 6: reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago" [syn: reconstruct, construct, retrace] -
deconstruct
v 1: interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing -
deduct
v 1: make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" [syn: subtract, deduct, take off] [ant: add, add together] 2: retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes" [syn: withhold, deduct, recoup] 3: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce, infer, deduct, derive] -
destruct
v 1: destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons" 2: do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house" [syn: destroy, destruct] -
duct
n 1: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs" [syn: duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel] 2: a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls 3: an enclosed conduit for a fluid -
induct
v 1: place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy" [syn: induct, invest, seat] 2: accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty" [syn: initiate, induct] 3: admit as a member; "We were inducted into the honor society" 4: produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes [syn: induce, induct] 5: introduce or initiate; "The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession" -
instruct
v 1: impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" [syn: teach, learn, instruct] 2: give instructions or directions for some task; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation" 3: make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" [syn: instruct, apprise, apprize] -
misconduct
n 1: bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf 2: activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing" [syn: wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus] v 1: behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning" [syn: misbehave, misconduct, misdemean] [ant: behave, comport] 2: manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged" [syn: mismanage, mishandle, misconduct] -
obstruct
v 1: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" [syn: obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass] 2: block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up] [ant: disengage, free] 3: shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains" [syn: obstruct, block] -
oviduct
n 1: either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus [syn: Fallopian tube, uterine tube, oviduct] -
plucked
adj 1: of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum [ant: bowed] 2: having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl; "a plucked chicken"; "an unfeathered goose" -
product
n 1: commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" [syn: merchandise, ware, product] 2: an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" [syn: product, production] 3: a quantity obtained by multiplication; "the product of 2 and 3 is 6" [syn: product, mathematical product] 4: a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction; "a product of lime and nitric acid" 5: a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances; "skill is the product of hours of practice"; "his reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue" 6: the set of elements common to two or more sets; "the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things" [syn: intersection, product, Cartesian product] -
reconstruct
v 1: reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago" [syn: reconstruct, construct, retrace] 2: build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb" [syn: rebuild, reconstruct] 3: cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically 4: return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition" [syn: restore, reconstruct] 5: do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these rooms" [syn: remodel, reconstruct, redo] -
tucked
adj 1: having tucked or being tucked; "tightly tucked blankets"; "a fancy tucked shirt" [ant: untucked] -
usufruct
n 1: a legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way -
bucked
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chucked
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ducked
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sucked
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trucked
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lucht
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shucked
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subduct
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unplucked
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ventiduct
See also viaduct definition
