Words that rhyme with wilke

n 1: the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk" [syn: balk, baulk] 2: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress [syn: hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap] 3: one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof [syn: rafter, balk, baulk] v 1: refuse to comply [syn: resist, balk, baulk, jib]

v 1: cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money 2: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk] 3: evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors" 4: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" [syn: elude, evade, bilk]

n 1: the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished" [syn: majority, bulk] [ant: minority] 2: the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports" [syn: bulk, mass, volume] 3: the property possessed by a large mass v 1: stick out or up; "The parcel bulked in the sack" 2: cause to bulge or swell outwards [syn: bulge, bulk]

n 1: residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture

n 1: a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral

n 1: large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America [syn: elk, European elk, moose, Alces alces] 2: large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male [syn: wapiti, elk, American elk, Cervus elaphus canadensis] 3: common deer of temperate Europe and Asia [syn: red deer, elk, American elk, wapiti, Cervus elaphus]

n 1: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities [syn: giant, hulk, heavyweight, whale] 2: a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned v 1: appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" [syn: loom, tower, predominate, hulk]

n 1: a kind of person; "We'll not see his like again"; "I can't tolerate people of his ilk" [syn: like, ilk]

n 1: a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings 2: produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young 3: a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River [syn: Milk, Milk River] 4: any of several nutritive milklike liquids v 1: take milk from female mammals; "Cows need to be milked every morning" 2: exploit as much as possible; "I am milking this for all it's worth" 3: add milk to; "milk the tea"

n 1: a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae 2: animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders

v 1: lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner [syn: lurk, skulk] 2: avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill [syn: malinger, skulk] 3: move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"

n 1: a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal; "stayed home in a sulk" [syn: sulk, sulkiness] v 1: be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted" [syn: sulk, pout, brood]

n 1: a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder [syn: talc, talcum] v 1: apply talcum powder to (one's body)

n 1: large marine snail much used as food in Europe 2: large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell v 1: gather whelk