Words that rhyme with workspace
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abase
v 1: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn: humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase] -
ace
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) -
aerospace
n 1: the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole -
airspace
n 1: the space in the atmosphere immediately above the earth [syn: airspace, air space] 2: the atmosphere above a nation that is deemed to be under its jurisdiction; "the plane was refused permission to enter Chinese airspace" -
apace
adv 1: with rapid movements; "he works quickly" [syn: quickly, rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace] [ant: easy, slow, slowly, tardily] -
backspace
n 1: the typewriter key used for back spacing [syn: backspace key, backspace, backspacer] v 1: hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard; "To erase, you must backspace" -
base
adj 1: serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" [syn: basal, base] 2: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" [syn: base, baseborn, humble, lowly] 3: (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal" 4: not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds" [syn: base, immoral] 5: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics" [syn: base, mean, meanspirited] 6: illegitimate [syn: base, baseborn] 7: debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage" n 1: installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" [syn: base, base of operations] 2: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure] 3: a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" [syn: base, bag] 4: the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain" 5: (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull" 6: a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" [syn: floor, base] 7: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone] 8: a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" [syn: base, pedestal, stand] 9: a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) [syn: nucleotide, base] 10: any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia" [syn: base, alkali] 11: the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle" 12: the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice" [syn: basis, base] 13: (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system" [syn: base, radix] 14: the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end [syn: base, home] 15: a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries [syn: al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base] 16: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn: root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical] 17: the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" [syn: infrastructure, base] 18: the principal ingredient of a mixture; "glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"; "he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green"; "everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base" 19: a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base" 20: (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector v 1: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" [syn: establish, base, ground, found] 2: situate as a center of operations; "we will base this project in the new lab" 3: use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes [syn: free-base, base] -
bass
adj 1: having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet" [syn: bass, deep] n 1: the lowest part of the musical range 2: the lowest part in polyphonic music [syn: bass, bass part] 3: an adult male singer with the lowest voice [syn: bass, basso] 4: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae [syn: sea bass, bass] 5: any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) [syn: freshwater bass, bass] 6: the lowest adult male singing voice [syn: bass, bass voice, basso] 7: the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments 8: nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes -
brace
n 1: a support that steadies or strengthens something else; "he wore a brace on his knee" 2: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad] 3: a set of two similar things considered as a unit [syn: pair, brace] 4: either of two punctuation marks ({ or ) used to enclose textual material 5: a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it 6: elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) [syn: brace, suspender, gallus] 7: an appliance that corrects dental irregularities [syn: brace, braces, orthodontic braces] 8: a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring [syn: brace, bitstock] 9: a structural member used to stiffen a framework [syn: brace, bracing] v 1: prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult [syn: brace, poise] 2: support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel" [syn: brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise] 3: support by bracing 4: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn: stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up] [ant: calm, de-energise, de-energize, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize] -
carapace
n 1: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles [syn: carapace, shell, cuticle, shield] -
case
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] -
chase
n 1: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit" [syn: pursuit, chase, pursual, following] 2: United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873) [syn: Chase, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase] 3: a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time v 1: go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" [syn: chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track] 2: pursue someone sexually or romantically [syn: chase, chase after] 3: cut a groove into; "chase silver" 4: cut a furrow into a columns [syn: furrow, chamfer, chase] -
dace
n 1: small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body [syn: dace, Leuciscus leuciscus] -
debase
v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect] 2: lower in value by increasing the base-metal content [syn: debase, alloy] 3: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" [syn: load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase] -
lipase
n 1: an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream -
outpace
v 1: surpass in speed; "Malthus believed that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence" -
headspace
n 1: the volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealing -
hyperspace
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interspace
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