Words that rhyme with xscribe

v 1: attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" [syn: impute, ascribe, assign, attribute]

n 1: payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment [syn: bribe, payoff] v 1: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" [syn: bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms]

v 1: draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points" 2: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" [syn: limit, circumscribe, confine] 3: to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

v 1: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack" [syn: describe, depict, draw] 2: to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental" [syn: report, describe, account] 3: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" [syn: trace, draw, line, describe, delineate] 4: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn: identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name]

n 1: thunderous verbal attack [syn: fulmination, diatribe]

n 1: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe] v 1: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord] 2: laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" [syn: jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe]

v 1: take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words" [syn: absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up] 2: take (gas, light or heat) into a solution [syn: assimilate, imbibe] 3: take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda" [syn: drink, imbibe] 4: receive into the mind and retain; "Imbibe ethical principles"

v 1: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" [syn: scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe] 2: register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members" [syn: enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit] 3: draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible 4: write, engrave, or print as a lasting record 5: mark with one's signature; "The author autographed his book" [syn: autograph, inscribe] 6: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons" [syn: code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code] 7: address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication

n 1: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe] v 1: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord] 2: shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" [syn: jibe, gybe, jib, change course]

v 1: issue commands or orders for [syn: order, prescribe, dictate]

v 1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow, countenance, let, permit]

n 1: French playwright (1791-1861) [syn: Scribe, Augustin Eugene Scribe] 2: informal terms for journalists [syn: scribe, scribbler, penman] 3: someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts [syn: copyist, scribe, scrivener] 4: a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut [syn: scriber, scribe, scratch awl] v 1: score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking

v 1: offer to buy, as of stocks and shares; "The broker subscribed 500 shares" 2: mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here" [syn: sign, subscribe] 3: adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion" [syn: subscribe, support] 4: pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals; "I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station" [syn: pledge, subscribe] 5: receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" [syn: subscribe, subscribe to, take]

v 1: write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe" 2: rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated" [syn: transliterate, transcribe] 3: rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended 4: make a phonetic transcription of; "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant" 5: convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA

n 1: a social division of (usually preliterate) people [syn: tribe, folk] 2: a federation (as of American Indians) [syn: tribe, federation of tribes] 3: (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily 4: group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]

v 1: shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" [syn: jibe, gybe, jib, change course]

n 1: ulcerated chilblain on the heel

n 1: a distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively; "that place gave me bad vibrations"; "it gave me a nostalgic vibe" [syn: vibration, vibe]

v 1: write on the top or outside; "superscribe one's name and address" 2: write on the outside or upper part of; "superscribe an envelope"