abate | (verb) become less in amount or intensity | Synonyms: die away, let up, slack, slack off |
---|
(verb) make less active or intense | Synonyms: slack, slake |
absorbate | (noun) a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed | - |
---|
acerbate | (verb) make sour or bitter | - |
---|
(verb) cause to be bitter or resentful | Synonyms: embitter, envenom |
adsorbate | (adjective) capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid | Synonyms: adsorbable |
---|
(noun) a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed | - |
approbate | (verb) accept (documents) as valid | - |
---|
(verb) approve or sanction officially | - |
barbate | (adjective) having hair on the cheeks and chin | Synonyms: bearded, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery |
---|
bate | (verb) soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments | - |
---|
(verb) flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons | - |
(verb) moderate or restrain; lessen the force of | - |
bilobate | (adjective) divided into two lobes | Synonyms: bilobated, bilobed |
---|
celibate | (adjective) abstaining from sexual intercourse | Synonyms: continent |
---|
(noun) an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity | - |
chaturbate | (verb) to masturbate while chatting online | - |
---|
conglobate | (verb) assume a globular shape | Synonyms: conglobe |
---|
debate | (noun) the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) | Synonyms: disputation, public debate |
---|
(noun) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | Synonyms: argument, argumentation |
(verb) argue with one another | - |
(verb) discuss the pros and cons of an issue | Synonyms: deliberate |
(verb) have an argument about something | Synonyms: argue, contend, fence |
(verb) think about carefully; weigh | Synonyms: consider, deliberate, moot, turn over |
exacerbate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: aggravate, exasperate, worsen |
---|
(verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: aggravate, exasperate |
incubate | (verb) sit on (eggs) | Synonyms: brood, cover, hatch |
---|
(verb) grow under conditions that promote development | - |
intubate | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, canulate |
---|
lobate | (adjective) having or resembling a lobe or lobes | Synonyms: lobated |
---|
(adjective) having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other | Synonyms: lobed |
masturbate | (verb) get sexual gratification through self-stimulation | Synonyms: fuck off, jack off, jerk off, she-bop, wank |
---|
(verb) stimulate sexually | - |
probate | (noun) the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements | - |
---|
(noun) a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate | Synonyms: probate will |
(verb) establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents) | - |
(verb) put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence | - |
rebate | (noun) a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together | Synonyms: rabbet |
---|
(noun) a refund of some fraction of the amount paid | Synonyms: discount |
(verb) cut a rebate in (timber or stone) | - |
(verb) join with a rebate | - |
(verb) give a reduction in the price during a sale | - |
reprobate | (adjective) deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good | Synonyms: depraved, perverse, perverted |
---|
(noun) a person without moral scruples | Synonyms: miscreant |
(verb) reject (documents) as invalid | - |
(verb) express strong disapproval of | Synonyms: condemn, decry, excoriate, objurgate |
(verb) abandon to eternal damnation | - |
sorbate | (noun) a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption | - |
---|
trilobate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) divided into three lobes | Synonyms: three-lobed, trilobated, trilobed |
---|