await — If you await someone or something, you wait for them.
bank rate — The bank rate is the rate of interest at which a bank lends money, especially the minimum rate of interest that banks are allowed to charge, which is decided from time to time by the country's central bank.
baud rate — a rate of data transmission measured in baud
berate — If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
birth rate — The birth rate in a place is the number of babies born there for every 1000 people during a particular period of time.
blind date — A blind date is an arrangement made for you to spend a romantic evening with someone you have never met before.
charge plate — an identification plate, especially one from which an impression can be taken, issued to a customer and used to make purchases on a credit basis.
home plate — the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
hot plate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
sash weight — a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
sedate — calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement: a sedate party; a sedate horse.
slave state — any state, nation, etc., where slavery is legal or officially condoned.
soul mate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
soup plate — a deep, concave plate used especially for serving soup.
sumgait — a city in SE Azerbaijan, on the Caspian Sea.
tax rate — the percentage of the value of a property to be paid as a tax.
to date — a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen: July 4, 1776 was the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
translate — to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own: to translate Spanish.
troy weight — a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.
update — to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections: to update a science textbook.
upstate — the part of a state that is farther north or farther from the chief city, especially the northerly part of New York State.
wall plate — Also called raising plate. Building Trades. a horizontal member built into or laid along the top of a wall to support and distribute the pressure from joists, rafters, etc.
abate — If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
Three-syllable rhymes
actuate — If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way. If something actuates a device, the device starts working.
armor plate — a protective covering of specially hardened steel plates, as on a tank
armour plate — a tough heavy steel, usually containing chromium, nickel, and molybdenum and often hardened on the surface, used for protecting warships, tanks, etc
badger state — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
first estate — the first of the three estates: the clergy in France; the Lords Spiritual in England. Compare estate (def 5).
fourth estate — the journalistic profession or its members; the press.
korea strait — a strait between Korea and Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. 120 miles (195 km) long.
license plate — a plate or tag, usually of metal, bearing evidence of official registration and permission, as for the use of a motor vehicle.
lie in wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
life estate — property that may be held only for the extent of the holder's lifetime
multistate — of or operating in several states of a nation: a multistate corporation.
overrate — to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.
overweight — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
police state — a nation in which the police, especially a secret police, summarily suppresses any social, economic, or political act that conflicts with governmental policy.
solid-state — designating or pertaining to electronic devices, as transistors or crystals, that can control current without the use of moving parts, heated filaments, or vacuum gaps.
underrate — to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate.
water gate — a gate for halting or controlling the flow of water in a watercourse; floodgate.
welfare state — a state in which the welfare of the people in such matters as social security, health and education, housing, and working conditions is the responsibility of the government.
at any rate — You use at any rate to indicate that what you have just said might be incorrect or unclear in some way, and that you are now being more precise.
atomic weight — the weight of one atom of an element expressed in atomic mass units: it is the average weight of all the isotopes of the element
department of state — the department of the U.S. federal government that sets forth and maintains the foreign policy of the U.S., especially in negotiations with foreign governments and international organizations. Abbreviation: DOS.
molecular weight — the average weight of a molecule of an element or compound measured in units once based on the weight of one hydrogen atom taken as the standard or on 1/16 (0.0625) the weight of an oxygen atom, but after 1961 based on 1/12 (0.083) the weight of the carbon-12 atom; the sum of the atomic weights of all the atoms in a molecule. Abbreviation: mol. wt.
alexander the great — 356–323 bc, king of Macedon, who conquered Greece (336), Egypt (331), and the Persian Empire (328), and founded Alexandria
secretary of state — the head and chief administrator of the U.S. Department of State. Compare foreign minister.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
basal metabolic rate — the rate at which heat is produced by the body at rest, 12 to 14 hours after eating, measured in kilocalories per square metre of body surface per hour
plate — the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
rate — the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans.
sate — to cause to sit; seat (often followed by down): Sit yourself down. He sat me near him.
slate — a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
spate — a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring: a spate of angry words.
state — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
strait — Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
tate — Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
trait — a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature: bad traits of character.
wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
waite — Morrison Remick [rem-ik] /ˈrɛm ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1816–88, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1874–88.
weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.