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- 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.
- beaver state — Oregon (used as a nickname).
- beehive state — Utah (used as a nickname).
- bering strait — a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean
- bluegrass state — Kentucky (used as a nickname).
- buckeye state — Ohio (used as a nickname).
- buffer state — A buffer state is a peaceful country situated between two or more larger hostile countries.
- charles the great — ("Charles the Great") a.d. 742–814, king of the Franks 768–814; as Charles I, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 800–814.
- chief of state — the titular head of a nation, as a president or king.
- chinese date — an Old World tree, Ziziphus jujuba, thriving in hot, dry regions.
- commutate — to reverse the direction of (an electric current)
- conjugate — When pupils or teachers conjugate a verb, they give its different forms in a particular order.
- coyote state — South Dakota (used as a nickname).
- desecrate — If someone desecrates something which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it.
- diamond state — Delaware (used as a nickname).
- dinner plate — a plate for holding an individual serving of the main course of a meal.
- discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
- disinflate — (of an economy) to slow down the rate of inflation.
- fashion plate — a person who consistently wears the latest style in dress.
- figure eight — figure eight.
- 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.
- garden state — New Jersey (used as a nickname).
- golden gate — a strait in W California, between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific. 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- golden state — California (used as a nickname).
- gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
- granite state — New Hampshire (used as a nickname).
- hawkeye state — Iowa (used as a nickname).
- head of state — the person who holds the highest position in a national government: a meeting of heads of state.
- hoosier state — Indiana (used as a nickname).
- interstate — connecting or involving different states: interstate commerce.
- intrastate — existing or occurring within the boundaries of a state, especially of the United States: intrastate commerce.
- keystone state — Pennsylvania (used as a nickname).
- 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.
- new york state — New York (def 1).
- nutmeg state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).
- old line state — Maryland (used as a nickname).
- overate — simple past tense of overeat.
- 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.
- piece of eight — peso (def 4).
- pine tree state — Maine (used as a nickname).
- 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.
- prairie state — Illinois (used as a nickname).
- procreate — to beget or generate (offspring).
- quarter plate — a photographic plate measuring 31⁄4 × 41⁄4 inches (8.3 × 10.8 cm)
- real estate — property, especially in land: three acres of real estate.
- recreate — to create anew.
- reinstate — to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state: to reinstate the ousted chairman.
- running mate — a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice-presidency.
- salad plate — a small plate used chiefly for serving an individual portion of salad.
- section eight — a military discharge for physical or mental unfitness as determined by an Army Regulation in effect from 1922 to 1944.
- show me state — Missouri (used as a nickname).
- silver state — Nevada (used as a nickname).
- 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.
- sooner state — Oklahoma (used as a nickname).
- starting gate — any of various types of movable barriers for lining up and giving an equal start to the entries in a horse or dog race.
- sunshine state — Florida (used as a nickname).
- tar heel state — North Carolina (used as a nickname).
- third estate — the third of the three estates or political orders: the commons in France or England. Compare estate (def 5).
- treasure state — Montana (used as a nickname).
- 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.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- aloha state — Hawaii (used as a nickname).
- 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.
- centennial state — Colorado (used as a nickname).
- collection plate — a plate that is used in church to collect money for charity or the support of the church
- demodulate — to carry out demodulation on (a wave or signal)
- figure of eight — figure eight.
- green mountain state — Vermont (used as a nickname).
- herod the great — ("the Great") 73?–4 b.c, king of Judea 37–4.
- interest rate — amount added to money borrowed
- interrelate — Relate or connect to one another.
- irish free state — former name of the Republic of Ireland.
- junior lightweight — a boxer weighing up to 130 pounds (58.5 kg), between featherweight and lightweight.
- magnolia state — Mississippi (used as a nickname).
- palmetto state — South Carolina (used as a nickname).
- pelican state — Louisiana (used as a nickname).
- recriminate — to bring a countercharge against an accuser.
- remunerate — to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
- second estate — the second of the three estates: the nobles in France; the lords temporal in England. Compare estate (def 5).
- sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
- volunteer state — Tennessee (used as a nickname).
- wolverine state — Michigan (used as a nickname).
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- catherine the great — (Sophia Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst"Catherine the Great") 1729–96, empress of Russia 1762–96.
- circumnavigate — If someone circumnavigates the world or an island, they sail all the way around it.
- constitution state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).
- 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.
- frederick the great — Frederick I (def 2).
- grand canyon state — Arizona (used as a nickname).
- mortality rate — number of deaths in a population
- prime interest rate — prime rate.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- 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
- infant mortality rate — number of babies dying
One-syllable rhymes
- ate — Ate is the past tense of eat.
- bait — Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
- bate — (of hawks) to jump violently from a perch or the falconer's fist, often hanging from the leash while struggling to escape
- cate — a choice bit; dainty
- crate — A crate is a large box used for transporting or storing things.
- date — A date is a specific time that can be named, for example a particular day or a particular year.
- eight — Equivalent to the product of two and four; one more than seven, or two less than ten; 8.
- est — A system for self-improvement aimed at developing a person's potential through intensive group awareness and training sessions.
- fait — Misspelling of fate.
- fate — something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind.
- fete — a day of celebration; holiday: The Fourth of July is a great American fete.
- freight — goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air.
- gait — a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- gate — Archaic. a path; way.
- grate — a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- great — unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: A great fire destroyed nearly half the city.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- kate — Adam, 1723–90, Scottish economist.
- late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- mate — a tealike South American beverage made from the dried leaves of an evergreen tree.
- pate — porcelain paste used in ceramic work.
- plait — a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- 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.
- skate — a person; fellow: He's a good skate.
- 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.
Two-syllable rhymes
- abate — If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
- au fait — If you are au fait with something, you are familiar with it and know about it.
- 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
- bay state — Massachusetts
- 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.
- clean slate — a record without dishonour
- coate — Obsolete form of coat.
- collate — When you collate pieces of information, you gather them all together and examine them.
- conflate — If you conflate two or more descriptions or ideas, or if they conflate, you combine them in order to produce a single one.
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- cut rate — a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
- debate — A debate is a discussion about a subject on which people have different views.
- deflate — If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
- dictate — If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
- dilate — to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- elate — Make (someone) ecstatically happy.
- equate — Consider (one thing ) to be the same as or equivalent to another.
- estate — An area or amount of land or property, in particular.
- first mate — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the captain.
- first state — Delaware (used as a nickname).
- free state — U.S. History. (before the Civil War) a state in which slavery was prohibited.
- gem state — Idaho (used as a nickname).
- gray skate — a skate, Raja batis, of coastal seas off Great Britain.
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- growth rate — increase per unit
- head gate — a control gate at the upstream end of a canal or lock.
- heart rate — the number of heartbeats per minute.
- 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.
- id est — i.e.: that is
- inflate — deflate
- innate — existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent.
- irate — angry; enraged: an irate customer.
- kuwait — a sovereign monarchy in NE Arabia, on the NW coast of the Persian Gulf: formerly a British protectorate. About 8000 sq. mi. (20,720 sq. km).
- lightweight — light in weight.
- misstate — to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- negate — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- oblate — flattened at the poles, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis (opposed to prolate).
- of late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- or gate — a circuit that is energized when any of its inputs are energized.
- ornate — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- poor rate — a rate or tax levied by parishes for the relief or support of the poor
- postdate — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- predate — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- prorate — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- rain date — an alternative date for an outdoor event in case it is postponed or interrupted by rain.
- reflate — to increase again the amount of money and credit in circulation.
- relate — to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- restate — to state again or in a new way.
- 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.
- speed skate — racing skate.
- 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.
- 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.