| ADRATE | • ADRATE n. the price or tariff that businesses pay to advertise. |
| AERATE | • aerate v. (Transitive) To supply with oxygen or air. Example: "Blood is aerated in the lungs.". • aerate v. (Transitive) To bubble or sparge with a gas, especially oxygen or air. Example: "The drink was aerated… • aerate v. (Intransitive) To bubble or sparge with a gas, especially oxygen or air. Example: "The microbial growth… |
| AURATE | • aurate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any salt of auric acid. • AURATE n. a salt derived from auric acid. |
| BERATE | • berate v. (Transitive) to chide or scold vehemently. • BERATE v. to scold severely. |
| BORATE | • borate n. (Inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion BO33- or any of several more complex derivatives. • borate n. A salt or ester formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical. • BORATE v. to mix with borax or boric acid. |
| CARATE | • carate n. The skin disease pinta. • CARATE n. a tropical skin disease, aka pinta. |
| CERATE | • cerate n. (Medicine, archaic or historical) An unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or… • cerate n. (Inorganic chemistry) The anion CeO32- of cerium. • CERATE n. a stiff ointment composed of wax, lard, or oil, and other ingredients. |
| CURATE | • curate n. An assistant rector or vicar. • curate n. A parish priest. • curate n. (Ireland) An assistant barman. |
| DERATE | • derate v. To lower the rated capability of any rated equipment or material. • DERATE v. to relieve from some taxes. |
| GYRATE | • gyrate v. (Intransitive) To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado. • gyrate adj. (Biology) Having coils or convolutions. • GYRATE v. to revolve or rotate. |
| KARATE | • karate n. An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws… • karate v. (Transitive, informal) To attack (somebody or something) with karate or similar techniques. • KARATE n. (Japanese) a Japanese art of self-defense. |
| LORATE | • lorate adj. (Botany) Having the form of a thong or strap. • LORATE adj. having the form of a thong or strap. |
| LYRATE | • lyrate adj. Shaped like a lyre. • lyrate adj. (Botany, of leaves) Having a large terminal lobe and smaller rounded lobes toward its base. • lyrate n. A long curved feather found in a bird’s tail. |
| PIRATE | • pirate n. A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns. • pirate n. An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels. • pirate n. (By extension) One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission. |
| UPRATE | • uprate v. (Transitive) To give a higher rating to. • uprate v. (Transitive, philately) To put a higher value of postage on (a letter) than required by the official rate. • uprate n. An increase in a rating. |