Words that rhyme with an

• foreman 4
  n 1: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn: foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss] 2: a man who is foreperson of a jury
• shun 4
  v 1: avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of [syn: shun, eschew] 2: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
• headman 3
  n 1: an executioner who beheads the condemned person [syn: headsman, headman] 2: the head of a tribe or clan [syn: headman, tribal chief, chieftain, chief]
• dawson 3
  n 1: a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
• coachman 2
  n 1: a man who drives a coach (or carriage)
• action 0
  n 1: something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" 2: the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action" [syn: action, activity, activeness] [ant: inaction, inactiveness, inactivity] 3: a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea" [syn: military action, action] 4: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" [syn: natural process, natural action, action, activity] 5: the series of events that form a plot; "his novels always have a lot of action" 6: the trait of being active and energetic and forceful; "a man of action" 7: the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the piano had a very stiff action" [syn: action, action mechanism] 8: a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong [syn: legal action, action, action at law] 9: an act by a government body or supranational organization; "recent federal action undermined the segregationist position"; "the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues"; "the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves" 10: the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field; "the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"; "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible" v 1: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination" [syn: action, sue, litigate, process] 2: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation" [syn: carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil]
• adman 0
  n 1: someone whose business is advertising [syn: advertiser, advertizer, adman]
• aeon 0
  n 1: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe [syn: eon, aeon] 2: the longest division of geological time [syn: eon, aeon] 3: an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons ago" [syn: eon, aeon]
• afghan 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people [syn: Afghani, Afghan, Afghanistani] n 1: a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl 2: a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan [syn: Afghan, Afghanistani] 3: an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan [syn: Pashto, Pashtu, Paxto, Afghani, Afghan] 4: a coat made of sheepskin [syn: sheepskin coat, afghan] 5: tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East [syn: Afghan hound, Afghan]
• ain 0
  adj 1: belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish" [syn: own(a), ain]
• airgun 0
  n 1: a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air [syn: air gun, airgun, air rifle]
• airman 0
  n 1: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer]
• alien 0
  adj 1: not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature" [syn: alien, foreign] 2: being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine" [syn: alien, exotic] n 1: a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country [syn: foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander] [ant: citizen] 2: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found [syn: stranger, alien, unknown] [ant: acquaintance, friend] 3: a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere [syn: extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial, alien] v 1: transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs" [syn: alien, alienate] 2: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious" [syn: estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect]
• amen 0
  n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon, Amun]
• anchorman 0
  n 1: a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute [syn: anchor, anchorman, anchorperson]
• anon 0
  adv 1: at another time; "ever and anon" 2: (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while; "see you anon"
• apron 0
  n 1: a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing 2: (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green 3: the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) [syn: proscenium, apron, forestage] 4: a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used
• argon 0
  n 1: a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere [syn: argon, Ar, atomic number 18]
• arson 0
  n 1: malicious burning to destroy property; "the British term for arson is fire-raising" [syn: arson, incendiarism, fire-raising]
• ashcan 0
  n 1: a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected [syn: ashcan, trash can, garbage can, wastebin, ash bin, ash-bin, ashbin, dustbin, trash barrel, trash bin]
• ashen 0
  adj 1: anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" [syn: ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white] 2: made of wood of the ash tree
• aspen 0
  n 1: any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
• auction 0
  n 1: a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge [syn: auction, auction bridge] 2: the public sale of something to the highest bidder [syn: auction, auction sale, vendue] v 1: sell at an auction [syn: auction, auction off, auctioneer]
• axon 0
  n 1: long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron [syn: axon, axone]
• bacon 0
  n 1: back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried 2: English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292) [syn: Bacon, Roger Bacon] 3: English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626) [syn: Bacon, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, 1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans]
• bagman 0
  n 1: a salesman who travels to call on customers [syn: traveling salesman, travelling salesman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, bagman] 2: a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money
• ban 0
  n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition, ban, proscription] 2: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova 3: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania 4: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding] 5: a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: Bachelor of Arts in Nursing, BAN] v 1: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) [syn: ban, censor] 2: prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building" 3: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn: banish, ban] 4: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
• bandsman 0
  n 1: a player in a band (especially a military band)
• bang 0
  adv 1: directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" [syn: bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt] n 1: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn: knock, bash, bang, smash, belt] 2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam] 3: a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead [syn: bang, fringe] 4: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn: bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick] 5: a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" [syn: hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang] v 1: strike violently; "slam the ball" [syn: slam, bang] 2: to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed" 3: close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: slam, bang] 4: move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house" 5: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk] 6: leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees" [syn: spang, bang]
• banyan 0
  n 1: East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks [syn: banyan, banyan tree, banian, banian tree, Indian banyan, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis] 2: a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India [syn: banyan, banian]
• bargain 0
  n 1: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals" [syn: bargain, deal] 2: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn: bargain, buy, steal] v 1: negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar" [syn: dicker, bargain] 2: come to terms; arrive at an agreement
• bargeman 0
  n 1: someone who operates a barge [syn: lighterman, bargeman, bargee]
• barman 0
  n 1: an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar [syn: bartender, barman, barkeep, barkeeper, mixologist]
• baron 0
  n 1: a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank 2: a British peer of the lowest rank 3: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" [syn: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon]
• barren 0
  adj 1: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" [syn: bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark] 2: not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile" 3: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn: barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent] n 1: an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" [syn: barren, waste, wasteland]
• basin 0
  n 1: a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin" 2: the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water" [syn: basin, basinful] 3: a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake" 4: the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri basin" [syn: river basin, basin, watershed, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area] 5: a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face" [syn: washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory]
• bastion 0
  n 1: a group that defends a principle; "a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism" 2: a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle [syn: bastion, citadel] 3: projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
• batman 0
  n 1: an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer
• baton 0
  n 1: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir [syn: baton, wand] 2: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn: truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club] 3: a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority 4: a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette 5: a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race
• batsman 0
  n 1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: batter, hitter, slugger, batsman]
• batten 0
  n 1: stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber [syn: batting, batten] 2: a strip fixed to something to hold it firm v 1: furnish with battens; "batten ships" [syn: batten, batten down, secure] 2: secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches"
• beacon 0
  n 1: a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance [syn: beacon, beacon fire] 2: a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes [syn: radio beacon, beacon] 3: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships [syn: beacon, lighthouse, beacon light, pharos] v 1: shine like a beacon 2: guide with a beacon
• beadsman 0
  n 1: a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another [syn: beadsman, bedesman]
• beaten 0
  adj 1: formed or made thin by hammering; "beaten gold" 2: much trodden and worn smooth or bare; "did not stray from the beaten path"
• beckon 0
  v 1: signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably" [syn: beckon, wave] 2: appear inviting; "The shop window decorations beckoned" 3: summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
• bedpan 0
  n 1: a shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination
• bellman 0
  n 1: someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels [syn: bellboy, bellman, bellhop]
• bhang 0
  n 1: a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India
• billion 0
  adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States 2: denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen [syn: billion, one million million, 1000000000000] 2: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion] 3: the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros [syn: billion, one thousand million, 1000000000]
• biltong 0
  n 1: meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun
• birchen 0
  adj 1: consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree [syn: birch, birchen, birken]
• bison 0
  n 1: any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
• blacken 0
  v 1: make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" [syn: blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black] [ant: white, whiten] 2: burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" [syn: char, blacken, sear, scorch]
• blanc 0
  n 1: a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)
• blazon 0
  n 1: the official symbols of a family, state, etc. [syn: coat of arms, arms, blazon, blazonry] v 1: decorate with heraldic arms [syn: emblazon, blazon]
• blowgun 0
  n 1: a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing [syn: blowgun, blowpipe, blowtube, blow tube]
• bludgeon 0
  n 1: a club used as a weapon v 1: overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas" 2: strike with a club or a bludgeon [syn: club, bludgeon]
• bluetongue 0
  n 1: a viral disease of sheep and cattle that is transmitted by biting midges
• boatman 0
  n 1: someone who drives or rides in a boat [syn: boatman, boater, waterman]
• boatswain 0
  n 1: a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen [syn: boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun]
• bobbin 0
  n 1: a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound [syn: bobbin, spool, reel]
• bogeyman 0
  n 1: an imaginary monster used to frighten children [syn: bogeyman, bugbear, bugaboo, boogeyman, booger]
• bonbon 0
  n 1: a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate
• bondman 0
  n 1: a male bound to serve without wages [syn: bondman, bondsman] 2: a male slave [syn: bondman, bondsman]
• bondsman 0
  n 1: a male slave [syn: bondman, bondsman] 2: someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else [syn: bondsman, bondswoman] 3: a male bound to serve without wages [syn: bondman, bondsman]
• bong 0
  n 1: a dull resonant sound as of a bell v 1: ring loudly and deeply; "the big bell bonged"
• bookman 0
  n 1: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines [syn: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student]
• boron 0
  n 1: a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder [syn: boron, B, atomic number 5]
• boson 0
  n 1: any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons
• bouillon 0
  n 1: a clear seasoned broth
• bounden 0
  adj 1: morally obligatory; "my bounden duty"
• bourbon 0
  n 1: a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South) 2: whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels 3: a member of the European royal family that ruled France 4: a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily [syn: Bourbon, Bourbon dynasty]
• bourgeon 0
  v 1: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" [syn: shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout]
• bowman 0
  n 1: a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow [syn: archer, bowman]
• bracken 0
  n 1: fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions [syn: bracken, Pteridium esculentum] 2: large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan [syn: bracken, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum]
• brainpan 0
  n 1: the part of the skull that encloses the brain [syn: cranium, braincase, brainpan]
• brakeman 0
  n 1: a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes
• bran 0
  n 1: broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting 2: food prepared from the husks of cereal grains
• brazen 0
  adj 1: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn: audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent] 2: made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness) v 1: face with defiance or impudence; "brazen it out"
• brethren 0
  n 1: (plural) the lay members of a male religious order
• brighten 0
  v 1: make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room" [syn: brighten, lighten up, lighten] [ant: darken] 2: become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm" [syn: clear up, clear, light up, brighten] [ant: cloud, overcast]
• broaden 0
  v 1: make broader; "broaden the road" 2: extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" [syn: widen, broaden, extend] 3: vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified" [syn: diversify, branch out, broaden] [ant: narrow, narrow down, specialise, specialize] 4: become broader; "The road broadened"
• brogan 0
  n 1: a thick and heavy shoe [syn: brogan, brogue, clodhopper, work shoe]
• broken 0
  adj 1: physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken" [ant: unbroken] 2: not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs" [ant: unbroken] 3: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit" [syn: broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low] 4: (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts" [syn: broken, unkept] [ant: kept, unbroken] 5: tamed or trained to obey; "a horse broken to the saddle"; "this old nag is well broken in" [syn: broken, broken in] 6: topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground" [syn: broken, rugged] 7: imperfectly spoken or written; "broken English" 8: thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset" [syn: broken, confused, disordered, upset] 9: weakened and infirm; "broken health resulting from alcoholism" 10: destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family" [syn: broken, wiped out(p), impoverished] 11: out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted" [syn: broken, busted] 12: discontinuous; "broken clouds"; "broken sunshine" 13: lacking a part or parts; "a broken set of encyclopedia"
• bullion 0
  n 1: a mass of precious metal 2: gold or silver in bars or ingots
• bun 0
  n 1: small rounded bread either plain or sweet [syn: bun, roll]
• bung 0
  n 1: a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask [syn: bung, spile] v 1: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward" [syn: tip, fee, bung] 2: close with a cork or stopper
• bunion 0
  n 1: a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe
• burden 0
  n 1: an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" [syn: burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus] 2: weight to be borne or conveyed [syn: load, loading, burden] 3: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [syn: effect, essence, burden, core, gist] 4: the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse v 1: weight down with a load [syn: burden, burthen, weight, weight down] [ant: disburden, unburden] 2: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [syn: charge, saddle, burden]
• burgeon 0
  v 1: grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population"
• burthen 0
  n 1: a variant of `burden' v 1: weight down with a load [syn: burden, burthen, weight, weight down] [ant: disburden, unburden]
• bushman 0
  n 1: a member of the race of nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa 2: a dweller in the Australian bush country
• businessman 0
  n 1: a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) [syn: businessman, man of affairs]
• button 0
  n 1: a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes 2: an electrical switch operated by pressing; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk" [syn: push button, push, button] 3: any of various plant parts that resemble buttons 4: a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment; "they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate" 5: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn: clitoris, clit, button] 6: a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism [syn: release, button] 7: any artifact that resembles a button v 1: provide with buttons; "button a shirt" 2: fasten with buttons; "button the dress" [ant: unbutton]
• cabin 0
  n 1: small room on a ship or boat where people sleep 2: a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area 3: the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried v 1: confine to a small space, such as a cabin
• cabman 0
  n 1: someone who drives a taxi for a living [syn: taxidriver, taximan, cabdriver, cabman, cabby, hack driver, hack-driver, livery driver]
• caftan 0
  n 1: a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East [syn: caftan, kaftan] 2: a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant [syn: caftan, kaftan]
• caiman 0
  n 1: a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly [syn: caiman, cayman]
• caisson 0
  n 1: an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome [syn: coffer, caisson, lacuna] 2: a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition 3: a chest to hold ammunition [syn: caisson, ammunition chest] 4: large watertight chamber used for construction under water [syn: caisson, pneumatic caisson, cofferdam]
• caldron 0
  n 1: a very large pot that is used for boiling [syn: caldron, cauldron]

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