Words that rhyme with astern

• bittern 0
  n 1: relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes
• burns 0
  n 1: United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996) [syn: Burns, George Burns, Nathan Birnbaum] 2: celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796) [syn: Burns, Robert Burns]
• cittern 0
  n 1: a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [syn: cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern]
• downturn 0
  n 1: a worsening of business or economic activity; "the market took a downturn" [syn: downturn, downswing]
• extern 0
  n 1: a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there [syn: extern, medical extern]
• intern 0
  n 1: an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term) [syn: intern, interne, houseman, medical intern] v 1: deprive of freedom; "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West" 2: work as an intern; "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"
• lectern 0
  n 1: desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer [syn: lectern, reading desk]
• nocturne 0
  n 1: a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano) [syn: nocturne, notturno]
• overturn 0
  n 1: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: upset, overturn, turnover] 2: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" [syn: overturn, upset] v 1: turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" [syn: overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over] 2: cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" [syn: overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over] 3: rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" [syn: overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse] 4: cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class" [syn: overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring down] 5: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate] 6: change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe" [syn: revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn]
• pastern 0
  n 1: the part between the fetlock and the hoof [syn: pastern, fetter bone]
• return 0
  n 1: document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return" [syn: tax return, income tax return, return] 2: a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party" [syn: return, homecoming] 3: the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction [syn: return, coming back] 4: getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" [syn: restitution, return, restoration, regaining] 5: the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp" 6: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" [syn: return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff] 7: happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring" [syn: recurrence, return] 8: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter] 9: the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed [syn: return key, return] 10: a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got" [syn: return, paying back, getting even] 11: a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return" 12: (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble 13: the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited" [syn: reappearance, return] v 1: go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean" 2: give back; "render money" [syn: render, return] 3: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" [syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back] 4: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" [syn: hark back, return, come back, recall] 5: bring back to the point of departure [syn: return, take back, bring back] 6: return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love" 7: make a return; "return a kickback" 8: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin] 9: be restored; "Her old vigor returned" [syn: come back, return] 10: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: refund, return, repay, give back] 11: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn: render, deliver, return] 12: elect again [syn: reelect, return] 13: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: fall, return, pass, devolve] 14: return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure" 15: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" [syn: render, yield, return, give, generate] 16: submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"
• sauternes 0
  n 1: semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California [syn: Sauterne, Sauternes]
• slattern 0
  n 1: a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets [syn: streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern] 2: a dirty untidy woman [syn: slattern, slut, slovenly woman, trollop]
• taciturn 0
  adj 1: habitually reserved and uncommunicative [ant: voluble]
• upturn 0
  n 1: an upward movement or trend as in business activity
• gittern 0
  n 1: a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [syn: cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern]
• adjourns 0
• churns 0
• concerns 0
• discerns 0
• earns 0
• ferns 0
• learns 0
• querns 0
• returns 0
• turns 0
• berns 0
• burnes 0
• byrnes 0
• hearns 0
• kearns 0
• kernes 0
• kerns 0
• mearns 0
• nocturn 0
• comintern 0

See also astern definition and astern synonyms