Words that rhyme with aune

n 1: slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses

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]

n 1: a knife resembling a cleaver; used in the Philippines

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

v 1: be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me" 2: be suitable or acceptable; "This student somehow doesn't belong" 3: be in the right place or situation; "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?" [syn: belong, go] 4: be rightly classified in a class or category; "The whales belong among the mammals" 5: be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place); "They belong to the same political party" 6: be a part or adjunct; "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection"; "These pages don't belong" [syn: belong to, belong]

n 1: arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair [syn: binturong, bearcat, Arctictis bintourong]

n 1: possessing muscular strength [syn: brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness]

adj 1: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone] n 1: past events to be put aside; "let bygones be bygones" [syn: bygone, water under the bridge]

n 1: a sheer fabric of silk or rayon

n 1: 100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea 2: 100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea

adv 1: in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con" [ant: pro] n 1: an argument opposed to a proposal [ant: pro] 2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird] 3: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam] v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con] 2: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, con, learn]

n 1: a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed [syn: coupon, voucher] 2: a test sample of some substance

n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset] 2: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" [syn: dawn, morning] 3: an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" v 1: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [syn: click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place] 2: appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned" 3: become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

adv 1: during the entire day; "light pours daylong into the parlor" [syn: daylong, all day long] adj 1: lasting through an entire day

n 1: an athletic contest consisting of ten different events

n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events 2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work

n 1: a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another

n 1: a Spanish gentleman or nobleman 2: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) [syn: preceptor, don] 3: the head of an organized crime family [syn: don, father] 4: Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu 5: a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov [syn: Don, Don River] 6: a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto" v 1: put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: wear, put on, get into, don, assume]

adj 1: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens [syn: careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn] 2: having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut; "the drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug"

n 1: the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays [syn: vespers, evensong] 2: (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer [syn: Evening Prayer, evensong]

n 1: ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr

n 1: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun" [syn: dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn] 2: a young deer v 1: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel] 2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up] 3: have fawns; "deer fawn"

adj 1: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone]

n 1: a unit of length equal to 220 yards

adj 1: destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese" [syn: done for(p), kaput(p), gone(a)] 2: dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn: asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone] 3: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone] 4: no longer retained; "gone with the wind"

n 1: a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick [syn: gong, tam-tam] 2: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument [syn: chime, bell, gong] v 1: sound a gong

n 1: small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face [syn: guenon, guenon monkey]

adv 1: with the head foremost; "the runner slid headlong into third base" [syn: headlong, headfirst] 2: at breakneck speed; "burst headlong through the gate" [syn: headlong, precipitately] 3: in a hasty and foolhardy manner; "he fell headlong in love with his cousin" [syn: headlong, rashly] adj 1: excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell" [syn: hasty, headlong] 2: with the head foremost; "a headfirst plunge down the stairs"; "a headlong dive into the pool" [syn: headfirst, headlong]

adj 1: habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn: froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful]

adj 1: tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man" [syn: indrawn, withdrawn]

n 1: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom] 2: youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) [syn: John, King John, John Lackland] 3: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation [syn: John, Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, John the Divine] 4: a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger, john, trick] 5: the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn: John, Gospel According to John]

n 1: a native village in Malaysia [syn: kampong, campong]

n 1: a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries 2: an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans [syn: caravansary, caravanserai, khan, caravan inn]

n 1: a field of cultivated and mowed grass

n 1: a mischievous elf in Irish folklore

n 1: a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn: affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amour] 2: a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas" [syn: liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication]

adj 1: continuing through life; "a lifelong friend"; "from lifelong habit"; "his lifelong study of Greek art" [syn: lifelong, womb-to-tomb]

n 1: large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male [syn: lion, king of beasts, Panthera leo] 2: a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after) [syn: lion, social lion] 3: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo [syn: Leo, Lion] 4: the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22 [syn: Leo, Leo the Lion, Lion]

adj 1: (of time) constituting the full extent or duration; "all the livelong day" n 1: perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers [syn: orpine, orpin, livelong, live-forever, Sedum telephium]

adv 1: for an extended time or at a distant time; "a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bedtime" 2: for an extended distance adj 1: primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long" [ant: short] 2: primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long" [ant: short] 3: of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows" 4: good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory" [syn: retentive, recollective, long, tenacious] [ant: forgetful, short, unretentive] 5: holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold" [ant: short] 6: (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long" [ant: short] 7: involving substantial risk; "long odds" 8: planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues" [syn: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted] 9: having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply" v 1: desire strongly or persistently [syn: hanker, long, yearn]

n 1: extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth [syn: mastodon, mastodont]

adj 1: lasting, open, or operating through the whole night; "a nightlong vigil"; "an all-night drugstore"; "an overnight trip" [syn: nightlong, all-night, overnight]

adv 1: negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all" [syn: not, non]

adj 1: (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides 2: deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction n 1: a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation

adv 1: with a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along"; "march on" [syn: along, on] 2: indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?" 3: in a state required for something to function or be effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on" adj 1: in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position" [ant: off] 2: (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night" [ant: cancelled, off]

n 1: all the gods of a religion 2: a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes 3: (antiquity) a temple to all the gods

n 1: an article deposited as security 2: a person used by another to gain an end [syn: instrument, pawn, cat's-paw] 3: (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank 4: borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan v 1: leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" [syn: pawn, soak, hock]

n 1: wood of a pecan tree 2: tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts [syn: pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya illinoinsis] 3: smooth brown oval nut of south central United States

n 1: a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: plainsong, plainchant, Gregorian chant]

n 1: any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: prawn, shrimp] 2: shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible v 1: fish for prawns

v 1: lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" [syn: prolong, protract, extend, draw out] 2: lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work" [syn: prolong, sustain, keep up]

n 1: a pointed projection

n 1: gallery where works of art can be displayed 2: a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work [syn: salon, beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty shop] 3: elegant sitting room where guests are received

n 1: a loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacific

n 1: amber-green muscadine grape of southeastern United States

adv 1: on the side; "the plow lay sidelong on the ground" 2: with the side toward someone or something; "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne 3: to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face" [syn: sidelong, sideways, obliquely] adj 1: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances" [syn: askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong] 2: situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson [syn: lateral, sidelong] 3: inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker

n 1: a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" [syn: song, vocal] 2: a distinctive or characteristic sound; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead" 3: the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates" [syn: song, strain] 4: the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age" [syn: birdcall, call, birdsong, song] 5: a very small sum; "he bought it for a song" 6: the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy [syn: Sung, Sung dynasty, Song, Song dynasty]

n 1: the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn] 2: lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"

adj 1: having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man" [ant: weak] 2: not faint or feeble; "a strong odor of burning rubber" 3: having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons" [syn: potent, strong] 4: having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink" [syn: potent, strong, stiff] [ant: impotent] 5: immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with; "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection" [syn: impregnable, inviolable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable] 6: of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings" [syn: solid, strong, substantial] 7: of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection; "`sing' is a strong verb" 8: being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor" [syn: hard, strong] 9: freshly made or left; "a warm trail"; "the scent is warm" [syn: strong, warm] 10: strong and sure; "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope" [syn: firm, strong]

n 1: stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult v 1: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear] 2: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond] 3: sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"

adv 1: on that; "text and commentary thereon" [syn: thereon, on it, on that]

n 1: a large gathering of people [syn: multitude, throng, concourse] v 1: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium" [syn: throng, mob, pack, pile, jam]

adj 1: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn: pale, pallid, wan, sick] 2: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: pale, pallid, wan] 3: lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile" n 1: a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network [syn: wide area network, WAN] v 1: become pale and sickly

adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive, withdrawn] 2: tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man" [syn: indrawn, withdrawn]

adj 1: worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" [syn: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone] 2: affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier [syn: woebegone, woeful]

adj 1: not subject to defeat; "with that move it's a won game" [ant: lost] n 1: the basic unit of money in South Korea [syn: South Korean won, won] 2: the basic unit of money in North Korea [syn: North Korean won, won]

adv 1: in an inaccurate manner; "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"; "she guessed wrong" [syn: incorrectly, wrongly, wrong] [ant: aright, correctly, right] adj 1: not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions" [syn: incorrect, wrong] [ant: correct, right] 2: contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie" [ant: right] 3: not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; "said all the wrong things" [syn: improper, wrong] 4: not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine" [syn: amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)] 5: based on or acting or judging in error; "it is wrong to think that way" [ant: correct, right] 6: not in accord with established usage or procedure; "the wrong medicine"; "the wrong way to shuck clams"; "it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts" [syn: wrong, incorrect] 7: used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward; "socks worn wrong side out" 8: badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke" [syn: ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely, wrong] 9: characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules; "he submitted a faulty report"; "an incorrect transcription"; the wrong side of the road" [syn: faulty, incorrect, wrong] n 1: that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law; "he feels that you are in the wrong" [syn: wrong, wrongfulness] [ant: right, rightfulness] 2: any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right [syn: wrong, legal injury, damage] v 1: treat unjustly; do wrong to [ant: compensate, correct, redress, right]

n 1: an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy" [syn: yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy] v 1: utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance" 2: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape, yawn, yaw]

adj 1: lasting through a year; "attending yearlong courses"

adv 1: at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham [syn: yonder, yon] adj 1: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn: yonder, yon]

n 1: a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language) 2: a Celtic language of Brittany

n 1: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building [syn: Japan, Nippon, Nihon]

n 1: the basic unit of money in China [syn: yuan, kwai] 2: the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 [syn: Yuan, Yuan dynasty, Mongol dynasty]

n 1: the second day of the week; the first working day [syn: Monday, Mon] 2: a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent parts of Thailand 3: the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon

n 1: an industrial city in eastern France to the north of Lyons

n 1: an industrial city in Chile to the south of Santiago

n 1: a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989

n 1: the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945) [syn: Braun, Eva Braun] 2: United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England); he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977) [syn: Braun, von Braun, Wernher von Braun, Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun]

v 1: conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane

n 1: United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974) [syn: Kahn, Louis Isadore Kahn]

n 1: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria [syn: Ron, Bokkos, Daffo]

n 1: United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972) [syn: Shawn, Ted Shawn]

n 1: United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990) [syn: Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan]

n 1: a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC [syn: Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan, Hsian]

n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon, Amun]

n 1: the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945 [syn: Bataan, Corregidor]

n 1: a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India [syn: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan]

n 1: an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India 2: a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948 [syn: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon]

n 1: sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures; "exons are interspersed with introns" [syn: exon, coding DNA] [ant: intron, noncoding DNA]

n 1: a republic on the west coast of Africa [syn: Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Gabun]

n 1: a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil [syn: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia]

n 1: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book]

n 1: the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages [syn: Milan, Milano]

n 1: a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil [syn: Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat and Oman]

n 1: a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city

n 1: Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina (1895-1974) [syn: Peron, Juan Domingo Peron]

n 1: a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina [syn: Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon]

n 1: a populous province of south central China [syn: Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan province]

n 1: a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong [syn: Taiwan, China, Nationalist China, Republic of China] 2: an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea [syn: Taiwan, Formosa]

n 1: city recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast