Words that rhyme with bes

v 1: to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" [syn: assent, accede, acquiesce] [ant: dissent]

v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle] 2: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" [syn: quell, stay, appease] 3: make peace with [syn: propitiate, appease]

v 1: give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son" [ant: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict] 2: confer prosperity or happiness on 3: make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate [syn: bless, sign] 4: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify] [ant: deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow]

n 1: a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck" [syn: breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air] 2: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic" [syn: cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake] v 1: blow gently and lightly; "It breezes most evenings at the shore" 2: to proceed quickly and easily

n 1: a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk 2: erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States [syn: tall mallow, high mallow, cheese, cheeseflower, Malva sylvestris] v 1: used in the imperative (get away, or stop it); "Cheese it!" 2: wind onto a cheese; "cheese the yarn"

n 1: a woman's sleeveless undergarment [syn: chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy] 2: a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist [syn: chemise, sack, shift]

n 1: weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat [syn: chess, cheat, Bromus secalinus] 2: a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king [syn: chess, chess game]

n 1: any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste [syn: cress, cress plant] 2: pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs

n 1: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

v 1: give displeasure to [ant: delight, please]

adj 1: suitable for formal occasions; "formal wear"; "a full- dress uniform"; "dress shoes" [syn: full-dress, dress] 2: (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes; "a dress dinner"; "a full-dress ceremony" [syn: dress, full-dress] n 1: a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice [syn: dress, frock] 2: clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" [syn: attire, garb, dress] 3: clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress" [syn: apparel, wearing apparel, dress, clothes] v 1: put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?" [syn: dress, get dressed] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress] 2: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress] 3: put a finish on; "dress the surface smooth" 4: dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie" [syn: dress, dress up] 5: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume, dress] 6: kill and prepare for market or consumption; "dress a turkey" [syn: dress, dress out] 7: arrange in ranks; "dress troops" [syn: dress, line up] 8: decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods [syn: trim, garnish, dress] 9: provide with decoration; "dress the windows" [syn: dress, decorate] 10: put a dressing on; "dress the salads" 11: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back] 12: cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width 13: convert into leather; "dress the tanned skins" 14: apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's wounds" 15: give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses" [syn: dress, groom, curry] 16: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure]

n 1: freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back" [syn: ease, easiness, simplicity, simpleness] [ant: difficultness, difficulty] 2: a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world" [syn: ease, comfort] 3: the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his relief from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease" [syn: relief, ease] 4: freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers" [syn: ease, informality] 5: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: rest, ease, repose, relaxation] v 1: move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair" 2: lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs" [syn: comfort, ease] 3: make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge" [syn: facilitate, ease, alleviate] 4: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: still, allay, relieve, ease]

n 1: skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge [syn: expertness, expertise]

n 1: (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield [syn: fesse, fess]

n 1: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid [syn: freeze, freezing] 2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: freeze, frost] 3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze" [syn: freeze, halt] 4: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring" v 1: stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze" [syn: freeze, stop dead] 2: change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" [ant: boil] 3: be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on" 4: cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food" 5: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" [syn: freeze, suspend] 6: be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo" 7: change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit" [syn: freeze, freeze out, freeze down] 8: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" [syn: freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise] [ant: free, release, unblock, unfreeze] 9: anesthetize by cold 10: suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"

n 1: an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice 2: a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap

n 1: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis] 2: an estimate based on little or no information [syn: guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning] v 1: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess] 2: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" [syn: guess, venture, pretend, hazard] 3: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" [syn: estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge] 4: guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize" [syn: guess, infer]

n 1: a female heir [syn: heiress, inheritress, inheritrix]

n 1: the style in which newspapers are written

n 1: the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage

n 1: a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" [syn: mess, messiness, muss, mussiness] 2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish] 3: soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge" 4: a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel 5: a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax [syn: mess, mess hall] 6: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] v 1: eat in a mess hall 2: make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room" [syn: mess, mess up]

adv 1: beyond or across the sea; "He lived overseas for many years" [syn: oversea, overseas] 2: in a place across an ocean [syn: overseas, abroad] adj 1: in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets" [syn: abroad, overseas] 2: being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas trade in grain arose" [syn: oversea, overseas]

adv 1: used in polite request; "please pay attention" v 1: give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" [syn: please, delight] [ant: displease] 2: be the will of or have the will (to); "he could do many things if he pleased" 3: give satisfaction; "The waiters around her aim to please"

n 1: the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure] 2: the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines [syn: press, public press] 3: a machine used for printing [syn: press, printing press] 4: a dense crowd of people [syn: crush, jam, press] 5: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes [syn: wardrobe, closet, press] 6: clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use 7: any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids [syn: press, mechanical press] 8: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead [syn: press, military press] 9: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" [syn: press, pressure, pressing] v 1: exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" 2: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies" [syn: urge, urge on, press, exhort] 3: to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind" [syn: weigh, press] 4: place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers" 5: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press] 6: crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street" 7: create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay" 8: be urgent; "This is a pressing problem" 9: exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate" [syn: crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate] 10: press from a plastic; "press a record" [syn: press, press out] 11: make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman" [syn: press, push] 12: press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing" [syn: iron, iron out, press] 13: lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds" [syn: weight- lift, weightlift, press] 14: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure]

n 1: a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art" [syn: art, artistry, prowess]

n 1: the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs [syn: pubes, pubic region, loins]

n 1: an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm- blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain [syn: rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa, madness]

v 1: repeat an earlier theme of a composition [syn: reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate]

n 1: a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation; "he has a bad case of the itch" [syn: scabies, itch]

v 1: take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" [syn: seize, prehend, clutch] 2: take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages" 3: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" [syn: appropriate, capture, seize, conquer] 4: take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork" [syn: impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize] 5: seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" [syn: assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate] 6: hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish" 7: affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease" [syn: seize, clutch, get hold of] 8: capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination" [syn: grab, seize]

n 1: a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose [syn: sneeze, sneezing, sternutation] v 1: exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose; "Pepper makes me sneeze"

n 1: the act of gripping and pressing firmly; "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze" [syn: squeeze, squeezing] 2: a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high [syn: credit crunch, liquidity crisis, squeeze] 3: a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer; "increased expenses put a squeeze on profits" 4: (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend; "she was his main squeeze" 5: a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring" [syn: squeeze, wring] 6: an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power; "she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away" [syn: power play, squeeze play, squeeze] 7: a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug" [syn: hug, clinch, squeeze] 8: the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space; "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze" v 1: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn: squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze] 2: press firmly; "He squeezed my hand" 3: squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner" [syn: wedge, squeeze, force] 4: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information" [syn: coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force] 5: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" [syn: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring] 6: press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" [syn: thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze] 7: squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [syn: pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch] 8: squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him" [syn: embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze] 9: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press]

n 1: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: stress, emphasis, accent] 2: (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor" [syn: tension, tenseness, stress] 3: special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed" [syn: stress, focus] 4: difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson [syn: stress, strain] 5: (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area" v 1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate] 2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" [syn: stress, accent, accentuate] 3: test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" [syn: try, strain, stress]

n 1: someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) [syn: tease, teaser, annoyer, vexer] 2: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men [syn: coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser] 3: the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent" [syn: tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalization] v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer] 2: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride] 3: to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them; "The advertisement is intended to tease the customers"; "She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior" 4: tear into pieces; "tease tissue for microscopic examinations" 5: raise the nap of (fabrics) 6: disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool" [syn: tease, tease apart, loosen] 7: separate the fibers of; "tease wool" [syn: tease, card] 8: mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman" 9: ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect [syn: tease, fluff]

n 1: a swing used by circus acrobats

n 1: a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair [syn: braid, plait, tress, twist]

v 1: pluck with tweezers; "tweeze facial hair"

n 1: physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) [syn: malaise, unease, uneasiness] 2: the trait of seeming ill at ease [syn: disquiet, unease, uneasiness]

n 1: North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 [syn: United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.]

n 1: breathing with a husky or whistling sound 2: (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick; "a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat" v 1: breathe with difficulty

n 1: a woman who is a Jew

adj 1: of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; "Chinese food" 2: of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh" [syn: Taiwanese, Chinese, Formosan] n 1: any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system 2: a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its people; "the Burmese capital"; "Burmese tonal languages" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Myanmar 2: the official language of Burma

adj 1: of or relating to the island or republic of Malta or its inhabitants; "Maltese customs officers" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Malta 2: the national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French [syn: Maltese, Maltese language, Malti] 3: a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat [syn: Maltese, Maltese cat] 4: breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat [syn: Maltese dog, Maltese terrier, Maltese]

n 1: tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar [syn: cheapness, tackiness, tat, sleaze]

n 1: a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade [syn: kris, creese, crease]

n 1: a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control [syn: Belize, British Honduras]

n 1: an ancient port city in southwestern Spain

n 1: United States filmmaker (born in 1942) [syn: Scorsese, Martin Scorsese]

n 1: a native or inhabitant of Vietnam [syn: Vietnamese, Annamese] 2: the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam [syn: Vietnamese, Annamese, Annamite]

n 1: the Indonesian language of the people of Bali

n 1: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China [syn: Yue, Yue dialect, Cantonese, Cantonese dialect]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Congo region or its people; "Congolese rulers"; "the Congolese republic" n 1: a native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language; "the Japanese Emperor"; "Japanese cars" [syn: Japanese, Nipponese] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Japan [syn: Japanese, Nipponese] 2: the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language; "Javanese temples"; "Javanese dialects" [syn: Javanese, Javan] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Java [syn: Javanese, Javan] 2: the Indonesian language spoken on Java

adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture; "Nepalese troops massed at the border"; "Nepali mountains are among the highest in the world"; "the different Nepali words for `rice'" [syn: Nepalese, Nepali] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Nepal [syn: Nepalese, Nepali]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people; "Siamese kings"; "different Thai tribes live in the north" [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese] 2: of or relating to the languages of the Thai people; "Thai tones" [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese] 3: of or relating to Thailand; "the Thai border with Laos" [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese] n 1: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: Thai, Siamese, Central Thai] 2: a native or inhabitant of Thailand [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese] 3: an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building [syn: siamese, siamese connection] 4: a slender short-haired blue-eyed breed of cat having a pale coat with dark ears paws face and tail tip [syn: Siamese cat, Siamese]

adj 1: of or relating to the Sinhalese languages; "the Sinhalese versions of the Ramayana" [syn: Sinhala, Singhalese, Sinhalese] 2: of or relating to the Sinhalese people; "Sinhalese rebels fighting the Tamils" [syn: Singhalese, Sinhalese] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka [syn: Sinhalese, Singhalese] 2: the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka [syn: Sinhalese, Singhalese, Sinhala]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the African Republic of the Sudan or its people; "the Sudanese desert" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Sudan

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh" [syn: Taiwanese, Chinese, Formosan] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Taiwan 2: any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province [syn: Min, Min dialect, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Amoy, Taiwanese]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Timor or its inhabitants n 1: a native or inhabitant of Timor

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Senegal or its people; "Senegalese villages"; "Senegalese herdsmen" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Senegal

n 1: (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield [syn: fesse, fess]

n 1: English pianist (1890-1965) [syn: Hess, Dame Myra Hess] 2: Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973) [syn: Hess, Walter Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess] 3: Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987) [syn: Hess, Rudolf Hess, Walther Richard Rudolf Hess] 4: United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964) [syn: Hess, Victor Hess, Victor Franz Hess]

n 1: Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962) [syn: Hesse, Hermann Hesse]

n 1: a strip of land projecting into a body of water [syn: cape, ness]

n 1: 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites [syn: second, sec, s] 2: an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions) [syn: sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16] 3: the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees [syn: south, due south, southward, S] 4: a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm [syn: mho, siemens, reciprocal ohm, S] 5: the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: S, s] 6: (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity" [syn: randomness, entropy, S]

n 1: a dry cold north wind in southeastern France [syn: bise, bize]

n 1: a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups) [syn: Special Air Service, SAS]

n 1: English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679) [syn: Hobbes, Thomas Hobbes]

n 1: a dry cold north wind in southeastern France [syn: bise, bize]

n 1: veloute sauce with sauteed chopped onions and whipping cream [syn: Soubise, white onion sauce]

n 1: a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies [syn: Lesser Antilles, Caribees]

n 1: wasting of the body during a chronic disease

n 1: a mountainous island in eastern Indonesia [syn: Celebes, Sulawesi]

n 1: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]

n 1: an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code