Words that rhyme with bessinger

n 1: someone who takes vengeance [syn: avenger, retaliator]

n 1: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" [syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender]

n 1: a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu" [syn: changer, modifier] 2: an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention [syn: record changer, auto-changer, changer]

v 1: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth] 2: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure] 3: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" [syn: conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate]

n 1: the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease" [ant: safety] 2: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" [syn: risk, peril, danger] 3: a cause of pain or injury or loss; "he feared the dangers of traveling by air" 4: a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger"

n 1: a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel

v 1: pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops" [syn: endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril] 2: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position [syn: queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril]

n 1: one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country [syn: exchanger, money changer]

n 1: a person who carries a message [syn: messenger, courier]

n 1: a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it [syn: passenger, rider]

n 1: someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains [syn: speculator, plunger] 2: someone who dives (into water) [syn: diver, plunger] 3: hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains [syn: plunger, plumber's helper] 4: mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion [syn: piston, plunger]

n 1: a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle); "the child was eating pottage from a porringer"

n 1: a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier [syn: Texas Ranger, Ranger] 2: an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest [syn: fire warden, forest fire fighter, ranger] 3: a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit- and-run raids [syn: commando, ranger]

n 1: a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities 2: someone who collects things that have been discarded by others [syn: magpie, scavenger, pack rat] 3: any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter

n 1: someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) [syn: moocher, mooch, cadger, scrounger]

n 1: an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention" 2: a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony v 1: serve as a soldier in the military

n 1: a workman employed to collect sponges 2: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage [syn: leech, parasite, sponge, sponger]

n 1: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found [syn: stranger, alien, unknown] [ant: acquaintance, friend] 2: an individual that one is not acquainted with [ant: acquaintance, friend]

n 1: (sports) player in wing position

n 1: someone who wastes time [syn: dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger] 2: an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it [syn: recliner, reclining chair, lounger] 3: an article of clothing designed for comfort and leisure wear

n 1: United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899) [syn: Alger, Horatio Alger]

n 1: United States writer (born 1919) [syn: Salinger, J. D. Salinger, Jerome David Salinger]

n 1: United States historian and advisor to President Kennedy (born in 1917) [syn: Schlesinger, Arthur Schlesinger, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.] 2: United States historian (1888-1965) [syn: Schlesinger, Arthur Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Schlesinger]

n 1: United States composer (born in Australia) who lived in London and collected English folk songs (1882-1961) [syn: Grainger, Percy Grainger, Percy Aldridge Grainger, George Percy Aldridge Grainger]

n 1: United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923) [syn: Kissinger, Henry Kissinger, Henry Alfred Kissinger]

n 1: a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu 2: a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations