Words that rhyme with biplane

• cane 5
  n 1: a stick that people can lean on to help them walk 2: a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane 3: a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment v 1: beat with a cane [syn: cane, flog, lambaste, lambast]
• abstain 0
  v 1: refrain from voting 2: choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol" [syn: abstain, refrain, desist] [ant: consume, have, ingest, take, take in]
• aeroplane 0
  n 1: an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" [syn: airplane, aeroplane, plane]
• again 0
  adv 1: anew; "she tried again"; "they rehearsed the scene again" [syn: again, once again, once more, over again]
• 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]
• aquaplane 0
  n 1: a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water v 1: rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road; "the car aquaplaned" 2: ride on an aquaplane
• arcane 0
  adj 1: requiring secret or mysterious knowledge; "the arcane science of dowsing"
• arraign 0
  v 1: call before a court to answer an indictment 2: accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy
• attain 0
  v 1: to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks" [syn: achieve, accomplish, attain, reach] 2: reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour" [syn: reach, hit, attain] 3: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" [syn: fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover] 4: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" [syn: reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain]
• bane 0
  n 1: something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life" [syn: bane, curse, scourge, nemesis]
• blain 0
  n 1: an inflammatory swelling or sore
• brain 0
  n 1: that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord [syn: brain, encephalon] 2: mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense" [syn: brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit] 3: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: mind, head, brain, psyche, nous] 4: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein" [syn: genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein] 5: the brain of certain animals used as meat v 1: hit on the head 2: kill by smashing someone's skull
• butane 0
  n 1: occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels
• campaign 0
  n 1: a race between candidates for elective office; "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run" [syn: political campaign, campaign, run] 2: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [syn: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort] 3: several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) [syn: campaign, military campaign] 4: an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) [syn: campaign, hunting expedition, safari] v 1: run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?" [syn: campaign, run] 2: 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] 3: go on a campaign; go off to war [syn: campaign, take the field]
• chain 0
  n 1: a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances" [syn: chain, concatenation] 2: (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) [syn: chain, chemical chain] 3: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament 4: (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership 5: anything that acts as a restraint 6: a unit of length 7: British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) [syn: Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain] 8: a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" [syn: range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains] 9: a linked or connected series of objects; "a chain of daisies" 10: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, string, strand] v 1: connect or arrange into a chain by linking 2: fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together" [ant: unchain]
• champagne 0
  n 1: a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there [syn: champagne, bubbly] 2: a region of northeastern France [syn: Champagne, Champagne-Ardenne]
• chatelaine 0
  n 1: the mistress of a chateau or large country house 2: a chain formerly worn at the waist by women; for carrying a purse or bunch of keys etc.
• chicane 0
  n 1: a bridge hand that is void of trumps 2: a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file 3: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) [syn: trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan] v 1: defeat someone through trickery or deceit [syn: cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey] 2: raise trivial objections [syn: cavil, carp, chicane]
• chilblain 0
  n 1: inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture [syn: chilblain, chilblains, pernio]
• cocaine 0
  n 1: a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive [syn: cocaine, cocain]
• complain 0
  v 1: express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" [syn: complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch] [ant: cheer, cheer up, chirk up] 2: make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge; "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client"
• constrain 0
  v 1: hold back [syn: restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain] 2: restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" [syn: stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain]
• contain 0
  v 1: include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's" [syn: incorporate, contain, comprise] 2: contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" [syn: hold, bear, carry, contain] 3: lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" [syn: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate] 4: be divisible by; "24 contains 6" 5: be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" [syn: contain, take, hold] 6: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" [syn: check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back]
• crane 0
  n 1: United States writer (1871-1900) [syn: Crane, Stephen Crane] 2: United States poet (1899-1932) [syn: Crane, Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane] 3: a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix [syn: Grus, Crane] 4: lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis 5: large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world v 1: stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by" [syn: crane, stretch out]
• deplane 0
  v 1: get off an airplane
• emplane 0
  v 1: board a plane [syn: emplane, enplane]
• enplane 0
  v 1: board a plane [syn: emplane, enplane]
• explain 0
  v 1: make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students" [syn: explain, explicate] 2: define; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean" 3: serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again" [syn: excuse, explain]
• floatplane 0
  n 1: a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water [syn: floatplane, pontoon plane]
• gyroplane 0
  n 1: an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller [syn: autogiro, autogyro, gyroplane]
• hydroplane 0
  n 1: an airplane that can land on or take off from water; "the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane" [syn: seaplane, hydroplane] 2: a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds; "the museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the record" [syn: hydrofoil, hydroplane] v 1: glide on the water in a hydroplane [syn: hydroplane, seaplane]
• monoplane 0
  n 1: an airplane with a single wing
• mullein 0
  n 1: any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers [syn: mullein, flannel leaf, velvet plant]
• porcelain 0
  n 1: ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
• sailplane 0
  n 1: aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces [syn: glider, sailplane] v 1: fly a plane without an engine [syn: sailplane, soar]
• seaplane 0
  n 1: an airplane that can land on or take off from water; "the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane" [syn: seaplane, hydroplane] v 1: glide on the water in a hydroplane [syn: hydroplane, seaplane]
• tailplane 0
  n 1: the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged [syn: horizontal stabilizer, horizontal stabiliser, tailplane]
• warplane 0
  n 1: an aircraft designed and used for combat [syn: warplane, military plane]
• purslane 0
  n 1: a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas
• ane 0
  adj 1: used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane' is Scottish" [syn: one, 1, i, ane]
• cain 0
  n 1: (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God
• dane 0
  n 1: a native or inhabitant of Denmark
• champaign 0
  n 1: extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth" [syn: plain, field, champaign] 2: a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana
• verlaine 0
  n 1: French symbolist poet (1844-1896) [syn: Verlaine, Paul Verlaine]
• airplane 0
  n 1: an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" [syn: airplane, aeroplane, plane]
• peneplain 0
  n 1: a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements [syn: peneplain, peneplane]
• tamburlaine 0
  n 1: Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405) [syn: Tamerlane, Tamburlaine, Timur, Timur Lenk]
• tamerlane 0
  n 1: Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405) [syn: Tamerlane, Tamburlaine, Timur, Timur Lenk]
• spillane 0
  n 1: United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918) [syn: Spillane, Mickey Spillane, Frank Morrison Spillane]
• terreplein 0
  n 1: level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart
• villein 0
  n 1: (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord [syn: serf, helot, villein]
• delaine 0
• triplane 0
• aine 0
• ayn 0
• elaine 0
• mclean 0
• madeleine 0
• volplane 0
• aisne 0
• alleyne 0
• dunblane 0
• overlain 0
• mainplane 0
• madelaine 0

See also biplane definition