Words that rhyme with blackson

n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN]

n 1: malicious burning to destroy property; "the British term for arson is fire-raising" [syn: arson, incendiarism, fire-raising]

n 1: a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors" [syn: assassin, assassinator, bravo] 2: a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

n 1: a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin" 2: the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water" [syn: basin, basinful] 3: a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake" 4: the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri basin" [syn: river basin, basin, watershed, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area] 5: a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face" [syn: washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory]

n 1: the branch of medical science that applies biological and physiological principles to clinical practice 2: the branch of medical science that studies the ability of organisms to withstand environmental stress (as in space travel)

n 1: any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns

n 1: a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen [syn: boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun]

n 1: an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome [syn: coffer, caisson, lacuna] 2: a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition 3: a chest to hold ammunition [syn: caisson, ammunition chest] 4: large watertight chamber used for construction under water [syn: caisson, pneumatic caisson, cofferdam]

n 1: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson]

v 1: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct] 2: restrain [syn: chasten, moderate, temper] 3: correct by punishment or discipline [syn: tame, chasten, subdue]

v 1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" [syn: baptize, baptise, christen]

v 1: make or become coarse or coarser; "coarsen the surface"; "Their minds coarsened" 2: make less subtle or refined; "coarsen one's ideals"

n 1: the act of examining resemblances; "they made a comparison of noise levels"; "the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator" [syn: comparison, comparing] 2: relation based on similarities and differences 3: qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare" [syn: comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability]

n 1: the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew [syn: coxswain, cox]

n 1: ready-to-eat food products [syn: delicatessen, delicatessen food] 2: a shop selling ready-to-eat food products [syn: delicatessen, deli, food shop]

adj 1: of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown; "flaxen locks" [syn: flaxen, sandy]

n 1: a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles [syn: klaxon, claxon]

adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy" [syn: waxen, waxy] 2: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness" [syn: waxen, waxlike, waxy]

n 1: German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the Bunsen burner (1811-1899) [syn: Bunsen, Robert Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm Bunsen] 2: a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air [syn: bunsen burner, bunsen, etna]

n 1: United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964) [syn: Carson, Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise Carson] 2: United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868) [syn: Carson, Kit Carson, Christopher Carson]

n 1: English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936) [syn: Jackson, Glenda Jackson] 2: United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958) [syn: Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael Joe Jackson] 3: United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972) [syn: Jackson, Mahalia Jackson] 4: United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941) [syn: Jackson, Jesse Jackson, Jesse Louis Jackson] 5: United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885) [syn: Jackson, Helen Hunt Jackson, Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson] 6: general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863) [syn: Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Stonewall Jackson] 7: 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845) [syn: Jackson, Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory] 8: a town in western Wyoming 9: a town in western Tennessee 10: capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River [syn: Jackson, capital of Mississippi] 11: a town in south central Michigan

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language; "Saxon princes"; "for greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term instead of a latinate one" n 1: a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest

n 1: United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941) [syn: Anderson, Sherwood Anderson] 2: United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-) [syn: Anderson, Philip Anderson, Philip Warren Anderson, Phil Anderson] 3: United States dramatist (1888-1959) [syn: Anderson, Maxwell Anderson] 4: United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993) [syn: Anderson, Marian Anderson] 5: United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991) [syn: Anderson, Carl Anderson, Carl David Anderson]

n 1: a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles [syn: klaxon, claxon] v 1: make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" [syn: honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot] 2: use the horn of a car [syn: honk, claxon]

n 1: a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike