Words that rhyme with bratten

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

v 1: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn: awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse] [ant: cause to sleep] 2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" [syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off] 3: make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts"

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

n 1: stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber [syn: batting, batten] 2: a strip fixed to something to hold it firm v 1: furnish with battens; "batten ships" [syn: batten, batten down, secure] 2: secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches"

n 1: a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast) v 1: make public by bulletin

n 1: a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi

n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard]

v 1: make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" [syn: fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up]

v 1: make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises" 2: become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened" [syn: flatten, flatten out] 3: lower the pitch of (musical notes) [syn: flatten, drop] [ant: sharpen]

n 1: work table of a machine tool 2: the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type 3: the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike

n 1: a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back

adj 1: of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language; "Latin verb conjugations" 2: relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages; "Latin America" 3: relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages" [syn: Romance, Latin] 4: of or relating to the ancient region of Latium; "Latin towns" n 1: any dialect of the language of ancient Rome 2: an inhabitant of ancient Latium 3: a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin

n 1: footwear usually with wooden soles [syn: clog, geta, patten, sabot]

n 1: one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form

n 1: the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian

n 1: one of the five boroughs of New York City 2: a cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters

n 1: South African writer (1903-1988) [syn: Paton, Alan Paton, Alan Stewart Paton]

n 1: gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition [syn: prolactin, lactogenic hormone, luteotropin]

n 1: the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand; "Copenhagen is sometimes called the Paris of the North" [syn: Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Danish capital]

n 1: a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin [syn: gelatin, gelatine] 2: an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods [syn: gelatin, jelly] 3: a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects [syn: gelatin, gel]

n 1: Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916) [syn: Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich Rasputin]