Words that rhyme with brittan

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

n 1: the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used

adj 1: of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus n 1: any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago

n 1: someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed" [syn: automaton, zombi, zombie] 2: a mechanism that can move automatically [syn: automaton, robot, golem]

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"

adj 1: formed or made thin by hammering; "beaten gold" 2: much trodden and worn smooth or bare; "did not stray from the beaten path"

adj 1: (of offspring) generated by procreation; "naturally begotten child"

v 1: make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room" [syn: brighten, lighten up, lighten] [ant: darken] 2: become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm" [syn: clear up, clear, light up, brighten] [ant: cloud, overcast]

n 1: a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes 2: an electrical switch operated by pressing; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk" [syn: push button, push, button] 3: any of various plant parts that resemble buttons 4: a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment; "they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate" 5: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn: clitoris, clit, button] 6: a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism [syn: release, button] 7: any artifact that resembles a button v 1: provide with buttons; "button a shirt" 2: fasten with buttons; "button the dress" [ant: unbutton]

n 1: an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant 2: the naval officer in command of a military ship [syn: captain, skipper] 3: a policeman in charge of a precinct [syn: captain, police captain, police chief] 4: an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn: master, captain, sea captain, skipper] 5: the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry" [syn: captain, chieftain] 6: the pilot in charge of an airship [syn: captain, senior pilot] 7: a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers [syn: captain, headwaiter, maitre d'hotel, maitre d'] v 1: be the captain of a sports team

n 1: the quantity contained in a carton [syn: carton, cartonful] 2: a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top

adj 1: definite but not specified or identified; "set aside a certain sum each week"; "to a certain degree"; "certain breeds do not make good pets"; "certain members have not paid their dues"; "a certain popular teacher"; "a certain Mrs. Jones" 2: having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends" [syn: certain(p), sure] [ant: incertain, uncertain, unsure] 3: established beyond doubt or question; definitely known; "what is certain is that every effect must have a cause"; "it is certain that they were on the bus"; "his fate is certain"; "the date for the invasion is certain" [ant: uncertain] 4: certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win" [syn: certain, sure] [ant: uncertain] 5: established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed" [syn: sealed, certain] [ant: uncertain, unsealed] 6: reliable in operation or effect; "a quick and certain remedy"; "a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure sign of termites" [syn: certain, sure] 7: exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors" [syn: certain, sure]

n 1: a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes [syn: mountebank, charlatan]

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

v 1: commit forever; commit irrevocably 2: give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage" [syn: consign, charge] 3: send to an address

adj 1: growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution" [syn: cosmopolitan, widely distributed] [ant: endemic] 2: composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests; "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay; "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"; "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks" [ant: provincial] 3: of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience" [syn: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world- wide] n 1: a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries [syn: cosmopolitan, cosmopolite]

n 1: soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state [syn: cotton, cotton fiber, cotton wool] 2: fabric woven from cotton fibers 3: erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers [syn: cotton, cotton plant] 4: thread made of cotton fibers v 1: take a liking to; "cotton to something"

n 1: a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" [syn: password, watchword, word, parole, countersign] 2: a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed [syn: countersignature, countersign] v 1: add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity; "You must countersign on this line of the contract"

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

n 1: grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant [syn: croton, Codiaeum variegatum] 2: tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil [syn: croton, Croton tiglium]

n 1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) [syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall] 2: any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees" v 1: provide with drapery; "curtain the bedrooms"

v 1: take away the enthusiasm of [syn: dishearten, put off] [ant: cheer, embolden, hearten, recreate]

n 1: the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates)

v 1: make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal" [syn: enlighten, edify] 2: give spiritual insight to; in religion [syn: enlighten, irradiate] 3: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" [syn: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate]

n 1: a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade 2: an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality [syn: national flag, ensign] 3: colors flown by a ship to show its nationality

n 1: the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs

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]

v 1: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate] 2: shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

adj 1: not noticed inadvertently; "her aching muscles forgotten she danced all night"; "he was scolded for his forgotten chores" [syn: disregarded, forgotten]

v 1: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" [syn: frighten, fright, scare, affright] 2: drive out by frightening

adj 1: injured by freezing or partial freezing; "frostbitten fingers"; "frostbitten grapes unsalable as fresh fruit"

n 1: a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough

n 1: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess [syn: glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman] 2: musteline mammal of northern Eurasia [syn: glutton, Gulo gulo, wolverine]

adj 1: written by hand

v 1: give encouragement to [syn: cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden] [ant: dishearten, put off]

v 1: become more extreme; "The tension heightened" [syn: heighten, rise] 2: make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest" 3: increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension" [syn: enhance, heighten, raise] 4: increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars" 5: make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision" [syn: sharpen, heighten] 6: make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions" [syn: intensify, compound, heighten, deepen]

n 1: reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')

adj 1: (of conflict) within a group or organization; "an internecine feud among proxy holders" 2: characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides; "internecine war"

n 1: a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school

n 1: young domestic cat [syn: kitten, kitty] v 1: have kittens; "our cat kittened again this year"

n 1: brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils

v 1: make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit" [syn: lighten, lighten up, buoy up] [ant: weigh down, weigh on] 2: reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey" 3: become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit" [syn: lighten, lighten up, buoy up] 4: make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room" [syn: brighten, lighten up, lighten] [ant: darken] 5: become lighter; "The room lightened up" [syn: lighten, lighten up] [ant: darken] 6: alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents" [syn: relieve, lighten]

n 1: agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels [syn: marten, marten cat]

adj 1: relating to or characteristic of a metropolis; "metropolitan area" n 1: in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity 2: a person who lives in a metropolis

adj 1: born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman [syn: bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious]

n 1: glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together

v 1: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn: tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away] 2: care for one's external appearance; "He is always well- groomed" [syn: groom, neaten]

adj 1: of or related to or derived from oats; "oaten bread"

n 1: a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them" [syn: form, shape, pattern] 2: a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern" [syn: practice, pattern] 3: a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors" [syn: design, pattern, figure] 4: something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors" [syn: convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula] 5: a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics" 6: something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" [syn: blueprint, design, pattern] 7: the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted" [syn: traffic pattern, approach pattern, pattern] 8: graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle [syn: radiation pattern, radiation diagram, pattern] v 1: plan or create according to a model or models [syn: model, pattern] 2: form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

n 1: large open car seating four with folding top [syn: touring car, phaeton, tourer]

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 member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship 2: someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures 3: a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum [syn: prude, puritan]

adj 1: very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" [syn: icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky] 2: damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation" [syn: decayed, rotten, rotted] 3: having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave"

n 1: pot roast marinated several days in seasoned vinegar before cooking; usually served with potato dumplings

v 1: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness" [ant: lengthen] 2: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate] 3: make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches" 4: become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" [ant: lengthen] 5: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten]

n 1: something reduced to its minimal form; "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel" 2: a scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet" [syn: skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard] 3: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal [syn: skeletal system, skeleton, frame, systema skeletale] 4: the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton" [syn: skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe]

n 1: a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets [syn: streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern] 2: a dirty untidy woman [syn: slattern, slut, slovenly woman, trollop]

adj 1: (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: smitten, stricken, struck] 2: marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her" [syn: enamored, infatuated, in love, potty, smitten, soft on(p), taken with(p)]

v 1: straighten up or out; make straight [syn: straighten, unbend] [ant: bend, flex] 2: make straight [syn: straighten, straighten out] 3: get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered" 4: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn: tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away] 5: straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" [syn: roll out, straighten] 6: make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"

v 1: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship [syn: straiten, distress] 2: squeeze together

v 1: make sweeter in taste [syn: sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate] [ant: acetify, acidify, acidulate, sour] 2: make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal"

n 1: a cloth having a crisscross design [syn: tartan, plaid]

v 1: become taut or tauter; "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened" [syn: tauten, firm] 2: make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope" [syn: tauten, firm]

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: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police" 3: to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"

v 1: make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" [syn: tighten, fasten] 2: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened" 3: restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" [syn: stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain] 4: narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" [syn: reduce, tighten]

n 1: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan] 2: (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth) 3: the largest of the satellites of Saturn; has a hazy nitrogen atmosphere

n 1: (Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon 2: the largest moon of Neptune 3: tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells 4: small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia [syn: newt, triton]

adj 1: not conquered [syn: unbeaten, unconquered, unvanquished]

v 1: undo the buttons of; "unbutton the shirt" [ant: button]

adj 1: lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance; "uncertain of his convictions"; "unsure of himself and his future"; "moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps"; "an uncertain smile"; "touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers" [syn: uncertain, unsure, incertain] [ant: certain(p), sure] 2: not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown; "an uncertain future"; "a manuscript of uncertain origin"; "plans are still uncertain"; "changes of great if uncertain consequences"; "without further evidence his story must remain uncertain" [ant: certain(p)] 3: not established or confirmed; "his doom is as yet unsealed" [syn: unsealed, uncertain] [ant: certain, sealed] 4: not certain to occur; not inevitable; "everything is uncertain about the army"; "the issue is uncertain" [ant: certain, sure] 5: subject to change; "a changeable climate"; "the weather is uncertain"; "unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other" [syn: changeable, uncertain, unsettled] 6: not consistent or dependable; "an uncertain recollection of events"; "a gun with a rather uncertain trigger" 7: ambiguous (especially in the negative); "she spoke in no uncertain terms"

adj 1: based on custom rather than documentation; "an unwritten law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence [ant: written] 2: using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement" [syn: oral, unwritten] 3: said or done without having been planned or written in advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks" [syn: ad-lib, spontaneous, unwritten]

adj 1: of or relating to or derived from wheat; "wheaten bread" [syn: wheaten, whole-wheat, wholemeal]

v 1: turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" [syn: whiten, white] [ant: black, blacken, melanise, melanize, nigrify]

adj 1: set down in writing in any of various ways; "written evidence" [ant: spoken] 2: systematically collected and written down; "written laws" [ant: unwritten] 3: written as for a film or play or broadcast [syn: scripted, written] [ant: unscripted]

adj 1: purchased; not homemade; "my boughten clothes"; "a store- bought dress" [syn: boughten, store-bought]

n 1: a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language) 2: a Celtic language of Brittany

n 1: a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom [syn: United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain]

adj 1: characteristic of or associated with the Britons; "the Briton inhabitants of England" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Great Britain [syn: Britisher, Briton, Brit] 2: an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions

n 1: English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890) [syn: Burton, Richard Burton, Sir Richard Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton] 2: Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984) [syn: Burton, Richard Burton] 3: a strong dark English ale

n 1: United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941) [syn: Morton, Jelly Roll Morton, Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton]

n 1: English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727) [syn: Newton, Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton] 2: a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes [syn: newton, N]

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

n 1: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell [syn: Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness]

n 1: someone (especially a German) who speaks a Germanic language 2: a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans

n 1: United States educator who worked to improve race relations and educational opportunities for Black Americans (1875-1955) [syn: Bethune, Mary McLeod Bethune]

n 1: a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter

n 1: a city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort; site of the University of Sussex

n 1: a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece 2: primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates [syn: chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle, polyplacophore]

n 1: Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582) [syn: Crichton, James Crichton, The Admirable Crichton]

n 1: United States novelist (1862-1937) [syn: Wharton, Edith Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones Wharton]

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: a native or inhabitant of Crete

adj 1: occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria); "quartan malaria" n 1: a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day

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

n 1: United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966) [syn: Keaton, Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis Keaton]

n 1: United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821) [syn: Seton, Elizabeth Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, Mother Seton]

n 1: English writer of historical romances (1803-1873) [syn: Lytton, First Baron Lytton, Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton]

n 1: a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun 2: (Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus; "Saturday is Saturn's Day"