Words that rhyme with bryant

n 1: a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer 2: someone who pays for goods or services [syn: customer, client] 3: (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network [syn: node, client, guest]

adj 1: disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will" [ant: defiant, noncompliant]

adj 1: boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude" [syn: defiant, noncompliant] [ant: compliant]

adj 1: of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" [syn: elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo] n 1: any creature of exceptional size 2: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan] 3: an unusually large enterprise; "Walton built a retail giant" 4: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities [syn: giant, hulk, heavyweight, whale] 5: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful [syn: giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus] 6: an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales 7: a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) [syn: giant star, giant]

n 1: someone who takes part in an activity 2: a person who participates in or is skilled at some game [syn: player, participant]

adj 1: (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus" 2: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" [syn: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable] n 1: a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention [syn: patent, patent of invention] 2: an official document granting a right or privilege [syn: patent, letters patent] v 1: obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?" 2: grant rights to; grant a patent for 3: make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"

n 1: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit [syn: pedant, bookworm, scholastic]

adj 1: held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes" [syn: pendent, pendant, dependent] n 1: an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring) [syn: pendant, pendent] 2: branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling [syn: chandelier, pendant, pendent]

adj 1: held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes" [syn: pendent, pendant, dependent] n 1: an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring) [syn: pendant, pendent] 2: branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling [syn: chandelier, pendant, pendent]

adj 1: feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds [syn: penitent, repentant] [ant: impenitent, unremorseful, unrepentant] n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)

adj 1: never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" [syn: persistent, relentless, unrelenting] 2: continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy [syn: haunting, persistent] 3: retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes" [syn: persistent, lasting] [ant: caducous, shed] 4: stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" [syn: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding]

adj 1: having an agreeably pungent taste [syn: piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zesty] 2: engagingly stimulating or provocative; "a piquant wit"; "salty language" [syn: piquant, salty] 3: attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes" [syn: engaging, piquant]

adj 1: capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature" [syn: plastic, pliant] 2: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile] 3: able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" [syn: elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant] 4: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: bendable, pliable, pliant, waxy]

n 1: waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil

n 1: an executive officer of a firm or corporation 2: the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government; "the President likes to jog every morning" [syn: President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive] 3: the chief executive of a republic 4: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson] 5: the head administrative officer of a college or university [syn: president, prexy] 6: the office of the United States head of state; "a President is elected every four years" [syn: President of the United States, President, Chief Executive]

adj 1: having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots

adj 1: of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism; "Protestant churches"; "a Protestant denomination" 2: protesting n 1: an adherent of Protestantism 2: the Protestant churches and denominations collectively [syn: Protestant Church, Protestant]

adj 1: careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight" [ant: imprudent]

adj 1: (followed by `to') in conformance to or agreement with; "pursuant to our agreement"; "pursuant to the dictates of one's conscience"

adj 1: unrestrained and violent; "rampant aggression" 2: rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant" [syn: rampant(ip), rearing] 3: (of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth; "a rampant growth of weeds"

n 1: a chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction

adj 1: lying down; in a position of comfort or rest [syn: accumbent, decumbent, recumbent]

adj 1: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] 2: repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant [syn: pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautological]

adj 1: relying on another for support; "dependent on Middle Eastern oil"

adj 1: showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; "laughing children" [syn: laughing(a), riant]

n 1: an extremely bright star of very large diameter and low density