Words that rhyme with bung

  • an
    n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN]
  • aqualung
    n 1: a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus [syn: aqualung, Aqua- Lung, scuba]
  • bobbin
    n 1: a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound [syn: bobbin, spool, reel]
  • bourbon
    n 1: a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South) 2: whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels 3: a member of the European royal family that ruled France 4: a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily [syn: Bourbon, Bourbon dynasty]
  • bun
    n 1: small rounded bread either plain or sweet [syn: bun, roll]
  • cabin
    n 1: small room on a ship or boat where people sleep 2: a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area 3: the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried v 1: confine to a small space, such as a cabin
  • carbon
    n 1: an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds [syn: carbon, C, atomic number 6] 2: a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper [syn: carbon paper, carbon] 3: a copy made with carbon paper [syn: carbon, carbon copy]
  • dung
    n 1: fecal matter of animals [syn: droppings, dung, muck] v 1: fertilize or dress with dung; "you must dung the land" 2: defecate; used of animals
  • ebon
    adj 1: of a very dark black [syn: ebon, ebony]
  • fluorocarbon
    n 1: a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols
  • gibbon
    n 1: English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794) [syn: Gibbon, Edward Gibbon] 2: smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies [syn: gibbon, Hylobates lar]
  • hydrocarbon
    n 1: an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen
  • lung
    n 1: either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
  • radiocarbon
    n 1: a radioactive isotope of carbon [syn: radiocarbon, carbon 14]
  • ribbon
    n 1: any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward" [syn: ribbon, thread] 2: an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event [syn: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon] 3: a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter [syn: ribbon, typewriter ribbon] 4: notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming
  • robin
    n 1: small Old World songbird with a reddish breast [syn: robin, redbreast, robin redbreast, Old World robin, Erithacus rubecola] 2: large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen [syn: robin, American robin, Turdus migratorius]
  • rung
    n 1: a crosspiece between the legs of a chair [syn: rung, round, stave] 2: one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder [syn: rundle, spoke, rung]
  • strung
    adj 1: that is on a string; "keys strung on a red cord"
  • stung
    adj 1: aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay" [syn: annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung]
  • suburban
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs; "suburban population"
  • sung
    n 1: the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy [syn: Sung, Sung dynasty, Song, Song dynasty]
  • tongue
    n 1: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity [syn: tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper] 2: a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language [syn: natural language, tongue] [ant: artificial language] 3: any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark" [syn: tongue, knife] 4: a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue" 5: a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea [syn: spit, tongue] 6: the tongue of certain animals used as meat 7: the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot 8: metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side [syn: clapper, tongue] v 1: articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments 2: lick or explore with the tongue
  • turban
    n 1: a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head 2: a small round woman's hat [syn: pillbox, toque, turban]
  • turbine
    n 1: rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate
  • unstrung
    adj 1: emotionally upset; "the incident left him unstrung and incapable of rational effort"
  • unsung
    adj 1: not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war" [syn: obscure, unknown, unsung] 2: having value that is not acknowledged [syn: unappreciated, unsung, unvalued]
  • urban
    adj 1: relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area; "urban sociology"; "urban development" 2: located in or characteristic of a city or city life; "urban property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners" [ant: rural]
  • young
    adj 1: (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" [syn: young, immature] [ant: old] 2: (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn" [syn: new, young] 3: suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh; "he is young for his age" [syn: youthful, vernal, young] 4: being in its early stage; "a young industry"; "the day is still young" 5: not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing" [syn: unseasoned, untested, untried, young] n 1: any immature animal [syn: young, offspring] 2: United States film and television actress (1913-2000) [syn: Young, Loretta Young] 3: United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) [syn: Young, Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.] 4: British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829) [syn: Young, Thomas Young] 5: United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) [syn: Young, Pres Young, Lester Willis Young] 6: English poet (1683-1765) [syn: Young, Edward Young] 7: United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955) [syn: Young, Cy Young, Danton True Young] 8: United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877) [syn: Young, Brigham Young] 9: young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt" [syn: young, youth] [ant: aged, elderly]
  • cuban
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba; "Cuban rum" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Cuba
  • lisbon
    n 1: capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic [syn: Lisbon, Lisboa, capital of Portugal]
  • pung
    n 1: a one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners
  • tung
    n 1: Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil [syn: tung tree, tung, tung-oil tree, Aleurites fordii]
  • psilocybin
    n 1: a hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom [syn: psilocybin, psilocin]
  • theban
    adj 1: of or relating to the Egyptian city of Thebes or its people or culture 2: of or relating to the Greek city of Thebes or its people or culture n 1: an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes 2: a Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes
  • laban
    n 1: Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958) [syn: Laban, Rudolph Laban]
  • shantung
    n 1: a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation)
  • overstrung
    adj 1: being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight] 2: too tightly strung; "an overstrung archery bow"
  • underhung
    adj 1: supported from below especially resting on a track instead of suspended from above; "underhung sliding doors" 2: having a lower part projecting beyond the upper; "an underhung jaw"; "undershot bulldog" [syn: underhung, undershot, underslung]
  • underslung
    adj 1: supported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below 2: having a lower part projecting beyond the upper; "an underhung jaw"; "undershot bulldog" [syn: underhung, undershot, underslung] 3: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground [syn: squat, underslung]
  • reuben
    n 1: (Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel 2: a hot sandwich with corned beef and Swiss cheese and sauerkraut on rye bread
  • durban
    n 1: a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial center
  • hemoglobin
    n 1: a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues; "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals" [syn: hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb]
  • jacobin
    n 1: a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
  • among
  • been
  • clung
  • exurban
  • flung
  • hamstrung
  • hung
  • interurban
  • slung
  • sprung
  • swung
  • wrung
  • terrebonne
  • chambon
  • chung
  • fung
  • gung
  • junge
  • kung
  • kyung
  • myung
  • phung
  • ung
  • yung
  • hsiung
  • mcclung
  • nueyung
  • overhung
  • bunn
  • ruben
  • alban
  • pahang
  • shimbun
  • kuban
  • padmanabhan
  • corban
  • orban
  • orben
  • eban
  • ebben
  • eben
  • kleban
  • leben
  • lebon
  • mebane
  • tebben
  • erxleben
  • alben
  • groben
  • rieben
  • sieben
  • graben
  • caban
  • chabon
  • habben
  • maben
  • mabon

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