Words that rhyme with burdon

n 1: the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" [syn: abandon, wantonness, unconstraint] 2: a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger" [syn: wildness, abandon] v 1: forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" 2: give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex- husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead" [syn: abandon, give up] 3: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight" [syn: vacate, empty, abandon] 4: stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" [syn: abandon, give up] 5: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children" [syn: abandon, forsake, desolate, desert]

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

adj 1: confined to bed (by illness) [syn: bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed]

adj 1: under a moral obligation to someone

n 1: a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician [syn: helicon, bombardon] 2: a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family [syn: bombardon, bombard]

adj 1: morally obligatory; "my bounden duty"

n 1: a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone [syn: drone, drone pipe, bourdon]

v 1: make broader; "broaden the road" 2: extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" [syn: widen, broaden, extend] 3: vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified" [syn: diversify, branch out, broaden] [ant: narrow, narrow down, specialise, specialize] 4: become broader; "The road broadened"

n 1: an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" [syn: burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus] 2: weight to be borne or conveyed [syn: load, loading, burden] 3: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [syn: effect, essence, burden, core, gist] 4: the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse v 1: weight down with a load [syn: burden, burthen, weight, weight down] [ant: disburden, unburden] 2: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [syn: charge, saddle, burden]

adj 1: consisting of or made of cedar; "carved cedarn doors"

n 1: an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters

n 1: a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing 2: cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank 3: adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord

v 1: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message" [syn: dampen, deaden, damp] 2: cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant" [syn: girdle, deaden] 3: make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine" 4: lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway" 5: become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor 6: make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" [syn: deaden, blunt] [ant: animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up] 7: convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

v 1: take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey" [syn: unburden, disburden] [ant: burden, burthen, weight, weight down]

adj 1: abused or oppressed by people in power

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

adj 1: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" [syn: forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten]

n 1: a plot of ground where plants are cultivated 2: the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden 3: a yard or lawn adjoining a house v 1: work in the garden; "My hobby is gardening"

v 1: make glad or happy [syn: gladden, joy] [ant: sadden] 2: become glad or happy [ant: sadden]

adj 1: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden] 2: marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade" [syn: golden, halcyon, prosperous] 3: made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons" [syn: gold, golden, gilded] 4: supremely favored; "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust" [syn: fortunate, golden] 5: suggestive of gold; "a golden voice" 6: presaging or likely to bring good luck; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision" [syn: golden, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous]

n 1: a reward or payment

n 1: the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents [syn: guilder, gulden, florin] 2: formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents [syn: guilder, gulden, florin, Dutch florin]

n 1: in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church" [syn: handmaid, handmaiden, servant] 2: a personal maid or female attendant [syn: handmaid, handmaiden]

v 1: become hard or harder; "The wax hardened" [syn: harden, indurate] [ant: soften] 2: make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter" [syn: harden, indurate] [ant: soften] 3: harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel" [syn: temper, harden] 4: make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller" [syn: season, harden] 5: cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold" [syn: inure, harden, indurate]

n 1: a scolding (even vicious) old woman

adj 1: not accessible to view; "concealed (or hidden) damage"; "in stormy weather the stars are out of sight" [syn: concealed, hidden, out of sight] 2: designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk" [syn: hidden, secret] 3: difficult to find; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat" [syn: hidden, obscure]

n 1: a girl who behaves in a boyish manner [syn: tomboy, romp, hoyden]

adj 1: filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with dishes"; "table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not current usage" [syn: laden, loaded, ladened] 2: burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure" [syn: laden, oppressed] v 1: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl" [syn: ladle, lade, laden] 2: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" [syn: load, lade, laden, load up]

adj 1: darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick" [syn: dull, leaden] 2: made heavy or weighted down with weariness; "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids" [syn: leaden, weighted] 3: made of lead; "a leaden weight" 4: (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps" [syn: leaden, plodding] 5: lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation" [syn: heavy, leaden]

n 1: soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork [syn: basswood, linden] 2: any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart- shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber [syn: linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree]

v 1: cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind [syn: madden, craze] 2: drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves 3: make mad; "His behavior is maddening"

adj 1: serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage" [syn: inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden] n 1: an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) [syn: maid, maiden] 2: (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored [syn: maiden over, maiden]

n 1: extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth [syn: mastodon, mastodont]

n 1: shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer [syn: menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannis]

n 1: (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement [syn: eitchen midden, midden, kitchen midden] 2: a heap of dung or refuse [syn: dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhill]

adj 1: belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric" [ant: nonmodern] 2: relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs"; [syn: mod, modern, modernistic] 3: characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture 4: ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?" [syn: advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern] 5: used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew" [syn: Modern, New] n 1: a contemporary person 2: a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes [syn: modern, modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni font] [ant: old style, old style font]

adj 1: long past; "olden days"

n 1: the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits 2: an excessive burden [syn: overload, overburden] v 1: burden with too much work or responsibility 2: load with excessive weight

n 1: the act of excusing a mistake or offense [syn: forgiveness, pardon] 2: a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense [syn: pardon, amnesty] 3: the formal act of liberating someone [syn: amnesty, pardon, free pardon] v 1: accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands" [syn: excuse, pardon] 2: grant a pardon to; "Ford pardoned Nixon"; "The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President"

v 1: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn: blush, crimson, flush, redden] 2: make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky" 3: turn red or redder; "The sky reddened"

v 1: make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me" [ant: gladden, joy] 2: come to feel sad [ant: gladden]

adj 1: wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes" [syn: sodden, soppy]

adj 1: happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure" [ant: gradual]

n 1: a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment [syn: tendon, sinew]

v 1: free or relieve (someone) of a burden 2: take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey" [syn: unburden, disburden] [ant: burden, burthen, weight, weight down]

n 1: the chief official in charge of a prison

v 1: become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened" [ant: contract, narrow] 2: make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight" [syn: let out, widen] [ant: take in] 3: make wider; "widen the road" 4: extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" [syn: widen, broaden, extend]

adj 1: made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood; "a wooden box"; "an ancient cart with wooden wheels" 2: lacking ease or grace; "the actor's performance was wooden"; "a wooden smile"

n 1: any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la] 2: a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man) [syn: Eden, Garden of Eden]

n 1: a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan [syn: Jordan, Jordan River] 2: an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea [syn: Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan]

n 1: the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center [syn: London, Greater London, British capital, capital of the United Kingdom] 2: United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916) [syn: London, Jack London, John Griffith Chaney]

n 1: prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809) [syn: Haydn, Joseph Haydn, Franz Joseph Haydn] 2: the music of Haydn

n 1: a Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula [syn: Sweden, Kingdom of Sweden, Sverige]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Uganda or its people; "Ugandan game parks" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Uganda

n 1: a city in northeastern China [syn: Shenyang, Mukden, Moukden, Fengtien]

n 1: the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700) [syn: Dryden, John Dryden]

n 1: a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620 [syn: Leiden, Leyden]

n 1: a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620 [syn: Leiden, Leyden]

n 1: the main city of ancient Phoenicia [syn: Sayda, Saida, Sidon]

n 1: (Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune

n 1: a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon [syn: Chalcedon, Kadikoy] 2: the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ [syn: Chalcedon, Council of Chalcedon]

n 1: the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria [syn: Macedon, Macedonia, Makedonija]

n 1: a follower who carries out orders without question 2: (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy

n 1: (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world 2: any catastrophically destructive battle; "they called the first World War an Armageddon"

n 1: a native or resident of Nevada

n 1: United States poet (born in England) (1907-1973) [syn: Auden, W. H. Auden, Wystan Hugh Auden]

n 1: a native or resident of Colorado

adj 1: loaded past capacity [syn: overladen, overloaded]

n 1: a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped [syn: Verdun, battle of Verdun]

adj 1: of or pertaining to Rwanda; "Rwandan mountains" [syn: Rwandan, Ruandan] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Rwanda

n 1: English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957) [syn: Ogden, C. K. Ogden, Charles Kay Ogden] 2: a town in northern Utah settled by Mormons

n 1: a city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River; it was almost totally destroyed by British air raids in 1945

n 1: a large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria; site of a university

n 1: flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside [syn: dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid, exogen]

v 1: become louder; "The room loudened considerably" [ant: hush, pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten] 2: cause to become loud [ant: hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, silence, still]

adj 1: of or relating to postmodernism; "postmodernist architecture" [syn: postmodernist, postmodern]

n 1: chief god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Teutonic Wotan [syn: Woden, Wodan]

n 1: a city in western Germany; a spa since Roman times

n 1: United States tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the 1920s (1893-1953) [syn: Tilden, Big Bill Tilden, William Tatem Tilden Jr.]

adj 1: tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears; "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis [syn: hag-ridden, hagridden, tormented]

adj 1: lacking pathways; "trackless wilderness"; "roadless areas" [syn: pathless, roadless, trackless, untracked, untrod, untrodden]

n 1: a suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts

adj 1: relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida [syn: annelid, annelidan]

adj 1: of or relating to the Arabian prophet Muhammad or to the religion he founded [syn: Muhammadan, Mohammedan] n 1: a follower of Mohammed [syn: Mohammedan, Muhammedan, Muhammadan]