Words that rhyme with canavan

adj 1: belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish" [syn: own(a), ain]

n 1: something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life" [syn: bane, curse, scourge, nemesis]

n 1: an inflammatory swelling or sore

n 1: that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord [syn: brain, encephalon] 2: mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense" [syn: brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit] 3: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: mind, head, brain, psyche, nous] 4: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein" [syn: genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein] 5: the brain of certain animals used as meat v 1: hit on the head 2: kill by smashing someone's skull

n 1: a stick that people can lean on to help them walk 2: a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane 3: a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment v 1: beat with a cane [syn: cane, flog, lambaste, lambast]

adj 1: made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary); "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone" [syn: carved, carven] [ant: uncarved]

n 1: any large dark enclosed space; "his eyes were dark caverns" 2: a large cave or a large chamber in a cave v 1: hollow out as if making a cavern [syn: cavern, cavern out]

n 1: a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances" [syn: chain, concatenation] 2: (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) [syn: chain, chemical chain] 3: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament 4: (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership 5: anything that acts as a restraint 6: a unit of length 7: British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) [syn: Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain] 8: a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" [syn: range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains] 9: a linked or connected series of objects; "a chain of daisies" 10: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, string, strand] v 1: connect or arrange into a chain by linking 2: fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together" [ant: unchain]

adj 1: (used of hooves) split, divided; "bisulcate hoof" [syn: cloven, bisulcate]

n 1: an assembly of witches; usually 13 witches

n 1: United States writer (1871-1900) [syn: Crane, Stephen Crane] 2: United States poet (1899-1932) [syn: Crane, Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane] 3: a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix [syn: Grus, Crane] 4: lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis 5: large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world v 1: stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by" [syn: crane, stretch out]

adj 1: lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; "the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight"- Spenser [syn: craven, recreant] n 1: an abject coward [syn: poltroon, craven, recreant]

v 1: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity [syn: condescend, deign, descend]

n 1: emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it [syn: drain, drainage] 2: tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material 3: a pipe through which liquid is carried away [syn: drain, drainpipe, waste pipe] 4: a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration" v 1: flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat" [syn: drain, run out] 2: deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy" 3: empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank" 4: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: enfeeble, debilitate, drain]

adj 1: compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred" [syn: driven, goaded] 2: urged or forced to action through moral pressure; "felt impelled to take a stand against the issue" [syn: driven, impelled] 3: strongly motivated to succeed [syn: compulsive, determined, driven]

adj 1: being one more than ten [syn: eleven, 11, xi] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one [syn: eleven, 11, XI] 2: a team that plays football [syn: football team, eleven]

v 1: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination" [syn: inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt] 2: make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" [syn: enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate] [ant: blunt, deaden]

adv 1: used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected; "even an idiot knows that"; "declined even to consider the idea"; "I don't have even a dollar!" 2: in spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him" 3: to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale" [syn: even, yet, still] 4: to the full extent; "loyal even unto death" adj 1: divisible by two [ant: odd, uneven] 2: equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced; "even amounts of butter and sugar"; "on even terms"; "it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split"; "had a fifty- fifty (or even) chance"; "an even fight" [syn: even, fifty-fifty] 3: being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window" [ant: uneven] 4: symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon" [syn: even, regular] 5: occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing" [syn: even, regular] 6: of the score in a contest; "the score is tied" [syn: tied(p), even, level(p)] n 1: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve, even, eventide] v 1: make level or straight; "level the ground" [syn: flush, level, even out, even] 2: become even or more even; "even out the surface" [syn: even, even out] 3: make even or more even [syn: even, even out]

adv 1: in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it" [syn: gladly, lief, fain] adj 1: having made preparations; "prepared to take risks" [syn: disposed(p), fain, inclined(p), prepared]

v 1: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble] 2: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: simulate, assume, sham, feign]

n 1: a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks" [syn: addition, increase, gain] 2: the advantageous quality of being beneficial [syn: profit, gain] 3: the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input [syn: amplification, gain] 4: the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating [ant: loss, red, red ink] v 1: obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden" [syn: derive, gain] 2: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" [syn: acquire, win, gain] [ant: lose] 3: derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience" [syn: profit, gain, benefit] 4: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" [syn: reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain] 5: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" [syn: gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground] [ant: drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede] 6: rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today" [syn: advance, gain] 7: increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum"; "the car gathers speed" [syn: gain, gather] 8: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" [syn: gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in] 9: increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising" [syn: gain, put on] [ant: lose weight, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin]

v 1: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" [syn: regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern] [ant: deregulate] 2: direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct" 3: exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?" [syn: govern, rule] 4: require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"

n 1: a relatively small granular particle of a substance; "a grain of sand"; "a grain of sugar" 2: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses [syn: grain, food grain, cereal] 3: the side of leather from which the hair has been removed 4: a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat [syn: grain, metric grain] 5: 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams 6: 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams 7: dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn [syn: grain, caryopsis] 8: a cereal grass; "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas" 9: the smallest possible unit of anything; "there was a grain of truth in what he said"; "he does not have a grain of sense" 10: the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain" 11: the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); "breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain" [syn: texture, grain] v 1: thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt" [syn: ingrain, grain] 2: paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood 3: form into grains [syn: granulate, grain] 4: become granular [syn: granulate, grain]

adj 1: cut into a desired shape; "graven images"; "sculptured representations" [syn: graven, sculpted, sculptured] 2: cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design"; "engraved invitations" [syn: engraved, etched, graven, incised, inscribed]

n 1: a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary [syn: haven, oasis] 2: a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo [syn: seaport, haven, harbor, harbour]

n 1: any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la] 2: the abode of God and the angels [ant: Hell, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, perdition, pit]

adj 1: linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing [syn: interlacing, interlinking, interlocking, interwoven]

n 1: a narrow way or road 2: a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic

n 1: a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid [syn: leaven, leavening] 2: an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor" [syn: leaven, leavening] v 1: cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" [syn: raise, leaven, prove]

v 1: make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" [syn: enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate] [ant: blunt, deaden]

adj 1: most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch" [syn: chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)] 2: (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" [syn: independent, main(a)] [ant: dependent, subordinate] 3: of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength" n 1: any very large body of (salt) water [syn: main, briny] 2: a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

n 1: long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck 2: growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being [syn: mane, head of hair]

v 1: govern badly

n 1: kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting

n 1: a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" [syn: pain, hurting] 2: emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness" [syn: pain, painfulness] [ant: pleasance, pleasure] 3: a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain" [syn: pain, pain sensation, painful sensation] 4: a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain" [syn: pain, pain in the neck, nuisance] 5: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass] v 1: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed [syn: trouble, ail, pain] 2: cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school" [syn: pain, anguish, hurt]

n 1: sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors [syn: pane, pane of glass, window glass] 2: a panel or section of panels in a wall or door [syn: paneling, panelling, pane] 3: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen]

adv 1: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn" [syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain] adj 1: 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] 2: not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" [ant: fancy] 3: lacking patterns especially in color [syn: plain, unpatterned] [ant: patterned] 4: not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" [syn: plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed] 5: free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children" [syn: plain, unvarnished] 6: lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" [syn: plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented] 7: lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face" [syn: homely, plain] n 1: extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth" [syn: plain, field, champaign] 2: a basic knitting stitch [syn: knit, knit stitch, plain, plain stitch] v 1: express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" [syn: complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch] [ant: cheer, cheer up, chirk up]

adj 1: having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams" [syn: flat, level, plane] n 1: an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" [syn: airplane, aeroplane, plane] 2: (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane" [syn: plane, sheet] 3: a level of existence or development; "he lived on a worldly plane" 4: a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood [syn: plane, planer, planing machine] 5: a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work" [syn: plane, carpenter's plane, woodworking plane] v 1: cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" [syn: plane, shave] 2: travel on the surface of water [syn: plane, skim] 3: make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane; "plane the top of the door"

adj 1: established beyond doubt; "a proven liar"; "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness" [syn: proved, proven] [ant: unproved, unproven]

n 1: water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere [syn: rain, rainfall] 2: drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds [syn: rain, rainwater] 3: anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults" [syn: rain, pelting] v 1: precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" [syn: rain, rain down]

n 1: large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail [syn: raven, Corvus corax] v 1: obtain or seize by violence 2: prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs" [syn: raven, prey, predate] 3: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" [syn: devour, guttle, raven, pig] 4: feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies"

n 1: a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism" 2: the period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the reign of Henry VIII" 3: royal authority; the dominion of a monarch [syn: reign, sovereignty] v 1: have sovereign power; "Henry VIII reigned for a long time" 2: be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood" [syn: predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail]

n 1: one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse 2: any means of control; "he took up the reins of government" v 1: control and direct with or as if by reins; "rein a horse" [syn: harness, rein in, draw rein, rein] 2: stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office" [syn: rein, rein in] 3: stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office" [syn: rein, rein in] 4: keep in check; "rule one's temper" [syn: rule, harness, rein]

n 1: a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel [syn: Seine, Seine River] 2: a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom v 1: fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine

adj 1: being one more than six [syn: seven, 7, vii] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one [syn: seven, 7, VII, sevener, heptad, septet, septenary] 2: one of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face [syn: seven-spot, seven]

n 1: coils of worsted yarn

adj 1: killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors"; "a picture of St. George and the slain dragon" n 1: people who have been slain (as in battle)

n 1: a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments v 1: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick]

n 1: a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain" [syn: stain, discoloration, discolouration] 2: (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible 3: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn: dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge] 4: a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis [syn: mark, stigma, brand, stain] 5: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain] v 1: color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages" 2: produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth" 3: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" [syn: tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile] 4: color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"

n 1: (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces 2: difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson [syn: stress, strain] 3: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" [syn: tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase] 4: (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress; "his responsibilities were a constant strain"; "the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him" [syn: strain, mental strain, nervous strain] 5: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" [syn: breed, strain, stock] 6: (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms" [syn: form, variant, strain, var.] 7: injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain 8: the general meaning or substance of an utterance; "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument" [syn: tenor, strain] 9: an effortful attempt to attain a goal [syn: striving, nisus, pains, strain] 10: an intense or violent exertion [syn: strain, straining] 11: the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates" [syn: song, strain] v 1: to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear" [syn: strive, reach, strain] 2: test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" [syn: try, strain, stress] 3: use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much" [syn: strain, extend] 4: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" [syn: sift, sieve, strain] 5: cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up" [syn: tense, strain, tense up] [ant: loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unstrain, unwind] 6: become stretched or tense or taut; "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;" "the rope strained when the weight was attached" [syn: strain, tense] 7: remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities" [syn: filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out] 8: rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby" [syn: puree, strain] 9: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" [syn: deform, distort, strain]

adj 1: relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; "a shady sylvan glade" [syn: sylvan, silvan] n 1: a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods [syn: sylvan, silvan]

n 1: a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks [syn: tavern, tap house]

adj 1: not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain" [ant: even] 2: (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents; "vaudeville...waged an uneven battle against the church" [syn: mismatched, uneven] 3: not divisible by two [syn: odd, uneven] [ant: even] 4: variable and recurring at irregular intervals ; "an uneven gait"; "uneven spacing" 5: lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty" [syn: spotty, uneven, scratchy]

adj 1: not proved; "unproved allegations"; "unproved assumptions" [syn: unproved, unproven] [ant: proved, proven]

adj 1: not shaved [syn: unshaven, unshaved] [ant: shaved, shaven]

adj 1: not woven; "tapa cloth is an unwoven fabric made by pounding bark into a thin sheet" [ant: woven]

adj 1: made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole; "woven fabrics"; "woven baskets"; "the incidents woven into the story"; "folk songs woven into a symphony" [ant: unwoven]

n 1: a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs [syn: wyvern, wivern]

n 1: a county in southwestern England [syn: Devon, Devonshire] 2: red dual-purpose cattle of English origin

n 1: a coarse obnoxious person [syn: slob, sloven, pig, slovenly person]

n 1: English writer (1832-1904) [syn: Stephen, Sir Leslie Stephen]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language; "Javanese temples"; "Javanese dialects" [syn: Javanese, Javan] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Java [syn: Javanese, Javan]

n 1: Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)

n 1: a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn [syn: Avon, River Avon] 2: a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on- Avon and empties into the Severn [syn: Avon, River Avon, Upper Avon, Upper Avon River] 3: a county in southwestern England

n 1: German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827) [syn: Beethoven, van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven] 2: the music of Beethoven; "he enjoyed Beethoven most of all"

n 1: the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June) [syn: Sivan, Siwan]

n 1: city in southeastern Netherlands noted for electrical industry

n 1: a native or resident of Geneva 2: an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin [syn: Calvinist, Genevan]

n 1: a river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay [syn: Severn, Severn River] 2: a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain [syn: Severn, River Severn, Severn River]

n 1: United States architect known for his steel framed skyscrapers and for coining the phrase `form follows function' (1856-1924) [syn: Sullivan, Louis Sullivan, Louis Henry Sullivan, Louis Henri Sullivan] 2: United States psychiatrist (1892-1949) [syn: Sullivan, Harry Stack Sullivan] 3: United States host on a well known television variety show (1902-1974) [syn: Sullivan, Ed Sullivan, Edward Vincent Sullivan] 4: United States educator who was the teacher and lifelong companion of Helen Keller (1866-1936) [syn: Sullivan, Anne Sullivan, Anne Mansfield Sullivan] 5: English composer of operettas who collaborated with the librettist William Gilbert (1842-1900) [syn: Sullivan, Arthur Sullivan, Arthur Seymour Sullivan, Sir Arthur Sullivan]