Words that rhyme with cantilena

n 1: someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline [syn: abstainer, ascetic] 2: a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages [syn: abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker] [ant: drinker, imbiber, juicer, toper]

n 1: a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" [syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena] 2: the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand 3: a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments [syn: stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium] 4: a playing field where sports events take place [syn: arena, scene of action]

n 1: a female ballet dancer [syn: ballerina, danseuse]

n 1: a politician who is running for public office [syn: campaigner, candidate, nominee]

n 1: a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma)

n 1: a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining [syn: whiner, complainer, moaner, sniveller, crybaby, bellyacher, grumbler, squawker]

n 1: coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle 2: free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds v 1: collapse like a concertina

n 1: any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

adj 1: lying in the same plane

n 1: a person who tries to please or amuse

n 1: fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings

n 1: a person who gains weight [syn: gainer, weight gainer] 2: a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits); "she was clearly the gainer in that exchange" 3: a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board [syn: gainer, full gainer]

n 1: doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion [syn: hyena, hyaena]

n 1: someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy" [syn: upholder, maintainer, sustainer]

n 1: a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers

n 1: a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal

adj 1: involving two dimensions [syn: planar, two- dimensional] [ant: cubic, linear, one-dimensional, three-dimensional]

n 1: a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood [syn: plane, planer, planing machine]

n 1: a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone [syn: retainer, consideration] 2: a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) [syn: servant, retainer] 3: a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment

n 1: a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through

n 1: a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court [syn: subpoena, subpoena ad testificandum] v 1: serve or summon with a subpoena; "The witness and her records were subpoenaed"

n 1: one who trains other persons or animals 2: simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane [syn: flight simulator, trainer]

n 1: a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood" [syn: vein, vena, venous blood vessel]

n 1: any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers [syn: verbena, vervain]

n 1: a worker who stains (wood or fabric)

n 1: the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea

n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva [syn: Athena, Athene, Pallas, Pallas Athena, Pallas Athene]

n 1: a port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina

n 1: a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America [syn: Argentina, Argentine Republic] 2: type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines [syn: Argentina, genus Argentina]

n 1: a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean 2: a port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean

n 1: a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea [syn: Lena, Lena River]

n 1: a flowering shrub

n 1: Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don [syn: Danu, Dana]

n 1: a chemical that is added to a photographic developer in order to retard development and reduce the amount of fog on a film 2: a person who directs and restrains [syn: restrainer, controller]