Words that rhyme with carcassonne

n 1: slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses

n 1: long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron [syn: axon, axone]

n 1: any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons

n 1: possessing muscular strength [syn: brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness]

n 1: an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome [syn: coffer, caisson, lacuna] 2: a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition 3: a chest to hold ammunition [syn: caisson, ammunition chest] 4: large watertight chamber used for construction under water [syn: caisson, pneumatic caisson, cofferdam]

n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset] 2: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" [syn: dawn, morning] 3: an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" v 1: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [syn: click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place] 2: appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned" 3: become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

n 1: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" [syn: frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle]

adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive, withdrawn] 2: tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man" [syn: indrawn, withdrawn]

n 1: an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy" [syn: yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy] v 1: utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance" 2: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape, yawn, yaw]

n 1: the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945) [syn: Braun, Eva Braun] 2: United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England); he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977) [syn: Braun, von Braun, Wernher von Braun, Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun]

n 1: United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972) [syn: Shawn, Ted Shawn]

n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon, Amun]

n 1: sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures; "exons are interspersed with introns" [syn: exon, coding DNA] [ant: intron, noncoding DNA]

n 1: a city in southeastern Arizona ringed by mountain ranges; long known as a winter and health resort but the population shift from industrial states to the Sunbelt resulted in rapid growth late in the 20th century

n 1: animal or plant group having natural relations [syn: taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon]

n 1: a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon]