Words that rhyme with catharine

n 1: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school [syn: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism]

n 1: Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food [syn: saffron, saffron crocus, Crocus sativus] 2: dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus 3: a shade of yellow tinged with orange [syn: orange yellow, saffron]

adj 1: (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn: autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign] 2: greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal" [syn: sovereign, supreme] n 1: a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right [syn: sovereign, crowned head, monarch]

n 1: a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms 2: an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group 3: a naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular task

n 1: a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs

n 1: any polyhedron having four plane faces

n 1: a city in northeastern Ohio; the heart of the United States rubber industry

n 1: first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536) [syn: Catherine of Aragon, Catherine] 2: empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796) [syn: Catherine II, Catherine, Catherine the Great]

n 1: any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles

n 1: a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument [syn: pick, plectrum, plectron]

adj 1: of or pertaining to Martin Luther or his teachings; "the Lutheran doctrine of justification by faith alone" 2: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of the Protestant Church adhering to the views of Luther; "Lutheran doctrines" n 1: follower of Lutheranism

n 1: insects having membranous forewings and hind wings [syn: homopterous insect, homopteran]

n 1: any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts [syn: orthopterous insect, orthopteron, orthopteran]

n 1: insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing [syn: hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopter]

n 1: insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales [syn: lepidopterous insect, lepidopteron, lepidopteran]

n 1: any polyhedron having five plane faces

n 1: a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)