Words that rhyme with charwomen

n 1: a tapering point 2: shrewdness shown by keen insight [syn: insightfulness, acumen]

n 1: a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids [syn: albumin, albumen]

n 1: a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals [syn: amine, aminoalkane]

n 1: a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression [syn: amphetamine, pep pill, upper, speed]

n 1: a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site

n 1: any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons

n 1: any member of a ship's crew [syn: sailor, crewman] 2: a member of a flight crew [syn: crewman, crew member] 3: a member of a work crew

n 1: dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds [syn: cumin, Cuminum cyminum] 2: aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family [syn: cumin, cumin seed]

n 1: the expensive white fur of the ermine 2: mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat [syn: ermine, shorttail weasel, Mustela erminea]

v 1: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas] 2: observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country" [syn: examine, see] 3: question or examine thoroughly and closely [syn: probe, examine] 4: question closely 5: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe" [syn: test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay]

n 1: (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets [syn: street arab, gamin, throwaway]

n 1: amine formed from histidine that stimulates gastric secretions and dilates blood vessels; released by the human immune system during allergic reactions

adj 1: characteristic of humanity; "human nature" 2: relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects" 3: having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty" [ant: nonhuman] n 1: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage [syn: homo, man, human being, human]

v 1: make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit" [syn: light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate]

adj 1: without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" [syn: cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate] 2: belonging to or resembling something nonhuman; "something dark and inhuman in form"; "a babel of inhuman noises"

n 1: a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions [syn: lumen, lm] 2: a cavity or passage in a tubular organ; "the lumen of the intestine"

adj 1: not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings; "nonhuman primates such as chimpanzees" [ant: human]

v 1: question after cross-examination by opposing counsel; "re- examine one's witness"

n 1: the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing [syn: rumen, first stomach]

n 1: an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures; "transdermal scopolamine is used to treat motion sickness"; "someone sedated with scopolamine has difficulty lying" [syn: scopolamine, hyoscine]

adj 1: less than human or not worthy of a human being; "treated natives as subhuman"; "a subhuman spectacle"; "the subhuman primates" [ant: superhuman] 2: unfit for human beings; "subhuman conditions of life"

v 1: call in an official matter, such as to attend court [syn: summon, summons, cite] 2: ask to come; "summon a lawyer" 3: gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" [syn: muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up] 4: make ready for action or use; "marshal resources" [syn: mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon]

adj 1: above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance; "superhuman beings"; "superhuman strength"; "soldiers driven mad by superhuman misery" [ant: subhuman]

n 1: a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth [syn: vitamin B1, thiamine, thiamin, aneurin, antiberiberi factor]

n 1: an irritating or obnoxious person [syn: vermin, varmint] 2: any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats; "cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin"; "he examined the child's head for vermin"; "boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin"

n 1: any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism

n 1: a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston brahman" [syn: brahman, brahmin] 2: a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally all brahmans were priests" [syn: brahman, brahmin] 3: the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category [syn: brahman, brahmin] 4: any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding [syn: Brahman, Brahma, Brahmin, Bos indicus]

n 1: elected vice president in Roosevelt's 4th term; became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan (1884-1972) [syn: Truman, Harry Truman, Harry S Truman, President Truman]

n 1: a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion)

n 1: United States film actor (born in 1925) [syn: Newman, Paul Newman, Paul Leonard Newman] 2: English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890) [syn: Newman, John Henry Newman, Cardinal Newman]

n 1: a poisonous crystalline alkaloid (isometric with atropine but more potent); used to treat excess motility of the gastrointestinal tract

n 1: a member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas [syn: Turkoman, Turkmen, Turcoman] 2: the Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman [syn: Turkmen, Turkoman, Turcoman]