Words that rhyme with chekhov

  • cough
    n 1: a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis [syn: cough, coughing] v 1: exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; "The smoker coughs all day"
  • hereof
    adv 1: of or concerning this; "the twigs hereof are physic"
  • off
    adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach" [syn: away, off, forth] 2: at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century" [syn: off, away] 3: no longer on or in contact or attached; "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache" adj 1: not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off" [ant: on] 2: below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off" 3: (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is definitely off" [syn: off, cancelled] [ant: on] 4: in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" [syn: off, sour, turned] 5: not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday" v 1: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove]
  • takeoff
    n 1: a departure; especially of airplanes 2: the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne 3: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way [syn: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on] 4: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: parody, mockery, takeoff]
  • thereof
    adv 1: of or concerning this or that; "a problem and the solution thereof" 2: from that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W.V.Quine; "a natural conclusion follows thence"; "public interest and a policy deriving therefrom"; "typhus fever results therefrom" [syn: thence, therefrom, thereof]
  • cracow
    n 1: an industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula [syn: Cracow, Krakow, Krakau]
  • asimov
    n 1: United States writer (born in Russia) noted for his science fiction (1920-1992) [syn: Asimov, Isaac Asimov]
  • baryshnikov
    n 1: Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United States (born in 1948) [syn: Baryshnikov, Mikhail Baryshnikov]
  • molotov
    n 1: Soviet statesman (1890-1986) [syn: Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov] 2: a city in the European part of Russia [syn: Perm, Molotov]
  • karpov
    n 1: Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951) [syn: Karpov, Anatoli Karpov, Anatoli Yevgenevich Karpov]
  • kasparov
    n 1: Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963) [syn: Kasparov, Gary Kasparov, Gary Weinstein]
  • nabokov
    n 1: United States writer (born in Russia) (1899-1977) [syn: Nabokov, Vladimir Nabokov, Vladimir vladimirovich Nabokov]
  • kalashnikov
    n 1: a type of submachine gun made in Russia
  • kickoff
    n 1: (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score 2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle] 3: a start given to contestants; "I was there with my parents at the kickoff" [syn: kickoff, send-off, start-off]
  • romanov
    n 1: a member of the imperial family that ruled Russia [syn: Romanov, Romanoff] 2: the Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917 [syn: Romanov, Romanoff]
  • lermontov
    n 1: Russian writer (1814-1841) [syn: Lermontov, Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov]
  • kirchhoff
    n 1: German physicist who with Bunsen pioneered spectrum analysis and formulated two laws governing electric networks (1824-1887) [syn: Kirchhoff, G. R. Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert Kirchhoff]
  • pavlov
    n 1: Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936) [syn: Pavlov, Ivan Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich Pavlov]
  • sakharov
    n 1: Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989) [syn: Sakharov, Andrei Sakharov, Andrei Dimitrievich Sakharov]
  • ustinov
    n 1: British actor and playwright (1921-2004) [syn: Ustinov, Sir Peter Ustinov, Peter Alexander Ustinov]
  • kharkov
    n 1: a city in northeastern Ukraine; former capital of the Ukraine [syn: Kharkov, Kharkiv]
  • zhukov
    n 1: Soviet general who during World Warr II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974) [syn: Zhukov, Georgi Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov]
  • of
  • pickoff
  • whereof
  • labov
  • boff
  • checkoff
  • improv
  • azov
  • wikoff
  • wyckoff
  • wycoff
  • wykoff
  • kirov
  • sholokhov
  • tchekhov
  • schwarzkopf
  • cerenkov
  • cherenkov

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