Words that rhyme with cheney

n 1: a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen [syn: beanie, beany]

n 1: an atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons 2: a woman's very brief bathing suit [syn: bikini, two- piece]

adj 1: having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence; "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem" [syn: brainy, brilliant, smart as a whip]

adj 1: showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound" [syn: cagey, cagy, canny, clever]

adj 1: unpleasantly cool and humid; "a clammy handshake"; "clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests" [syn: clammy, dank]

n 1: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap] 2: a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)

n 1: some held in custody [syn: detainee, political detainee]

n 1: pasta in flat strips wider than linguine [syn: fettuccine, fettuccini]

n 1: (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals [syn: genie, jinni, jinnee, djinni, djinny, djinn]

adj 1: composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy residue" [syn: farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy]

n 1: pasta in long slender flat strips [syn: linguine, linguini]

n 1: a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth

adj 1: (of weather) wet by periods of rain; "showery weather"; "rainy days" [syn: showery, rainy]

n 1: a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel [syn: Seine, Seine River] 2: a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom v 1: fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine

adj 1: (used informally) very small; "a wee tot" [syn: bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy]

adj 1: thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise" [syn: spare, trim] 2: of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat" [syn: shipshape, trim, well-kept] 3: neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard" [syn: clean-cut, trig, trim] 4: severely simple in line or design; "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains" [syn: tailored, trim] n 1: a state of arrangement or appearance; "in good trim" [syn: trim, trimness] 2: a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt" [syn: trimming, trim, passementerie] 3: attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation 4: cutting down to the desired size or shape [syn: trim, trimming, clipping] v 1: remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber" [syn: pare, trim] 2: decorate, as with ornaments; "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window" 3: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" [syn: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down] 4: balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces; "trim an airplane" 5: be in equilibrium during a flight; "The airplane trimmed" 6: decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods [syn: trim, garnish, dress] 7: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back] 8: cut closely; "trim my beard" [syn: shave, trim] 9: adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used

adj 1: ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books" [syn: cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany] 2: like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany sense of humor" [syn: buffoonish, clownish, clownlike, zany] n 1: a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect 2: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool [syn: fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany]

n 1: marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small [syn: zucchini, courgette] 2: small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green [syn: zucchini, courgette]

adj 1: (used informally) very small; "a wee tot" [syn: bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy]

adj 1: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel" [syn: glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining] n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew [syn: kike, hymie, sheeny, yid]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Bahrain or its people or language; "Bahraini beaches" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Bahrain [syn: Bahraini, Bahreini]

n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of the Moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna 2: a genus of Carangidae [syn: Selene, genus Selene]

n 1: a person of mean disposition [syn: meanie, meany, unkind person]

n 1: Italian composer of operas (1801-1835) [syn: Bellini, Vincenzo Bellini]

n 1: Italian sculptor (1500-1571) [syn: Cellini, Benvenuto Cellini]

n 1: Italian filmmaker (1920-1993) [syn: Fellini, Federico Fellini]

n 1: United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926) [syn: Houdini, Harry Houdini, Erik Weisz]

n 1: Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC)

n 1: Italian operatic composer noted for the dramatic realism of his operas (1858-1924) [syn: Puccini, Giacomo Puccini]

n 1: Italian composer remembered for his operas (1792-1868) [syn: Rossini, Giloacchino Antonio Rossini]

n 1: Italian composer of church music and operas (1760-1842) [syn: Cherubini, Luigi Cherubini, Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Cherubini]

n 1: Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945) [syn: Mussolini, Benito Mussolini, Il Duce]

n 1: Italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840) [syn: Paganini, Niccolo Paganini]

n 1: Italian conductor of many orchestras worldwide (1867-1957) [syn: Toscanini, Arturo Toscanini]

n 1: United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933) [syn: Laney, Lucy Craft Laney]

n 1: United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864) [syn: Taney, Roger Taney, Roger Brooke Taney]

n 1: Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989) [syn: Khomeini, Ruholla Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini]

n 1: a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River [syn: Allegheny, Allegheny River]

n 1: a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll [syn: frank, frankfurter, hotdog, hot dog, dog, wiener, wienerwurst, weenie]

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] 2: a genus of Strigidae [syn: Athene, genus Athene]

n 1: Italian sculptor and architect of the baroque period in Italy; designed many churches and chapels and tombs and fountains (1598-1680) [syn: Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini]