Words that rhyme with chimer

n 1: someone new to a field or activity [syn: novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate] 2: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" [syn: founder, beginner, founding father, father]

n 1: one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents

n 1: a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants 2: someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior [syn: social climber, climber] 3: someone who ascends on foot; "a solitary mounter of the staircase" [syn: mounter, climber] 4: someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains; "the lead climber looked strong still but his partner often slumped in his ropes" 5: an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing [syn: crampon, crampoon, climbing iron, climber]

n 1: a rheostat that varies the current through an electric light in order to control the level of illumination

n 1: the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday; "dinner will be at 8"; "on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church" 2: a party of people assembled to have dinner together; "guests should never be late to a dinner party" [syn: dinner, dinner party]

n 1: a flash of light (especially reflected light) [syn: gleam, gleaming, glimmer] 2: a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" [syn: inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer] v 1: shine brightly, like a star or a light [syn: gleam, glimmer]

adj 1: located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr. [syn: inner, interior, internal] 2: located or occurring within or closer to a center; "an inner room" [ant: outer(a)] 3: innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter" [syn: inner, internal, intimate] 4: confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information" [syn: inside, inner, privileged] 5: exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence; "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government" 6: inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear"

adj 1: (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination" [syn: limber, supple] 2: (used of artifacts) easily bent 3: (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely [syn: limber, supple] n 1: a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson v 1: attach the limber; "limber a cannon" [syn: limber, limber up] 2: cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"

n 1: a painter or drawer of portraits [syn: portraitist, portrait painter, portrayer, limner]

n 1: an introductory textbook 2: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant [syn: fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming] 3: the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface [syn: flat coat, ground, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat]

n 1: a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) [syn: toller, bell ringer, ringer] 2: a person who is almost identical to another [syn: ringer, dead ringer, clone] 3: a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses 4: (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg

n 1: a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water" [syn: shimmer, play] v 1: shine with a weak or fitful light; "Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight" 2: give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk

n 1: temperature just below the boiling point; "the stew remained at a simmer for hours" v 1: boil slowly at low temperature; "simmer the sauce"; "simmering water"

n 1: a person who sings [syn: singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser] 2: United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875) [syn: Singer, Isaac M. Singer, Isaac Merrit Singer] 3: United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991) [syn: Singer, Isaac Bashevis Singer]

n 1: a person who sins (without repenting) [syn: sinner, evildoer]

n 1: a rapid superficial reader 2: a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids 3: a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown [syn: boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hat] 4: gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food

n 1: United States actor (1858-1942) [syn: Skinner, Otis Skinner] 2: United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979) [syn: Skinner, Cornelia Otis Skinner] 3: United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990) [syn: Skinner, Fred Skinner, B. F. Skinner, Burrhus Frederic Skinner] 4: a person who prepares or deals in animal skins 5: a worker who drives mules [syn: muleteer, mule skinner, mule driver, skinner]

n 1: someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) [syn: spinner, spinster, thread maker] 2: board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game 3: fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water

n 1: a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy 2: a remark capable of wounding mentally; "the unkindest cut of all" [syn: stinger, cut] 3: a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder 4: a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland 5: a sharp stinging blow

n 1: a member of a squad on a team; "a first stringer"; "a second stringer" 2: a worker who strings; "a stringer of beads" 3: brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull 4: a long horizontal timber to connect uprights

n 1: a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; "he was an Olympic swimmer" 2: a person who travels through the water by swimming; "he is not a good swimmer" [syn: swimmer, natator, bather]

n 1: a diluting agent [syn: dilutant, diluent, thinner]

n 1: a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end 2: (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed [syn: timekeeper, timer] 3: a regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times

n 1: a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs; "untouched by the pruner's axe" [syn: pruner, trimmer] 2: a machine that trims timber 3: capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments [syn: trimmer, trimming capacitor] 4: joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc. [syn: trimmer, trimmer joist]

n 1: (sports) player in wing position

n 1: the contestant who wins the contest [syn: winner, victor] [ant: also-ran, loser] 2: a gambler who wins a bet [ant: loser] 3: a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success" [syn: achiever, winner, success, succeeder] [ant: failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person]

n 1: a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed

n 1: an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression [syn: mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist]

n 1: a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) [syn: rhymer, rhymester, versifier, poetizer, poetiser]

n 1: an inhabitant of Berlin

n 1: Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405) [syn: Tamerlane, Tamburlaine, Timur, Timur Lenk]

n 1: a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk [syn: walker, Zimmer, Zimmer frame]