Words that rhyme with clandestine

• adamantine 0
  adj 1: consisting of or having the hardness of adamant 2: having the hardness of a diamond 3: impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency" [syn: adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent]
• amethystine 0
  adj 1: containing or resembling amethyst
• argentine 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people; "Argentinian tango" [syn: Argentine, Argentinian] n 1: any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
• astatine 0
  n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium [syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85]
• biotin 0
  n 1: a B vitamin that aids in body growth [syn: biotin, vitamin H]
• bulletin 0
  n 1: a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast) v 1: make public by bulletin
• chitin 0
  n 1: a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi
• chromatin 0
  n 1: the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes [syn: chromatin, chromatin granule]
• cretin 0
  n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard]
• destined 0
  adj 1: headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York" [syn: bound, destined] 2: (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous" [syn: bound(p), destined]
• diamantine 0
  adj 1: consisting of diamonds or resembling diamonds
• eglantine 0
  n 1: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn: sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria]
• elephantine 0
  adj 1: of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" [syn: elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo]
• gluten 0
  n 1: a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough
• highfalutin 0
  adj 1: affectedly genteel [syn: grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da]
• intestine 0
  n 1: the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus [syn: intestine, bowel, gut]
• keratin 0
  n 1: a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves [syn: keratin, ceratin]
• martin 0
  n 1: French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397) [syn: Martin, St. Martin] 2: United States actor and comedian (born in 1945) [syn: Martin, Steve Martin] 3: United States actress (1913-1990) [syn: Martin, Mary Martin] 4: United States singer (1917-1995) [syn: Martin, Dean Martin, Dino Paul Crocetti] 5: any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas
• pectin 0
  n 1: any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams
• precipitin 0
  n 1: an antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen
• predestine 0
  v 1: decree or determine beforehand 2: foreordain by divine will or decree [syn: predestine, predestinate, foreordain] 3: foreordain or determine beforehand [syn: predestine, foreordain, preordain]
• satin 0
  n 1: a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back
• serpentine 0
  adj 1: resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky ridges in the sand" [syn: serpentine, snaky, snakelike]
• tontine 0
  n 1: a form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining members [syn: tontine, tontine insurance] 2: an annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits and on the death of any participant his benefits are redistributed among the remaining participants; can run for a fixed period of time or until the death of all but one participant
• turpentine 0
  n 1: obtained from conifers (especially pines) [syn: turpentine, gum terpentine] 2: volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally [syn: turpentine, oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine, turps]
• valentine 0
  n 1: a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day; "will you be my valentine?" 2: a card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day
• latin 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language; "Latin verb conjugations" 2: relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages; "Latin America" 3: relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages" [syn: Romance, Latin] 4: of or relating to the ancient region of Latium; "Latin towns" n 1: any dialect of the language of ancient Rome 2: an inhabitant of ancient Latium 3: a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin
• epstein 0
  n 1: British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959) [syn: Epstein, Jacob Epstein, Sir Jacob Epstein]
• augustine 0
  n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430) [syn: Augustine, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Augustine of Hippo]
• byzantine 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it; "Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine rites" 2: of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium 3: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" [syn: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
• clementine 0
  n 1: a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa [syn: clementine, clementine tree] 2: a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds
• constantine 0
  n 1: Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337) [syn: Constantine, Constantine I, Constantine the Great, Flavius Valerius Constantinus] 2: a walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers; was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by Constantine I
• florentine 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the city of Florence; "Florentine art" n 1: a native or resident of Florence, Italy
• frankenstein 0
  n 1: an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator 2: the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation) [syn: Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster] 3: the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses
• hammerstein 0
  n 1: United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers) (1895-1960) [syn: Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein II]
• lichtenstein 0
  n 1: United States painter who was a leading exponent of pop art (1923-1997) [syn: Lichtenstein, Roy Lichtenstein]
• philistine 0
  adj 1: of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people 2: smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values [syn: anti-intellectual, philistine] n 1: a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits [syn: philistine, anti-intellectual, lowbrow] 2: a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
• rubinstein 0
  n 1: United States pianist (born in Poland) known for his interpretations of the music of Chopin (1886-1982) [syn: Rubinstein, Arthur Rubinstein, Artur Rubinstein] 2: Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894) [syn: Rubinstein, Anton Rubenstein, Anton Gregor Rubinstein, Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein]
• actin 0
  n 1: one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form
• prolactin 0
  n 1: gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition [syn: prolactin, lactogenic hormone, luteotropin]
• progestin 0
  n 1: any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone [syn: progestin, progestogen]
• eisenstein 0
  n 1: Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures (1898-1948) [syn: Eisenstein, Sergei Eisenstein, Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein]
• levantine 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants; "the Levantine coast" n 1: (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant
• palestine 0
  n 1: a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948 2: an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism [syn: Palestine, Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land]
• wittgenstein 0
  n 1: British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on logic and logical positivism (1889-1951) [syn: Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johan Wittgenstein]
• einstein 0
  n 1: physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955) [syn: Einstein, Albert Einstein] 2: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein" [syn: genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein]
• bernstein 0
  n 1: United States conductor and composer (1918-1990) [syn: Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein]
• gelatin 0
  n 1: a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin [syn: gelatin, gelatine] 2: an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods [syn: gelatin, jelly] 3: a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects [syn: gelatin, gel]
• rasputin 0
  n 1: Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916) [syn: Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich Rasputin]
• chryselephantine 0
• freemartin 0
• haematin 0
• legatine 0
• pecten 0
• goldstein 0
• finkelstein 0
• heseltine 0
• celestine 0
• mostyn 0
• rutin 0
• destin 0
• westin 0
• protopectin 0
• ballantine 0
• infantine 0
• lacertine 0
• vespertine 0
• curtin 0
• quentin 0
• tridentine 0
• asbestine 0
• transpontine 0
• quintin 0

See also clandestine definition and clandestine synonyms