Words that rhyme with cleveland

• ampersand 0
  n 1: a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)
• backhand 0
  adj 1: (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke [syn: backhand(a), backhanded] [ant: forehand(a), forehanded] 2: (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward [syn: backhand, left-slanting] n 1: a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke [syn: backhand, backhand stroke, backhand shot] v 1: hit a tennis ball backhand
• band 0
  n 1: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: set, circle, band, lot] 2: instrumentalists not including string players 3: a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps" [syn: band, banding, stria, striation] 4: an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material [syn: band, banding, stripe] 5: a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing [syn: dance band, band, dance orchestra] 6: a range of frequencies between two limits 7: a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) 8: a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure [syn: isthmus, band] 9: jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band" [syn: ring, band] 10: a driving belt in machinery 11: a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration 12: a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) [syn: band, ring] 13: a restraint put around something to hold it together v 1: bind or tie together, as with a band 2: attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns" [syn: ring, band]
• bandstand 0
  n 1: a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air [syn: bandstand, outdoor stage, stand]
• beforehand 0
  adv 1: ahead of time; in anticipation; "when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount"; "We like to plan ahead"; "should have made reservations beforehand" [syn: ahead, in advance, beforehand] adj 1: being ahead of time or need; "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report" [syn: advance(a), beforehand(p)]
• bland 0
  adj 1: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid] 2: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: bland, flat] 3: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" [syn: politic, smooth, suave, bland]
• borderland 0
  n 1: district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area; "the Welsh marches between England and Wales" [syn: borderland, border district, march, marchland]
• brand 0
  n 1: a name given to a product or service [syn: trade name, brand name, brand, marque] 2: a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: brand, make] 3: identification mark on skin, made by burning 4: a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning [syn: brand, firebrand] 5: a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis [syn: mark, stigma, brand, stain] 6: a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard [syn: sword, blade, brand, steel] v 1: burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals 2: to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark] 3: mark with a brand or trademark; "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price" [syn: brand, trademark, brandmark] 4: mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman" [syn: post, brand]
• broadband 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video) 2: responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies; "a broadband antenna" [syn: broadband, wideband]
• coastland 0
  n 1: land in a coastal area
• command 0
  n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something [syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation] 2: a military unit or region under the control of a single officer 3: the power or authority to command; "an admiral in command" 4: availability for use; "the materials at the command of the potters grew" 5: a position of highest authority; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command" 6: great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French" [syn: command, control, mastery] 7: (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program [syn: instruction, command, statement, program line] v 1: be in command of; "The general commanded a huge army" 2: make someone do something [syn: command, require] 3: demand as one's due; "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers" 4: look down on; "The villa dominates the town" [syn: dominate, command, overlook, overtop] 5: exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" [syn: control, command]
• contraband 0
  adj 1: distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes" [syn: bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled] n 1: goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
• countermand 0
  n 1: a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command v 1: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate]
• cowhand 0
  n 1: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback [syn: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd]
• deckhand 0
  n 1: a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor [syn: deckhand, roustabout]
• demand 0
  n 1: an urgent or peremptory request; "his demands for attention were unceasing" 2: the ability and desire to purchase goods and services; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply" [ant: supply] 3: required activity; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time" [syn: requirement, demand] 4: the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money" 5: a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs" [syn: need, demand] v 1: request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" 2: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand] [ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of] 3: claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan" [syn: demand, exact] 4: lay legal claim to 5: summon to court 6: ask to be informed of; "I demand an explanation"
• disband 0
  v 1: cause to break up or cease to function; "the principal disbanded the political student organization" 2: stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" [syn: disband, dissolve]
• dreamland 0
  n 1: a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination [syn: never-never land, dreamland, dreamworld]
• mainland 0
  n 1: the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
• marshland 0
  n 1: low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" [syn: marsh, marshland, fen, fenland]
• ferdinand 0
  n 1: the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516) [syn: Ferdinand, King Ferdinand, Ferdinand of Aragon, Ferdinand V, Ferdinand the Catholic]
• rand 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents 2: United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982) [syn: Rand, Ayn Rand] 3: a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese [syn: Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef]
• fenland 0
  n 1: low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" [syn: marsh, marshland, fen, fenland]
• lapland 0
  n 1: a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps [syn: Lappland, Lapland]
• dixieland 0
  n 1: the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 [syn: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland]
• and 0
• righthand 0
• oland 0
• bookstand 0
• elfland 0
• confirmand 0
• eveland 0
• cleaveland 0
• crosland 0
• langland 0
• downland 0

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