Words that rhyme with clinger

n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]

n 1: a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise; "she was the organizer of the meeting" [syn: organizer, organiser, arranger] 2: a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance [syn: arranger, adapter, transcriber]

n 1: someone who takes vengeance [syn: avenger, retaliator]

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: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" [syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender]

n 1: a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu" [syn: changer, modifier] 2: an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention [syn: record changer, auto-changer, changer]

v 1: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth] 2: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure] 3: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" [syn: conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate]

n 1: the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease" [ant: safety] 2: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" [syn: risk, peril, danger] 3: a cause of pain or injury or loss; "he feared the dangers of traveling by air" 4: a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger"

n 1: a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel

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"

v 1: remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on" 2: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around] 3: leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: tarry, linger] 4: take one's time; proceed slowly [syn: linger, dawdle] [ant: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it] 5: move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner" [syn: hover, linger]

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: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found [syn: stranger, alien, unknown] [ant: acquaintance, friend] 2: an individual that one is not acquainted with [ant: acquaintance, friend]

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: someone who swings sports implements 2: a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex [syn: swinger, tramp]

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

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: a striking or amusing or caustic remark; "he always greeted me with a new zinger"; "she tried to think of some killer of an argument, a real zinger that would disarm all opposition"

n 1: someone who wastes time [syn: dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger] 2: an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it [syn: recliner, reclining chair, lounger] 3: an article of clothing designed for comfort and leisure wear

n 1: a woman's cap with two long flaps pinned on

n 1: an inhabitant of Berlin

n 1: a pulse generator used for echo sounding in sonar

n 1: someone addicted to crack cocaine [syn: crack addict, binger]

n 1: a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built [syn: Ingrian, Inger, Ingerman]

n 1: the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs [syn: springer, impost] 2: a cow about to give birth [syn: springer, springing cow] 3: a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white [syn: springer spaniel, springer]

n 1: a person who uses a sling to throw something

n 1: any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals

n 1: a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu 2: a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations