Words that rhyme with crankpin

n 1: a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides

n 1: spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion

n 1: a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place

n 1: a long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair

n 1: the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins [syn: headpin, kingpin]

n 1: the most important person in a group or undertaking [syn: kingpin, top banana, bigwig] 2: bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle [syn: kingbolt, kingpin, swivel pin] 3: the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins [syn: headpin, kingpin]

n 1: a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles [syn: ninepin, skittle, skittle pin]

n 1: any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red

n 1: the act of despoiling a country in warfare [syn: rape, rapine]

n 1: a decorative pin that is worn in a necktie

n 1: one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling

n 1: any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water

n 1: a pin used to hold the tie in place [syn: tie tack, tiepin, scarfpin]

n 1: forward spin (usually of a moving ball) that is imparted by an upward stroke

v 1: support from beneath 2: support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" [syn: corroborate, underpin, bear out, support]

v 1: remove the pins from; unfasten the pins of [ant: pin]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs; "the Philippine President"; "our Filipino cook" [syn: Filipino, Philippine] n 1: official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages [syn: Philippine, Filipino]

n 1: king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne who defended papal interests and founded the Carolingian dynasty in 751 (714-768) [syn: Pepin, Pepin III, Pepin the Short]

n 1: an unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants

n 1: an antipsychotic drug (trade name Clozaril) used as a sedative and for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; know to have few side effects [syn: clozapine, Clozaril]

n 1: English highwayman (1706-1739) [syn: Turpin, Dick Turpin]

n 1: any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers [syn: lupine, lupin]

n 1: patron saint of shoemakers; he and his brother were martyred for trying to spread Christianity (3rd century) [syn: Crispin, Saint Crispin, St. Crispin]

n 1: a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans [syn: somatotropin, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotrophic hormone, STH, human growth hormone, growth hormone]

n 1: a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis [syn: propylene, propene]

n 1: a polymer of propylene used as a thermoplastic molding material [syn: polypropylene, polypropene]