Words that rhyme with ctesiphon

n 1: a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response [syn: antiphon, antiphony]

n 1: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir [syn: baton, wand] 2: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn: truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club] 3: a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority 4: a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette 5: a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race

n 1: a sheer fabric of silk or rayon

n 1: a publisher's emblem printed in a book (usually on the title page)

adv 1: in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con" [ant: pro] n 1: an argument opposed to a proposal [ant: pro] 2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird] 3: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam] v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con] 2: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, con, learn]

n 1: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom] 2: youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) [syn: John, King John, John Lackland] 3: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation [syn: John, Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, John the Divine] 4: a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger, john, trick] 5: the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn: John, Gospel According to John]

n 1: a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries 2: an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans [syn: caravansary, caravanserai, khan, caravan inn]

adv 1: with a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along"; "march on" [syn: along, on] 2: indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?" 3: in a state required for something to function or be effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on" adj 1: in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position" [ant: off] 2: (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night" [ant: cancelled, off]

n 1: gallery where works of art can be displayed 2: a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work [syn: salon, beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty shop] 3: elegant sitting room where guests are received

n 1: the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn] 2: lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"

n 1: stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult v 1: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear] 2: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond] 3: sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"

adj 1: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn: pale, pallid, wan, sick] 2: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: pale, pallid, wan] 3: lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile" n 1: a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network [syn: wide area network, WAN] v 1: become pale and sickly

adv 1: at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham [syn: yonder, yon] adj 1: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn: yonder, yon]

n 1: the basic unit of money in China [syn: yuan, kwai] 2: the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 [syn: Yuan, Yuan dynasty, Mongol dynasty]

n 1: a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989

v 1: conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane

n 1: United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974) [syn: Kahn, Louis Isadore Kahn]

n 1: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria [syn: Ron, Bokkos, Daffo]

n 1: a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC [syn: Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan, Hsian]

n 1: the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten [syn: Aten, Aton]

n 1: the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945 [syn: Bataan, Corregidor]

n 1: an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India 2: a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948 [syn: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon]

n 1: a republic on the west coast of Africa [syn: Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Gabun]

n 1: a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil [syn: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia]

n 1: the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages [syn: Milan, Milano]

n 1: a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil [syn: Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat and Oman]

n 1: a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina [syn: Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon]

n 1: a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong [syn: Taiwan, China, Nationalist China, Republic of China] 2: an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea [syn: Taiwan, Formosa]

n 1: Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)

n 1: (Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera)

n 1: Greek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC)