Words that rhyme with dahn

adj 1: belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish" [syn: own(a), ain]

n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN]

adv 1: at another time; "ever and anon" 2: (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while; "see you anon"

n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition, ban, proscription] 2: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova 3: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania 4: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding] 5: a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: Bachelor of Arts in Nursing, BAN] v 1: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) [syn: ban, censor] 2: prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building" 3: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn: banish, ban] 4: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]

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: broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting 2: food prepared from the husks of cereal grains

n 1: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. [syn: can, tin, tin can] 2: the quantity contained in a can [syn: can, canful] 3: a buoy with a round bottom and conical top [syn: can, can buoy] 4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] 5: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne] 6: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom] v 1: preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty" [syn: can, tin, put up] 2: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: employ, engage, hire]

n 1: a sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck

n 1: a sheer fabric of silk or rayon

n 1: 100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea 2: 100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea

n 1: group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]

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]

adj 1: of a bluish shade of green [syn: bluish green, blue- green, cyan, teal] n 1: a primary subtractive color for light; has a blue-green color

n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events 2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work

n 1: a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall) 2: a Muslim council of state [syn: divan, diwan] 3: a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author) [syn: divan, diwan] 4: a Muslim council chamber or law court [syn: divan, diwan]

n 1: a Spanish gentleman or nobleman 2: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) [syn: preceptor, don] 3: the head of an organized crime family [syn: don, father] 4: Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu 5: a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov [syn: Don, Don River] 6: a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto" v 1: put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: wear, put on, get into, don, assume]

n 1: the basic unit of money in Vietnam v 1: go `ding dong', like a bell [syn: ding, dong, dingdong]

adj 1: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens [syn: careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn] 2: having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut; "the drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug"

n 1: a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces 2: an enthusiastic devotee of sports [syn: sports fan, fan, rooter] 3: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover] v 1: strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher) 2: make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred" 3: agitate the air 4: separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field" [syn: winnow, fan]

n 1: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun" [syn: dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn] 2: a young deer v 1: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel] 2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up] 3: have fawns; "deer fawn"

n 1: open pastry filled with fruit or custard

adj 1: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone]

adj 1: destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese" [syn: done for(p), kaput(p), gone(a)] 2: dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn: asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone] 3: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone] 4: no longer retained; "gone with the wind"

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]

n 1: a field of cultivated and mowed grass

n 1: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" [syn: man, adult male] [ant: adult female, woman] 2: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty" [syn: serviceman, military man, man, military personnel] [ant: civilian] 3: the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself" 4: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage [syn: homo, man, human being, human] 5: a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana" 6: an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you" 7: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, man] 8: a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man" [ant: woman] 9: one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea [syn: Man, Isle of Man] 10: game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" [syn: man, piece] 11: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women" [syn: world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man] v 1: take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning" 2: provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths"

n 1: extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth [syn: mastodon, mastodont]

n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard] 2: a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires

adv 1: negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all" [syn: not, non]

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: cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel [syn: pan, cooking pan] 2: (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus [syn: Pan, goat god] 3: shallow container made of metal 4: chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids [syn: Pan, genus Pan] v 1: make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the room" 2: wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals [syn: pan, pan out, pan off] 3: express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance" [syn: pan, tear apart, trash]

n 1: an article deposited as security 2: a person used by another to gain an end [syn: instrument, pawn, cat's-paw] 3: (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank 4: borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan v 1: leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" [syn: pawn, soak, hock]

n 1: wood of a pecan tree 2: tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts [syn: pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya illinoinsis] 3: smooth brown oval nut of south central United States

n 1: a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue" [syn: plan, program, programme] 2: an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" [syn: design, plan] 3: scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file" [syn: plan, architectural plan] v 1: have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion" [syn: plan, be after] 2: make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family" 3: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" [syn: plan, project, contrive, design] 4: make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum" [syn: design, plan]

n 1: any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: prawn, shrimp] 2: shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible v 1: fish for prawns

n 1: a radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health [syn: radon, Rn, atomic number 86]

n 1: climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes [syn: rattan, rattan palm, Calamus rotang] 2: the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes [syn: rattan, rattan cane] 3: a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms [syn: rattan, ratan]

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 act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars" 2: an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan" [syn: scan, CAT scan] v 1: examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray" 2: examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" [syn: scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down] 3: make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky" 4: conform to a metrical pattern 5: move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image 6: read metrically; "scan verses" 7: obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" [syn: read, scan]

n 1: a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors [syn: sedan, saloon] 2: a closed litter for one passenger [syn: sedan, sedan chair]

n 1: the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour" 2: the distance or interval between two points 3: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad] 4: a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches) 5: a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. [syn: bridge, span] 6: the act of sitting or standing astride [syn: straddle, span] v 1: to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries" [syn: cross, traverse, span, sweep]

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 a light yellowish-brown color n 1: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn] 2: a light brown the color of topaz [syn: tan, topaz] 3: ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle [syn: tangent, tan] v 1: treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather 2: get a tan, from wind or sun [syn: tan, bronze]

adv 1: on that; "text and commentary thereon" [syn: thereon, on it, on that]

n 1: any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) [syn: avant-garde, vanguard, van, new wave] 2: the leading units moving at the head of an army [syn: vanguard, van] 3: (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight 4: a camper equipped with living quarters [syn: van, caravan] 5: a truck with an enclosed cargo space

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

adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive, withdrawn] 2: tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man" [syn: indrawn, withdrawn]

adj 1: not subject to defeat; "with that move it's a won game" [ant: lost] n 1: the basic unit of money in South Korea [syn: South Korean won, won] 2: the basic unit of money in North Korea [syn: North Korean won, won]

n 1: an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy" [syn: yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy] v 1: utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance" 2: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape, yawn, yaw]

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: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building [syn: Japan, Nippon, Nihon]

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 eastern Washington near the Idaho border

n 1: the capital and largest city of Wyoming; located in the southeastern corner of the state [syn: Cheyenne, capital of Wyoming] 2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne 3: a member of a North American Indian people living on the western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana)

n 1: the second day of the week; the first working day [syn: Monday, Mon] 2: a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent parts of Thailand 3: the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon

n 1: the capital and largest city of Jordan [syn: Amman, capital of Jordan]

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: German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968) [syn: Hahn, Otto Hahn]

n 1: imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization [syn: Han, Han dynasty]

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: United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972) [syn: Shawn, Ted Shawn]

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

n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon, Amun]

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: a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India [syn: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan]

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: an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and wounding more than 300 people

n 1: sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures; "exons are interspersed with introns" [syn: exon, coding DNA] [ant: intron, noncoding DNA]

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

n 1: United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931) [syn: Gibran, Kahlil Gibran]

n 1: a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria; "artillery on the Golan Heights can dominate a large area of Israel" [syn: Golan Heights, Golan]

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]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language; "Javanese temples"; "Javanese dialects" [syn: Javanese, Javan] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Java [syn: Javanese, Javan]

n 1: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book]

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 port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city

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 populous province of south central China [syn: Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan province]

n 1: a university in Paris; intellectual center of France [syn: Paris University, University of Paris, Sorbonne]

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: the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran [syn: Teheran, Tehran, capital of Iran, Iranian capital]

n 1: city recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast

n 1: a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 [syn: Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kazakh, Kazak]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Moldova or its people or culture

n 1: the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran [syn: Teheran, Tehran, capital of Iran, Iranian capital]

n 1: a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet [syn: Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Republic, Azerbajdzhan, Azerbajdzhan Republic]

n 1: a port and resort city on the French Riviera; site of an annual film festival

n 1: the mother of your father or mother [syn: grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna]

n 1: the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice [syn: January, Jan]

n 1: a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people [syn: Ku Klux Klan, Klan, KKK]

n 1: a local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices [syn: local area network, LAN]

n 1: United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859) [syn: Mann, Horace Mann] 2: German writer concerned about the role of the artist in bourgeois society (1875-1955) [syn: Mann, Thomas Mann]

n 1: your grandmother 2: the mother of your father or mother [syn: grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna] 3: a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya [syn: Nan, Nan River] 4: leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop [syn: nan, naan]

n 1: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book]