Words that rhyme with destefanis

n 1: native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery [syn: anise, anise plant, Pimpinella anisum] 2: liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors [syn: anise, aniseed, anise seed]

n 1: anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added fillip" [syn: bonus, fillip] 2: an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output [syn: bonus, incentive]

n 1: a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing [syn: cornice, valance, valance board, pelmet] 2: a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall 3: the topmost projecting part of an entablature v 1: furnish with a cornice

n 1: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 2: the concluding part of any performance [syn: finale, close, closing curtain, finis]

n 1: the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) [syn: penis, phallus, member]

n 1: a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future 2: grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover" [syn: promise, hope] v 1: make a promise or commitment [syn: promise, assure] 2: promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort" 3: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise] 4: give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"

v 1: recall the past; "The grandparents sat there, reminiscing all afternoon"

n 1: a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court [syn: tennis, lawn tennis]

n 1: the provincial capital of Veneto; built on 118 islands within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice; has canals instead of streets; one of Italy's major ports and a famous tourist attraction [syn: Venice, Venezia]

n 1: the capital and principal port of Tunisia [syn: Tunis, capital of Tunisia]

n 1: any handsome young man 2: annual or perennial herbs [syn: Adonis, genus Adonis] 3: (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone; "when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite"

n 1: a Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617) [syn: Pocahontas, Matoaka, Rebecca Rolfe]

n 1: mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone [syn: lychnis, catchfly]

n 1: huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar [syn: elephant bird, aepyornis]