Words that rhyme with dougan

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

n 1: a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere [syn: argon, Ar, atomic number 18]

n 1: a cotton knit fabric used for underwear

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 popular trend that attracts growing support; "when they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon" 2: a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band; "the gaudy bandwagon led the circus parade"

n 1: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals" [syn: bargain, deal] 2: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn: bargain, buy, steal] v 1: negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar" [syn: dicker, bargain] 2: come to terms; arrive at an agreement

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: a thick and heavy shoe [syn: brogan, brogue, clodhopper, work shoe]

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: knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper 2: slightly bowlegged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a long tail [syn: Cardigan, Cardigan Welsh corgi]

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

n 1: a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles

n 1: a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings [syn: dragon, firedrake] 2: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman [syn: dragon, tartar] 3: a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus [syn: Draco, Dragon] 4: any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body [syn: dragon, flying dragon, flying lizard]

n 1: aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia [syn: tarragon, estragon, Artemisia dracunculus] 2: fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning [syn: tarragon, estragon]

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 large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)

n 1: open pastry filled with fruit or custard

n 1: (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone

n 1: a seven-sided polygon

n 1: a six-sided polygon

n 1: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo]

n 1: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular] 2: a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon [syn: jargoon, jargon] 3: specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject

n 1: goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered [syn: lagan, lagend, ligan]

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: Irish version of burgoo [syn: mulligan stew, mulligan, Irish burgoo]

n 1: a nine-sided polygon

n 1: an eight-sided polygon

n 1: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function 2: a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function; "The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department" 3: (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ [syn: electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ, organ] 4: a periodical that is published by a special interest group; "the organ of the communist party" 5: wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard [syn: organ, pipe organ] 6: a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows [syn: harmonium, organ, reed organ]

adj 1: not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam [syn: heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic] n 1: a person who does not acknowledge your god [syn: heathen, pagan, gentile, infidel] 2: a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew) 3: someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures [syn: hedonist, pagan, pleasure seeker]

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 ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept [syn: paragon, idol, perfection, beau ideal] 2: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch]

n 1: a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense 2: the United States military establishment 3: a five-sided polygon

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: a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides [syn: polygon, polygonal shape]

n 1: large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage

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: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others [syn: mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan] 2: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) [syn: trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan]

n 1: a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68

n 1: a favorite saying of a sect or political group [syn: motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth]

n 1: a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon

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: an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese [syn: suffragan, suffragan bishop]

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]

n 1: aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia [syn: tarragon, estragon, Artemisia dracunculus] 2: fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning [syn: tarragon, estragon]

n 1: a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front v 1: move along on a luge or toboggan [syn: toboggan, luge]

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

n 1: a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products at all

n 1: any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor [syn: wagon, waggon] 2: van used by police to transport prisoners [syn: police van, police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, wagon, black Maria] 3: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major [syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon] 4: a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting [syn: wagon, coaster wagon] 5: a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat [syn: beach wagon, station wagon, wagon, estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon]

n 1: a long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge

n 1: a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high) [syn: Logan, Mount Logan]

n 1: 40th President of the United States (1911-2004) [syn: Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Wilson Reagan, President Reagan]

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: 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: 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: 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: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: Tai Long, Shan]

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: United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997) [syn: Hogan, Ben Hogan, William Benjamin Hogan] 2: a Navajo lodge covered with earth; traditionally built with the entrance facing east

n 1: French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982) [syn: Aragon, Louis Aragon] 2: a region of northeastern Spain; a former kingdom that united with Castile in 1479 to form Spain (after the marriage of Ferdinand V and Isabella I)

n 1: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn: Oregon, Beaver State, OR]

n 1: a four-sided polygon [syn: quadrilateral, quadrangle, tetragon]

n 1: an eleven-sided polygon

n 1: offspring of a male tiger and a female lion [syn: tiglon, tigon]

n 1: United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881) [syn: Morgan, Lewis Henry Morgan] 2: United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945) [syn: Morgan, Thomas Hunt Morgan] 3: a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688) [syn: Morgan, Henry Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan] 4: soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802) [syn: Morgan, Daniel Morgan] 5: United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913) [syn: Morgan, J. P. Morgan, John Pierpont Morgan] 6: an American breed of small compact saddle horses

n 1: a South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres

n 1: the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons

n 1: the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand; "Copenhagen is sometimes called the Paris of the North" [syn: Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Danish capital]

n 1: a three-sided polygon [syn: triangle, trigon, trilateral] 2: (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees [syn: triplicity, trigon] 3: a triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome

n 1: British playwright (1911-1977) [syn: Rattigan, Terence Rattigan, Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan]

n 1: a port city in southwestern Norway

n 1: a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region [syn: Michigan, Wolverine State, Great Lakes State, MI] 2: the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders [syn: Lake Michigan, Michigan] 3: a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card [syn: Michigan, Chicago, Newmarket, boodle, stops]

n 1: lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia [syn: Turk's-cap, martagon, Lilium martagon]

adj 1: of or relating to the island monarchy of Tonga or its people; "Tongan beaches" n 1: a Polynesian native or inhabitant of Tonga 2: the Polynesian language spoken by the Tongan people