Words that rhyme with eldon

n 1: the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" [syn: abandon, wantonness, unconstraint] 2: a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger" [syn: wildness, abandon] v 1: forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" 2: give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex- husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead" [syn: abandon, give up] 3: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight" [syn: vacate, empty, abandon] 4: stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" [syn: abandon, give up] 5: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children" [syn: abandon, forsake, desolate, desert]

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 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

adj 1: confined to bed (by illness) [syn: bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed]

adj 1: under a moral obligation to someone

n 1: a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician [syn: helicon, bombardon] 2: a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family [syn: bombardon, bombard]

adj 1: morally obligatory; "my bounden duty"

n 1: a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone [syn: drone, drone pipe, bourdon]

v 1: make broader; "broaden the road" 2: extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" [syn: widen, broaden, extend] 3: vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified" [syn: diversify, branch out, broaden] [ant: narrow, narrow down, specialise, specialize] 4: become broader; "The road broadened"

n 1: an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" [syn: burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus] 2: weight to be borne or conveyed [syn: load, loading, burden] 3: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [syn: effect, essence, burden, core, gist] 4: the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse v 1: weight down with a load [syn: burden, burthen, weight, weight down] [ant: disburden, unburden] 2: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [syn: charge, saddle, burden]

adj 1: consisting of or made of cedar; "carved cedarn doors"

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: an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters

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 series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing 2: cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank 3: adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord

v 1: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message" [syn: dampen, deaden, damp] 2: cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant" [syn: girdle, deaden] 3: make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine" 4: lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway" 5: become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor 6: make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" [syn: deaden, blunt] [ant: animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up] 7: convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

v 1: take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey" [syn: unburden, disburden] [ant: burden, burthen, weight, weight down]

adj 1: abused or oppressed by people in power

v 1: give encouragement to [syn: cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden] [ant: dishearten, put off]

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"

adj 1: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" [syn: forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten]

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]

n 1: a plot of ground where plants are cultivated 2: the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden 3: a yard or lawn adjoining a house v 1: work in the garden; "My hobby is gardening"

v 1: make glad or happy [syn: gladden, joy] [ant: sadden] 2: become glad or happy [ant: sadden]

adj 1: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden] 2: marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade" [syn: golden, halcyon, prosperous] 3: made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons" [syn: gold, golden, gilded] 4: supremely favored; "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust" [syn: fortunate, golden] 5: suggestive of gold; "a golden voice" 6: presaging or likely to bring good luck; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision" [syn: golden, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous]

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 reward or payment

n 1: the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents [syn: guilder, gulden, florin] 2: formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents [syn: guilder, gulden, florin, Dutch florin]

n 1: in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church" [syn: handmaid, handmaiden, servant] 2: a personal maid or female attendant [syn: handmaid, handmaiden]

v 1: become hard or harder; "The wax hardened" [syn: harden, indurate] [ant: soften] 2: make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter" [syn: harden, indurate] [ant: soften] 3: harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel" [syn: temper, harden] 4: make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller" [syn: season, harden] 5: cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold" [syn: inure, harden, indurate]

n 1: a scolding (even vicious) old woman

adj 1: not accessible to view; "concealed (or hidden) damage"; "in stormy weather the stars are out of sight" [syn: concealed, hidden, out of sight] 2: designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk" [syn: hidden, secret] 3: difficult to find; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat" [syn: hidden, obscure]

n 1: a girl who behaves in a boyish manner [syn: tomboy, romp, hoyden]

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]

adj 1: filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with dishes"; "table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not current usage" [syn: laden, loaded, ladened] 2: burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure" [syn: laden, oppressed] v 1: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl" [syn: ladle, lade, laden] 2: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" [syn: load, lade, laden, load up]

n 1: a field of cultivated and mowed grass

adj 1: darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick" [syn: dull, leaden] 2: made heavy or weighted down with weariness; "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids" [syn: leaden, weighted] 3: made of lead; "a leaden weight" 4: (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps" [syn: leaden, plodding] 5: lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation" [syn: heavy, leaden]

n 1: soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork [syn: basswood, linden] 2: any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart- shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber [syn: linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree]

v 1: cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind [syn: madden, craze] 2: drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves 3: make mad; "His behavior is maddening"

adj 1: serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage" [syn: inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden] n 1: an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) [syn: maid, maiden] 2: (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored [syn: maiden over, maiden]

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: shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer [syn: menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannis]

n 1: (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement [syn: eitchen midden, midden, kitchen midden] 2: a heap of dung or refuse [syn: dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhill]

adj 1: belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric" [ant: nonmodern] 2: relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs"; [syn: mod, modern, modernistic] 3: characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture 4: ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?" [syn: advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern] 5: used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew" [syn: Modern, New] n 1: a contemporary person 2: a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes [syn: modern, modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni font] [ant: old style, old style font]

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]

adj 1: long past; "olden days"

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: the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits 2: an excessive burden [syn: overload, overburden] v 1: burden with too much work or responsibility 2: load with excessive weight

n 1: the act of excusing a mistake or offense [syn: forgiveness, pardon] 2: a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense [syn: pardon, amnesty] 3: the formal act of liberating someone [syn: amnesty, pardon, free pardon] v 1: accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands" [syn: excuse, pardon] 2: grant a pardon to; "Ford pardoned Nixon"; "The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President"

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: 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: 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]

v 1: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn: blush, crimson, flush, redden] 2: make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky" 3: turn red or redder; "The sky reddened"

v 1: make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me" [ant: gladden, joy] 2: come to feel sad [ant: gladden]

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]

adj 1: wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes" [syn: sodden, soppy]

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"

adj 1: happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure" [ant: gradual]

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"

n 1: a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment [syn: tendon, sinew]

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

v 1: free or relieve (someone) of a burden 2: take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey" [syn: unburden, disburden] [ant: burden, burthen, weight, weight down]

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

n 1: the chief official in charge of a prison

v 1: become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened" [ant: contract, narrow] 2: make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight" [syn: let out, widen] [ant: take in] 3: make wider; "widen the road" 4: extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" [syn: widen, broaden, extend]

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]

adj 1: made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood; "a wooden box"; "an ancient cart with wooden wheels" 2: lacking ease or grace; "the actor's performance was wooden"; "a wooden smile"

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: any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la] 2: a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man) [syn: Eden, Garden of Eden]

n 1: a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan [syn: Jordan, Jordan River] 2: an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea [syn: Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan]

n 1: the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center [syn: London, Greater London, British capital, capital of the United Kingdom] 2: United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916) [syn: London, Jack London, John Griffith Chaney]

n 1: prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809) [syn: Haydn, Joseph Haydn, Franz Joseph Haydn] 2: the music of Haydn

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: a Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula [syn: Sweden, Kingdom of Sweden, Sverige]

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]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Uganda or its people; "Ugandan game parks" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Uganda

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]