Words that rhyme with en

• again 0
  adv 1: anew; "she tried again"; "they rehearsed the scene again" [syn: again, once again, once more, over again]
• amen 0
  n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon, Amun]
• ate 0
  n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• beat 0
  adj 1: very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip" [syn: all in(p), beat(p), bushed(p), dead(p)] n 1: a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name" [syn: beat, round] 2: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart" [syn: pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat] 3: the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat" [syn: rhythm, beat, musical rhythm] 4: a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations 5: a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior [syn: beatnik, beat] 6: the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum" 7: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse [syn: meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence] 8: a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat" 9: a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe" 10: the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing v 1: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" [syn: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish] 2: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" [syn: beat, beat up, work over] 3: hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" 4: move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" [syn: beat, pound, thump] 5: shape by beating; "beat swords into ploughshares" 6: make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" [syn: drum, beat, thrum] 7: glare or strike with great intensity; "The sun was beating down on us" 8: move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" [syn: beat, flap] 9: sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind" 10: stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" [syn: beat, scramble] 11: strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically" 12: be superior; "Reading beats watching television"; "This sure beats work!" 13: avoid paying; "beat the subway fare" [syn: beat, bunk] 14: make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn: tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat] 15: move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping" [syn: beat, flap] 16: indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm" 17: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement" [syn: pulsate, beat, quiver] 18: make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest" 19: produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly; "beat the drum" 20: strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting 21: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" [syn: outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent] 22: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound] 23: wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" [syn: exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out]
• beet 0
  n 1: biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop [syn: beet, common beet, Beta vulgaris] 2: round red root vegetable [syn: beet, beetroot]
• bet 0
  n 1: the money risked on a gamble [syn: stake, stakes, bet, wager] 2: the act of gambling; "he did it on a bet" [syn: bet, wager] v 1: maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!" [syn: bet, wager] 2: stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse" [syn: bet, wager, play] 3: have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" [syn: count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon]
• bleat 0
  n 1: the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) v 1: talk whiningly 2: cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" [syn: bleat, blate, blat, baa]
• cayenne 0
  n 1: plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red [syn: cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, long pepper, jalapeno, Capsicum annuum longum] 2: ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum [syn: cayenne, cayenne pepper, red pepper] 3: a long and often twisted hot red pepper [syn: cayenne, cayenne pepper]
• cheat 0
  n 1: weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous [syn: darnel, tare, bearded darnel, cheat, Lolium temulentum] 2: weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat [syn: chess, cheat, Bromus secalinus] 3: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true [syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker] 4: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" [syn: swindle, cheat, rig] 5: a deception for profit to yourself [syn: cheat, cheating] v 1: deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" [syn: cheat, rip off, chisel] 2: defeat someone through trickery or deceit [syn: cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey] 3: engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" [syn: cheat, chisel] 4: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?" [syn: cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander]
• cleat 0
  n 1: a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping 2: a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured 3: a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached v 1: provide with cleats; "cleat running shoes for better traction" 2: secure on a cleat; "cleat a line"
• comedienne 0
  n 1: a female actor in a comedy 2: a female comedian
• debt 0
  n 1: the state of owing something (especially money); "he is badly in debt" 2: money or goods or services owed by one person to another 3: an obligation to pay or do something
• den 0
  n 1: the habitation of wild animals [syn: lair, den] 2: a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws [syn: hideout, hideaway, den] 3: a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts 4: a room that is comfortable and secluded
• diskette 0
  n 1: a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer; "floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price" [syn: diskette, floppy, floppy disk]
• downpour 0
  n 1: a heavy rain [syn: downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker]
• duet 0
  n 1: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad] 2: two performers or singers who perform together [syn: duet, duette, duo] 3: a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome" [syn: couple, twosome, duo, duet] 4: a musical composition for two performers [syn: duet, duette, duo] 5: (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble) [syn: pas de deux, duet]
• eat 0
  v 1: take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" 2: eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" 3: take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" [syn: feed, eat] 4: worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?" [syn: eat, eat on] 5: use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" [syn: consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out] 6: cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" [syn: corrode, eat, rust]
• feat 0
  n 1: a notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort" [syn: feat, effort, exploit]
• fen 0
  n 1: 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China 2: low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" [syn: marsh, marshland, fen, fenland]
• fete 0
  n 1: an elaborate party (often outdoors) [syn: fete, feast, fiesta] 2: an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival" [syn: festival, fete] v 1: have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" [syn: celebrate, fete]
• flannelette 0
  n 1: a cotton fabric imitating flannel
• fleet 0
  adj 1: moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner" [syn: fleet, swift] n 1: group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership 2: group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership 3: a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership 4: a group of warships organized as a tactical unit v 1: move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" [syn: flit, flutter, fleet, dart] 2: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn: evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass]
• forepaw 0
  n 1: front paw; analogous to the human hand
• fret 0
  n 1: agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" [syn: fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither] 2: a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion [syn: worn spot, fret] 3: an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls" [syn: fret, Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern] 4: a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch v 1: worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" [syn: fuss, niggle, fret] 2: be agitated or irritated; "don't fret over these small details" 3: provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar" 4: become or make sore by or as if by rubbing [syn: chafe, gall, fret] 5: cause annoyance in 6: gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" [syn: eat into, fret, rankle, grate] 7: carve a pattern into 8: decorate with an interlaced design 9: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" [syn: choke, gag, fret] 10: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch] 11: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" [syn: erode, eat away, fret] 12: wear away or erode [syn: fret, eat away]
• get 0
  n 1: a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent v 1: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" [syn: get, acquire] 2: enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" [syn: become, go, get] 3: cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" [syn: get, let, have] 4: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: receive, get, find, obtain, incur] 5: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" [syn: arrive, get, come] [ant: go away, go forth, leave] 6: go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" [syn: bring, get, convey, fetch] [ant: bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take away] 7: go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn: experience, receive, have, get] 8: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him" [syn: pay back, pay off, get, fix] 9: achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" [syn: have, get, make] 10: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make] 11: succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?" [syn: get, catch, capture] 12: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow, develop, produce, get, acquire] 13: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" [syn: contract, take, get] 14: communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone; "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake" 15: give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" [syn: make, get] 16: move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" [syn: drive, get, aim] 17: grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him" [syn: catch, get] 18: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" [syn: catch, arrest, get] 19: reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach" [syn: get, catch] 20: reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?" 21: acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?" 22: purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?" 23: perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time" [syn: catch, get] 24: suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!" [syn: catch, get] 25: receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" [syn: get, receive] 26: leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!" [syn: scram, buzz off, fuck off, get, bugger off] 27: reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving" 28: irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" [syn: get, get under one's skin] 29: evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time" 30: apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs" [syn: catch, get] 31: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls" [syn: draw, get] 32: overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish" 33: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound] 34: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" [syn: get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end, terminate] 35: undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle" [syn: suffer, sustain, have, get] 36: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth]
• glen 0
  n 1: a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
• greet 0
  v 1: express greetings upon meeting someone [syn: greet, recognize, recognise] 2: send greetings to 3: react to in a certain way; "The President was greeted with catcalls" 4: be perceived by; "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"
• heat 0
  n 1: a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature [syn: heat, heat energy] 2: the presence of heat [syn: hotness, heat, high temperature] [ant: cold, coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature] 3: the sensation caused by heat energy [syn: heat, warmth] 4: the trait of being intensely emotional [syn: heat, warmth, passion] 5: applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity [syn: estrus, oestrus, heat, rut] [ant: anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus] 6: a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race 7: utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating" [syn: heating system, heating plant, heating, heat] v 1: make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove" [syn: heat, heat up] [ant: chill, cool, cool down] 2: provide with heat; "heat the house" 3: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" [syn: inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up] 4: gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly" [syn: heat, hot up, heat up] [ant: chill, cool, cool down]
• hen 0
  n 1: adult female chicken [syn: hen, biddy] 2: adult female bird 3: flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing 4: female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
• jet 0
  adj 1: of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal [syn: coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty] n 1: an airplane powered by one or more jet engines [syn: jet, jet plane, jet-propelled plane] 2: the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn: jet, squirt, spurt, spirt] 3: a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation 4: atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward [syn: jet, blue jet, reverse lightning] 5: street names for ketamine [syn: K, jet, super acid, special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C] 6: an artificially produced flow of water [syn: fountain, jet] v 1: issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building" [syn: jet, gush] 2: fly a jet plane
• jodhpur 0
  n 1: a short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side [syn: jodhpur, jodhpur boot, jodhpur shoe]
• ken 0
  n 1: range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken" [syn: cognizance, ken] 2: the range of vision; "out of sight of land" [syn: sight, ken]
• layette 0
  n 1: kit consisting of a complete outfit (clothing and accessories) for a new baby
• let 0
  n 1: a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India; "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus" [syn: Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, LET, Army of the Pure, Army of the Righteous] 2: a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again [syn: let, net ball] v 1: make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off" [syn: let, allow, permit] [ant: keep, prevent] 2: actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested" 3: consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" [syn: permit, allow, let, countenance] [ant: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto] 4: cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" [syn: get, let, have] 5: leave unchanged; "let it be" 6: grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" [syn: lease, let, rent]
• meat 0
  n 1: the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food 2: the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone; "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell" [syn: kernel, meat] 3: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty]
• meet 0
  adj 1: being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" [syn: fitting, meet] n 1: a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held [syn: meet, sports meeting] v 1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" [syn: meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see] 2: get together socially or for a specific purpose [syn: meet, get together] 3: be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point" [syn: converge, meet] [ant: diverge] 4: fill or meet a want or need [syn: meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil] 5: satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" [syn: meet, fit, conform to] 6: satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" [syn: meet, match, cope with] 7: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather] 8: get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore" 9: meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?" 10: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" [syn: meet, encounter, play, take on] 11: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" [syn: meet, encounter, receive] 12: undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" [syn: suffer, meet] 13: be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" [syn: touch, adjoin, meet, contact]
• megaspore 0
  n 1: larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte [syn: megaspore, macrospore]
• men 0
  n 1: the force of workers available [syn: work force, workforce, manpower, hands, men]
• mete 0
  n 1: a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete]
• microspore 0
  n 1: smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte
• minuet 0
  n 1: a stately court dance in the 17th century 2: a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
• neat 0
  adj 1: clean or organized; "her neat dress"; "a neat room" [syn: neat, orderly] 2: showing care in execution; "neat homework"; "neat handwriting" 3: free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset" [syn: neat, refined, tasteful] 4: free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife" [syn: clean, neat] 5: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing] 6: without water; "took his whiskey neat" [syn: neat, straight, full-strength]
• net 0
  adj 1: remaining after all deductions; "net profit" [syn: net, nett] [ant: gross] 2: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: final, last, net] n 1: a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange [syn: internet, net, cyberspace] 2: a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects 3: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) [syn: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings] 4: a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey) 5: game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton 6: an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals [syn: net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork] v 1: make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" [syn: net, sack, sack up, clear] 2: yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million" [syn: net, clear] 3: construct or form a web, as if by weaving [syn: web, net] 4: catch with a net; "net a fish" [syn: net, nett]
• nett 0
  adj 1: remaining after all deductions; "net profit" [syn: net, nett] [ant: gross] v 1: catch with a net; "net a fish" [syn: net, nett]
• novelette 0
  n 1: a short novel [syn: novelette, novella]
• oubliette 0
  n 1: a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling
• overeat 0
  v 1: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out]
• peat 0
  n 1: partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
• pen 0
  n 1: a writing implement with a point from which ink flows 2: an enclosure for confining livestock 3: a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play [syn: playpen, pen] 4: a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes [syn: penitentiary, pen] 5: female swan v 1: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" [syn: write, compose, pen, indite]
• pet 0
  adj 1: preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child" [syn: favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferent] n 1: a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement 2: a special loved one [syn: darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky] 3: a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight) 4: using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain) [syn: positron emission tomography, PET] v 1: stroke or caress gently; "pet the lamb" 2: stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking
• pirouette 0
  n 1: (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet) v 1: do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance
• pleat 0
  n 1: any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape [syn: pleat, plait] v 1: pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric" [syn: ruffle, pleat] 2: fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth" [syn: pleat, plicate]
• rapport 0
  n 1: a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people [syn: rapport, resonance]
• ret 0
  v 1: place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
• seat 0
  n 1: a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place" [syn: seat, place] 2: 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] 3: furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests" 4: any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off the seat before sitting down" 5: a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised) 6: the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based; "the brain is said to be the seat of reason" 7: the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body; "he was elected to a seat in the Senate" 8: a part of a machine that supports or guides another part 9: the cloth covering for the buttocks; "the seat of his pants was worn through" v 1: show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith" [syn: seat, sit, sit down] 2: be able to seat; "The theater seats 2,000" 3: place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy" [syn: induct, invest, seat] 4: put a seat on a chair 5: provide with seats; "seat a concert hall" 6: place or attach firmly in or on a base; "seat the camera on the tripod" 7: place in or on a seat; "the mother seated the toddler on the high chair"
• serviette 0
  n 1: a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing [syn: napkin, table napkin, serviette]
• set 0
  adj 1: (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time" [syn: fit(p), primed(p), set(p)] 2: fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain" [syn: fixed, set, rigid] 3: situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank" [syn: located, placed, set, situated] 4: set down according to a plan: "a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern" [syn: laid, set] 5: being below the horizon; "the moon is set" 6: determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching" [syn: determined, dictated, set] 7: converted to solid form (as concrete) [syn: hardened, set] n 1: a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" 2: (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite" 3: several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press" [syn: set, exercise set] 4: representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production; "the sets were meticulously authentic" [syn: stage set, set] 5: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: set, circle, band, lot] 6: a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" [syn: bent, set] 7: the act of putting something in position; "he gave a final set to his hat" 8: a unit of play in tennis or squash; "they played two sets of tennis after dinner" 9: the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue" [syn: hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing] 10: evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris [syn: Set, Seth] 11: the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon; "before the set of sun" 12: (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way; "the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution"; "his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set" [syn: set, readiness] 13: any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals; "the early sets ran on storage batteries" v 1: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" [syn: put, set, place, pose, position, lay] 2: fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" [syn: determine, set] 3: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit] 4: establish as the highest level or best performance; "set a record" [syn: set, mark] 5: put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state; "set the house afire" 6: fix in a border; "The goldsmith set the diamond" 7: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set] 8: set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments" 9: locate; "The film is set in Africa" [syn: set, localize, localise, place] 10: disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets early these days" [syn: set, go down, go under] [ant: ascend, come up, rise, uprise] 11: adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music" [syn: arrange, set] 12: put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" [syn: plant, set] 13: apply or start; "set fire to a building" 14: become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" [syn: jell, set, congeal] 15: set in type; "My book will be typeset nicely"; "set these words in italics" [syn: typeset, set] 16: put into a position that will restore a normal state; "set a broken bone" 17: insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) [syn: set, countersink] 18: give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor 19: urge to attack someone; "The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders"; "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits" [syn: sic, set] 20: estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." [syn: place, put, set] 21: equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship" [syn: rig, set, set up] 22: get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery" [syn: set up, lay out, set] 23: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" [syn: adjust, set, correct] 24: bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify" [syn: fructify, set] 25: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure]
• sheet 0
  n 1: any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice" 2: paper used for writing or printing [syn: sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper] 3: bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs [syn: sheet, bed sheet] 4: (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane" [syn: plane, sheet] 5: newspaper with half-size pages [syn: tabloid, rag, sheet] 6: a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width [syn: sheet, flat solid] 7: (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind [syn: sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud] 8: a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel [syn: sail, canvas, canvass, sheet] v 1: come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" 2: cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body"
• silhouette 0
  n 1: an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow) 2: a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color v 1: project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette 2: represent by a silhouette
• skeet 0
  n 1: the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird [syn: skeet, skeet shooting, trapshooting]
• sleet 0
  n 1: partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow) v 1: precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; "If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet"
• southpaw 0
  n 1: a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand [syn: left-handed pitcher, left-hander, left hander, lefthander, lefty, southpaw] 2: a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right; "their pitcher was a southpaw" [syn: left-hander, lefty, southpaw]
• statuette 0
  n 1: a small carved or molded figure [syn: figurine, statuette]
• stet 0
  v 1: printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion 2: printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)
• street 0
  n 1: a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street" 2: the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street" 3: the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; "she tried to keep her children off the street" 4: a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street" 5: people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"
• suite 0
  n 1: a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected 2: apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) [syn: suite, rooms] 3: the group following and attending to some important person [syn: cortege, retinue, suite, entourage] 4: a matching set of furniture
• sweat 0
  n 1: salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; "sweat poured off his brow" [syn: perspiration, sweat, sudor] 2: agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" [syn: fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither] 3: condensation of moisture on a cold surface; "the cold glasses were streaked with sweat" 4: use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion" [syn: effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat] v 1: excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat" [syn: sweat, sudate, perspire]
• sweet 0
  adv 1: in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other" [syn: sweetly, sweet] adj 1: having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar [ant: sour] 2: having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition" [syn: angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet] 3: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet] 4: pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child" 5: pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge" [syn: gratifying, sweet] 6: having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers" [syn: odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling] 7: (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content; "sweet dessert wines" [ant: dry] 8: not containing or composed of salt water; "fresh water" [syn: fresh, sweet] [ant: salty] 9: not soured or preserved; "sweet milk" [syn: fresh, sweet, unfermented] 10: with sweetening added [syn: sugared, sweetened, sweet, sweet-flavored] n 1: English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912) [syn: Sweet, Henry Sweet] 2: a dish served as the last course of a meal [syn: dessert, sweet, afters] 3: a food rich in sugar [syn: sweet, confection] 4: the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth [syn: sweet, sweetness, sugariness] 5: the property of tasting as if it contains sugar [syn: sweetness, sweet]
• teat 0
  n 1: the small projection of a mammary gland [syn: nipple, mammilla, mamilla, pap, teat, tit]
• ten 0
  adj 1: being one more than nine [syn: ten, 10, x] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system [syn: ten, 10, X, tenner, decade] 2: one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face [syn: ten-spot, ten]
• then 0
  adv 1: subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); "then he left"; "go left first, then right"; "first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the late movie and then went to bed"; "and so home and to bed" [syn: then, so, and so, and then] 2: in that case or as a consequence; "if he didn't take it, then who did?"; "keep it then if you want to"; "the case, then, is closed"; "you've made up your mind then?"; "then you'll be rich" 3: at that time; "I was young then"; "prices were lower back then"; "science as it was then taught" adj 1: at a specific prior time; "the then president" n 1: that time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on"
• threat 0
  n 1: something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan" [syn: menace, threat] 2: a warning that something unpleasant is imminent; "they were under threat of arrest" 3: declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit" 4: a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood" [syn: terror, scourge, threat]
• tragedienne 0
  n 1: an actress who specializes in tragic roles
• treat 0
  n 1: something considered choice to eat [syn: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat] 2: an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight v 1: interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" [syn: treat, handle, do by] 2: subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill" [syn: process, treat] 3: provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" [syn: treat, care for] 4: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" [syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address] 5: provide with a gift or entertainment; "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"; "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed" 6: provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night" [syn: regale, treat] 7: engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement; "they had to treat with the King" 8: regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke"
• tweet 0
  n 1: a weak chirping sound as of a small bird v 1: make a weak, chirping sound; "the small bird was tweeting in the tree" [syn: tweet, twirp] 2: squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [syn: pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch]
• un 0
  n 1: an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security [syn: United Nations, UN]
• vet 0
  n 1: a doctor who practices veterinary medicine [syn: veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, vet] 2: a person who has served in the armed forces [syn: veteran, vet, ex-serviceman] v 1: work as a veterinarian; "She vetted for the farms in the area for many years" 2: examine carefully; "Someone should vet this report before it goes out" 3: provide (a person) with medical care 4: provide veterinary care for
• wet 0
  adj 1: covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather" [ant: dry] 2: containing moisture or volatile components; "wet paint" [ant: dry] 3: supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county" [ant: dry] 4: producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows" [syn: wet, lactating] [ant: dry] 5: consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen" 6: very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet] n 1: wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window" [syn: moisture, wet] v 1: cause to become wet; "Wet your face" [ant: dry, dry out] 2: make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
• wheat 0
  n 1: annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains 2: grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour [syn: wheat, wheat berry] 3: a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white [syn: pale yellow, straw, wheat]
• whet 0
  v 1: make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite" [syn: whet, quicken] 2: sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
• wren 0
  n 1: English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723) [syn: Wren, Sir Christopher Wren] 2: any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects [syn: wren, jenny wren]
• yen 0
  n 1: a yearning for something or to do something [syn: hankering, yen] 2: the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen v 1: have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" [syn: ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish]
• yet 0
  adv 1: up to the present time; "I have yet to see the results"; "details are yet to be worked out" 2: used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So far he hasn't called"; "the sun isn't up yet" [syn: so far, thus far, up to now, hitherto, heretofore, as yet, yet, til now, until now] 3: to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale" [syn: even, yet, still] 4: within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time; "he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves"; "sooner or later you will have to face the facts"; "in time they came to accept the harsh reality" [syn: yet, in time] 5: used after a superlative; "this is the best so far"; "the largest drug bust yet" [syn: so far, yet] 6: despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go" [syn: however, nevertheless, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstanding]
• zoospore 0
  n 1: an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella
• ben 0
  n 1: a mountain or tall hill; "they were climbing the ben"
• benne 0
  n 1: East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil [syn: sesame, benne, benni, benny, Sesamum indicum]
• bren 0
  n 1: a submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the British in World War II [syn: Bren, Bren gun]
• chen 0
  n 1: wild goose having white adult plumage [syn: Chen, subgenus Chen]
• gen 0
  n 1: informal term for information; "give me the gen on your new line of computers"
• glenn 0
  n 1: made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-) [syn: Glenn, John Glenn, John Herschel Glenn Jr.]
• n 0
  n 1: a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues [syn: nitrogen, N, atomic number 7] 2: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn: north, due north, northward, N] 3: a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes [syn: newton, N] 4: (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter [syn: normality, N] 5: the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: N, n]
• penn 0
  n 1: Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718) [syn: Penn, William Penn] 2: a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [syn: University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Penn]
• sen 0
  n 1: a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
• wen 0
  n 1: a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked [syn: sebaceous cyst, pilar cyst, wen, steatocystoma]
• zen 0
  n 1: school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan [syn: Zen, Zen Buddhism] 2: a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight [syn: Zen, Zen Buddhism] 3: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen]
• cheyenne 0
  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)
• asean 0
  n 1: an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism [syn: Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN]
• lpn 0
  n 1: a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick [syn: licensed practical nurse, LPN, practical nurse]
• het 0
  adj 1: made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated'); "a heated swimming pool"; "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana"; "he was all het up and sweaty" [syn: heated, heated up, het, het up]
• sett 0
  n 1: rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads [syn: cobble, cobblestone, sett]

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