Words that rhyme with escandon

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]

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]

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

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]

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]

adj 1: long past; "olden days"

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

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]

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

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]

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