Words that rhyme with excimer

n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]

n 1: a rheostat that varies the current through an electric light in order to control the level of illumination

n 1: a flash of light (especially reflected light) [syn: gleam, gleaming, glimmer] 2: a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" [syn: inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer] v 1: shine brightly, like a star or a light [syn: gleam, glimmer]

n 1: a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water" [syn: shimmer, play] v 1: shine with a weak or fitful light; "Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight" 2: give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk

n 1: temperature just below the boiling point; "the stew remained at a simmer for hours" v 1: boil slowly at low temperature; "simmer the sauce"; "simmering water"

n 1: a rapid superficial reader 2: a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids 3: a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown [syn: boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hat] 4: gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food

n 1: a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; "he was an Olympic swimmer" 2: a person who travels through the water by swimming; "he is not a good swimmer" [syn: swimmer, natator, bather]

n 1: a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs; "untouched by the pruner's axe" [syn: pruner, trimmer] 2: a machine that trims timber 3: capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments [syn: trimmer, trimming capacitor] 4: joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc. [syn: trimmer, trimmer joist]

n 1: a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk [syn: walker, Zimmer, Zimmer frame]