Words that rhyme with fernand

v 1: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" [syn: abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off]

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: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: set, circle, band, lot] 2: instrumentalists not including string players 3: a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps" [syn: band, banding, stria, striation] 4: an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material [syn: band, banding, stripe] 5: a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing [syn: dance band, band, dance orchestra] 6: a range of frequencies between two limits 7: a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) 8: a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure [syn: isthmus, band] 9: jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band" [syn: ring, band] 10: a driving belt in machinery 11: a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration 12: a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) [syn: band, ring] 13: a restraint put around something to hold it together v 1: bind or tie together, as with a band 2: attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns" [syn: ring, band]

adj 1: forbidden by law [syn: banned, prohibited]

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

adv 1: farther along in space or time or degree; "through the valley and beyond"; "to the eighth grade but not beyond"; "will be influential in the 1990s and beyond" 2: on the farther side from the observer; "a pond with a hayfield beyond" 3: in addition; "agreed to provide essentials but nothing beyond"

adj 1: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid] 2: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: bland, flat] 3: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" [syn: politic, smooth, suave, bland]

adj 1: being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes; "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full of light-haired children" [syn: blond, blonde, light-haired] [ant: brunet, brunette] n 1: a person with fair skin and hair [syn: blond, blonde] 2: a light grayish yellow to near white [syn: blond, blonde]

adj 1: being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes; "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full of light-haired children" [syn: blond, blonde, light-haired] [ant: brunet, brunette] n 1: a person with fair skin and hair [syn: blond, blonde] 2: a light grayish yellow to near white [syn: blond, blonde]

n 1: an electrical force linking atoms [syn: chemical bond, bond] 2: a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal [syn: bond, bond certificate] 3: a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them" [syn: alliance, bond] 4: (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman" [syn: bail, bail bond, bond] 5: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn: shackle, bond, hamper, trammel] 6: a connection that fastens things together [syn: attachment, bond] 7: a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents [syn: bond, bond paper] 8: United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940) [syn: Bond, Julian Bond] 9: British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming [syn: Bond, James Bond] 10: the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition; "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion" [syn: adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond] v 1: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" [syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to] 2: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" [syn: bind, tie, attach, bond] 3: issue bonds on 4: bring together in a common cause or emotion; "The death of their child had drawn them together" [syn: bond, bring together, draw together]

n 1: a name given to a product or service [syn: trade name, brand name, brand, marque] 2: a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: brand, make] 3: identification mark on skin, made by burning 4: a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning [syn: brand, firebrand] 5: a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis [syn: mark, stigma, brand, stain] 6: a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard [syn: sword, blade, brand, steel] v 1: burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals 2: to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark] 3: mark with a brand or trademark; "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price" [syn: brand, trademark, brandmark] 4: mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman" [syn: post, brand]

adj 1: recorded for broadcast; "a transcribed announcement"; "canned laughter" [syn: canned, transcribed] 2: sealed in a can or jar [syn: canned, tinned]

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 authoritative direction or instruction to do something [syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation] 2: a military unit or region under the control of a single officer 3: the power or authority to command; "an admiral in command" 4: availability for use; "the materials at the command of the potters grew" 5: a position of highest authority; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command" 6: great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French" [syn: command, control, mastery] 7: (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program [syn: instruction, command, statement, program line] v 1: be in command of; "The general commanded a huge army" 2: make someone do something [syn: command, require] 3: demand as one's due; "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers" 4: look down on; "The villa dominates the town" [syn: dominate, command, overlook, overtop] 5: exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" [syn: control, command]

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]

adv 1: from the original source; directly; "I heard this story firsthand" [syn: firsthand, at first hand] adj 1: received directly from a source; "firsthand information"

adj 1: having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace" [syn: affectionate, fond, lovesome, tender, warm] 2: extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother" [syn: adoring, doting, fond] 3: (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies" [syn: fond(p), partial(p)] 4: absurd or silly because unlikely; "fond hopes of becoming President"; "fond fancies"

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: compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad

n 1: any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream [syn: gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter]

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"

adj 1: of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings" [syn: expansive, grand, heroic] 2: of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage" [syn: august, grand, lordly] 3: rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms" [syn: deluxe, gilded, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous] 4: extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn: fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous] 5: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" [syn: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded] 6: large and impressive in physical size or extent; "the bridge is a grand structure" 7: the most important and magnificent in adornment; "grand ballroom"; "grand staircase" 8: used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty" [syn: distinguished, grand, imposing, magisterial] n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn: thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard] 2: a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs [syn: grand piano, grand]

n 1: the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" [syn: hand, manus, mitt, paw] 2: a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand" [syn: hired hand, hand, hired man] 3: something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" [syn: handwriting, hand, script] 4: ability; "he wanted to try his hand at singing" 5: a position given by its location to the side of an object; "objections were voiced on every hand" 6: the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" [syn: hand, deal] 7: one of two sides of an issue; "on the one hand..., but on the other hand..." 8: a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece; "the big hand counts the minutes" 9: a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses; "the horse stood 20 hands" 10: a member of the crew of a ship; "all hands on deck" 11: a card player in a game of bridge; "we need a 4th hand for bridge" [syn: bridge player, hand] 12: a round of applause to signify approval; "give the little lady a great big hand" 13: terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos); "the kangaroo's forearms seem undeveloped but the powerful five-fingered hands are skilled at feinting and clouting"- Springfield (Mass.) Union 14: physical assistance; "give me a hand with the chores" [syn: hand, helping hand] v 1: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" [syn: pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give] 2: guide or conduct or usher somewhere; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi"

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]

n 1: the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city" 2: material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil" [syn: land, ground, soil] 3: territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land" [syn: domain, demesne, land] 4: the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" [syn: land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma] 5: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" [syn: country, state, land] 6: a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south" [syn: kingdom, land, realm] 7: extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" [syn: estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne] 8: the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: nation, land, country] 9: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic] 10: United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991) [syn: Land, Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land] 11: agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" [syn: farming, land] v 1: reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" [syn: land, set down] 2: cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely" [syn: land, put down, bring down] 3: bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail" [syn: bring, land] 4: bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island" 5: deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head" 6: arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" [syn: land, set ashore, shore] 7: shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" [syn: down, shoot down, land]

n 1: a field of cultivated and mowed grass

adj 1: having a crew; "a manned earth satellite was considered a necessary research step" [ant: remote-controlled, unmanned]

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]

adv 1: without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly" [syn: offhand, offhanded, offhandedly] 2: in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter" [syn: offhand, offhanded, offhandedly] adj 1: with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments" [syn: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed] 2: casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt" [syn: offhand, offhanded]

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: 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

adj 1: designed or carried out according to a plan; "the planned outlays for new equipment" [ant: unplanned] 2: planned in advance; "with malice aforethought" [syn: aforethought(ip), planned, plotted]

n 1: a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" [syn: pond, pool]

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: the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) v 1: refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision [syn: remit, remand, send back] 2: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" [syn: imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand]

v 1: show a response or a reaction to something [syn: react, respond] 2: react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" [syn: answer, reply, respond] 3: respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"

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: a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral 2: French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876) [syn: Sand, George Sand, Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baroness Dudevant] 3: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" [syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption] v 1: rub with sandpaper; "sandpaper the wooden surface" [syn: sandpaper, sand]

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"

n 1: a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" [syn: base, pedestal, stand] 2: the position where a thing or person stands 3: a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees" 4: a small table for holding articles of various kinds; "a bedside stand" 5: a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" [syn: rack, stand] 6: an interruption of normal activity [syn: stand, standstill, tie-up] 7: a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events" [syn: point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint] 8: a booth where articles are displayed for sale [syn: stall, stand, sales booth] 9: a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance; "a one-night stand" 10: tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade) 11: a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air [syn: bandstand, outdoor stage, stand] 12: a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone" v 1: be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!" [syn: stand, stand up] [ant: lie, sit, sit down] 2: be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected" 3: occupy a place or location, also metaphorically; "We stand on common ground" 4: hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; "I am standing my ground and won't give in!" [syn: stand, remain firm] [ant: relent, soften, yield] 5: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up] 6: have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?" 7: remain inactive or immobile; "standing water" 8: be in effect; be or remain in force; "The law stands!" 9: be tall; have a height of; copula; "She stands 6 feet tall" 10: put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?" [syn: stand, stand up, place upright] 11: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow" [syn: resist, stand, fend] 12: be available for stud services; "male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females"

n 1: a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole; "he tried to pick up the strands of his former life"; "I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously" 2: line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable 3: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, string, strand] 4: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber [syn: fibril, filament, strand] 5: a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides) 6: a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels v 1: leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned" [syn: maroon, strand] 2: drive (a vessel) ashore 3: bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship" [syn: ground, strand, run aground]

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"

adj 1: (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun; "a young bronzed Apollo" [syn: bronzed, suntanned, tanned] 2: converted to leather by a tanning agent [ant: untanned]

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

v 1: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" 2: perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" [syn: understand, realize, realise, see] 3: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" [syn: understand, read, interpret, translate] 4: believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?" [syn: understand, infer] 5: be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I understand!" [syn: sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand]

adj 1: lacking a crew; "an unmanned satellite to Mars" [syn: unmanned, remote-controlled] [ant: manned]

adj 1: without apparent forethought or prompting or planning; "an unplanned economy"; "accepts an unplanned order"; "an unplanned pregnancy"; "unplanned remarks" [ant: planned] 2: not done with purpose or intent; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked" [syn: unintentional, unplanned, unwitting]

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: a rod used by a magician or water diviner 2: a thin supple twig or rod; "stems bearing slender wands of flowers" 3: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre, verge, wand] 4: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir [syn: baton, wand]

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]

v 1: resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held" [syn: defy, withstand, hold, hold up] 2: stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something [syn: resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm] [ant: give up, surrender]

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]

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: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building [syn: Japan, Nippon, Nihon]

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]

n 1: a member of a formerly tribal people in south central India

n 1: a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries; "the official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois"

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]

n 1: an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and wounding more than 300 people

n 1: a republic on the west coast of Africa [syn: Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Gabun]

n 1: a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria; "artillery on the Golan Heights can dominate a large area of Israel" [syn: Golan Heights, Golan]

n 1: a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil [syn: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language; "Javanese temples"; "Javanese dialects" [syn: Javanese, Javan] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Java [syn: Javanese, Javan]

n 1: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book]

n 1: the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages [syn: Milan, Milano]

n 1: a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil [syn: Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat and Oman]

n 1: a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city

n 1: a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina [syn: Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon]

n 1: a populous province of south central China [syn: Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan province]

n 1: a university in Paris; intellectual center of France [syn: Paris University, University of Paris, Sorbonne]

n 1: a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong [syn: Taiwan, China, Nationalist China, Republic of China] 2: an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea [syn: Taiwan, Formosa]

n 1: the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran [syn: Teheran, Tehran, capital of Iran, Iranian capital]

n 1: city recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast

n 1: a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 [syn: Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kazakh, Kazak]

n 1: the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran [syn: Teheran, Tehran, capital of Iran, Iranian capital]

n 1: a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet [syn: Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Republic, Azerbajdzhan, Azerbajdzhan Republic]

n 1: a group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast

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: the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents 2: United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982) [syn: Rand, Ayn Rand] 3: a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese [syn: Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef]