Words that rhyme with ferrand

n 1: a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo

n 1: a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission

adj 1: capable of producing offspring or vegetation 2: intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination" [syn: fecund, fertile, prolific]

n 1: a reserve of money set aside for some purpose [syn: fund, monetary fund] 2: a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: store, stock, fund] 3: a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies [syn: investment company, investment trust, investment firm, fund] v 1: convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds 2: place or store up in a fund for accumulation 3: provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest 4: invest money in government securities 5: accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan" 6: furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"

n 1: a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun)

adj 1: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful]

adj 1: not growing or changing; without force or vitality [syn: stagnant, moribund] 2: being on the point of death; breathing your last; "a moribund patient"

v 1: reduce the edge or violence of; "obtunded reflexes"

adj 1: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" [syn: bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid] 2: (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" [syn: orotund, rotund, round, pear-shaped]

n 1: money returned to a payer 2: the act of returning money received previously [syn: refund, repayment] v 1: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: refund, return, repay, give back]

adj 1: spherical in shape 2: (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" [syn: orotund, rotund, round, pear-shaped] 3: excessively fat; "a weighty man" [syn: corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund]

adj 1: inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" [syn: rubicund, ruddy, florid, sanguine]

n 1: a city in southern Sweden