Words that rhyme with fichtean

n 1: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe [syn: eon, aeon] 2: the longest division of geological time [syn: eon, aeon] 3: an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons ago" [syn: eon, aeon]

n 1: a group that defends a principle; "a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism" 2: a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle [syn: bastion, citadel] 3: projecting part of a rampart or other fortification

n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah] 2: a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap

adj 1: of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him

adj 1: taking on different forms; "eyes...of that baffling protean grey which is never twice the same"

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people; "Haitian shantytowns" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Haiti

adj 1: of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings [syn: Dantean, Dantesque]

adj 1: of or relating to Immanuel Kant or his philosophy

adj 1: pertaining to or resembling or befitting Faust or Faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values; "a Faustian pact with the Devil"

adj 1: of or relating to or in the manner of Goethe [syn: Goethean, Goethian]

adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert; "Gilbertian libretti" 2: wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas; "a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings"- T.C.Worsley

n 1: soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract [syn: ribbon worm, nemertean, nemertine, proboscis worm]