Words that rhyme with figaro

n 1: a mark to indicate a direction or relation [syn: arrow, pointer] 2: a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow

n 1: the quantity that a barrow will hold [syn: barrow, barrowful] 2: (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs [syn: burial mound, grave mound, barrow, tumulus] 3: a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels [syn: barrow, garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow]

n 1: music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance 2: a short jacket; worn mostly by women 3: a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets

n 1: an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority" [syn: agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority] 2: furniture with drawers for keeping clothes [syn: chest of drawers, chest, bureau, dresser]

n 1: a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color

n 1: a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box

n 1: nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter [syn: oilbird, guacharo, Steatornis caripensis]

n 1: the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones [syn: marrow, bone marrow] 2: any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh [syn: marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrow] 3: very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones [syn: marrow, bone marrow] 4: large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins [syn: marrow, vegetable marrow] 5: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty]

adj 1: not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page" [ant: broad, wide] 2: limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word" 3: lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions" [syn: narrow-minded, narrow] [ant: broad-minded] 4: very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape" [ant: wide] 5: characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report" [syn: minute, narrow] n 1: a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water v 1: make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" [syn: narrow, contract] [ant: widen] 2: define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" [syn: pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify] 3: become more focus on an area of activity or field of study; "She specializes in Near Eastern history" [syn: specialize, specialise, narrow, narrow down] [ant: branch out, broaden, diversify] 4: become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted" [syn: constrict, constringe, narrow]

n 1: the title of the ancient Egyptian kings [syn: Pharaoh, Pharaoh of Egypt]

n 1: the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party

n 1: one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis 2: a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico

n 1: any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects [syn: sparrow, true sparrow] 2: small brownish European songbird [syn: hedge sparrow, sparrow, dunnock, Prunella modularis]

n 1: edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants [syn: taro, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo] 2: herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves [syn: taro, taro plant, dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta] 3: tropical starchy tuberous root [syn: taro, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, edda]

n 1: local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) [syn: vaquero, buckaroo, buckeroo]

n 1: short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of southern and southeastern Asia

n 1: a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II

n 1: a naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero in which the Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719) [syn: Passero, Cape Passero]

n 1: United States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938) [syn: Darrow, Clarence Darrow, Clarence Seward Darrow]

n 1: the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies

n 1: a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em 2: a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC) [syn: Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tully]

n 1: French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France; principal editor of an encyclopedia that disseminated the scientific and philosophical knowledge of the time (1713-1784) [syn: Diderot, Denis Diderot]