Words that rhyme with finespun

• an 0
  n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN]
• ban 0
  n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition, ban, proscription] 2: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova 3: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania 4: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding] 5: a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: Bachelor of Arts in Nursing, BAN] v 1: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) [syn: ban, censor] 2: prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building" 3: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn: banish, ban] 4: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
• bran 0
  n 1: broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting 2: food prepared from the husks of cereal grains
• bun 0
  n 1: small rounded bread either plain or sweet [syn: bun, roll]
• can 0
  n 1: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. [syn: can, tin, tin can] 2: the quantity contained in a can [syn: can, canful] 3: a buoy with a round bottom and conical top [syn: can, can buoy] 4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] 5: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne] 6: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom] v 1: preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty" [syn: can, tin, put up] 2: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: employ, engage, hire]
• clan 0
  n 1: group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]
• fan 0
  n 1: a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces 2: an enthusiastic devotee of sports [syn: sports fan, fan, rooter] 3: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover] v 1: strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher) 2: make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred" 3: agitate the air 4: separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field" [syn: winnow, fan]
• flan 0
  n 1: open pastry filled with fruit or custard
• homespun 0
  adj 1: of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns" [syn: homespun(p), nubby, nubbly, slubbed, tweedy] 2: characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys" [syn: cracker-barrel, folksy, homespun] 3: made of cloth spun or woven in the home; "homespun linen"; "homespun garments" n 1: a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home
• man 0
  n 1: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" [syn: man, adult male] [ant: adult female, woman] 2: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty" [syn: serviceman, military man, man, military personnel] [ant: civilian] 3: the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself" 4: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage [syn: homo, man, human being, human] 5: a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana" 6: an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you" 7: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, man] 8: a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man" [ant: woman] 9: one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea [syn: Man, Isle of Man] 10: game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" [syn: man, piece] 11: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women" [syn: world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man] v 1: take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning" 2: provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths"
• pan 0
  n 1: cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel [syn: pan, cooking pan] 2: (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus [syn: Pan, goat god] 3: shallow container made of metal 4: chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids [syn: Pan, genus Pan] v 1: make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the room" 2: wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals [syn: pan, pan out, pan off] 3: express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance" [syn: pan, tear apart, trash]
• plan 0
  n 1: a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue" [syn: plan, program, programme] 2: an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" [syn: design, plan] 3: scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file" [syn: plan, architectural plan] v 1: have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion" [syn: plan, be after] 2: make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family" 3: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" [syn: plan, project, contrive, design] 4: make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum" [syn: design, plan]
• scan 0
  n 1: the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars" 2: an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan" [syn: scan, CAT scan] v 1: examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray" 2: examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" [syn: scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down] 3: make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky" 4: conform to a metrical pattern 5: move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image 6: read metrically; "scan verses" 7: obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" [syn: read, scan]
• span 0
  n 1: the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour" 2: the distance or interval between two points 3: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad] 4: a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches) 5: a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. [syn: bridge, span] 6: the act of sitting or standing astride [syn: straddle, span] v 1: to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries" [syn: cross, traverse, span, sweep]
• tan 0
  adj 1: of a light yellowish-brown color n 1: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn] 2: a light brown the color of topaz [syn: tan, topaz] 3: ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle [syn: tangent, tan] v 1: treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather 2: get a tan, from wind or sun [syn: tan, bronze]
• van 0
  n 1: any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) [syn: avant-garde, vanguard, van, new wave] 2: the leading units moving at the head of an army [syn: vanguard, van] 3: (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight 4: a camper equipped with living quarters [syn: van, caravan] 5: a truck with an enclosed cargo space
• cheyenne 0
  n 1: the capital and largest city of Wyoming; located in the southeastern corner of the state [syn: Cheyenne, capital of Wyoming] 2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne 3: a member of a North American Indian people living on the western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana)
• han 0
  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]
• cannes 0
  n 1: a port and resort city on the French Riviera; site of an annual film festival
• gran 0
  n 1: the mother of your father or mother [syn: grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna]
• mann 0
  n 1: United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859) [syn: Mann, Horace Mann] 2: German writer concerned about the role of the artist in bourgeois society (1875-1955) [syn: Mann, Thomas Mann]
• nan 0
  n 1: your grandmother 2: the mother of your father or mother [syn: grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna] 3: a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya [syn: Nan, Nan River] 4: leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop [syn: nan, naan]
• shan 0
  n 1: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: Tai Long, Shan]
• anne 0
  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)
• begun 0
• ran 0
• than 0
• dan 0
• fran 0
• san 0
• diane 0
• liane 0
• marianne 0
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