Words that rhyme with ganser

n 1: someone who advances

n 1: a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics" [syn: answer, reply, response] 2: a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" [syn: solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent] 3: the speech act of replying to a question [ant: enquiry, inquiry, interrogation, query, question] 4: the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims 5: a nonverbal reaction; "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me" v 1: react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" [syn: answer, reply, respond] 2: respond to a signal; "answer the door"; "answer the telephone" 3: give the correct answer or solution to; "answer a question"; "answer the riddle" 4: understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" [syn: answer, resolve] 5: give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument); "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution" 6: be liable or accountable; "She must answer for her actions" 7: be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve" [syn: suffice, do, answer, serve] 8: match or correspond; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave" 9: be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of; "This may answer her needs" 10: react to a stimulus or command; "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch"

adj 1: used in the treatment of cancer; "anticancer drug"; "an antineoplastic effect" [syn: anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumor, antitumour]

n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]

n 1: any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream [syn: cancer, malignant neoplastic disease] 2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer [syn: Cancer, Crab] 3: a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini 4: the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22 [syn: Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crab] 5: type genus of the family Cancridae [syn: Cancer, genus Cancer]

n 1: someone who censures or condemns 2: a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable v 1: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) [syn: ban, censor] 2: subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"

n 1: an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge [syn: capacitor, capacitance, condenser, electrical condenser] 2: an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid 3: a hollow coil that condenses by abstracting heat 4: lens used to concentrate light on an object [syn: condenser, optical condenser]

n 1: a performer who dances professionally [syn: dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean] 2: a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball) [syn: dancer, social dancer]

n 1: a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts 2: a person who dispenses

n 1: someone skilled at fencing [syn: fencer, swordsman]

n 1: (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance

n 1: large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges [syn: merganser, fish duck, sawbill, sheldrake]

n 1: a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping [syn: pincer, pair of pincers, tweezer, pair of tweezers] 2: a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods [syn: claw, chela, nipper, pincer]

n 1: any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner [syn: detector, sensor, sensing element]

n 1: someone who supports or champions something [syn: patron, sponsor, supporter] 2: an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.) [syn: presenter, sponsor] v 1: assume sponsorship of [syn: sponsor, patronize, patronise] 2: assume responsibility for or leadership of; "The senator announced that he would sponsor the health care plan" 3: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of [syn: patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor] [ant: boycott]

n 1: a generalization of the concept of a vector 2: any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm

n 1: a kitchen utensil that cuts or chops food (especially meat) into small pieces [syn: mincer, mincing machine]

n 1: a mettlesome or fiery horse

n 1: anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils" [syn: foil, enhancer]