Words that rhyme with gaunce

n 1: a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement" [syn: atmosphere, ambiance, ambience] 2: the atmosphere of an environment [syn: ambiance, ambience]

v 1: fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair" [syn: ensconce, settle]

n 1: the present occasion; "for the nonce" [syn: time being, nonce]

n 1: the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern [syn: nonchalance, unconcern, indifference]

n 1: the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries [syn: Renaissance, Renascence] 2: the revival of learning and culture [syn: rebirth, Renaissance, Renascence]

n 1: a result; "this situation developed in response to events in Africa" 2: a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age" [syn: reaction, response] 3: 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] 4: the manner in which something is greeted; "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors" [syn: reception, response] 5: a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister 6: the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply" [syn: reply, response] 7: the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals

n 1: a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather 2: a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate 3: a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce 4: a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light

n 1: a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses 2: someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) [syn: pimp, procurer, panderer, pander, pandar, fancy man, ponce]

n 1: very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches [syn: sand lance, sand launce, sand eel, launce]