Words that rhyme with gonce

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: a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do

adj 1: having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a nonsensical jumble of words" [syn: nonsense(a), nonsensical] n 1: a message that seems to convey no meaning [syn: nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum] 2: ornamental objects of no great value [syn: folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery]

n 1: a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased

n 1: a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion 2: a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure" [syn: pleasure, pleasance] [ant: pain, painfulness]

n 1: (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two [syn: polyvalence, polyvalency, multivalence, multivalency] 2: (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism [syn: polyvalence, polyvalency]

n 1: the state of being present; current existence; "he tested for the presence of radon" [ant: absence] 2: the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company" [syn: presence, front] 3: an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby 4: the impression that something is present; "he felt the presence of an evil force" 5: dignified manner or conduct [syn: bearing, comportment, presence, mien] 6: the act of being present [ant: absence]

n 1: the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread; "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future" 2: (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population 3: a superiority in numbers or amount; "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant" [syn: preponderance, prevalence]

n 1: symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus) [syn: purulence, purulency] 2: a fluid product of inflammation [syn: pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering]

n 1: in a state of progressive putrefaction [syn: putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption] 2: the quality of rotting and becoming putrid [syn: putrescence, rottenness]

n 1: the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies [syn: quintessence, ether] 2: the purest and most concentrated essence of something 3: the most typical example or representative of a type

n 1: the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy); "an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission" [syn: reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission]

n 1: a return of something after a period of abatement; "a recrudescence of racism"; "a recrudescence of the symptoms"

n 1: a pleasingly sweet olfactory property [syn: bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness]

n 1: the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light [syn: radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency]

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: similarity in appearance or external or superficial details

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]