Words that rhyme with huson

v 1: make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" [syn: loosen, loose] [ant: stiffen] 2: make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught" [syn: relax, loosen] 3: become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived" [syn: relax, loosen] 4: disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool" [syn: tease, tease apart, loosen] 5: cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie" [syn: untie, undo, loosen] 6: make less dense; "loosen the soil" 7: become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" [syn: loosen, relax, loose] [ant: stiffen]

n 1: a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon

n 1: any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides

n 1: hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules [syn: vasopressin, antidiuretic hormone, ADH, Pitressin]

n 1: Soviet writer and political dissident whose novels exposed the brutality of Soviet labor camps (born in 1918) [syn: Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn]

n 1: a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light [syn: visual purple, rhodopsin, retinal purple]

n 1: an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring

n 1: a nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions; a lubricant that protects body surfaces

n 1: rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct [syn: thylacine, Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus]

n 1: any substance that has a toxic effect on cells

n 1: a toxin produced by a fungus

n 1: a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally

n 1: hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk [syn: oxytocin, Pitocin]

n 1: a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin [syn: Wisconsin, Wisconsin River] 2: a midwestern state in north central United States [syn: Wisconsin, Badger State, WI]