Words that rhyme with ironbark

n 1: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field [syn: discharge, spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge] 2: a continuous portion of a circle 3: something curved in shape [syn: bow, arc] v 1: form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely" [syn: arch, curve, arc]

n 1: (Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments [syn: Ark, Ark of the Covenant] 2: a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood

n 1: tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants 2: a noise resembling the bark of a dog 3: a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts [syn: bark, barque] 4: the sound made by a dog v 1: speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone" 2: cover with bark 3: remove the bark of a tree [syn: bark, skin] 4: make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger" 5: tan (a skin) with bark tannins

n 1: a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts [syn: bark, barque]

n 1: a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth [syn: birthmark, nevus]

n 1: a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place [syn: bookmark, bookmarker]

adj 1: devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat" [ant: light] 2: (used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue" [ant: light, light-colored] 3: brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); "dark eyes" 4: stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy [syn: black, dark, sinister] 5: secret; "keep it dark" 6: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen] 7: lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education" [syn: benighted, dark] 8: marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure" [syn: dark, obscure] 9: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary] 10: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples" [syn: colored, coloured, dark, dark- skinned, non-white] 11: not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays" n 1: absence of light or illumination [syn: dark, darkness] [ant: light, lighting] 2: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness" [syn: iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark] 3: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" [syn: darkness, dark, shadow] 4: the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside [syn: night, nighttime, dark] [ant: day, daylight, daytime] 5: an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness" [syn: dark, darkness]

v 1: go ashore; "The passengers disembarked at Southampton" [syn: disembark, debark, set down] [ant: embark, ship]

v 1: go ashore; "The passengers disembarked at Southampton" [syn: disembark, debark, set down] [ant: embark, ship]

v 1: go on board [syn: embark, ship] [ant: debark, disembark, set down] 2: set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career" [syn: embark, enter] 3: proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" [syn: venture, embark]

n 1: any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales 2: a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest 3: a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways; "a card shark" v 1: play the shark; act with trickery 2: hunt shark

n 1: brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height [syn: skylark, Alauda arvensis] v 1: play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" [syn: frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about]

n 1: a momentary flash of light [syn: flicker, spark, glint] 2: merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes" [syn: sparkle, twinkle, spark, light] 3: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field [syn: discharge, spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge] 4: a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger; "a spark of interest"; "a spark of decency" 5: Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918) [syn: Spark, Muriel Spark, Dame Muriel Spark, Muriel Sarah Spark] 6: a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction v 1: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off] 2: emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark" [syn: spark, sparkle]

adv 1: completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open" adj 1: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" [syn: blunt, crude(a), stark(a)] 2: severely simple; "a stark interior" [syn: austere, severe, stark, stern] 3: complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast" 4: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated] 5: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" [syn: bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark]

n 1: bark rich in tannin; bruised and cut in pieces to use for tanning; spent tanbark used as a ground covering

n 1: a distinctive characteristic or attribute [syn: hallmark, trademark, earmark, stylemark] 2: a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product v 1: mark with a brand or trademark; "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price" [syn: brand, trademark, brandmark] 2: register the trademark of; "The company trademarked their new gadget"

n 1: a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games); "take me out to the ballpark" [syn: ballpark, park] 2: near to the scope or range of something; "his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark" [syn: approximate range, ballpark]

n 1: German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898) [syn: Bismarck, von Bismarck, Otto von Bismarck, Prince Otto von Bismarck, Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Iron Chancellor] 2: capital of the state of North Dakota; located in south central North Dakota overlooking the Missouri river [syn: Bismarck, capital of North Dakota]

n 1: United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River; Clark was responsible for making maps of the area (1770-1838) [syn: Clark, William Clark] 2: United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984) [syn: Clark, Mark Clark, Mark Wayne Clark] 3: United States psychologist (born in Panama) whose research persuaded the Supreme Court that segregated schools were discriminatory (1914-2005) [syn: Clark, Kenneth Clark, Kenneth Bancroft Clark] 4: Canadian politician who served as prime minister (1939-) [syn: Clark, Joe Clark, Charles Joseph Clark]

n 1: a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea [syn: Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark, Danmark]

n 1: a name given to a product or service [syn: trade name, brand name, brand, marque]

n 1: a lawman concerned with narcotics violations [syn: narc, nark, narcotics agent]

n 1: slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp [syn: zwieback, rusk, Brussels biscuit, twice-baked bread]

n 1: French composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880) [syn: Offenbach, Jacques Offenbach]