Words that rhyme with kantian
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aeon
n 1: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe [syn: eon, aeon] 2: the longest division of geological time [syn: eon, aeon] 3: an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons ago" [syn: eon, aeon] -
bastion
n 1: a group that defends a principle; "a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism" 2: a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle [syn: bastion, citadel] 3: projecting part of a rampart or other fortification -
fustian
n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah] 2: a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap -
procrustean
adj 1: of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him -
protean
adj 1: taking on different forms; "eyes...of that baffling protean grey which is never twice the same" -
haitian
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people; "Haitian shantytowns" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Haiti -
achaean
adj 1: of or relating to Achaea or its ancient Greek people n 1: a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks [syn: Achaean, Achaian] 2: the ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea [syn: Achaean, Arcado-Cyprians] -
european
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the people of Europe; "European Community" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Europe -
jacobean
adj 1: of or relating to James I or his reign or times; "Jacobean writers" n 1: any distinguished personage during the reign of James I -
andean
adj 1: relating to the Andes and their inhabitants -
dantean
adj 1: of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings [syn: Dantean, Dantesque] -
tanzanian
adj 1: of or relating to the republic of Tanzania or its people n 1: a native or inhabitant of Tanzania -
archaean
adj 1: of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon [syn: archean, archaean] -
chaldean
adj 1: of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture [syn: Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldee] n 1: a wise man skilled in occult learning [syn: Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldee] 2: an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea [syn: Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldee] -
linnaean
adj 1: of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of taxonomic classification that Linnaeus proposed [syn: Linnaean, Linnean] -
mandaean
adj 1: of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture [syn: Mandaean, Mandean] n 1: a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah [syn: Mandaean, Mandean] 2: the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans [syn: Mandaean, Mandean] -
hebridean
adj 1: of or relating to the Hebrides -
sisyphean
adj 1: of or relating to Sisyphus 2: both extremely effortful and futile -
american
adj 1: of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream" 2: of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas; "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna" n 1: a native or inhabitant of the United States 2: the English language as used in the United States [syn: American English, American language, American] 3: a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country -
anglican
adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Anglican church; "an Anglican bishop" n 1: a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism [ant: Nonconformist, chapelgoer] -
faustian
adj 1: pertaining to or resembling or befitting Faust or Faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values; "a Faustian pact with the Devil" -
goethean
adj 1: of or relating to or in the manner of Goethe [syn: Goethean, Goethian] -
gilbertian
adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert; "Gilbertian libretti" 2: wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas; "a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings"- T.C.Worsley -
nemertean
n 1: soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract [syn: ribbon worm, nemertean, nemertine, proboscis worm] -
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meehan
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maccabean
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himation
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sebastian
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molluscan
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paeon
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cadmean
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orphean
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rugbeian
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sabaean
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atlantean
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hasmonean
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nabataean
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tacitean
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betaken
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unmistaken
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fichtean
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amphictyon
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gravettian
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erastian
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lacertian
See also kantian definition
