Words that rhyme with keene

n 1: a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color 2: a shade of blue tinged with green [syn: greenish blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise, cobalt blue, peacock blue]

n 1: a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets [syn: whalebone, baleen]

n 1: any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food [syn: bean, edible bean] 2: any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans 3: any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods [syn: bean, bean plant] 4: informal terms for a human head [syn: attic, bean, bonce, noodle, noggin, dome] v 1: hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball

n 1: a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds [syn: benzene, benzine, benzol]

adv 1: in the interval; "dancing all the dances with little rest between" [syn: between, betwixt] 2: in between; "two houses with a tree between" [syn: between, 'tween]

n 1: a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects [syn: caffeine, caffein]

n 1: a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers 2: sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc. 3: a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen [syn: canteen, mobile canteen] 4: a recreation room in an institution 5: restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat

n 1: pitching dangerously to one side [syn: rock, careen, sway, tilt] v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen] 2: move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control" [syn: careen, wobble, shift, tilt]

n 1: a milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives 2: a water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk [syn: casein paint, casein]

adv 1: completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn: clean, plumb, plum] 2: in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly" [syn: fairly, fair, clean] [ant: below the belt, unfairly] adj 1: free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals" [ant: dirty, soiled, unclean] 2: free of restrictions or qualifications; "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner" [syn: clean, clear] 3: (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell" [syn: clean, clear, light, unclouded] 4: free from impurities; "clean water"; "fresh air" [syn: clean, fresh] 5: (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense; "a clean voting record"; "a clean driver's license" 6: ritually clean or pure [ant: impure, unclean] 7: not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean" [syn: clean, uncontaminating] [ant: contaminating, dirty] 8: (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers; "good clean fun"; "a clean joke" [syn: clean, unobjectionable] [ant: dirty] 9: free from sepsis or infection; "a clean (or uninfected) wound" [syn: uninfected, clean] 10: morally pure; "led a clean life" [syn: clean, clean- living] 11: (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript" [syn: clean, fair] 12: (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" [syn: blank, clean, white] 13: exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct" [syn: clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike] 14: without difficulties or problems; "a clean test flight" 15: thorough and without qualification; "a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break" 16: not carrying concealed weapons 17: free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife" [syn: clean, neat] 18: free of drugs; "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years" n 1: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead [syn: clean and jerk, clean] v 1: make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth" [syn: clean, make clean] [ant: begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil] 2: remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey" [syn: clean, pick] 3: clean and tidy up the house; "She housecleans every week" [syn: houseclean, clean house, clean] 4: clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner" [syn: cleanse, clean] 5: be cleanable; "This stove cleans easily" 6: deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.; "The other players cleaned him completely" 7: remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm" [syn: clean, strip] 8: remove while making clean; "Clean the spots off the rug" 9: remove unwanted substances from [syn: scavenge, clean] 10: remove shells or husks from; "clean grain before milling it"

v 1: meet formally; "The council convened last week" 2: call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium" [syn: convoke, convene]

n 1: the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared [syn: cuisine, culinary art]

n 1: an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college 2: United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955) [syn: Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean] 3: a man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents" [syn: dean, doyen] 4: (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals

v 1: reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" [syn: take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down]

adj 1: being one more than seventeen [syn: eighteen, 18, xviii] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one [syn: eighteen, 18, XVIII]

adj 1: being one more than fourteen [syn: fifteen, 15, xv] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one [syn: fifteen, 15, XV]

n 1: a small carved or molded figure [syn: figurine, statuette]

adj 1: being one more than thirteen [syn: fourteen, 14, xiv] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one [syn: fourteen, 14, XIV]

n 1: a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin [syn: gelatin, gelatine]

n 1: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors" [syn: gene, cistron, factor]

v 1: gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes" [syn: reap, harvest, glean]

adj 1: of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green fields"; "green paint" [syn: green, greenish, light-green, dark-green] 2: concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party 3: not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" [syn: green, unripe, unripened, immature] [ant: mature, ripe] 4: looking pale and unhealthy; "you're looking green"; "green around the gills" 5: naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love" [syn: fleeceable, green, gullible] n 1: green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass [syn: green, greenness, viridity] 2: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons, common, green] 3: United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952) [syn: Green, William Green] 4: an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party 5: a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River [syn: Green, Green River] 6: an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker" [syn: green, putting green, putting surface] 7: any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables [syn: greens, green, leafy vegetable] 8: street names for ketamine [syn: K, jet, super acid, special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C] v 1: turn or become green; "The trees are greening"

n 1: adult female chicken [syn: hen, biddy] 2: adult female bird 3: flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing 4: female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster

v 1: get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?" [syn: intervene, step in, interfere, interpose] 2: be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened" 3: occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"

n 1: (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear [syn: jean, blue jean, denim] 2: a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric [syn: denim, dungaree, jean]

adj 1: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp] 2: intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure" [syn: exquisite, keen] 3: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing] 4: painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" [syn: cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating] 5: having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade" n 1: a funeral lament sung with loud wailing v 1: express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child" [syn: lament, keen]

n 1: a public toilet in a military area

adj 1: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare [syn: thin, lean] [ant: fat] 2: lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel" [ant: rich] 3: containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance" [syn: lean, skimpy] 4: not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year" n 1: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning] v 1: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle] 2: cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall" 3: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn: tend, be given, lean, incline, run] 4: rely on for support; "We can lean on this man" 5: cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree" [syn: list, lean]

n 1: any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks 2: an efficient person; "the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine" 3: an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently; "the war machine" 4: a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point [syn: machine, simple machine] 5: a group that controls the activities of a political party; "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine" [syn: machine, political machine] 6: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" [syn: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar] v 1: turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery 2: make by machinery; "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars"

adj 1: of or relating to the sea; "marine explorations" 2: relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen; "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine insurance" [syn: nautical, maritime, marine] 3: of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps); "marine barracks" 4: relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea 5: native to or inhabiting the sea; "marine plants and animals such as seaweed and whales" n 1: a member of the United States Marine Corps [syn: Marine, devil dog, leatherneck, shipboard soldier] 2: a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land

adj 1: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall" [syn: average, mean(a)] 2: characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood" [syn: hateful, mean] 3: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics" [syn: base, mean, meanspirited] 4: excellent; "famous for a mean backhand" 5: marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut" [syn: beggarly, mean] 6: (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip" [syn: mean, mingy, miserly, tight] 7: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt [syn: beggarly, mean] 8: of no value or worth; "I was caught in the bastardly traffic" [syn: bastardly, mean] n 1: an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n [syn: mean, mean value] v 1: mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" [syn: mean, intend] 2: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: entail, imply, mean] 3: denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means" [syn: mean, intend, signify, stand for] 4: have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night" [syn: intend, mean, think] 5: have a specified degree of importance; "My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything" 6: intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" [syn: think of, have in mind, mean] 7: destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers were meant for you"

n 1: dignified manner or conduct [syn: bearing, comportment, presence, mien]

adj 1: being one more than eighteen [syn: nineteen, 19, xix] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one [syn: nineteen, 19, XIX]

adj 1: designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead 2: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive] 3: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn: lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious]

n 1: the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)

v 1: clean with one's bill; "The birds preened" [syn: preen, plume] 2: pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement [syn: preen, congratulate] 3: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume, dress]

adj 1: of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12; "a preteen party"; "preteen clothing" [syn: preteen, preadolescent] n 1: a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age); "little league is intended for the preteens" [syn: preteen, preteenager]

n 1: a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis [syn: propylene, propene]

n 1: the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs 2: a female sovereign ruler [syn: queen, queen regnant, female monarch] [ant: Rex, king, male monarch] 3: the wife or widow of a king 4: something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind; "Paris is the queen of cities"; "the queen of ocean liners" 5: a competitor who holds a preeminent position [syn: king, queen, world-beater] 6: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf] 7: one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen 8: (chess) the most powerful piece 9: an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males [syn: queen, queen mole rat] 10: female cat [syn: tabby, queen] v 1: promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess 2: become a queen; "her pawn queened"

n 1: a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)

v 1: meet again; "The bill will be considered when the Legislature reconvenes next Fall"

adj 1: found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant [syn: everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday] n 1: an unvarying or habitual method or procedure [syn: routine, modus operandi] 2: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" [syn: act, routine, number, turn, bit] 3: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program [syn: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function]

adj 1: containing salt; "a saline substance "; "salty tears" n 1: an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water [syn: saline solution, saline]

n 1: small fatty fish usually canned [syn: sardine, pilchard] 2: any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned 3: a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony [syn: sard, sardine, sardius] 4: small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring [syn: pilchard, sardine, Sardina pilchardus]

n 1: the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime" 2: an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad scene" 3: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama] 4: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film [syn: scene, shot] 5: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" [syn: picture, scene] 6: a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three scenes" 7: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene, conniption] 8: graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment" [syn: scene, view] 9: the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: setting, scene] 10: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery" [syn: scenery, scene]

n 1: a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing [syn: screen, silver screen, projection screen] 2: a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" [syn: blind, screen] 3: the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube [syn: screen, CRT screen] 4: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background" [syn: screen, cover, covert, concealment] 5: a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame; "they put screens in the windows for protection against insects"; "a metal screen protected the observers" 6: the personnel of the film industry; "a star of stage and screen" [syn: filmdom, screenland, screen] 7: a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles [syn: sieve, screen] 8: a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door; "he heard the screen slam as she left" [syn: screen door, screen] 9: partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space v 1: test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus" [syn: screen, test] 2: examine methodically; "screen the suitcases" 3: examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants" [syn: screen, screen out, sieve, sort] 4: project onto a screen for viewing; "screen a film" 5: prevent from entering; "block out the strong sunlight" [syn: screen, block out] 6: separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff [syn: riddle, screen] 7: protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm [syn: shield, screen]

adj 1: not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country" [syn: calm, unagitated, serene, tranquil] 2: completely clear and fine; "serene skies and a bright blue sea"

adj 1: being one more than sixteen [syn: seventeen, 17, xvii] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one [syn: seventeen, 17, XVII]

n 1: the visual property of something that shines with reflected light [syn: shininess, sheen, luster, lustre]

adj 1: being one more than fifteen [syn: sixteen, 16, xvi] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one [syn: sixteen, 16, XVI]

n 1: a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses [syn: spleen, lien] 2: a feeling of resentful anger [syn: irascibility, short temper, spleen, quick temper]

adj 1: beneath the surface of the sea [syn: submarine, undersea] n 1: a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes [syn: submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat] 2: a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States [syn: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep] v 1: move forward or under in a sliding motion; "The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car" 2: throw with an underhand motion 3: bring down with a blow to the legs 4: control a submarine 5: attack by submarine; "The Germans submarined the Allies"

n 1: a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn [syn: sunscreen, sunblock, sun blocker]

adj 1: of a strong reddish orange color n 1: a variety of mandarin orange [syn: tangerine, tangerine tree] 2: any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa 3: a reddish to vivid orange color

adj 1: being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years" [syn: adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged] n 1: a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity [syn: adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen]

adj 1: being one more than twelve [syn: thirteen, 13, xiii] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one [syn: thirteen, 13, XIII, baker's dozen, long dozen]

n 1: gymnastic apparatus consisting of a strong canvas sheet attached with springs to a metal frame; used for tumbling

adj 1: innumerable but many [syn: umpteen, umteen]

adj 1: soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" [syn: dirty, soiled, unclean] [ant: clean] 2: having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3 [syn: unclean, impure] [ant: clean]

adj 1: not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue" [syn: unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue(p)]

adj 1: not observed [syn: unobserved, unseen] n 1: a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit [syn: spiritual world, spiritual domain, unseen]

n 1: immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies [syn: vaccine, vaccinum]

v 1: gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle" [syn: wean, ablactate] 2: detach the affections of

n 1: a native or resident of Michigan [syn: Michigander, Wolverine] 2: musteline mammal of northern Eurasia [syn: glutton, Gulo gulo, wolverine] 3: stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal [syn: wolverine, carcajou, skunk bear, Gulo luscus]

n 1: wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting [syn: gean, mazzard, mazzard cherry]

n 1: English novelist and Catholic (1904-1991) [syn: Greene, Graham Greene, Henry Graham Greene]

n 1: English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833) [syn: Kean, Edmund Kean]

n 1: Dutch genre painter (1626-1679) [syn: Steen, Jan Steen]

n 1: semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz

n 1: an Irish girl

n 1: Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736) [syn: Eugene, Prince Eugene of Savoy] 2: a city in western Oregon on the Willamette River; site of a university

n 1: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Feldene) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions [syn: piroxicam, Feldene]

n 1: a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River

n 1: a heavy fabric of wool (or wool and cotton) used mostly in upholstery or for curtains

adj 1: relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines

n 1: French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699) [syn: Racine, Jean Racine, Jean Baptiste Racine] 2: a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan to the south of Milwaukee

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Sabines n 1: a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico [syn: Sabine, Sabine River] 2: a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC

n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of the Moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna 2: a genus of Carangidae [syn: Selene, genus Selene]

n 1: a native of Slovenia 2: the Slavic language of Slovenes

n 1: (plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel

n 1: the evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people [syn: Halloween, Hallowe'en, Allhallows Eve]

n 1: a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides

n 1: a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad; "some call the mujahidin international warriors but others just call them terrorists" [syn: mujahidin, mujahedin, mujahedeen, mujahadeen, mujahadin, mujahideen, mujahadein]