Words that rhyme with linker

n 1: a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving [syn: anchor, ground tackle] 2: a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" [syn: anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin] 3: a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute [syn: anchor, anchorman, anchorperson] v 1: fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete" [syn: anchor, ground] 2: secure a vessel with an anchor; "We anchored at Baltimore" [syn: anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor]

n 1: a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank 2: the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game

n 1: a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages [syn: blinker, flasher] 2: a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn [syn: blinker, turn signal, turn indicator, trafficator] 3: blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side [syn: winker, blinker, blinder] v 1: put blinders on (a horse)

n 1: a hazard on a golf course [syn: bunker, sand trap, trap] 2: a large container for storing fuel; "the ship's bunkers were full of coal" 3: a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground [syn: bunker, dugout] v 1: hit a golf ball into a bunker 2: fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil 3: transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse

n 1: a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark 2: an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth) [syn: canker, canker sore] 3: a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst" [syn: pestilence, canker] v 1: become infected with a canker 2: infect with a canker

n 1: a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire [syn: cinder, clinker] 2: a hard brick used as a paving stone [syn: clinker, clinker brick] v 1: clear out the cinders and clinker from; "we clinkered the fire frequently" 2: turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning

n 1: the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut [syn: buckeye, horse chestnut, conker]

v 1: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" [syn: suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb] 2: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" [syn: appropriate, capture, seize, conquer] 3: overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"

n 1: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur, mongrel, mutt] 2: a cowardly and despicable person

n 1: a person who drinks liquids 2: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) [syn: drinker, imbiber, toper, juicer] [ant: abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker]

n 1: a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver [syn: flanker back, flanker] 2: a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation

n 1: a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it [syn: deist, freethinker]

v 1: desire strongly or persistently [syn: hanker, long, yearn]

v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down]

n 1: a commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status 2: an enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces

n 1: a small ring-shaped friedcake [syn: doughnut, donut, sinker] 2: a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water) 3: a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate

n 1: a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand; "someone slapped me on the back and I turned to see who the slapper was"; "my father was the designated spanker in our family" [syn: slapper, spanker] 2: a fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel

n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git] 2: anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar) 3: an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory [syn: lemon, stinker]

n 1: a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk [syn: oil tanker, oiler, tanker, tank ship] 2: a soldier who drives a tank [syn: tanker, tank driver]

n 1: an important intellectual; "the great minds of the 17th century" [syn: thinker, creative thinker, mind] 2: someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision)

n 1: a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts [syn: tinker, tinkerer] 2: formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living 3: small mackerel found nearly worldwide [syn: chub mackerel, tinker, Scomber japonicus] v 1: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house" [syn: putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around] 2: work as a tinker or tinkerer 3: try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" [syn: tinker, fiddle]

n 1: a person who winks 2: blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side [syn: winker, blinker, blinder]

n 1: member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism

n 1: a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will [syn: resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour]