Words that rhyme with martin

• astatine 0
  n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium [syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85]
• biotin 0
  n 1: a B vitamin that aids in body growth [syn: biotin, vitamin H]
• bulletin 0
  n 1: a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast) v 1: make public by bulletin
• carton 0
  n 1: the quantity contained in a carton [syn: carton, cartonful] 2: a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top
• chitin 0
  n 1: a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi
• chromatin 0
  n 1: the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes [syn: chromatin, chromatin granule]
• clandestine 0
  adj 1: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance" [syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and- corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground]
• cretin 0
  n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard]
• croton 0
  n 1: grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant [syn: croton, Codiaeum variegatum] 2: tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil [syn: croton, Croton tiglium]
• darken 0
  v 1: become dark or darker; "The sky darkened" [ant: lighten, lighten up] 2: tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name" 3: make dark or darker; "darken a room" [ant: brighten, lighten, lighten up]
• dishearten 0
  v 1: take away the enthusiasm of [syn: dishearten, put off] [ant: cheer, embolden, hearten, recreate]
• frighten 0
  v 1: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" [syn: frighten, fright, scare, affright] 2: drive out by frightening
• gluten 0
  n 1: a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough
• glutton 0
  n 1: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess [syn: glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman] 2: musteline mammal of northern Eurasia [syn: glutton, Gulo gulo, wolverine]
• hearten 0
  v 1: give encouragement to [syn: cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden] [ant: dishearten, put off]
• highfalutin 0
  adj 1: affectedly genteel [syn: grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da]
• keratin 0
  n 1: a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves [syn: keratin, ceratin]
• kindergarten 0
  n 1: a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
• kitten 0
  n 1: young domestic cat [syn: kitten, kitty] v 1: have kittens; "our cat kittened again this year"
• lighten 0
  v 1: make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit" [syn: lighten, lighten up, buoy up] [ant: weigh down, weigh on] 2: reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey" 3: become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit" [syn: lighten, lighten up, buoy up] 4: make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room" [syn: brighten, lighten up, lighten] [ant: darken] 5: become lighter; "The room lightened up" [syn: lighten, lighten up] [ant: darken] 6: alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents" [syn: relieve, lighten]
• marten 0
  n 1: agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels [syn: marten, marten cat]
• neaten 0
  v 1: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn: tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away] 2: care for one's external appearance; "He is always well- groomed" [syn: groom, neaten]
• oaten 0
  adj 1: of or related to or derived from oats; "oaten bread"
• pectin 0
  n 1: any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams
• platen 0
  n 1: work table of a machine tool 2: the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type 3: the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
• precipitin 0
  n 1: an antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen
• rotten 0
  adj 1: very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" [syn: icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky] 2: damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation" [syn: decayed, rotten, rotted] 3: having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave"
• satin 0
  n 1: a smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back
• shorten 0
  v 1: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness" [ant: lengthen] 2: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate] 3: make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches" 4: become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" [ant: lengthen] 5: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten]
• smitten 0
  adj 1: (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: smitten, stricken, struck] 2: marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her" [syn: enamored, infatuated, in love, potty, smitten, soft on(p), taken with(p)]
• straighten 0
  v 1: straighten up or out; make straight [syn: straighten, unbend] [ant: bend, flex] 2: make straight [syn: straighten, straighten out] 3: get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered" 4: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn: tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away] 5: straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" [syn: roll out, straighten] 6: make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"
• straiten 0
  v 1: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship [syn: straiten, distress] 2: squeeze together
• tartan 0
  n 1: a cloth having a crisscross design [syn: tartan, plaid]
• latin 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language; "Latin verb conjugations" 2: relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages; "Latin America" 3: relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages" [syn: Romance, Latin] 4: of or relating to the ancient region of Latium; "Latin towns" n 1: any dialect of the language of ancient Rome 2: an inhabitant of ancient Latium 3: a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin
• spartan 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people 2: resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; "spartan courage" 3: unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing" [syn: severe, spartan] 4: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" [syn: ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan] n 1: a resident of Sparta
• actin 0
  n 1: one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form
• prolactin 0
  n 1: gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition [syn: prolactin, lactogenic hormone, luteotropin]
• gelatin 0
  n 1: a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin [syn: gelatin, gelatine] 2: an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods [syn: gelatin, jelly] 3: a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects [syn: gelatin, gel]
• rasputin 0
  n 1: Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916) [syn: Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich Rasputin]
• freemartin 0
• gotten 0
• haematin 0
• legatine 0
• smarten 0
• pecten 0
• mostyn 0
• rutin 0
• mccartan 0
• mccarten 0
• mccartin 0
• protopectin 0
• barten 0
• barton 0
• curtin 0
• quentin 0
• darton 0
• kilmartin 0
• dakotan 0
• partan 0
• dumbarton 0
• quintin 0
• startin 0

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