Words that rhyme with muffin

  • boffin
    n 1: (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research
  • bowfin
    n 1: primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America [syn: bowfin, grindle, dogfish, Amia calva]
  • coffin
    n 1: box in which a corpse is buried or cremated [syn: coffin, casket] v 1: place into a coffin; "her body was coffined"
  • corticotrophin
    n 1: a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex [syn: adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, ACTH, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, corticotrophin]
  • dauphin
    n 1: formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne
  • dolphin
    n 1: large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) [syn: dolphinfish, dolphin, mahimahi] 2: any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
  • elfin
    adj 1: suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"; "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown [syn: elfin, fey] 2: small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small" [syn: elfin, elflike] 3: relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf; "elfin bells"; "all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance" 4: usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks" [syn: elfin, elfish, elvish]
  • griffin
    n 1: winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion [syn: gryphon, griffin, griffon]
  • often
    adv 1: many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee" [syn: frequently, often, oftentimes, oft, ofttimes] [ant: infrequently, rarely, seldom] 2: frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much" [syn: much, a great deal, often] 3: in many cases or instances
  • paraffin
    n 1: from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings [syn: paraffin, paraffin wax] 2: a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2) [syn: methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin] 3: (British usage) kerosine [syn: paraffin, paraffin oil]
  • puffin
    n 1: any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
  • ragamuffin
    n 1: a dirty shabbily clothed urchin [syn: ragamuffin, tatterdemalion]
  • roughen
    v 1: make rough or rougher; "roughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other" [ant: smooth, smoothen]
  • soften
    v 1: make (images or sounds) soft or softer [ant: sharpen] 2: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" [syn: dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break] 3: give in, as to influence or pressure [syn: yield, relent, soften] [ant: remain firm, stand] 4: protect from impact; "cushion the blow" [syn: cushion, buffer, soften] 5: make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears" [syn: mince, soften, moderate] 6: make soft or softer; "This liquid will soften your laundry" [ant: harden, indurate] 7: become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it" [ant: harden, indurate]
  • threadfin
    n 1: mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays
  • tiffin
    n 1: a midday meal [syn: lunch, luncheon, tiffin, dejeuner]
  • endorphin
    n 1: a neurochemical occurring naturally in the brain and having analgesic properties
  • godolphin
  • baffin
  • biffin

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