Words that rhyme with nurseryman

  • abdomen
    n 1: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis [syn: abdomen, venter, stomach, belly] 2: the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm [syn: abdominal cavity, abdomen]
  • ain
    adj 1: belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish" [syn: own(a), ain]
  • airman
    n 1: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer]
  • alderman
    n 1: a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council); "aldermen usually represent city wards"
  • artilleryman
    n 1: a serviceman in the artillery [syn: artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner]
  • assemblyman
    n 1: someone who is a member of a legislative assembly
  • backgammon
    n 1: a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
  • badminton
    n 1: a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
  • ban
    n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition, ban, proscription] 2: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova 3: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania 4: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding] 5: a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: Bachelor of Arts in Nursing, BAN] v 1: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) [syn: ban, censor] 2: prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building" 3: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn: banish, ban] 4: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
  • barman
    n 1: an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar [syn: bartender, barman, barkeep, barkeeper, mixologist]
  • bondwoman
    n 1: a female bound to serve without wages [syn: bondwoman, bondswoman, bondmaid] 2: a female slave [syn: bondwoman, bondswoman, bondmaid]
  • bowman
    n 1: a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow [syn: archer, bowman]
  • bran
    n 1: broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting 2: food prepared from the husks of cereal grains
  • brimstone
    n 1: an old name for sulfur [syn: brimstone, native sulfur, native sulphur]
  • businesswoman
    n 1: a female businessperson
  • cacodemon
    n 1: an evil spirit [syn: cacodemon, cacodaemon] [ant: eudaemon, eudemon, good spirit]
  • caiman
    n 1: a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly [syn: caiman, cayman]
  • can
    n 1: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. [syn: can, tin, tin can] 2: the quantity contained in a can [syn: can, canful] 3: a buoy with a round bottom and conical top [syn: can, can buoy] 4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] 5: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne] 6: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom] v 1: preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty" [syn: can, tin, put up] 2: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: employ, engage, hire]
  • canton
    n 1: a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port [syn: Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton] 2: a small administrative division of a country v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter, billet, canton] 2: divide into cantons, of a country
  • capstan
    n 1: a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails
  • catechumen
    n 1: a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist [syn: catechumen, neophyte]
  • cavalryman
    n 1: a soldier in a motorized army unit [syn: cavalryman, trooper] 2: a soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount" [syn: cavalryman, trooper]
  • chairman
    n 1: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson] v 1: act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years" [syn: chair, chairman]
  • chairwoman
    n 1: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson]
  • charwoman
    n 1: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write" [syn: charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman]
  • chieftain
    n 1: the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry" [syn: captain, chieftain] 2: the head of a tribe or clan [syn: headman, tribal chief, chieftain, chief]
  • cistern
    n 1: a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid [syn: cisterna, cistern] 2: a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet [syn: cistern, water tank] 3: an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater
  • clan
    n 1: group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]
  • clergyman
    n 1: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church [syn: clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth] [ant: layman, layperson, secular]
  • committeewoman
    n 1: a woman who is a member of a committee
  • common
    adj 1: belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community" [ant: individual, single] 2: having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap" [ant: uncommon] 3: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn: common, mutual] 4: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting" [syn: common, usual] 5: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species" [syn: common, vernacular, vulgar] 6: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn: common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed] 7: of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population" [syn: coarse, common] 8: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn: coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar] 9: to be expected; standard; "common decency" n 1: 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]
  • congresswoman
    n 1: a member of the United States House of Representatives [syn: congressman, congresswoman, representative]
  • councilwoman
    n 1: a woman who is a council member
  • countryman
    n 1: a man from your own country 2: a man who lives in the country and has country ways [syn: countryman, ruralist]
  • countrywoman
    n 1: a woman who lives in the country and has country ways 2: a woman from your own country
  • cowman
    n 1: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback [syn: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd]
  • crewman
    n 1: any member of a ship's crew [syn: sailor, crewman] 2: a member of a flight crew [syn: crewman, crew member] 3: a member of a work crew
  • daemon
    n 1: an evil supernatural being [syn: devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon] 2: a person who is part mortal and part god [syn: daemon, demigod]
  • dairyman
    n 1: the owner or manager of a dairy [syn: dairyman, dairy farmer] 2: a man who works in a dairy
  • deliveryman
    n 1: someone employed to make deliveries [syn: deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer]
  • demon
    n 1: an evil supernatural being [syn: devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon] 2: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre] 3: someone extremely diligent or skillful; "he worked like a demon to finish the job on time"; "she's a demon at math"
  • destine
    v 1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom, designate] 2: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" [syn: intend, destine, designate, specify]
  • doorman
    n 1: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary]
  • doubleton
    n 1: (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player
  • eastern
    adj 1: lying toward or situated in the east; "the eastern end of the island" 2: of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States; "the Eastern establishment" [ant: western] 3: lying in or toward the east; "the east side of New York"; "eastern cities" [syn: easterly, eastern] 4: relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world; "Eastern Europe"; "the Eastern religions" [ant: western] 5: from the east; used especially of winds; "an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly" [syn: easterly, eastern]
  • etymon
    n 1: a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes [syn: etymon, root]
  • famine
    n 1: an acute insufficiency [syn: dearth, famine, shortage] 2: a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
  • fan
    n 1: a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces 2: an enthusiastic devotee of sports [syn: sports fan, fan, rooter] 3: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover] v 1: strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher) 2: make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred" 3: agitate the air 4: separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field" [syn: winnow, fan]
  • ferryman
    n 1: a man who operates a ferry
  • fireman
    n 1: play in which children pretend to put out a fire 2: a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship) [syn: stoker, fireman] 3: a pitcher who does not start the game [syn: reliever, relief pitcher, fireman] 4: a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires [syn: fireman, firefighter, fire fighter, fire-eater]
  • flan
    n 1: open pastry filled with fruit or custard
  • foreman
    n 1: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn: foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss] 2: a man who is foreperson of a jury
  • forewoman
    n 1: a woman who is foreperson of a jury [syn: forewoman, forelady] 2: a woman in charge of a group of workers
  • fountain
    n 1: a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises 2: a natural flow of ground water [syn: spring, fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring] 3: an artificially produced flow of water [syn: fountain, jet] 4: a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water [syn: fountain, fount]
  • freedwoman
    n 1: a person who has been freed from slavery [syn: freedman, freedwoman]
  • freeman
    n 1: a person who is not a serf or a slave [syn: freeman, freewoman]
  • gentlewoman
    n 1: a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" [syn: dame, madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman]
  • highwayman
    n 1: a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it [syn: highjacker, highwayman, hijacker, road agent]
  • horsewoman
    n 1: a woman horseman
  • human
    adj 1: characteristic of humanity; "human nature" 2: relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects" 3: having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty" [ant: nonhuman] n 1: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage [syn: homo, man, human being, human]
  • hymen
    n 1: (Greek mythology) the god of marriage 2: a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin [syn: hymen, maidenhead, virginal membrane]
  • ichneumon
    n 1: northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs [syn: ichneumon, Herpestes ichneumon]
  • infantryman
    n 1: fights on foot with small arms [syn: infantryman, marcher, foot soldier, footslogger]
  • inhuman
    adj 1: without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" [syn: cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate] 2: belonging to or resembling something nonhuman; "something dark and inhuman in form"; "a babel of inhuman noises"
  • intestine
    n 1: the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus [syn: intestine, bowel, gut]
  • journeyman
    n 1: a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft [syn: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer]
  • juryman
    n 1: someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury [syn: juror, juryman, jurywoman]
  • kinswoman
    n 1: a female relative
  • lantern
    n 1: light in a transparent protective case
  • lawman
    n 1: an officer of the law [syn: lawman, law officer, peace officer]
  • layman
    n 1: someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person [syn: layman, layperson, secular] [ant: clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend]
  • lectern
    n 1: desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer [syn: lectern, reading desk]
  • lemon
    n 1: yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh 2: a strong yellow color [syn: gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize] 3: a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit [syn: lemon, lemon tree, Citrus limon] 4: a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons 5: an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory [syn: lemon, stinker]
  • letterman
    n 1: an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport
  • liveryman
    n 1: a worker in a livery stable
  • lobsterman
    n 1: a person whose occupation is catching lobsters
  • longshoreman
    n 1: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper]
  • lumberman
    n 1: a person who fells trees [syn: lumberman, lumberjack, logger, feller, faller]
  • lumen
    n 1: a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions [syn: lumen, lm] 2: a cavity or passage in a tubular organ; "the lumen of the intestine"
  • madwoman
    n 1: a woman lunatic
  • man
    n 1: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" [syn: man, adult male] [ant: adult female, woman] 2: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty" [syn: serviceman, military man, man, military personnel] [ant: civilian] 3: the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself" 4: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage [syn: homo, man, human being, human] 5: a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana" 6: an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you" 7: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, man] 8: a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man" [ant: woman] 9: one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea [syn: Man, Isle of Man] 10: game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" [syn: man, piece] 11: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women" [syn: world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man] v 1: take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning" 2: provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths"
  • molten
    adj 1: reduced to liquid form by heating; "a mass of molten rock" [syn: molten, liquefied, liquified]
  • mountain
    n 1: a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill [syn: mountain, mount] 2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]
  • needlewoman
    n 1: someone who makes or mends dresses [syn: dressmaker, modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress]
  • nekton
    n 1: the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales
  • noblewoman
    n 1: a woman of the peerage in Britain [syn: Lady, noblewoman, peeress] [ant: Lord, noble, nobleman]
  • 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
  • pan
    n 1: cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel [syn: pan, cooking pan] 2: (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus [syn: Pan, goat god] 3: shallow container made of metal 4: chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids [syn: Pan, genus Pan] v 1: make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the room" 2: wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals [syn: pan, pan out, pan off] 3: express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance" [syn: pan, tear apart, trash]
  • pastern
    n 1: the part between the fetlock and the hoof [syn: pastern, fetter bone]
  • persimmon
    n 1: any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros [syn: persimmon, persimmon tree] 2: orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe
  • phlogiston
    n 1: a hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning
  • phytoplankton
    n 1: photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae
  • piston
    n 1: United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976) [syn: Piston, Walter Piston] 2: mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion [syn: piston, plunger]
  • plan
    n 1: a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue" [syn: plan, program, programme] 2: an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" [syn: design, plan] 3: scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file" [syn: plan, architectural plan] v 1: have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion" [syn: plan, be after] 2: make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family" 3: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" [syn: plan, project, contrive, design] 4: make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum" [syn: design, plan]
  • plantain
    n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally 2: a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics [syn: plantain, plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca] 3: starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
  • ploughman
    n 1: a man who plows [syn: plowman, ploughman, plower]
  • policewoman
    n 1: a woman policeman [syn: police matron, policewoman]
  • postern
    n 1: a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle
  • poultryman
    n 1: a dealer in poultry and poultry products [syn: poultryman, poulterer]
  • predestine
    v 1: decree or determine beforehand 2: foreordain by divine will or decree [syn: predestine, predestinate, foreordain] 3: foreordain or determine beforehand [syn: predestine, foreordain, preordain]

See also nurseryman definition and nurseryman synonyms