Words that rhyme with orcharding

adj 1: (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with; "according to instructions" 2: (followed by `to') as reported or stated by; "according to historians"

adj 1: executed with proper legal authority; "a binding contract" n 1: the capacity to attract and hold something 2: strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration 3: the act of applying a bandage [syn: dressing, bandaging, binding] 4: one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall [syn: ski binding, binding] 5: the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding" [syn: binding, book binding, cover, back]

n 1: exercise that builds muscles through tension [syn: bodybuilding, anaerobic exercise, muscle building, musclebuilding]

n 1: the craft of binding books

n 1: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" [syn: building, edifice] 2: the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" [syn: construction, building] 3: the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" [syn: construction, building] 4: the occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise"

adj 1: willing to entrust personal matters; "first she was suspicious, then she became confiding"

adj 1: accompanying; "all rights carry with them corresponding responsibilities" 2: similar especially in position or purpose; "a number of corresponding diagonal points" 3: conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year" [syn: comparable, corresponding, like]

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

n 1: the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" [syn: ending, termination] 2: the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" [syn: termination, ending, conclusion] 3: the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" [syn: end, ending] [ant: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, middle, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time] 4: event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" [syn: ending, conclusion, finish] [ant: beginning] 5: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending]

adj 1: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing]

adj 1: tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; "a counselor tries not to be faultfinding" 2: tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor" [syn: captious, faultfinding] n 1: persistent petty and unjustified criticism [syn: faultfinding, carping]

n 1: (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field 2: English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754) [syn: Fielding, Henry Fielding]

n 1: the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation; "the determination of molecular structures" [syn: determination, finding] 2: the decision of a court on issues of fact or law 3: something that is found; "the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner"; "an area rich in archaeological findings"

adj 1: harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie [syn: dour, forbidding, grim] 2: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening] n 1: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding]

adj 1: ominously prophetic [syn: fateful, foreboding(a), portentous] n 1: a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case" [syn: foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding] 2: an unfavorable omen

adj 1: standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage" [syn: freestanding, separate]

n 1: castrated male horse

n 1: the act of arranging in a graduated series [syn: scaling, grading] 2: changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface [syn: grading, leveling] 3: evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do" [syn: marking, grading, scoring]

n 1: education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics" [syn: foundation, grounding] 2: fastening electrical equipment to earth [syn: grounding, earthing]

n 1: a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text" [syn: heading, header, head] 2: the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies [syn: bearing, heading, aim] 3: a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" [syn: drift, heading, gallery]

adj 1: causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" [syn: grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending]

n 1: the activity of keeping something secret [syn: concealment, concealing, hiding] 2: the state of being hidden; "he went into hiding"

n 1: large outdoor signboard [syn: billboard, hoarding]

n 1: the act of retaining something [syn: retention, keeping, holding] 2: something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property"; [syn: property, belongings, holding]

adj 1: close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement" [syn: at hand(p), close at hand(p), imminent, impendent, impending]

n 1: the act of mating closely related individuals

n 1: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment]

n 1: ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land 2: a holding in the form of land

n 1: an intermediate platform in a staircase 2: structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods [syn: landing, landing place] 3: the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface); "the plane made a smooth landing"; "his landing on his feet was catlike" 4: the act of coming to land after a voyage

n 1: a public toilet in a military area

adj 1: indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance" [syn: leading(p), prima(p), star(p), starring(p), stellar(a)] 2: greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist" [syn: leading(a), preeminent] 3: going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; "we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology" [ant: following] 4: having the leading position or higher score in a contest; "he is ahead by a pawn"; "the leading team in the pennant race" [syn: ahead(p), in the lead, leading] n 1: thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing [syn: lead, leading] 2: the activity of leading; "his leadership inspired the team" [syn: leadership, leading]

n 1: weight to be borne or conveyed [syn: load, loading, burden] 2: a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads" [syn: load, loading] 3: the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift 4: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment] 5: the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.; "the loading took 2 hours" [ant: unloading]

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: designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices" [syn: deceptive, misleading, shoddy]

n 1: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning" [syn: misinterpretation, misunderstanding, mistaking] 2: an understanding of something that is not correct; "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister" [syn: mistake, misunderstanding, misapprehension]

n 1: a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing [syn: molding, moulding] 2: a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge [syn: molding, moulding, border] 3: sculpture produced by molding [syn: mold, mould, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculpture] 4: a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied [syn: modeling, modelling, molding, moulding]

adv 1: despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go" [syn: however, nevertheless, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstanding]

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: a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building

adj 1: distinguished from others in excellence; "did outstanding work in human relations"; "an outstanding war record" 2: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child" [syn: outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking] 3: owed as a debt; "outstanding bills"; "the amount still owed"; "undischarged debts" [syn: outstanding, owing(p), undischarged] 4: of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey" [syn: great, outstanding]

adj 1: begging [syn: beseeching, pleading, imploring] [ant: imperative] n 1: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding

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]

n 1: any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes; "corn pudding" 2: (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally) [syn: pudding, pud] 3: any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed

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)

n 1: the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading" 2: a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart" 3: a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm" [syn: reading, meter reading, indication] 4: written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport" [syn: reading, reading material] 5: a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something [syn: interpretation, reading, version] 6: a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England 7: a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems" [syn: recitation, recital, reading] 8: the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company" [syn: reading, meter reading]

n 1: building again

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

n 1: a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded 2: the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" [syn: recording, transcription] 3: a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded

n 1: the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements [syn: riding, horseback riding, equitation] 2: travel by being carried on horseback [syn: riding, horseback riding]

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: a system of scaffolds [syn: scaffolding, staging]

n 1: rebuking a person harshly [syn: chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing]

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: graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting 2: a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades [syn: shading, blending]

n 1: the construction of ships [syn: shipbuilding, ship building]

n 1: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass [syn: siding, railroad siding, turnout, sidetrack] 2: material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof

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 piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation

adj 1: appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high- sounding talk" [syn: looking, sounding] 2: having volume or deepness; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth 3: making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form; "harsh-sounding" n 1: a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line 2: the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)

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: having a supporting base; "a standing lamp" 2: not created for a particular occasion; "a standing committee" 3: (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water" [ant: running(a)] 4: executed in or initiated from a standing position; "race from a standing start"; "a standing jump"; "a standing ovation" [ant: running(a)] 5: (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs; "standing room only" [ant: seated, sitting] 6: permanent; "a standing army" n 1: social or financial or professional status or reputation; "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing" 2: an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event 3: the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position

n 1: a heading of a subdivision of a text [syn: subheading, subhead]

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: closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside" [syn: encompassing(a), surrounding(a), circumferent]

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 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]

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: lacking understanding; "tried to explain to her uncomprehending husband"

adj 1: characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy; "an understanding friend" n 1: the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" [syn: understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy] 2: the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers" [syn: agreement, understanding] 3: an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding" [syn: sympathy, understanding] 4: the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil" [syn: reason, understanding, intellect]

adj 1: continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" [syn: ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing]

adj 1: of an imaginary flower that never fades [syn: amaranthine, unfading]

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: marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying" [syn: heedless, unheeding] [ant: attentive, heedful, paying attention, thoughtful]

adj 1: not ostentatious; "his unostentatious office"; "unostentatious elegance" [syn: unostentatious, unpretentious, unpretending] [ant: ostentatious, pretentious]

adj 1: not rewarding; not providing personal satisfaction [ant: rewarding]

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]

adj 1: stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" [syn: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding] 2: resistant to physical force or pressure; "an unyielding head support"

adj 1: meriting respect or esteem; "an upstanding member of the community" [syn: upstanding, solid]

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]

n 1: any material used especially to protect something [syn: packing material, packing, wadding]

n 1: the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed [syn: wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials, hymeneals] 2: the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel" [syn: marriage, wedding, marriage ceremony] 3: a party of people at a wedding [syn: wedding, wedding party]

n 1: a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree) 2: an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women

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: the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage]

adj 1: causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty" [syn: stabbing, wounding] n 1: the act of inflicting a wound [syn: wound, wounding]

adj 1: inclined to yield to argument or influence or control; "a timid yielding person" 2: lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure; "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber" 3: tending to give in or surrender or agree; "too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington n 1: a verbal act of admitting defeat [syn: giving up, yielding, surrender] 2: the act of conceding or yielding [syn: concession, conceding, yielding]

n 1: a severe scolding [syn: castigation, earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down]

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: 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: English novelist (1911-1993) [syn: Golding, William Golding, Sir William Gerald Golding]

n 1: 29th President of the United States; two of his appointees were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal (1865-1823) [syn: Harding, Warren Harding, Warren Gamaliel Harding, President Harding]