Words that rhyme with palanquin

  • breathtaking
    adj 1: tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure" [syn: breathless, breathtaking]
  • harlequin
    n 1: a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte) v 1: variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches"
  • lovemaking
    n 1: sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life" [syn: sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love, love life]
  • nankeen
    n 1: a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color
  • painstaking
    adj 1: characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details" [syn: conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous]
  • penguin
    n 1: short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
  • piscine
    adj 1: of or relating to fish
  • sanguine
    adj 1: confidently optimistic and cheerful 2: inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" [syn: rubicund, ruddy, florid, sanguine] n 1: a blood-red color
  • sequin
    n 1: adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing [syn: sequin, spangle, diamante]
  • darwin
    n 1: English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882) [syn: Darwin, Charles Darwin, Charles Robert Darwin] 2: provincial capital of the Northern Territory of Australia
  • achene
    n 1: small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall
  • alkene
    n 1: any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon [syn: alkene, olefine, olefin]
  • algonquin
    adj 1: of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language [syn: Algonquian, Algonkian, Algonquin] n 1: a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast [syn: Algonquian, Algonquin] 2: family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains [syn: Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language]
  • gershwin
    n 1: United States lyricist who frequently collaborated with his brother George Gershwin (1896-1983) [syn: Gershwin, Ira Gershwin] 2: United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937) [syn: Gershwin, George Gershwin]
  • baldwin
    n 1: United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987) [syn: Baldwin, James Baldwin, James Arthur Baldwin] 2: English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1867-1947) [syn: Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley] 3: an American eating apple with red or yellow and red skin
  • edwin
    n 1: king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633)
  • goldwyn
    n 1: United States film maker (born in Poland) who founded his own film company and later merged with Louis B. Mayer (1882-1974) [syn: Goldwyn, Sam Goldwyn, Samuel Goldwyn]
  • anguine
    adj 1: of or related to or resembling a snake
  • raking
  • akene
  • alwyn
  • chindwin
  • berwyn
  • irwin
  • delwyn
  • selwyn
  • godwin
  • goodwin
  • urwin

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