Words that rhyme with pinero

n 1: a mark to indicate a direction or relation [syn: arrow, pointer] 2: a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow

n 1: the quantity that a barrow will hold [syn: barrow, barrowful] 2: (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs [syn: burial mound, grave mound, barrow, tumulus] 3: a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels [syn: barrow, garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow]

n 1: music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance 2: a short jacket; worn mostly by women 3: a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets

n 1: a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box

n 1: the production of a litter of pigs [syn: farrow, farrowing] v 1: give birth; "sows farrow" [syn: farrow, pig]

n 1: a Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread 2: rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction [syn: gyroscope, gyro]

n 1: a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain" 2: the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem 3: someone who fights for a cause [syn: champion, fighter, hero, paladin] 4: Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) [syn: Hero, Heron, Hero of Alexandria] 5: (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god 6: (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her 7: 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]

n 1: the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones [syn: marrow, bone marrow] 2: any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh [syn: marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrow] 3: very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones [syn: marrow, bone marrow] 4: large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins [syn: marrow, vegetable marrow] 5: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty]

adj 1: not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page" [ant: broad, wide] 2: limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word" 3: lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions" [syn: narrow-minded, narrow] [ant: broad-minded] 4: very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape" [ant: wide] 5: characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report" [syn: minute, narrow] n 1: a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water v 1: make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" [syn: narrow, contract] [ant: widen] 2: define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" [syn: pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify] 3: become more focus on an area of activity or field of study; "She specializes in Near Eastern history" [syn: specialize, specialise, narrow, narrow down] [ant: branch out, broaden, diversify] 4: become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted" [syn: constrict, constringe, narrow]

n 1: the title of the ancient Egyptian kings [syn: Pharaoh, Pharaoh of Egypt]

n 1: one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis 2: a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico

n 1: any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects [syn: sparrow, true sparrow] 2: small brownish European songbird [syn: hedge sparrow, sparrow, dunnock, Prunella modularis]

n 1: edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants [syn: taro, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo] 2: herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves [syn: taro, taro plant, dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta] 3: tropical starchy tuberous root [syn: taro, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, edda]

n 1: local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) [syn: vaquero, buckaroo, buckeroo]

adj 1: indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; "a zero score" [syn: zero, 0] 2: having no measurable or otherwise determinable value; "the goal is zero population growth" 3: indicating an initial point or origin 4: of or relating to the null set (a set with no members) n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo] 2: a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number [syn: zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher] 3: the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured [syn: zero, zero point] 4: the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing v 1: adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value 2: adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards" [syn: zero, zero in]

n 1: short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of southern and southeastern Asia

n 1: a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II

n 1: a naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero in which the Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719) [syn: Passero, Cape Passero]

n 1: United States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938) [syn: Darrow, Clarence Darrow, Clarence Seward Darrow]

n 1: Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68) [syn: Nero, Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus]