Words that rhyme with plankton

  • sanction
    n 1: formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" [syn: sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur] 2: a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards 3: official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times" [syn: authority, authorization, authorisation, sanction] 4: the act of final authorization; "it had the sanction of the church" v 1: give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies" [syn: approve, O.K., okay, sanction] [ant: disapprove, reject] 2: give authority or permission to 3: give religious sanction to, such as through on oath; "sanctify the marriage"
  • mansion
    n 1: (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided [syn: sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house] 2: a large and imposing house [syn: mansion, mansion house, manse, hall, residence]
  • phantom
    adj 1: something apparently sensed but having no physical reality; "seemed to hear faint phantom bells"; "the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb" n 1: a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre] 2: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow]
  • captain
    n 1: an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant 2: the naval officer in command of a military ship [syn: captain, skipper] 3: a policeman in charge of a precinct [syn: captain, police captain, police chief] 4: an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn: master, captain, sea captain, skipper] 5: the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry" [syn: captain, chieftain] 6: the pilot in charge of an airship [syn: captain, senior pilot] 7: a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers [syn: captain, headwaiter, maitre d'hotel, maitre d'] v 1: be the captain of a sports team
  • handgun
    n 1: a firearm that is held and fired with one hand [syn: pistol, handgun, side arm, shooting iron]
  • blanket
    adj 1: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide] n 1: bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep" [syn: blanket, cover] 2: anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [syn: blanket, mantle] 3: a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor v 1: cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields" 2: form a blanket-like cover (over)
  • sanctum
    n 1: a place of inviolable privacy; "he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go" [syn: sanctum, sanctum sanctorum] 2: a sacred place of pilgrimage [syn: holy place, sanctum, holy]
  • zooplankton
    n 1: animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae
  • franklin
    n 1: United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915) [syn: Franklin, John Hope Franklin] 2: printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790) [syn: Franklin, Benjamin Franklin] 3: a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth
  • hampton
    n 1: United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (1913-2002) [syn: Hampton, Lionel Hampton]

See also plankton definition