Words that rhyme with polje

n 1: an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test" 2: an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure" [ant: success] 3: lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure" [ant: success] 4: a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently [syn: failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person] [ant: achiever, succeeder, success, winner] 5: an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes" 6: inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks" [syn: bankruptcy, failure] 7: loss of ability to function normally; "kidney failure"

n 1: a gay festivity [syn: gala, gala affair, jamboree, blowout]

n 1: a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion [syn: inhaler, inhalator]

n 1: someone who guards prisoners [syn: prison guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey]

n 1: United States writer (born in 1923) [syn: Mailer, Norman Mailer] 2: a person who mails something 3: an advertisement that is sent by mail 4: a container for something to be mailed

n 1: a merchant who sells goods at retail [syn: retailer, retail merchant]

n 1: a worker who attaches something by nailing it

n 1: an electronic pulse counter used to count pulses that occur too rapidly to be recorded individually

n 1: a Hindu disciple of a swami 2: a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods [syn: claw, chela, nipper, pincer]

n 1: a republic in northern South America on the Caribbean; achieved independence from Spain in 1811; rich in oil [syn: Venezuela, Republic of Venezuela]

n 1: a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite [syn: germanium, Ge, atomic number 32] 2: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn: Gaea, Gaia, Ge]

adj 1: of or relating to the axil [syn: axillary, alar] 2: having or resembling wings [syn: alar, alary, aliform, wing-shaped] n 1: a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time [syn: Alar, daminozide]

n 1: Swedish chemist (born in Germany) who discovered oxygen before Priestley did (1742-1786) [syn: Scheele, Karl Scheele, Karl Wilhelm Scheele]

n 1: a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle [syn: semitrailer, semi]

n 1: United States composer and music critic (1885-1966) [syn: Taylor, Deems Taylor, Joseph Deems Taylor] 2: United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932) [syn: Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor] 3: 12th President of the United States; died in office (1784-1850) [syn: Taylor, Zachary Taylor, President Taylor]

n 1: very dry pale sherry from Spain

n 1: a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight