Words that rhyme with portolan

  • abutilon
    n 1: herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow [syn: Abutilon, genus Abutilon]
  • ain
    adj 1: belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish" [syn: own(a), ain]
  • bane
    n 1: something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life" [syn: bane, curse, scourge, nemesis]
  • blain
    n 1: an inflammatory swelling or sore
  • brain
    n 1: that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord [syn: brain, encephalon] 2: mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense" [syn: brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit] 3: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: mind, head, brain, psyche, nous] 4: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein" [syn: genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein] 5: the brain of certain animals used as meat v 1: hit on the head 2: kill by smashing someone's skull
  • cane
    n 1: a stick that people can lean on to help them walk 2: a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane 3: a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment v 1: beat with a cane [syn: cane, flog, lambaste, lambast]
  • chain
    n 1: a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances" [syn: chain, concatenation] 2: (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) [syn: chain, chemical chain] 3: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament 4: (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership 5: anything that acts as a restraint 6: a unit of length 7: British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) [syn: Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain] 8: a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" [syn: range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains] 9: a linked or connected series of objects; "a chain of daisies" 10: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, string, strand] v 1: connect or arrange into a chain by linking 2: fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together" [ant: unchain]
  • chamberlain
    n 1: British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940) [syn: Chamberlain, Neville Chamberlain, Arthur Neville Chamberlain] 2: the treasurer of a municipal corporation 3: an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman
  • chaplain
    n 1: a clergyman ministering to some institution
  • crane
    n 1: United States writer (1871-1900) [syn: Crane, Stephen Crane] 2: United States poet (1899-1932) [syn: Crane, Hart Crane, Harold Hart Crane] 3: a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix [syn: Grus, Crane] 4: lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis 5: large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world v 1: stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by" [syn: crane, stretch out]
  • crestfallen
    adj 1: brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually" [syn: chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated]
  • deign
    v 1: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity [syn: condescend, deign, descend]
  • discipline
    n 1: a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" [syn: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick] 2: a system of rules of conduct or method of practice; "he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine"; "for such a plan to work requires discipline"; 3: the trait of being well behaved; "he insisted on discipline among the troops" [ant: indiscipline, undiscipline] 4: training to improve strength or self-control 5: the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received" [syn: discipline, correction] v 1: develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?" [syn: discipline, train, check, condition] 2: punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently" [syn: discipline, correct, sort out]
  • drain
    n 1: emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it [syn: drain, drainage] 2: tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material 3: a pipe through which liquid is carried away [syn: drain, drainpipe, waste pipe] 4: a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration" v 1: flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat" [syn: drain, run out] 2: deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy" 3: empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank" 4: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: enfeeble, debilitate, drain]
  • fain
    adv 1: in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it" [syn: gladly, lief, fain] adj 1: having made preparations; "prepared to take risks" [syn: disposed(p), fain, inclined(p), prepared]
  • fallen
    adj 1: having dropped by the force of gravity; "fallen leaves covered the forest floor"; "sat on a fallen tree trunk" 2: having fallen in or collapsed; "a fallen building" 3: having lost your chastity; "a fallen woman" 4: killed in battle; "to honor fallen soldiers"
  • feign
    v 1: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble] 2: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: simulate, assume, sham, feign]
  • felon
    n 1: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime [syn: criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor] 2: a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail [syn: felon, whitlow]
  • gain
    n 1: a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks" [syn: addition, increase, gain] 2: the advantageous quality of being beneficial [syn: profit, gain] 3: the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input [syn: amplification, gain] 4: the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating [ant: loss, red, red ink] v 1: obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden" [syn: derive, gain] 2: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" [syn: acquire, win, gain] [ant: lose] 3: derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience" [syn: profit, gain, benefit] 4: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" [syn: reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain] 5: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" [syn: gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground] [ant: drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede] 6: rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today" [syn: advance, gain] 7: increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum"; "the car gathers speed" [syn: gain, gather] 8: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" [syn: gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in] 9: increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising" [syn: gain, put on] [ant: lose weight, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin]
  • gallon
    n 1: United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters [syn: gallon, gal] 2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters [syn: gallon, Imperial gallon, congius]
  • grain
    n 1: a relatively small granular particle of a substance; "a grain of sand"; "a grain of sugar" 2: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses [syn: grain, food grain, cereal] 3: the side of leather from which the hair has been removed 4: a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat [syn: grain, metric grain] 5: 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams 6: 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams 7: dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn [syn: grain, caryopsis] 8: a cereal grass; "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas" 9: the smallest possible unit of anything; "there was a grain of truth in what he said"; "he does not have a grain of sense" 10: the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain" 11: the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); "breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain" [syn: texture, grain] v 1: thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt" [syn: ingrain, grain] 2: paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood 3: form into grains [syn: granulate, grain] 4: become granular [syn: granulate, grain]
  • indiscipline
    n 1: the trait of lacking discipline [syn: indiscipline, undiscipline] [ant: discipline]
  • lane
    n 1: a narrow way or road 2: a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic
  • main
    adj 1: most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch" [syn: chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)] 2: (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" [syn: independent, main(a)] [ant: dependent, subordinate] 3: of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength" n 1: any very large body of (salt) water [syn: main, briny] 2: a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
  • mane
    n 1: long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck 2: growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being [syn: mane, head of hair]
  • melon
    n 1: any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh 2: any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers [syn: melon, melon vine]
  • merlon
    n 1: a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement
  • mullein
    n 1: any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers [syn: mullein, flannel leaf, velvet plant]
  • muskmelon
    n 1: any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell [syn: sweet melon, muskmelon, sweet melon vine, Cucumis melo] 2: the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers [syn: muskmelon, sweet melon]
  • pain
    n 1: a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" [syn: pain, hurting] 2: emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness" [syn: pain, painfulness] [ant: pleasance, pleasure] 3: a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain" [syn: pain, pain sensation, painful sensation] 4: a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain" [syn: pain, pain in the neck, nuisance] 5: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass] v 1: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed [syn: trouble, ail, pain] 2: cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school" [syn: pain, anguish, hurt]
  • pane
    n 1: sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors [syn: pane, pane of glass, window glass] 2: a panel or section of panels in a wall or door [syn: paneling, panelling, pane] 3: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen]
  • plain
    adv 1: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn" [syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain] adj 1: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" [syn: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable] 2: not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" [ant: fancy] 3: lacking patterns especially in color [syn: plain, unpatterned] [ant: patterned] 4: not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" [syn: plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed] 5: free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children" [syn: plain, unvarnished] 6: lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" [syn: plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented] 7: lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face" [syn: homely, plain] n 1: extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth" [syn: plain, field, champaign] 2: a basic knitting stitch [syn: knit, knit stitch, plain, plain stitch] v 1: express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" [syn: complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch] [ant: cheer, cheer up, chirk up]
  • plane
    adj 1: having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams" [syn: flat, level, plane] n 1: an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" [syn: airplane, aeroplane, plane] 2: (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane" [syn: plane, sheet] 3: a level of existence or development; "he lived on a worldly plane" 4: a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood [syn: plane, planer, planing machine] 5: a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work" [syn: plane, carpenter's plane, woodworking plane] v 1: cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" [syn: plane, shave] 2: travel on the surface of water [syn: plane, skim] 3: make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane; "plane the top of the door"
  • pollen
    n 1: the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant
  • porcelain
    n 1: ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
  • pylon
    n 1: a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race 2: a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines; "power pylons are a favorite target for terrorists" [syn: pylon, power pylon]
  • rain
    n 1: water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere [syn: rain, rainfall] 2: drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds [syn: rain, rainwater] 3: anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults" [syn: rain, pelting] v 1: precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" [syn: rain, rain down]
  • reign
    n 1: a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism" 2: the period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the reign of Henry VIII" 3: royal authority; the dominion of a monarch [syn: reign, sovereignty] v 1: have sovereign power; "Henry VIII reigned for a long time" 2: be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood" [syn: predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail]
  • rein
    n 1: one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse 2: any means of control; "he took up the reins of government" v 1: control and direct with or as if by reins; "rein a horse" [syn: harness, rein in, draw rein, rein] 2: stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office" [syn: rein, rein in] 3: stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office" [syn: rein, rein in] 4: keep in check; "rule one's temper" [syn: rule, harness, rein]
  • seine
    n 1: a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel [syn: Seine, Seine River] 2: a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom v 1: fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine
  • semicolon
    n 1: a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
  • skein
    n 1: coils of worsted yarn
  • slain
    adj 1: killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors"; "a picture of St. George and the slain dragon" n 1: people who have been slain (as in battle)
  • sprain
    n 1: a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments v 1: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick]
  • stain
    n 1: a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain" [syn: stain, discoloration, discolouration] 2: (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible 3: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn: dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge] 4: a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis [syn: mark, stigma, brand, stain] 5: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain] v 1: color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages" 2: produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth" 3: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" [syn: tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile] 4: color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"
  • strain
    n 1: (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces 2: difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson [syn: stress, strain] 3: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" [syn: tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase] 4: (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress; "his responsibilities were a constant strain"; "the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him" [syn: strain, mental strain, nervous strain] 5: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" [syn: breed, strain, stock] 6: (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms" [syn: form, variant, strain, var.] 7: injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain 8: the general meaning or substance of an utterance; "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument" [syn: tenor, strain] 9: an effortful attempt to attain a goal [syn: striving, nisus, pains, strain] 10: an intense or violent exertion [syn: strain, straining] 11: the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates" [syn: song, strain] v 1: to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear" [syn: strive, reach, strain] 2: test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" [syn: try, strain, stress] 3: use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much" [syn: strain, extend] 4: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" [syn: sift, sieve, strain] 5: cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up" [syn: tense, strain, tense up] [ant: loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unstrain, unwind] 6: become stretched or tense or taut; "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;" "the rope strained when the weight was attached" [syn: strain, tense] 7: remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities" [syn: filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out] 8: rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby" [syn: puree, strain] 9: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" [syn: deform, distort, strain]
  • sullen
    adj 1: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen] 2: darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" [syn: heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening]
  • swollen
    adj 1: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes" [syn: conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self- conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain]
  • talon
    n 1: a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
  • villain
    n 1: a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately [syn: villain, scoundrel] 2: the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction [syn: villain, baddie]
  • watermelon
    n 1: an African melon [syn: watermelon, watermelon vine, Citrullus vulgaris] 2: large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp
  • woollen
    adj 1: of or related to or made of wool; "a woolen sweater" [syn: woolen, woollen] n 1: a fabric made from the hair of sheep [syn: wool, woolen, woollen]
  • allen
    n 1: United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964) [syn: Allen, Gracie Allen, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, Gracie] 2: United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-) [syn: Allen, Woody Allen, Allen Stewart Konigsberg] 3: a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789) [syn: Allen, Ethan Allen]
  • brooklyn
    n 1: a borough of New York City
  • chaplin
    n 1: English comedian and film maker; portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977) [syn: Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin]
  • 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
  • helen
    n 1: (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War [syn: Helen, Helen of Troy]
  • solon
    n 1: a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs [syn: statesman, solon, national leader]
  • woolen
    adj 1: of or related to or made of wool; "a woolen sweater" [syn: woolen, woollen] n 1: a fabric made from the hair of sheep [syn: wool, woolen, woollen]
  • guatemalan
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Guatemala or its residents; "Guatemalan coffee" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Guatemala
  • anne
    n 1: Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
  • elan
    n 1: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal" [syn: ardor, ardour, elan, zeal] 2: distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: dash, elan, flair, panache, style] 3: enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness; "a performance of great elan and sophistication"
  • babylon
    n 1: the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
  • magellan
    n 1: Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521) [syn: Magellan, Ferdinand Magellan, Fernao Magalhaes]
  • dylan
    n 1: United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941) [syn: Dylan, Bob Dylan] 2: Celtic god of the waves; son of Arianrhod
  • galen
    n 1: Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200)
  • venezuelan
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Venezuela or its people; "Venezuelan oil" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Venezuela
  • angolan
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Angola or its people; "the Angolan Civil War" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Angola
  • magdalen
    n 1: a reformed prostitute
  • solan
    n 1: very large white gannet with black wing tips [syn: solan, solan goose, solant goose, Sula bassana]
  • villein
    n 1: (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord [syn: serf, helot, villein]
  • stolon
    n 1: a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips [syn: stolon, runner, offset]
  • pademelon
    n 1: small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea [syn: pademelon, paddymelon]
  • veblen
    n 1: United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929) [syn: Veblen, Thorstein Veblen, Thorstein Bunde Veblen] 2: United States mathematician (1880-1960) [syn: Veblen, Oswald Veblen]
  • myrobalan
    n 1: small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit [syn: cherry plum, myrobalan, myrobalan plum, Prunus cerasifera]
  • lucullan
    adj 1: characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast" [syn: lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy]
  • compline
    n 1: last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring [syn: compline, complin]
  • befallen
  • billon
  • fane
  • gonfalon
  • lain
  • stolen
  • alan
  • pollan
  • stollen
  • magdalene
  • kerguelen
  • ahn
  • ann
  • petalon
  • zebulon
  • alleyne
  • mcclellan
  • mclellan
  • fallon
  • macmillan
  • dillon
  • alun
  • marlon