Words that rhyme with prescind

n 1: wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft

adv 1: with the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing; "they flew downwind" [ant: against the wind, into the wind, upwind] 2: away from the wind; "they were sailing windward" [syn: windward, downwind] [ant: leeward, upwind] adj 1: towards the side away from the wind [syn: downwind, lee(a)]

n 1: wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft

v 1: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate]

n 1: wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft

n 1: long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp [syn: tamarind, tamarind tree, tamarindo, Tamarindus indica] 2: large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys [syn: tamarind, tamarindo]

adv 1: toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward" [syn: leeward, upwind] [ant: downwind, windward] 2: in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing; "they flew upwind" [syn: upwind, against the wind, into the wind] [ant: downwind] adj 1: towards the side exposed to wind [syn: upwind, weather(a)]

n 1: a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth

n 1: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere" [syn: wind, air current, current of air] 2: a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change" 3: breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him" 4: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn: wind, malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz, nothingness] 5: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint] 6: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath [syn: wind instrument, wind] 7: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus [syn: fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking wind] 8: the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind" [syn: wind, winding, twist] v 1: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" [syn: weave, wind, thread, meander, wander] 2: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest" [syn: wind, twist, curve] 3: arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" [syn: wind, wrap, roll, twine] [ant: unroll, unwind, wind off] 4: catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs" [syn: scent, nose, wind] 5: coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch" [syn: wind, wind up] 6: form into a wreath [syn: wreathe, wind] 7: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn: hoist, lift, wind]

n 1: any wind instrument other than the brass instruments [syn: woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood]

n 1: Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887) [syn: Lind, Jenny Lind, Swedish Nightingale]

n 1: a region of southeastern Pakistan

adj 1: of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages; "Native American religions"; "Indian arrowheads" [syn: Indian, Amerind, Amerindic, Native American] n 1: any of the languages spoken by Amerindians [syn: Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian]