Words that rhyme with primmer

n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]

n 1: someone new to a field or activity [syn: novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate] 2: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" [syn: founder, beginner, founding father, father]

n 1: a rheostat that varies the current through an electric light in order to control the level of illumination

n 1: a flash of light (especially reflected light) [syn: gleam, gleaming, glimmer] 2: a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" [syn: inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer] v 1: shine brightly, like a star or a light [syn: gleam, glimmer]

adj 1: (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination" [syn: limber, supple] 2: (used of artifacts) easily bent 3: (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely [syn: limber, supple] n 1: a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson v 1: attach the limber; "limber a cannon" [syn: limber, limber up] 2: cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"

n 1: a painter or drawer of portraits [syn: portraitist, portrait painter, portrayer, limner]

n 1: an introductory textbook 2: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant [syn: fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming] 3: the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface [syn: flat coat, ground, primer, priming, primer coat, priming coat, undercoat]

n 1: a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water" [syn: shimmer, play] v 1: shine with a weak or fitful light; "Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight" 2: give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk

n 1: temperature just below the boiling point; "the stew remained at a simmer for hours" v 1: boil slowly at low temperature; "simmer the sauce"; "simmering water"

n 1: a rapid superficial reader 2: a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids 3: a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown [syn: boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hat] 4: gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food

n 1: a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; "he was an Olympic swimmer" 2: a person who travels through the water by swimming; "he is not a good swimmer" [syn: swimmer, natator, bather]

n 1: a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs; "untouched by the pruner's axe" [syn: pruner, trimmer] 2: a machine that trims timber 3: capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments [syn: trimmer, trimming capacitor] 4: joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc. [syn: trimmer, trimmer joist]

n 1: an inhabitant of Berlin

n 1: a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk [syn: walker, Zimmer, Zimmer frame]