Words that rhyme with rand

• allemande 0
  n 1: egg-thickened veloute [syn: allemande, allemande sauce]
• ampersand 0
  n 1: a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)
• ant 0
  n 1: social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers [syn: ant, emmet, pismire]
• armband 0
  n 1: worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning 2: a band worn around the upper arm
• aunt 0
  n 1: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle [syn: aunt, auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle]
• bacchante 0
  n 1: (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus
• backhand 0
  adj 1: (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke [syn: backhand(a), backhanded] [ant: forehand(a), forehanded] 2: (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward [syn: backhand, left-slanting] n 1: a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke [syn: backhand, backhand stroke, backhand shot] v 1: hit a tennis ball backhand
• band 0
  n 1: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: set, circle, band, lot] 2: instrumentalists not including string players 3: a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps" [syn: band, banding, stria, striation] 4: an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material [syn: band, banding, stripe] 5: a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing [syn: dance band, band, dance orchestra] 6: a range of frequencies between two limits 7: a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) 8: a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure [syn: isthmus, band] 9: jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band" [syn: ring, band] 10: a driving belt in machinery 11: a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration 12: a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) [syn: band, ring] 13: a restraint put around something to hold it together v 1: bind or tie together, as with a band 2: attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns" [syn: ring, band]
• bandstand 0
  n 1: a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air [syn: bandstand, outdoor stage, stand]
• banned 0
  adj 1: forbidden by law [syn: banned, prohibited]
• beforehand 0
  adv 1: ahead of time; in anticipation; "when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount"; "We like to plan ahead"; "should have made reservations beforehand" [syn: ahead, in advance, beforehand] adj 1: being ahead of time or need; "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report" [syn: advance(a), beforehand(p)]
• behindhand 0
  adv 1: in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills" [syn: behind, behindhand, in arrears] adj 1: behind schedule; "was behindhand with the rent"
• bellyband 0
  n 1: a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed) 2: a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon
• bland 0
  adj 1: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid] 2: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: bland, flat] 3: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" [syn: politic, smooth, suave, bland]
• borderland 0
  n 1: district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area; "the Welsh marches between England and Wales" [syn: borderland, border district, march, marchland]
• bouffant 0
  adj 1: being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; "a bouffant skirt" [syn: bouffant, puffy] n 1: a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance
• brand 0
  n 1: a name given to a product or service [syn: trade name, brand name, brand, marque] 2: a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: brand, make] 3: identification mark on skin, made by burning 4: a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning [syn: brand, firebrand] 5: a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis [syn: mark, stigma, brand, stain] 6: a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard [syn: sword, blade, brand, steel] v 1: burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals 2: to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark] 3: mark with a brand or trademark; "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price" [syn: brand, trademark, brandmark] 4: mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman" [syn: post, brand]
• broadband 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video) 2: responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies; "a broadband antenna" [syn: broadband, wideband]
• canned 0
  adj 1: recorded for broadcast; "a transcribed announcement"; "canned laughter" [syn: canned, transcribed] 2: sealed in a can or jar [syn: canned, tinned]
• cant 0
  n 1: stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition [syn: buzzword, cant] 2: a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force [syn: bank, cant, camber] 3: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular] 4: insincere talk about religion or morals [syn: cant, pious platitude] 5: two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees [syn: bevel, cant, chamfer] v 1: heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" [syn: cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch]
• chant 0
  n 1: a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone v 1: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: chant, intone, intonate, cantillate] 2: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" [syn: tone, chant, intone]
• coastland 0
  n 1: land in a coastal area
• command 0
  n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something [syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation] 2: a military unit or region under the control of a single officer 3: the power or authority to command; "an admiral in command" 4: availability for use; "the materials at the command of the potters grew" 5: a position of highest authority; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command" 6: great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French" [syn: command, control, mastery] 7: (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program [syn: instruction, command, statement, program line] v 1: be in command of; "The general commanded a huge army" 2: make someone do something [syn: command, require] 3: demand as one's due; "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers" 4: look down on; "The villa dominates the town" [syn: dominate, command, overlook, overtop] 5: exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" [syn: control, command]
• commandant 0
  n 1: an officer in command of a military unit [syn: commanding officer, commandant, commander]
• confidant 0
  n 1: someone to whom private matters are confided [syn: confidant, intimate]
• confidante 0
  n 1: a female confidant
• contraband 0
  adj 1: distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes" [syn: bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled] n 1: goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
• countermand 0
  n 1: a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command 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]
• courante 0
  n 1: a court dance of the 16th century; consisted of short advances and retreats
• cowhand 0
  n 1: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback [syn: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd]
• debutante 0
  n 1: a young woman making her debut into society [syn: debutante, deb]
• decant 0
  v 1: pour out; "the sommelier decanted the wines" [syn: decant, pour, pour out]
• deckhand 0
  n 1: a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor [syn: deckhand, roustabout]
• demand 0
  n 1: an urgent or peremptory request; "his demands for attention were unceasing" 2: the ability and desire to purchase goods and services; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply" [ant: supply] 3: required activity; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time" [syn: requirement, demand] 4: the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money" 5: a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs" [syn: need, demand] v 1: request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" 2: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand] [ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of] 3: claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan" [syn: demand, exact] 4: lay legal claim to 5: summon to court 6: ask to be informed of; "I demand an explanation"
• descant 0
  n 1: a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody [syn: descant, discant] v 1: sing in descant 2: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: yodel, warble, descant] 3: talk at great length about something of one's interest
• detente 0
  n 1: the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations)
• disband 0
  v 1: cause to break up or cease to function; "the principal disbanded the political student organization" 2: stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" [syn: disband, dissolve]
• disenchant 0
  v 1: free from enchantment [syn: disenchant, disillusion] [ant: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport]
• dreamland 0
  n 1: a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination [syn: never-never land, dreamland, dreamworld]
• eggplant 0
  n 1: egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow [syn: eggplant, aubergine, mad apple] 2: hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable [syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena]
• enchant 0
  v 1: hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant: disenchant, disillusion] 2: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant] 3: cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something [syn: hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx]
• entente 0
  n 1: an informal alliance between countries [syn: entente, entente cordiale] 2: a friendly understanding between political powers [syn: entente, entente cordiale]
• expand 0
  v 1: extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands" [syn: expand, spread out] [ant: contract, shrink] 2: become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly" 3: make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing" 4: grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming" [syn: boom, thrive, flourish, expand] 5: exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" [syn: inflate, blow up, expand, amplify] 6: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten] 7: expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" [syn: extend, expand]
• fairyland 0
  n 1: something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality) [syn: fantasy world, phantasy world, fairyland] 2: the enchanted realm of fairies [syn: fairyland, faerie, faery]
• fanned 0
  adj 1: especially spread in a fan shape; "the peacock's fanned tail"; "the spread-out cards" [syn: fanned, spread- out(a)]
• farmhand 0
  n 1: a hired hand on a farm [syn: farmhand, fieldhand, field hand, farm worker]
• farmland 0
  n 1: a rural area where farming is practiced [syn: farmland, farming area] 2: arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops [syn: cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth]
• fatherland 0
  n 1: the country where you were born [syn: fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land]
• fete 0
  n 1: an elaborate party (often outdoors) [syn: fete, feast, fiesta] 2: an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival" [syn: festival, fete] v 1: have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" [syn: celebrate, fete]
• firebrand 0
  n 1: a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning [syn: brand, firebrand] 2: someone who deliberately foments trouble; "she was the instigator of their quarrel" [syn: instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand]
• firsthand 0
  adv 1: from the original source; directly; "I heard this story firsthand" [syn: firsthand, at first hand] adj 1: received directly from a source; "firsthand information"
• font 0
  n 1: a specific size and style of type within a type family [syn: font, fount, typeface, face, case] 2: bowl for baptismal water [syn: baptismal font, baptistry, baptistery, font]
• forehand 0
  adj 1: (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke [syn: forehand(a), forehanded] [ant: backhand(a), backhanded] n 1: (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) [syn: forehand, forehand stroke, forehand shot]
• fount 0
  n 1: a specific size and style of type within a type family [syn: font, fount, typeface, face, case] 2: a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water [syn: fountain, fount]
• freehand 0
  adj 1: done by hand without mechanical aids or devices; "a freehand drawing" [syn: freehand, freehanded]
• gallant 0
  adj 1: unflinching in battle or action; "a gallant warrior"; "put up a gallant resistance to the attackers" 2: lively and spirited; "a dashing hero" [syn: dashing, gallant] 3: having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks" [syn: gallant, lofty, majestic, proud] 4: being attentive to women like an ideal knight [syn: chivalrous, gallant, knightly] n 1: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse] 2: a man who attends or escorts a woman [syn: squire, gallant]
• gallivant 0
  v 1: wander aimlessly in search of pleasure [syn: gallivant, gad, jazz around]
• gangland 0
  n 1: underworld organizations [syn: organized crime, gangland, gangdom]
• gland 0
  n 1: any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream [syn: gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter]
• grandstand 0
  n 1: the audience at a stadium or racetrack 2: a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof [syn: grandstand, covered stand] v 1: perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause; "She never misses a chance to grandstand"
• grant 0
  n 1: any monetary aid 2: the act of providing a subsidy [syn: grant, subsidization, subsidisation] 3: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance [syn: grant, assignment] 4: Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) [syn: Grant, Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant] 5: United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) [syn: Grant, Cary Grant] 6: 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) [syn: Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant] 7: a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" [syn: concession, grant] 8: a right or privilege that has been granted v 1: let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison" [syn: allow, grant] [ant: deny, refuse] 2: give as judged due or on the basis of merit; "the referee awarded a free kick to the team"; "the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff";"Funds are granted to qualified researchers" [syn: award, grant] 3: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn: concede, yield, grant] 4: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: accord, allot, grant] 5: bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" [syn: grant, give] 6: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant] 7: transfer by deed; "grant land" [syn: grant, deed over]
• grassland 0
  n 1: land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life
• greensand 0
  n 1: an olive-green sandstone containing glauconite
• hand 0
  n 1: the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" [syn: hand, manus, mitt, paw] 2: a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand" [syn: hired hand, hand, hired man] 3: something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" [syn: handwriting, hand, script] 4: ability; "he wanted to try his hand at singing" 5: a position given by its location to the side of an object; "objections were voiced on every hand" 6: the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" [syn: hand, deal] 7: one of two sides of an issue; "on the one hand..., but on the other hand..." 8: a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece; "the big hand counts the minutes" 9: a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses; "the horse stood 20 hands" 10: a member of the crew of a ship; "all hands on deck" 11: a card player in a game of bridge; "we need a 4th hand for bridge" [syn: bridge player, hand] 12: a round of applause to signify approval; "give the little lady a great big hand" 13: terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos); "the kangaroo's forearms seem undeveloped but the powerful five-fingered hands are skilled at feinting and clouting"- Springfield (Mass.) Union 14: physical assistance; "give me a hand with the chores" [syn: hand, helping hand] v 1: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" [syn: pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give] 2: guide or conduct or usher somewhere; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi"
• handstand 0
  n 1: the act of supporting yourself by your hands alone in an upside down position
• hatband 0
  n 1: a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim
• headband 0
  n 1: a band worn around or over the head; "the earphones were held in place by a headband"
• heartland 0
  n 1: the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture
• hinterland 0
  n 1: a remote and undeveloped area [syn: backwoods, back country, boondocks, hinterland]
• homeland 0
  n 1: the country where you were born [syn: fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land]
• houseplant 0
  n 1: any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes
• implant 0
  n 1: a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue v 1: fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" [syn: implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant] 2: become attached to and embedded in the uterus; "The egg fertilized in vitro implanted in the uterus of the birth mother with no further complications" 3: put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds" [syn: plant, implant]
• inkstand 0
  n 1: a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped [syn: inkwell, inkstand] 2: a tray or stand for writing implements and containers for ink
• inland 0
  adv 1: towards or into the interior of a region; "the town is five miles inland" adj 1: situated away from an area's coast or border [ant: coastal]
• land 0
  n 1: the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city" 2: material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil" [syn: land, ground, soil] 3: territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land" [syn: domain, demesne, land] 4: the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" [syn: land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma] 5: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" [syn: country, state, land] 6: a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south" [syn: kingdom, land, realm] 7: extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" [syn: estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne] 8: the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: nation, land, country] 9: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic] 10: United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991) [syn: Land, Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land] 11: agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" [syn: farming, land] v 1: reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" [syn: land, set down] 2: cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely" [syn: land, put down, bring down] 3: bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail" [syn: bring, land] 4: bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island" 5: deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head" 6: arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" [syn: land, set ashore, shore] 7: shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" [syn: down, shoot down, land]
• longhand 0
  adj 1: having words written out in full by hand; "longhand writing" n 1: rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper [syn: longhand, running hand, cursive, cursive script]
• mainland 0
  n 1: the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
• manned 0
  adj 1: having a crew; "a manned earth satellite was considered a necessary research step" [ant: remote-controlled, unmanned]
• marshland 0
  n 1: low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" [syn: marsh, marshland, fen, fenland]
• misunderstand 0
  v 1: interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn: misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss]
• motherland 0
  n 1: the country where you were born [syn: fatherland, homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, native land]
• multiplicand 0
  n 1: the number that is multiplied by the multiplier
• neckband 0
  n 1: a band around the collar of a garment 2: a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over [syn: collar, neckband] 3: necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck [syn: choker, collar, dog collar, neckband]
• newsstand 0
  n 1: a stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold
• noseband 0
  n 1: a strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose [syn: noseband, nosepiece]
• offhand 0
  adv 1: without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly" [syn: offhand, offhanded, offhandedly] 2: in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter" [syn: offhand, offhanded, offhandedly] adj 1: with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments" [syn: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed] 2: casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt" [syn: offhand, offhanded]
• operand 0
  n 1: a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed
• ordinand 0
  n 1: a person being ordained
• overhand 0
  adj 1: with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level; "an overhand pitch"; "an overhand stroke" [syn: overhand, overhanded, overarm] [ant: underarm, underhand, underhanded] 2: sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together) [syn: overhand, oversewn]
• overland 0
  adj 1: traveling or passing over land; "an overland journey"; "the overland route used by Marco Polo"
• pant 0
  n 1: the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine) 2: (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" [syn: trouser, pant] 3: a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted" [syn: gasp, pant] v 1: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: pant, puff, gasp, heave] 2: utter while panting, as if out of breath
• parkland 0
  n 1: a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property; "there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park" [syn: park, parkland]
• pastureland 0
  n 1: a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock [syn: pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley]
• piedmont 0
  n 1: the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama 2: a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land 3: the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley [syn: Piedmont, Piemonte]
• plainchant 0
  n 1: a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: plainsong, plainchant, Gregorian chant]
• planned 0
  adj 1: designed or carried out according to a plan; "the planned outlays for new equipment" [ant: unplanned] 2: planned in advance; "with malice aforethought" [syn: aforethought(ip), planned, plotted]
• plant 0
  n 1: buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles" [syn: plant, works, industrial plant] 2: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion [syn: plant, flora, plant life] 3: an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience 4: something planted secretly for discovery by another; "the police used a plant to trick the thieves"; "he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant" v 1: put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" [syn: plant, set] 2: fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" [syn: implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant] 3: set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department" [syn: establish, found, plant, constitute, institute] 4: place into a river; "plant fish" 5: place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment" 6: put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds" [syn: plant, implant]
• quicksand 0
  n 1: a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy 2: a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
• rangeland 0
  n 1: land suitable for grazing livestock
• rant 0
  n 1: a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion [syn: harangue, rant, ranting] 2: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah] v 1: talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner [syn: rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave]

See also rand definition