Words that rhyme with rapine

  • alpine
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of alps; "alpine sports" 2: relating to the Alps and their inhabitants; "Alpine countries, Switzerland, Italy, France, and Germany" 3: living or growing above the timber line; "alpine flowers"
  • atropine
    n 1: a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides
  • backspin
    n 1: spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion
  • cabin
    n 1: small room on a ship or boat where people sleep 2: a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area 3: the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried v 1: confine to a small space, such as a cabin
  • hairpin
    n 1: a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place
  • hatpin
    n 1: a long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair
  • headpin
    n 1: the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins [syn: headpin, kingpin]
  • kingpin
    n 1: the most important person in a group or undertaking [syn: kingpin, top banana, bigwig] 2: bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle [syn: kingbolt, kingpin, swivel pin] 3: the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins [syn: headpin, kingpin]
  • lupine
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of wolves n 1: any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers [syn: lupine, lupin]
  • ninepin
    n 1: a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles [syn: ninepin, skittle, skittle pin]
  • opine
    v 1: express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation; "John spoke up at the meeting" [syn: opine, speak up, speak out, animadvert, sound off] 2: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess]
  • pippin
    n 1: any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red
  • porcupine
    n 1: relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur [syn: porcupine, hedgehog]
  • repine
    v 1: express discontent
  • stickpin
    n 1: a decorative pin that is worn in a necktie
  • supine
    adj 1: lying face upward [syn: supine, resupine] 2: offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt [syn: resistless, supine, unresisting]
  • tenpin
    n 1: one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling
  • terrapin
    n 1: any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water
  • tiepin
    n 1: a pin used to hold the tie in place [syn: tie tack, tiepin, scarfpin]
  • topspin
    n 1: forward spin (usually of a moving ball) that is imparted by an upward stroke
  • transalpine
    adj 1: on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps); "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"; "Cracow was a transalpine university" [syn: transalpine, ultramontane] n 1: one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy
  • underpin
    v 1: support from beneath 2: support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" [syn: corroborate, underpin, bear out, support]
  • unpin
    v 1: remove the pins from; unfasten the pins of [ant: pin]
  • vulpine
    adj 1: resembling or characteristic of a fox; "vulpine cunning" [syn: vulpine, vulpecular]
  • chopine
    n 1: a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole [syn: chopine, platform]
  • pepin
    n 1: king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne who defended papal interests and founded the Carolingian dynasty in 751 (714-768) [syn: Pepin, Pepin III, Pepin the Short]
  • orpine
    n 1: perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers [syn: orpine, orpin, livelong, live-forever, Sedum telephium]
  • turpin
    n 1: English highwayman (1706-1739) [syn: Turpin, Dick Turpin]
  • lupin
    n 1: any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers [syn: lupine, lupin]
  • cisalpine
    adj 1: on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps" [syn: cisalpine, ultramontane]
  • subalpine
    adj 1: growing at high altitudes [syn: alpestrine, subalpine]
  • crispin
    n 1: patron saint of shoemakers; he and his brother were martyred for trying to spread Christianity (3rd century) [syn: Crispin, Saint Crispin, St. Crispin]
  • somatotropin
    n 1: a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans [syn: somatotropin, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotrophic hormone, STH, human growth hormone, growth hormone]
  • proserpine
    n 1: goddess of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Persephone [syn: Proserpina, Proserpine]
  • crankpin
  • mcalpine

See also rapine definition and rapine synonyms