Words that rhyme with rubendall

adj 1: having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats [syn: brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby]

v 1: become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down" [syn: dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down]

v 1: catch fire; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles" [syn: kindle, inflame] 2: cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds" [syn: kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame] 3: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke]

v 1: kindle anew, as of a fire 2: arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love"

n 1: (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; "chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis" 2: a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc. 3: any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts [syn: spindle, mandrel, mandril, arbor] 4: a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning 5: any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object; "the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order" [syn: spike, spindle]

n 1: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" [syn: swindle, cheat, rig] v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]

n 1: primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America [syn: bowfin, grindle, dogfish, Amia calva]

n 1: English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536) [syn: Tyndale, William Tyndale, Tindale, William Tindale, Tindal, William Tindal]

n 1: British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893) [syn: Tyndall, John Tyndall]