Words that rhyme with sambur

• abhor 0
  v 1: find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats" [syn: abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate]
• amber 0
  adj 1: of a medium to dark brownish yellow color [syn: amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown] n 1: a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair" [syn: amber, gold] 2: a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry
• antechamber 0
  n 1: a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule]
• bedchamber 0
  n 1: a room used primarily for sleeping [syn: bedroom, sleeping room, sleeping accommodation, chamber, bedchamber]
• boor 0
  n 1: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike]
• bore 0
  n 1: a person who evokes boredom [syn: bore, dullard] 2: a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) [syn: tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager] 3: diameter of a tube or gun barrel [syn: bore, gauge, caliber, calibre] 4: a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes [syn: bore, bore-hole, drill hole] v 1: cause to be bored [syn: bore, tire] [ant: interest] 2: make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall" [syn: bore, drill]
• bur 0
  n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: bur, burr] 2: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: bur, burr] v 1: remove the burrs from [syn: bur, burr]
• camber 0
  n 1: a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road) 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: the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top v 1: curve upward in the middle
• chamber 0
  n 1: a natural or artificial enclosed space 2: an enclosed volume in the body; "the chambers of his heart were healthy" 3: a room where a judge transacts business 4: a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate" 5: a room used primarily for sleeping [syn: bedroom, sleeping room, sleeping accommodation, chamber, bedchamber] v 1: place in a chamber
• clamber 0
  n 1: an awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber" v 1: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter]
• cucumber 0
  n 1: a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit [syn: cucumber, cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus] 2: cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons [syn: cucumber, cuke]
• cumber 0
  v 1: hold back [syn: restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain]
• disencumber 0
  v 1: release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task" [syn: extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber]
• dismember 0
  v 1: separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist" 2: divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war" [syn: dismember, take apart, discerp]
• ember 0
  n 1: a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering [syn: ember, coal]
• encumber 0
  v 1: hold back [syn: restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain]
• hellebore 0
  n 1: perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes [syn: hellebore, false hellebore] 2: any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus
• limber 0
  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"
• lumbar 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones; "lumbar vertebrae"
• lumber 0
  n 1: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material [syn: lumber, timber] 2: an implement used in baseball by the batter [syn: baseball bat, lumber] v 1: move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room" [syn: lumber, pound] 2: cut lumber, as in woods and forests [syn: log, lumber]
• mamba 0
  n 1: arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
• marimba 0
  n 1: a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets [syn: marimba, xylophone]
• member 0
  n 1: one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family" [syn: member, fellow member] [ant: nonmember] 2: anything that belongs to a set or class; "snakes are members of the class Reptilia"; "members of the opposite sex" 3: an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm" [syn: extremity, appendage, member] 4: an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations); "the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association"; "Canada is a member of the United Nations" 5: the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) [syn: penis, phallus, member]
• misremember 0
  v 1: remember incorrectly; "I misremembered the date"
• number 0
  n 1: the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" [syn: number, figure] 2: a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" 3: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" [syn: act, routine, number, turn, bit] 4: the number is used in calling a particular telephone; "he has an unlisted number" [syn: phone number, telephone number, number] 5: a symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school" [syn: numeral, number] 6: one of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room" [syn: issue, number] 7: a select company of people; "I hope to become one of their number before I die" 8: a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; "she refused to give them her Social Security number" [syn: number, identification number] 9: a clothing measurement; "a number 13 shoe" 10: the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural); "in English the subject and the verb must agree in number" 11: an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number" v 1: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: total, number, add up, come, amount] 2: give numbers to; "You should number the pages of the thesis" 3: enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians" [syn: number, list] 4: put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members" [syn: count, number] 5: determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: count, number, enumerate, numerate] 6: place a limit on the number of [syn: number, keep down]
• outnumber 0
  v 1: be larger in number
• remember 0
  v 1: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block, draw a blank, forget] 2: keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!" [syn: remember, think of] [ant: bury, forget] 3: recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers" [syn: remember, think back] 4: show appreciation to; "He remembered her in his will" 5: mention favorably, as in prayer; "remember me in your prayers" 6: mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; "Remember me to your wife" [syn: commend, remember] 7: exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others" 8: call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War" [syn: commemorate, remember]
• rumba 0
  n 1: syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba [syn: rumba, rhumba] 2: a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement [syn: rumba, rhumba] 3: a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance [syn: rumba, rhumba] v 1: dance the rhumba [syn: rhumba, rumba]
• samba 0
  n 1: large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood [syn: obeche, obechi, arere, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon] 2: music composed for dancing the samba 3: a lively ballroom dance from Brazil 4: a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers v 1: dance the samba
• slumber 0
  n 1: a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber" [syn: sleep, slumber] 2: a dormant or quiescent state v 1: be asleep [syn: sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's] [ant: wake]
• smooth 0
  adj 1: having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror" [ant: rough, unsmooth] 2: 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] 3: of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth [ant: rough] 4: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina" [syn: fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth] 5: (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage" [syn: legato, smooth] [ant: disconnected, staccato] 6: of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence; "a smooth ride" [ant: bumpy, jolting, jolty, jumpy, rocky, rough] 7: lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly" 8: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water" [syn: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled] n 1: the act of smoothing; "he gave his hair a quick smooth" v 1: make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood" [syn: smooth, smoothen] [ant: roughen] 2: make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes" [syn: polish, smooth, smoothen, shine] 3: free from obstructions; "smooth the way towards peace negotiations" [syn: smooth, smooth out]
• sombre 0
  adj 1: lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes" [syn: drab, sober, somber, sombre] 2: grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" [syn: somber, sombre, melancholy]
• tabor 0
  n 1: a small drum with one head of soft calfskin [syn: tabor, tabour]
• tambour 0
  n 1: a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering [syn: tambour, embroidery frame, embroidery hoop] 2: a drum
• timber 0
  n 1: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material [syn: lumber, timber] 2: a beam made of wood 3: a post made of wood 4: land that is covered with trees and shrubs [syn: forest, woodland, timberland, timber] 5: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" [syn: timbre, timber, quality, tone]
• timbre 0
  n 1: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" [syn: timbre, timber, quality, tone]
• umber 0
  adj 1: of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments n 1: an earth pigment 2: a medium brown to dark-brown color [syn: chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber, burnt umber]
• gabor 0
  n 1: British physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on holography (1900-1979) [syn: Gabor, Dennis Gabor]
• rhumba 0
  n 1: syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba [syn: rumba, rhumba] 2: a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement [syn: rumba, rhumba] 3: a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance [syn: rumba, rhumba] v 1: dance the rhumba [syn: rhumba, rumba]
• december 0
  n 1: the last (12th) month of the year [syn: December, Dec]
• november 0
  n 1: the month following October and preceding December [syn: November, Nov]
• september 0
  n 1: the month following August and preceding October [syn: September, Sep, Sept]
• humber 0
  n 1: an estuary in central northeastern England formed by the Ouse River and the Trent River
• gamba 0
  n 1: viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello [syn: viola da gamba, gamba, bass viol]
• zomba 0
  n 1: a city in southern Malawi; was the capital until 1971
• sambar 0
  n 1: a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines [syn: sambar, sambur, Cervus unicolor]
• liquidambar 0
  n 1: aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree [syn: sweet gum, liquidambar] 2: any tree of the genus Liquidambar 3: sweet gum [syn: genus Liquidambar, Liquidambar]
• columba 0
  n 1: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum [syn: Columba, Dove] 2: type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeons [syn: Columba, genus Columba]
• forbore 0
• renumber 0
• tamber 0
• bemba 0
• pemba 0
• cochabamba 0
• libor 0
• kimber 0
• toowoomba 0

See also sambur definition and sambur synonyms