Words that rhyme with shelburne

adj 1: (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; "auburn hair"

n 1: a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South) 2: whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels 3: a member of the European royal family that ruled France 4: a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily [syn: Bourbon, Bourbon dynasty]

n 1: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: burn, burning] 2: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn] 3: an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation 4: a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) [syn: burn, burn mark] 5: damage inflicted by fire v 1: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" [syn: burn, fire, burn down] 2: shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning" [syn: burn, glow] 3: undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" [syn: burn, combust] 4: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" [syn: bite, sting, burn] 5: cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" [syn: burn, combust] 6: feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies" 7: cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil" [syn: burn, incinerate] 8: burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem" 9: spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn" 10: feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning" 11: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" [syn: cauterize, cauterise, burn] 12: get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun [syn: sunburn, burn] 13: create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" [syn: cut, burn] 14: use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" [syn: burn off, burn, burn up] 15: burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"

n 1: an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds [syn: carbon, C, atomic number 6] 2: a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper [syn: carbon paper, carbon] 3: a copy made with carbon paper [syn: carbon, carbon copy]

n 1: a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols

n 1: English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794) [syn: Gibbon, Edward Gibbon] 2: smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies [syn: gibbon, Hylobates lar]

n 1: a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder [syn: heartburn, pyrosis]

adj 1: belonging to the peerage; "the princess and her coroneted companions"; "the titled classes" [syn: coroneted, highborn, titled]

n 1: an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen

adj 1: present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development [syn: congenital, inborn, innate] 2: normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of the good" [syn: connatural, inborn, inbred]

n 1: a radioactive isotope of carbon [syn: radiocarbon, carbon 14]

n 1: any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward" [syn: ribbon, thread] 2: an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event [syn: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon] 3: a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter [syn: ribbon, typewriter ribbon] 4: notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming

adj 1: tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield [syn: stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate] [ant: docile] 2: not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains" [syn: refractory, stubborn]

adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs; "suburban population"

n 1: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn] 2: redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun [syn: sunburn, erythema solare] v 1: get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun [syn: sunburn, burn]

n 1: a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head 2: a small round woman's hat [syn: pillbox, toque, turban]

adj 1: relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area; "urban sociology"; "urban development" 2: located in or characteristic of a city or city life; "urban property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners" [ant: rural]

n 1: redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind

n 1: capital and largest city of Queensland state; located in the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific; settled by British as a penal colony; 3rd largest city in Australia

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba; "Cuban rum" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Cuba

n 1: the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland [syn: Bern, Berne, capital of Switzerland]

n 1: the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland [syn: Bern, Berne, capital of Switzerland]

adj 1: conveyed by sea

adj 1: of or relating to the Egyptian city of Thebes or its people or culture 2: of or relating to the Greek city of Thebes or its people or culture n 1: an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes 2: a Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes

n 1: facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off) [syn: sideburn, burnside, mutton chop, side-whiskers]

n 1: Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958) [syn: Laban, Rudolph Laban]

n 1: United States film actress who appeared in many films with Spencer Tracy (1907-2003) [syn: Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton Hepburn]

n 1: a battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland

n 1: (Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel 2: a hot sandwich with corned beef and Swiss cheese and sauerkraut on rye bread

n 1: a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial center

n 1: black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat [syn: Blackburn, Blackburnian warbler, Dendroica fusca]

n 1: American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained the troops under George Washington (1730-1794) [syn: Steuben, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben]

n 1: a resort town in east central Florida 2: the capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian city; a financial and commercial center