Words that rhyme with skehan

n 1: a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons

n 1: large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male [syn: lion, king of beasts, Panthera leo] 2: a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after) [syn: lion, social lion] 3: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo [syn: Leo, Lion] 4: the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22 [syn: Leo, Leo the Lion, Lion]

n 1: a descendent or heir; "a scion of royal stock"

n 1: a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon [syn: Lyon, Lyons]

n 1: a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy; "Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar" [syn: Mayan, Maya] 2: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya [syn: Maya, Mayan, Mayan language]

n 1: originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem; "the inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as `the daughter of Zion'" [syn: Zion, Sion] 2: Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine [syn: Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion] 3: an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal [syn: Utopia, Zion, Sion]

n 1: Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981) [syn: Dayan, Moshe Dayan]

n 1: United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914) [syn: Mahan, Alfred Thayer Mahan]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; "Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers"; "Malayan crocodiles" [syn: Malaysian, Malayan] 2: of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable structure" [syn: Malay, Malayan] n 1: a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago [syn: Malay, Malayan]

n 1: German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851) [syn: Oken, Lorenz Oken, Okenfuss, Lorenz Okenfuss]

adj 1: of or relating to the Himalayas; "Himalayan peaks"

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Uruguay or its people n 1: a native or inhabitant of Uruguay

adj 1: of or relating to Chios

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language n 1: the Oceanic languages spoken on Hawaii 2: a native or resident of Hawaii

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Paraguay or its people n 1: a native or inhabitant of Paraguay

n 1: (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system

n 1: United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925) [syn: Bryan, William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner, Boy Orator of the Platte] 2: a town of east central Texas

n 1: (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation 2: a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel [syn: Orion, Hunter]