Words that rhyme with theban

  • an
    n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN]
  • auburn
    adj 1: (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; "auburn hair"
  • bourbon
    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]
  • bun
    n 1: small rounded bread either plain or sweet [syn: bun, roll]
  • bung
    n 1: a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask [syn: bung, spile] v 1: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward" [syn: tip, fee, bung] 2: close with a cork or stopper
  • carbon
    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]
  • fluorocarbon
    n 1: a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols
  • gibbon
    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]
  • hydrocarbon
    n 1: an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen
  • outrun
    v 1: run faster than; "in this race, I managed to outran everybody else"
  • overdone
    adj 1: represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself" [syn: exaggerated, overdone, overstated] 2: cooked too long but still edible
  • radiocarbon
    n 1: a radioactive isotope of carbon [syn: radiocarbon, carbon 14]
  • rerun
    n 1: a program that is broadcast again; "she likes to watch `I love Lucy' reruns" v 1: broadcast again, as of a film [syn: rerun, rebroadcast] 2: rerun a performance of a play, for example 3: run again for office; "Bush wants to rerun in 1996" 4: cause to perform again; "We have to rerun the subjects--they misunderstood the instructions"
  • ribbon
    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
  • stubborn
    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]
  • stun
    v 1: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish" [syn: stun, stupefy] 2: hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag [syn: sandbag, stun] 3: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her" [syn: stun, bedaze, daze]
  • suburban
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs; "suburban population"
  • turban
    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]
  • un
    n 1: an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security [syn: United Nations, UN]
  • undone
    adj 1: not done; "the work could be done or undone and nobody cared" 2: doomed to extinction [syn: done for(p), ruined, sunk, undone, washed-up] 3: not fastened or tied or secured; "her blouse had come undone at the neck"; "his shoelaces were undone" 4: thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence; "price programs became unstuck because little grain was available" [syn: unstuck, undone]
  • urban
    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]
  • brisbane
    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
  • cuban
    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
  • laban
    n 1: Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958) [syn: Laban, Rudolph Laban]
  • reuben
    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
  • durban
    n 1: a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial center
  • steuben
    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]
  • melbourne
    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
  • been
  • begun
  • redone
  • spun
  • outdone
  • terrebonne
  • hon
  • bunn
  • gruhn
  • grun
  • thrun
  • homerun
  • hyun
  • lajeune
  • mcfun
  • mcmunn
  • simeone
  • ruben
  • alban
  • eben
  • graben
  • rabun
  • raybon
  • saban
  • hibben
  • fitzgibbon
  • mcgibbon
  • mckibben
  • woburn
  • tyburn
  • shelburne

See also theban definition