Words that rhyme with turbine

  • an
    n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN]
  • bobbin
    n 1: a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound [syn: bobbin, spool, reel]
  • 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
  • carbine
    n 1: light automatic rifle
  • columbine
    n 1: a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains [syn: columbine, aquilegia, aquilege]
  • combine
    n 1: harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field 2: a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service; "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly" [syn: trust, corporate trust, combine, cartel] 3: an occurrence that results in things being united [syn: combining, combine] v 1: have or possess in combination; "she unites charm with a good business sense" [syn: unite, combine] 2: put or add together; "combine resources" [syn: compound, combine] 3: combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the ingredients" [syn: compound, combine] 4: add together from different sources; "combine resources" 5: join for a common purpose or in a common action; "These forces combined with others" 6: gather in a mass, sum, or whole [syn: aggregate, combine] 7: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
  • concubine
    n 1: a woman who cohabits with an important man [syn: concubine, courtesan, doxy, paramour]
  • dobbin
    n 1: a quiet plodding workhorse [syn: farm horse, dobbin]
  • dustbin
    n 1: a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected [syn: ashcan, trash can, garbage can, wastebin, ash bin, ash-bin, ashbin, dustbin, trash barrel, trash bin]
  • 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]
  • haemoglobin
    n 1: a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues; "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals" [syn: hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb]
  • recombine
    v 1: undergo genetic recombination; "The DNA can recombine" 2: cause genetic recombination; "should scientists recombine DNA?" 3: to combine or put together again
  • 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
  • robin
    n 1: small Old World songbird with a reddish breast [syn: robin, redbreast, robin redbreast, Old World robin, Erithacus rubecola] 2: large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen [syn: robin, American robin, Turdus migratorius]
  • suburban
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs; "suburban population"
  • thrombin
    n 1: an enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot
  • 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]
  • 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
  • sabin
    n 1: a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound 2: United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906) [syn: Sabin, Albert Sabin, Albert Bruce Sabin]
  • sabine
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Sabines n 1: a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico [syn: Sabine, Sabine River] 2: a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC
  • psilocybin
    n 1: a hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom [syn: psilocybin, psilocin]
  • dubbin
    n 1: tallow mixed with oil; used to make leather soft and waterproof
  • theban
    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
  • laban
    n 1: Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958) [syn: Laban, Rudolph Laban]
  • scriabin
    n 1: Russian composer of orchestral and piano music (1872-1915) [syn: Scriabin, Aleksandr Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin]
  • bine
    n 1: European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America [syn: common hop, common hops, bine, European hop, Humulus lupulus]
  • woodbine
    n 1: common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish- black berrylike fruit [syn: Virginia creeper, American ivy, woodbine, Parthenocissus quinquefolia] 2: European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow- white flowers [syn: woodbine, Lonicera periclymenum]
  • 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]
  • bilirubin
    n 1: an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice [syn: bilirubin, hematoidin, haematoidin]
  • hemoglobin
    n 1: a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues; "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals" [syn: hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb]
  • tobin
    n 1: United States economist (1918-2002) [syn: Tobin, James Tobin]
  • myoglobin
    n 1: a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until needed
  • ashbin
    n 1: a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected [syn: ashcan, trash can, garbage can, wastebin, ash bin, ash-bin, ashbin, dustbin, trash barrel, trash bin]
  • holbein
    n 1: German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543) [syn: Holbein, Hans Holbein, Holbein the Younger] 2: German painter of religious works (1465-1524) [syn: Holbein, Hans Holbein, Holbein the Elder]
  • 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
  • interurban
  • rabbin
  • bunn
  • corbin
  • graben
  • fitzgibbon
  • narbonne
  • surburban
  • rubin
  • durben
  • turben
  • woburn
  • philbin
  • tyburn
  • shelburne

See also turbine definition