Words that rhyme with wallflower
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bellflower
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers [syn: campanula, bellflower] -
cauliflower
n 1: a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds [syn: cauliflower, Brassica oleracea botrytis] 2: compact head of white undeveloped flowers -
cornflower
n 1: plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried [syn: strawflower, cornflower, Uvularia grandiflora] 2: an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers [syn: cornflower, bachelor's button, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus] -
cower
v 1: crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain" [syn: huddle, cower] 2: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel] -
deflower
v 1: deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village" [syn: deflower, ruin] 2: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate] -
dour
adj 1: stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" [syn: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding] 2: harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie [syn: dour, forbidding, grim] 3: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen] -
flour
n 1: fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain v 1: cover with flour; "flour fish or meat before frying it" 2: convert grain into flour -
gillyflower
n 1: any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers [syn: stock, gillyflower] 2: Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors [syn: carnation, clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus] -
mayflower
n 1: the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620 2: low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers [syn: trailing arbutus, mayflower, Epigaea repens] -
overpower
v 1: overcome by superior force [syn: overpower, overmaster, overwhelm] 2: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake] -
passionflower
n 1: any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit [syn: passionflower, passionflower vine] -
power
n 1: possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" [syn: power, powerfulness] [ant: impotence, impotency, powerlessness] 2: (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second) 3: possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination" [syn: ability, power] [ant: inability] 4: (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president" [syn: office, power] 5: one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil" [syn: power, force] 6: a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself [syn: exponent, power, index] 7: physical strength [syn: might, mightiness, power] 8: a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world [syn: world power, major power, great power, power, superpower] 9: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" [syn: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon] v 1: supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines" -
safflower
n 1: thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil [syn: safflower, false saffron, Carthamus tinctorius] -
scour
n 1: a place that is scoured (especially by running water) v 1: examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive" 2: clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back" [syn: scrub, scour] 3: rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops" [syn: scour, abrade] 4: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" [syn: flush, scour, purge] -
sour
adj 1: smelling of fermentation or staleness [syn: sour, rancid] 2: having a sharp biting taste [ant: sweet] 3: one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons 4: in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" [syn: off, sour, turned] 5: inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key" [syn: false, off-key, sour] 6: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen] n 1: a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar 2: the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth [syn: sour, sourness, tartness] 3: the property of being acidic [syn: sourness, sour, acidity] v 1: go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" [syn: sour, turn, ferment, work] 2: make sour or more sour [syn: sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify] [ant: dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten] -
sunflower
n 1: any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays [syn: sunflower, helianthus] -
superpower
n 1: a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world [syn: world power, major power, great power, power, superpower] -
tower
n 1: a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building 2: anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite" [syn: column, tower, pillar] 3: a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships [syn: tugboat, tug, towboat, tower] v 1: appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" [syn: loom, tower, predominate, hulk] -
windflower
n 1: any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves [syn: anemone, windflower] -
mph
n 1: the ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours) [syn: miles per hour, mph] 2: a speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel [syn: miles per hour, mph] -
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brauer
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brougher
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brower
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grauer
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hauer
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hower
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klauer
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knauer
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lauer
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mauer
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nauer
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rauer
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sauer
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schauer
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trower
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underpower
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gauer
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gower
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kauer
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tauer
See also wallflower definition and wallflower synonyms
