Words that rhyme with wesleyan

  • aeon
    n 1: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe [syn: eon, aeon] 2: the longest division of geological time [syn: eon, aeon] 3: an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons ago" [syn: eon, aeon]
  • aphelion
    n 1: apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun [ant: perihelion]
  • battalion
    n 1: an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies 2: a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions" [syn: battalion, large number, multitude, plurality, pack]
  • billion
    adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States 2: denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen [syn: billion, one million million, 1000000000000] 2: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion] 3: the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros [syn: billion, one thousand million, 1000000000]
  • boolean
    adj 1: of or relating to a combinatorial system devised by George Boole that combines propositions with the logical operators AND and OR and IF THEN and EXCEPT and NOT
  • bullion
    n 1: a mass of precious metal 2: gold or silver in bars or ingots
  • carillon
    n 1: set of bells hung in a bell tower 2: playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower [syn: bell ringing, carillon, carillon playing]
  • carnelian
    n 1: a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony [syn: carnelian, cornelian]
  • cerulean
    adj 1: of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather" [syn: azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue] n 1: a light shade of blue [syn: azure, cerulean, sapphire, lazuline, sky-blue]
  • chameleon
    n 1: a changeable or inconstant person 2: a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa [syn: Chamaeleon, Chameleon] 3: lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue [syn: chameleon, chamaeleon]
  • civilian
    adj 1: associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military; "civilian clothing"; "civilian life" [ant: military] n 1: a nonmilitary citizen [ant: man, military man, military personnel, serviceman]
  • cornelian
    n 1: a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony [syn: carnelian, cornelian]
  • cotillion
    n 1: a ball at which young ladies are presented to society [syn: cotillion, cotilion] 2: a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century [syn: cotillion, cotilion]
  • crocodilian
    n 1: extant archosaurian reptile [syn: crocodilian reptile, crocodilian]
  • cyclopean
    adj 1: of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops; "Cyclopean eye"
  • eon
    n 1: the longest division of geological time [syn: eon, aeon] 2: an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons ago" [syn: eon, aeon] 3: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe [syn: eon, aeon]
  • galleon
    n 1: a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries
  • ganglion
    n 1: an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons
  • hellion
    n 1: a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he chased the young hellions out of his yard" [syn: hellion, heller, devil]
  • jillion
    n 1: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion]
  • lacertilian
    adj 1: of or relating to lizards [syn: saurian, lacertilian]
  • mammalian
    adj 1: of or relating to the class Mammalia n 1: any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk [syn: mammal, mammalian]
  • medallion
    n 1: any of various large ancient Greek coins 2: a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat); "medallions of veal" 3: an emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered 4: an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event [syn: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon]
  • million
    adj 1: (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros [syn: million, 1000000, one thousand thousand, meg] 2: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion]
  • modillion
    n 1: (architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice
  • mullion
    n 1: a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen)
  • neon
    n 1: a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts [syn: neon, Ne, atomic number 10]
  • paean
    n 1: a formal expression of praise [syn: encomium, eulogy, panegyric, paean, pean] 2: (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) [syn: paean, pean]
  • peon
    n 1: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: drudge, peon, navvy, galley slave]
  • perihelion
    n 1: periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun [ant: aphelion]
  • pillion
    n 1: a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.
  • plebeian
    adj 1: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn: common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed] n 1: one of the common people [syn: plebeian, pleb]
  • protean
    adj 1: taking on different forms; "eyes...of that baffling protean grey which is never twice the same"
  • quadrillion
    n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros; "in England they call a septillion a quadrillion" 2: the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros
  • quintillion
    n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
  • rapscallion
    n 1: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue, knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, varlet] 2: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag]
  • rebellion
    n 1: refusal to accept some authority or code or convention; "each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body was in rebellion against fatigue" 2: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another [syn: rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising]
  • reptilian
    adj 1: of or relating to the class Reptilia n 1: any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms [syn: reptile, reptilian]
  • scallion
    n 1: plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum [syn: leek, scallion, Allium porrum] 2: a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads [syn: green onion, spring onion, scallion]
  • scullion
    n 1: a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)
  • septillion
    n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros
  • sesquipedalian
    adj 1: given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money" 2: (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; "sesquipedalian technical terms" [syn: polysyllabic, sesquipedalian] n 1: a very long word (a foot and a half long) [syn: sesquipedalian, sesquipedalia]
  • sextillion
    n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros
  • stallion
    n 1: uncastrated adult male horse [syn: stallion, entire]
  • tatterdemalion
    adj 1: worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince" [syn: tattered, tatterdemalion] 2: in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble- down shack" [syn: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down] n 1: a dirty shabbily clothed urchin [syn: ragamuffin, tatterdemalion]
  • trillion
    adj 1: one quintillion in Great Britain 2: one million million in the United States n 1: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion] 2: the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros; "in England they call a quintillion a trillion" [syn: trillion, one million million million] 3: the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; "in England they call a trillion a billion" [syn: trillion, one million million, 1000000000000]
  • vaudevillian
    n 1: a performer who works in vaudeville
  • vermilion
    adj 1: of a vivid red to reddish-orange color [syn: vermilion, vermillion, cinnabar, Chinese-red] n 1: a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge [syn: scarlet, vermilion, orange red] v 1: color vermilion
  • zillion
    adj 1: very large indeterminate number; "a zillion people were there" n 1: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion]
  • episcopalian
    adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church; "the Episcopal hierarchy"; "married by an Episcopalian minister" [syn: Episcopal, Episcopalian] n 1: a member of the Episcopal church
  • caribbean
    n 1: an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America; the origin of the Gulf stream [syn: Caribbean, Caribbean Sea] 2: region including the Caribbean Islands
  • himalayan
    adj 1: of or relating to the Himalayas; "Himalayan peaks"
  • european
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the people of Europe; "European Community" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Europe
  • jacobean
    adj 1: of or relating to James I or his reign or times; "Jacobean writers" n 1: any distinguished personage during the reign of James I
  • andean
    adj 1: relating to the Andes and their inhabitants
  • dantean
    adj 1: of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings [syn: Dantean, Dantesque]
  • tanzanian
    adj 1: of or relating to the republic of Tanzania or its people n 1: a native or inhabitant of Tanzania
  • dalian
    n 1: a port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda [syn: Dalian, Talien, Dairen]
  • italian
    adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language; "Italian cooking" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Italy 2: the Romance language spoken in Italy
  • brazilian
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Brazil or the people of Brazil n 1: a native or inhabitant of Brazil
  • archaean
    adj 1: of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon [syn: archean, archaean]
  • chaldean
    adj 1: of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture [syn: Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldee] n 1: a wise man skilled in occult learning [syn: Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldee] 2: an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea [syn: Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldee]
  • linnaean
    adj 1: of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of taxonomic classification that Linnaeus proposed [syn: Linnaean, Linnean]
  • mandaean
    adj 1: of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture [syn: Mandaean, Mandean] n 1: a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah [syn: Mandaean, Mandean] 2: the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans [syn: Mandaean, Mandean]
  • hebridean
    adj 1: of or relating to the Hebrides
  • sisyphean
    adj 1: of or relating to Sisyphus 2: both extremely effortful and futile
  • anatolian
    n 1: an extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction of Proto-Indo European [syn: Anatolian, Anatolian language]
  • hegelian
    adj 1: of or relating to Hegel or his dialectic philosophy n 1: a follower of the thought of Hegel
  • karelian
    n 1: a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia [syn: Karelian, Carelian] 2: a Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia [syn: Karelian, Carelian]
  • orwellian
    adj 1: of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state)
  • aristotelian
    adj 1: of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy; "Aristotelean logic" [syn: Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Aristotelic, peripatetic] n 1: a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism [syn: Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Peripatetic]
  • anglian
    n 1: one of the major dialects of Old English
  • chilean
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Chile or its people; "Chilean volcanoes" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Chile
  • julian
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Julius Caesar; "the Julian calendar" n 1: Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363) [syn: Julian, Julian the Apostate, Flavius Claudius Julianus]
  • aeolian
    adj 1: of or pertaining to Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds; relating to or caused by the wind 2: of or relating to Aeolis or its ancient Greek people n 1: a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks [syn: Aeolian, Eolian] 2: the ancient Greek inhabitants of Aeolia
  • churchillian
    adj 1: of or relating to or suggestive of Winston Churchill
  • cromwellian
    adj 1: of or relating to or in the manner of Oliver Cromwell
  • friulian
    n 1: a Rhaeto-Romance dialect spoken in northeastern Italy [syn: Friulian, Friuli]
  • handelian
    adj 1: of or relating to or in the manner of George Frederick Handel
  • mongolian
    adj 1: of or relating to the modern Mongolian People's Republic; "the Mongolian embassy" 2: of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures; "the Mongol invaders"; "a Mongolian pony"; "Mongolian syntax strongly resembles Korean syntax" [syn: Mongol, Mongolian] n 1: a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia [syn: Mongol, Mongolian] 2: a family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia [syn: Mongolian, Mongolic, Mongolic language]
  • parhelion
    n 1: a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once" [syn: parhelion, mock sun, sundog]
  • sicilian
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Sicily or the people of Sicily; "the Sicilian Mafia" n 1: a resident of Sicily
  • tertullian
    n 1: Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early Christian theology (160-230) [syn: Tertullian, Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus]
  • tyrolean
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Tyrol or its people; "Tyrolean yodeling" [syn: Tyrolean, Tyrolese] n 1: a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol 2: soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade [syn: tyrolean, tirolean]
  • liverpudlian
    adj 1: of or relating to Liverpool or its people; "Liverpudlian streets"; "Liverpudlian street urchins" n 1: a native or resident of Liverpool [syn: Liverpudlian, Scouser]
  • pygmalion
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and fell in love with it; Aphrodite brought the sculpture to life as Galatea
  • trevelyan
    n 1: English historian and son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan whose works include a social history of England and a biography of Garibaldi (1876-1962) [syn: Trevelyan, George Macaulay Trevelyan] 2: English historian who wrote a history of the American revolution and a biography of his uncle Lord Macaulay (1838-1928) [syn: Trevelyan, George Otto Trevelyan, Sir George Otto Trevelyan]
  • castilian
    n 1: the Spanish language as spoken in Castile
  • postilion
    n 1: someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman) [syn: postilion, postillion]
  • postillion
    n 1: someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman) [syn: postilion, postillion]
  • somalian
    adj 1: of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture; "Somali coffee is excellent" [syn: Somalian, Somali] n 1: a member of a tall dark (mostly Muslim) people inhabiting Somalia [syn: Somalian, Somali]
  • slumgullion
    n 1: a thin stew of meat and vegetables
  • ian
  • meehan
  • maccabean
  • jillian
  • lilian
  • multimillion
  • paeon
  • bodleian

See also wesleyan definition and wesleyan synonyms