Words that rhyme with aase

n 1: (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck" [syn: albatross, millstone] 2: large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight [syn: albatross, mollymawk]

n 1: a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs [syn: tapestry, arras]

n 1: triteness or triviality of style 2: insincere pathos [syn: mawkishness, bathos] 3: a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one [syn: anticlimax, bathos]

n 1: a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones [syn: benthos, benthic division, benthonic zone] 2: organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea

adj 1: exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield" [syn: boss, brag] n 1: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn: foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss] 2: a person responsible for hiring workers; "the boss hired three more men for the new job" [syn: boss, hirer] 3: a person who exercises control and makes decisions; "he is his own boss now" 4: a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments; "party bosses have a reputation for corruption" [syn: party boss, political boss, boss] 5: a circular rounded projection or protuberance [syn: knob, boss] v 1: raise in a relief; "embossed stationery" [syn: emboss, boss, stamp]

adj 1: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner" [syn: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory]

n 1: perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers [syn: bugloss, alkanet, Anchusa officinalis] 2: widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States [syn: oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss, Picris echioides]

n 1: a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center [syn: beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway] 2: a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part) 3: a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current [syn: shunt, electrical shunt, bypass] v 1: avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!" [syn: bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around]

n 1: a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature [syn: cotton candy, spun sugar, candyfloss]

n 1: a state of extreme confusion and disorder [syn: chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy- turvyness] 2: the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos 3: (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe 4: (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions

v 1: sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable" [syn: doss, doss down, crash]

n 1: a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme 2: a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds [syn: epic poem, heroic poem, epic, epos]

n 1: (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era; "the Greek ethos"

n 1: the exterior curve of an arch

n 1: a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery 2: a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth [syn: dental floss, floss] v 1: use dental floss to clean; "floss your teeth after every meal"

n 1: ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water [syn: moat, fosse]

n 1: an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text [syn: gloss, rubric] 2: an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field [syn: glossary, gloss] 3: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish] 4: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color" [syn: semblance, gloss, color, colour] v 1: give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing 2: provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written" [syn: gloss, comment, annotate] 3: provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase 4: give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie" [syn: color, colour, gloss]

adj 1: (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers; "calendered paper"; "glossy paper" [syn: glossy, calendered] 2: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel" [syn: glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining] 3: superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense; "a glossy TV series" [syn: glossy, showy] n 1: a magazine printed on good quality paper [syn: slick, slick magazine, glossy] 2: a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper

n 1: the interior curve of an arch

n 1: a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol

n 1: the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus) [syn: Son, Word, Logos]

n 1: a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation" [syn: pathos, poignancy] 2: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" [syn: commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos] 3: a style that has the power to evoke feelings

n 1: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships [syn: beacon, lighthouse, beacon light, pharos]

n 1: a temporary police force [syn: posse, posse comitatus]

adj 1: having some resemblance; "a quasi success"; "a quasi contract"

n 1: a small refracting telescope [syn: field glass, glass, spyglass]

n 1: the act of flipping a coin [syn: flip, toss] 2: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss, flip] 3: an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head" v 1: throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, toss, sky, pitch] 2: lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: flip, toss] 3: throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn: chuck, toss] 4: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate] 5: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away] 6: agitate; "toss the salad"

v 1: change from a crossed to an uncrossed position; "She uncrossed her legs" [ant: cross]

adj 1: belonging to the lowest and least privileged social stratum; "underclass mothers and children" n 1: the social class lowest in the social hierarchy [syn: lower class, underclass]

n 1: an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway [syn: underpass, subway]

n 1: (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid 2: a desire for sexual intimacy [syn: sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction]

n 1: Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)

adj 1: being ten more than ninety [syn: hundred, one hundred, 100, c] n 1: a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature [syn: degree centigrade, degree Celsius, C] 2: the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second [syn: speed of light, light speed, c] 3: a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy [syn: vitamin C, C, ascorbic acid] 4: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) [syn: deoxycytidine monophosphate, C] 5: a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine [syn: cytosine, C] 6: 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] 7: ten 10s [syn: hundred, 100, C, century, one C] 8: a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second [syn: coulomb, C, ampere-second] 9: a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system 10: (music) the keynote of the scale of C major 11: the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: C, c] 12: street names for cocaine [syn: coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C]

n 1: wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini [syn: Bos, genus Bos]

n 1: a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse

n 1: (in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities [syn: kos, coss]

n 1: a mouth or mouthlike opening 2: a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known [syn: osmium, Os, atomic number 76] 3: (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services [syn: operating system, OS] 4: the left eye [syn: oculus sinister, OS] 5: rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates [syn: bone, os]

n 1: Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856) [syn: Ross, John Ross, Sir John Ross] 2: British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862) [syn: Ross, James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Ross] 3: British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932) [syn: Ross, Sir Ronald Ross] 4: a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977) [syn: Ross, Nellie Ross, Nellie Tayloe Ross] 5: American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) [syn: Ross, Betsy Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross]

n 1: a region of northeastern France famous for its wines [syn: Alsace, Alsatia, Elsass]

n 1: a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing [syn: Hamas, Islamic Resistance Movement]

n 1: a paint that dries with a finish between glossy and flat

n 1: (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading [syn: chasse, sashay] v 1: perform a chasse step, in ballet [syn: chasse, sashay]

n 1: fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley

n 1: a river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea; ancient name was Araxes [syn: Aras, Araxes]

n 1: an ancient city in southeastern Greece; dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century BC

n 1: 100 centas equal 1 litas in Lithuania

n 1: an island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece [syn: Chios, Khios]

n 1: the outer of two small satellites of Mars

n 1: Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500) [syn: Dias, Diaz, Bartholomeu Dias, Bartholomeu Diaz]

n 1: (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group

n 1: a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil [syn: Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas]

n 1: (Greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of Hyperion; identified with Roman Aurora

n 1: people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture [syn: ethnic group, ethnos]

n 1: (Greek mythology) the Greek god of sleep; the son of Nyx

n 1: used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos) [syn: Jambos, genus Jambos]

n 1: a city in central Lithuania [syn: Kaunas, Kovna, Kovno]

n 1: long-established Hungarian breed of tall light-footed but sturdy white dog; used also as a hunting dog

n 1: French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827) [syn: Laplace, Marquis de Laplace, Pierre Simon de Laplace]

n 1: a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a reddish-brown clay that has medicinal properties [syn: Lemnos, Limnos]

n 1: an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry [syn: Lesbos, Lesvos, Mytilene]

n 1: the basic unit of money in Lithuania

n 1: god of blame and mockery [syn: Momus, Momos]

n 1: an incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire

n 1: the larger of the two satellites of Mars

n 1: the victory in 1757 by the British under Clive over Siraj- ud-daula that established British supremacy over Bengal [syn: Plassey, battle of Plassey]

n 1: (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus [syn: Pontus, Pontos]

n 1: a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table [syn: altarpiece, reredos]

n 1: a traditional theme or motif or literary convention; "James Joyce uses the topos of the Wandering Jew in his Ulysses"

n 1: final honors degree examinations at Cambridge University

n 1: an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander

n 1: the Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life

n 1: group of islands in the central Philippines [syn: Visayan Islands, Bisayas]

n 1: dry apple brandy made in Normandy

n 1: an ancient city in south western Phrygia in Asia Minor; site of an early Christian Church

n 1: (Greek mythology) ancient god of the sun; drove his chariot across the sky each day; identified with Roman Sol

n 1: a city in southern Ghana

n 1: (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity [syn: meshugaas, mishegaas, mishegoss]

n 1: a police informer who implicates many people [syn: supergrass, grass]

n 1: (Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx 2: (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die [syn: death instinct, death wish, Thanatos]

n 1: recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order) 2: repetition of a group of words in reverse order