Words that rhyme with abbas

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 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]

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

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"

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