Words that rhyme with abyssinian

  • 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]
  • cyclopean
    adj 1: of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops; "Cyclopean eye"
  • 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"
  • rubicon
    n 1: the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war 2: a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment [syn: Rubicon, point of no return]
  • achaean
    adj 1: of or relating to Achaea or its ancient Greek people n 1: a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks [syn: Achaean, Achaian] 2: the ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea [syn: Achaean, Arcado-Cyprians]
  • 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]
  • etruscan
    n 1: a native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC)
  • 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
  • american
    adj 1: of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream" 2: of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas; "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna" n 1: a native or inhabitant of the United States 2: the English language as used in the United States [syn: American English, American language, American] 3: a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
  • darwinian
    adj 1: of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution; "Darwinian theories" n 1: an advocate of Darwinism
  • argentinian
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people; "Argentinian tango" [syn: Argentine, Argentinian] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Argentina
  • augustinian
    n 1: a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders
  • carolinian
    n 1: a native or resident of the Carolinas
  • carthaginian
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language; "the Punic Wars"; "Carthaginian peace" [syn: Carthaginian, Punic] n 1: a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage
  • palestinian
    adj 1: of or relating to the area of Palestine and its inhabitants; "Palestinian guerrillas" n 1: a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine [syn: Palestinian, Palestinian Arab]
  • strachan
  • ian
  • molluscan
  • paeon
  • cadmean
  • orphean
  • rugbeian
  • sabaean
  • hasmonean
  • nabataean
  • tacitean
  • finian
  • flaminian
  • shahinian

See also abyssinian definition and abyssinian synonyms