Words that rhyme with acarpous

• campus 0
  n 1: a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
• compass 0
  n 1: navigational instrument for finding directions 2: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" [syn: scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit] 3: the limit of capability; "within the compass of education" [syn: compass, range, reach, grasp] 4: drafting instrument used for drawing circles v 1: bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass" 2: travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth" [syn: circumnavigate, compass] 3: get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [syn: grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend]
• corpus 0
  n 1: capital as contrasted with the income derived from it [syn: principal, corpus, principal sum] 2: a collection of writings; "he edited the Hemingway corpus" 3: the main part of an organ or other bodily structure
• encompass 0
  v 1: include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" [syn: embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover]
• eohippus 0
  n 1: earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal [syn: eohippus, dawn horse]
• grampus 0
  n 1: predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas [syn: killer whale, killer, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orca] 2: slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas [syn: grampus, Grampus griseus]
• gyrocompass 0
  n 1: a compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a gyroscope instead
• hippocampus 0
  n 1: a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories 2: seahorses [syn: Hippocampus, genus Hippocampus]
• lupus 0
  n 1: any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease 2: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus
• metacarpus 0
  n 1: the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges
• multipurpose 0
  adj 1: having multiple uses; "a multipurpose tool"
• octopus 0
  n 1: tentacles of octopus prepared as food 2: bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles [syn: octopus, devilfish]
• pampas 0
  n 1: the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina
• platypus 0
  n 1: small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae [syn: platypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus]
• pompous 0
  adj 1: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek [syn: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous] 2: characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display [syn: pompous, ceremonious]
• porpoise 0
  n 1: any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth
• purpose 0
  n 1: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [syn: purpose, intent, intention, aim, design] 2: what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" [syn: function, purpose, role, use] 3: the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose" [syn: determination, purpose] v 1: propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: aim, purpose, purport, propose] 2: reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again" [syn: purpose, resolve]
• rumpus 0
  n 1: the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult] v 1: cause a disturbance
• trespass 0
  n 1: a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages 2: entry to another's property without right or permission [syn: trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation] v 1: enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my land!" [syn: trespass, intrude] 2: make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy" [syn: trespass, take advantage] 3: break the law 4: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law [syn: sin, transgress, trespass] 5: pass beyond (limits or boundaries) [syn: transgress, trespass, overstep]
• pappus 0
  n 1: calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions
• atropos 0
  n 1: the Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life
• priapus 0
  n 1: (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards
• lepus 0
  n 1: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Orion and Columba 2: type genus of the Leporidae: hares [syn: Lepus, genus Lepus]
• oedipus 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles [syn: Oedipus, King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex]
• lysippus 0
  n 1: Greek sculptor (4th century BC)
• canopus 0
  n 1: supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky
• olympus 0
  n 1: a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high) [syn: Olympus, Mount Olympus, Mt. Olympus, Olimbos]
• carpus 0
  n 1: a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones [syn: wrist, carpus, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpea]
• syncarpous 0
  adj 1: (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels [ant: apocarpous]
• acrocarpous 0
  adj 1: (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem [ant: pleurocarpous]
• apocarpous 0
  adj 1: (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses [ant: syncarpous]
• angiocarpous 0
  adj 1: having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk [syn: angiocarpic, angiocarpous]
• polypus 0
  n 1: a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane [syn: polyp, polypus]
• habeas 0
• chiapas 0
• palpus 0
• aristippus 0
• encarpus 0
• amphicarpous 0
• anthocarpous 0
• caulocarpous 0
• cladocarpous 0
• gymnocarpous 0
• macrocarpous 0
• monocarpous 0
• pterocarpous 0
• rhizocarpous 0
• oligocarpous 0
• upas 0

See also acarpous definition and acarpous synonyms