Words that rhyme with adenine

  • asinine
    adj 1: devoid of intelligence [syn: asinine, fatuous, inane, mindless, vacuous]
  • benign
    adj 1: not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor) [ant: malignant] 2: pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air" [syn: benign, benignant] [ant: malign] 3: kindness of disposition or manner; "the benign ruler of millions"; "benign intentions"
  • canine
    adj 1: of or relating to a pointed conical tooth [syn: canine, laniary] 2: of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae n 1: one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars [syn: canine, canine tooth, eyetooth, eye tooth, dogtooth, cuspid] 2: any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles [syn: canine, canid]
  • guanine
    n 1: a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine [syn: guanine, G]
  • leonine
    adj 1: of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
  • mezzanine
    n 1: first or lowest balcony [syn: mezzanine, first balcony] 2: intermediate floor just above the ground floor [syn: mezzanine, mezzanine floor, entresol]
  • quinine
    n 1: a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy
  • saturnine
    adj 1: bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde 2: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen]
  • strychnine
    n 1: an alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant
  • benin
    n 1: a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control [syn: Benin, Republic of Benin, Dahomey]
  • alanine
    n 1: a crystalline amino acid that occurs in many proteins
  • cinchonine
    n 1: an alkaloid derivative of the bark of cinchona trees that is used as an antimalarial drug
  • safranine
    n 1: any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes [syn: safranine, safranin, saffranine]
  • threonine
    n 1: a colorless crystalline amino acid found in protein; occurs in the hydrolysates of certain proteins; an essential component of human nutrition
  • antivenene
    n 1: an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal [syn: antivenin, antivenene]
  • methionine
    n 1: a crystalline amino acid containing sulfur; found in most proteins and essential for nutrition
  • arginine
    n 1: a bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition; its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa
  • daneen
  • danene
  • dineen
  • janine
  • oscinine
  • dobrynin
  • fescennine
  • pavonine
  • pennine

See also adenine definition