Words that rhyme with aepyornis

  • anise
    n 1: native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery [syn: anise, anise plant, Pimpinella anisum] 2: liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors [syn: anise, aniseed, anise seed]
  • cornice
    n 1: a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing [syn: cornice, valance, valance board, pelmet] 2: a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall 3: the topmost projecting part of an entablature v 1: furnish with a cornice
  • finis
    n 1: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 2: the concluding part of any performance [syn: finale, close, closing curtain, finis]
  • penis
    n 1: the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) [syn: penis, phallus, member]
  • reminisce
    v 1: recall the past; "The grandparents sat there, reminiscing all afternoon"
  • soreness
    n 1: a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on" [syn: tenderness, soreness, rawness] 2: an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress [syn: discomfort, soreness, irritation]
  • sureness
    n 1: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority" [syn: assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness] 2: the quality of being steady and unfailing; "sureness of hand"
  • tennis
    n 1: a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court [syn: tennis, lawn tennis]
  • venice
    n 1: the provincial capital of Veneto; built on 118 islands within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice; has canals instead of streets; one of Italy's major ports and a famous tourist attraction [syn: Venice, Venezia]
  • tunis
    n 1: the capital and principal port of Tunisia [syn: Tunis, capital of Tunisia]
  • adonis
    n 1: any handsome young man 2: annual or perennial herbs [syn: Adonis, genus Adonis] 3: (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone; "when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite"
  • lychnis
    n 1: mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone [syn: lychnis, catchfly]
  • ornice
  • kiwanis
  • mcguinness
  • denis
  • denys
  • ennis
  • maginnis
  • daphnis

See also aepyornis definition and aepyornis synonyms