Words that rhyme with alabastrine

• adulterine 0
  adj 1: conceived in adultery
• alexandrine 0
  n 1: (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
• alizarin 0
  n 1: an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing [syn: alizarin, alizarine]
• anserine 0
  adj 1: of or resembling a goose 2: having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books" [syn: anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky]
• burin 0
  n 1: a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving
• culverin 0
  n 1: a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries 2: a medieval musket
• dextrin 0
  n 1: any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch; a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and in dietary supplements
• endocrine 0
  adj 1: of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions; "endocrine system" [syn: endocrine, endocrinal] [ant: exocrine] n 1: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect [syn: hormone, endocrine, internal secretion] 2: any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream [syn: endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland]
• enshrine 0
  v 1: enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral" [syn: enshrine, shrine] 2: hold sacred [syn: enshrine, saint]
• epinephrine 0
  n 1: a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action [syn: epinephrine, epinephrin, adrenaline, Adrenalin]
• estuarine 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or found in estuaries [syn: estuarine, estuarial]
• exocrine 0
  adj 1: of or relating to exocrine glands or their secretions [ant: endocrinal, endocrine] n 1: a gland that secretes externally through a duct [syn: exocrine gland, exocrine, duct gland]
• fibrin 0
  n 1: a white insoluble fibrous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen when blood clots; it forms a network that traps red cells and platelets
• glycerine 0
  n 1: a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils [syn: glycerol, glycerin, glycerine]
• heparin 0
  n 1: a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery [syn: heparin, Lipo- Hepin, Liquaemin]
• intrauterine 0
  adj 1: within the womb
• mandarin 0
  n 1: shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame- orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia [syn: mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata] 2: a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group 3: any high government official or bureaucrat 4: a high public official of imperial China 5: a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China [syn: mandarin, mandarin orange] 6: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China [syn: Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect, Beijing dialect]
• nectarine 0
  n 1: variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh [syn: nectarine, nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina] 2: a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin
• passerine 0
  adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds [ant: nonpasserine] n 1: perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless [syn: passerine, passeriform bird]
• peregrine 0
  adj 1: migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes" [syn: mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering] n 1: a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry [syn: peregrine, peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus]
• saccharin 0
  n 1: a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener
• saccharine 0
  adj 1: overly sweet [syn: cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly]
• serine 0
  n 1: a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine
• urine 0
  n 1: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" [syn: urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water]
• uterine 0
  adj 1: of or involving the uterus; "uterine cancer"
• erin 0
  n 1: an early name of Ireland that is now used in poetry
• serin 0
  n 1: any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe
• citrine 0
  n 1: semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz
• murine 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice); "a murine plague" n 1: a rodent that is a member of the family Muridae
• dexedrine 0
  n 1: an isomer of amphetamine (trade name Dexedrine) used as a central nervous system stimulant [syn: dextroamphetamine sulphate, Dexedrine]
• quinacrine 0
  n 1: a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria [syn: quinacrine, quinacrine hydrochloride, mepacrine, Atabrine]
• helleborine 0
  n 1: any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish- white flowers in a twisted raceme [syn: rattlesnake plantain, helleborine] 2: any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis 3: any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera
• papaverine 0
  n 1: an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive [syn: papaverine, Kavrin]
• taurine 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or resembling a bull n 1: a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals
• aneurin 0
  n 1: a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth [syn: vitamin B1, thiamine, thiamin, aneurin, antiberiberi factor]
• apocrine 0
  adj 1: (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion; "mother's milk is one apocrine secretion" [ant: eccrine]
• catarrhine 0
  adj 1: of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward [syn: catarrhine, catarrhinian] [ant: broadnosed, leptorhine, leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic] n 1: of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together [syn: Old World monkey, catarrhine]
• platyrrhine 0
  adj 1: of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses [syn: platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhinic, broadnosed] [ant: catarrhine, catarrhinian, leptorhine, leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic] n 1: hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails [syn: New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian]
• vulturine 0
  adj 1: living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" [syn: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous]
• turin 0
  n 1: capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy [syn: Turin, Torino]
• tamarin 0
  n 1: small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail [syn: tamarin, lion monkey, lion marmoset, leoncita]
• stearin 0
  n 1: an ester of glycerol and stearic acid
• ephedrine 0
  n 1: white odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically; used as a bronchodilator to treat bronchitis and asthma
• sarin 0
  n 1: a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase [syn: sarin, GB]
• aventurine 0
  n 1: a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals [syn: sunstone, aventurine]
• colubrine 0
• leporine 0
• pelerine 0
• wherein 0
• sherrin 0
• corinne 0
• veratrine 0
• aldrin 0
• kirin 0
• lohengrin 0
• riverine 0
• sciurine 0
• zollverein 0
• perrin 0
• meandrine 0
• darin 0
• viperine 0
• zebrine 0

See also alabastrine definition and alabastrine synonyms