Words that rhyme with alm

n 1: great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool" [syn: aplomb, assuredness, cool, poise, sang- froid]

n 1: any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing 2: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation [syn: ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve]

v 1: make steady; "steady yourself" [syn: steady, calm, becalm]

n 1: an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions 2: strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion [syn: bomb calorimeter, bomb] 3: an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned" [syn: turkey, bomb, dud] v 1: throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden" [syn: bombard, bomb] 2: fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?" [syn: fail, flunk, bomb, flush it] [ant: make it, pass]

adj 1: not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country" [syn: calm, unagitated, serene, tranquil] 2: (of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas" [ant: stormy] n 1: steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" [syn: composure, calm, calmness, equanimity] [ant: discomposure] 2: wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale [syn: calm air, calm] v 1: make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" [syn: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still] [ant: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on] 2: make steady; "steady yourself" [syn: steady, calm, becalm] 3: become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again." [syn: calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it] 4: cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" [syn: sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise] [ant: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate]

n 1: a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second [syn: coulomb, C, ampere-second] 2: French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806) [syn: Coulomb, Charles Augustin de Coulomb]

n 1: microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica

v 1: preserve a dead body

n 1: a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) [syn: incendiary bomb, incendiary, firebomb] v 1: attack with incendiary bombs; "The rioters fire-bombed the stores"

n 1: a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc [syn: intercommunication system, intercom]

n 1: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]

n 1: gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flamethrowers

n 1: the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers [syn: palm, thenar] 2: a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand 3: any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves [syn: palm, palm tree] 4: an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event [syn: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon] v 1: touch, lift, or hold with the hands; "Don't handle the merchandise" [syn: handle, palm]

n 1: organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)

n 1: a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year [syn: promenade, prom]

n 1: one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David 2: any sacred song used to praise the deity v 1: sing or celebrate in psalms; "He psalms the works of God"

n 1: uneasiness about the fitness of an action [syn: scruple, qualm, misgiving] 2: a mild state of nausea [syn: queasiness, squeamishness, qualm]

n 1: a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram [syn: rhombus, rhomb, diamond]

n 1: a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation v 1: greet with a salaam

n 1: a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life [syn: situation comedy, sitcom] 2: a humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life [syn: situation comedy, sitcom]

n 1: a complex of concurrent things; "every word has a syndrome of meanings" 2: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease

n 1: (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically [syn: telecommunication, telecom]

n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites [syn: Tom, Uncle Tom] 2: male cat [syn: tom, tomcat] 3: male turkey [syn: turkey cock, gobbler, tom, tom turkey]

n 1: a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides

n 1: title used for a married Frenchwoman

n 1: a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram [syn: gram, gramme, gm, g] 2: Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938) [syn: Gram, Hans C. J. Gram]

n 1: a member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala 2: a Mayan language spoken by the Mam

n 1: the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898 [syn: Guam, GU]

n 1: stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding [syn: haulm, halm]

n 1: (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed [syn: read-only memory, ROM, read-only storage, fixed storage]

n 1: the basic unit of money in Uzbekistan 2: the basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan

n 1: the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion; "Islam is predominant in northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, and Indonesia" [syn: Islam, Muslimism] 2: the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran; "Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion"; "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion" [syn: Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism]

n 1: Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937) [syn: Hussein, Husain, Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Saddam, Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti]

n 1: a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975 [syn: Suriname, Republic of Suriname, Surinam, Dutch Guiana, Netherlands Guiana]

n 1: a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945 [syn: Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Annam] 2: a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States [syn: Vietnam War, Vietnam]

n 1: United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941) [syn: Anderson, Sherwood Anderson] 2: United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-) [syn: Anderson, Philip Anderson, Philip Warren Anderson, Phil Anderson] 3: United States dramatist (1888-1959) [syn: Anderson, Maxwell Anderson] 4: United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993) [syn: Anderson, Marian Anderson] 5: United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991) [syn: Anderson, Carl Anderson, Carl David Anderson]

n 1: (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide [syn: imam, imaum]

n 1: a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel [syn: noncommissioned officer, noncom, enlisted officer]

n 1: a town that is the chief port of the Aland islands [syn: Mariehamn, Maarianhamina]

n 1: Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680) [syn: Swammerdam, Jan Swammerdam]

n 1: a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs

n 1: a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975 [syn: Suriname, Republic of Suriname, Surinam, Dutch Guiana, Netherlands Guiana]

n 1: a town in northeastern Austria 2: a battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809); Napoleon defeated the Austrians [syn: Wagram, battle of Wagram]