Words that rhyme with amentia

  • censure
    n 1: harsh criticism or disapproval [syn: censure, animadversion] 2: the state of being excommunicated [syn: excommunication, exclusion, censure] v 1: rebuke formally [syn: reprimand, censure, criminate]
  • dementia
    n 1: mental deterioration of organic or functional origin [syn: dementia, dementedness]
  • differentia
    n 1: distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus)
  • strongbox
    n 1: a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked [syn: strongbox, deedbox]
  • sweatbox
    n 1: small or narrow cell 2: a device that causes tobacco leaves or fruit or hides to sweat
  • tinderbox
    n 1: a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence; "the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe" 2: a box for holding tinder
  • tonsure
    n 1: the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head 2: shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order v 1: shave the head of a newly inducted monk
  • toolbox
    n 1: a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools [syn: toolbox, tool chest, tool cabinet, tool case]
  • unorthodox
    adj 1: independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians" [syn: irregular, maverick, unorthodox] 2: breaking with convention or tradition; "an unorthodox lifestyle" [ant: orthodox]
  • workbox
    n 1: container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing) [syn: workbasket, workbox, workbag]
  • cia
    n 1: an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council [syn: Central Intelligence Agency, CIA]
  • knox
    n 1: Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572) [syn: Knox, John Knox]
  • breadbox
    n 1: a container used to keep bread or cake in [syn: bread- bin, breadbox]
  • detox
    n 1: the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified v 1: treat for alcohol or drug dependence; "He was detoxified in the clinic" [syn: detox, detoxify]
  • postbox
    n 1: public box for deposit of mail [syn: postbox, mailbox, letter box]
  • vaux
    n 1: United States landscape architect (born in England) who designed Central Park (1824-1895) [syn: Vaux, Calvert Vaux]
  • devonshire
    n 1: a county in southwestern England [syn: Devon, Devonshire]
  • lincolnshire
    n 1: an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea
  • paintbox
    n 1: a box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint
  • shoebox
    n 1: a structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment) 2: an oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes
  • soundbox
    n 1: a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin) [syn: soundbox, body]
  • volvox
    n 1: type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis [syn: Volvox, genus Volvox]
  • opuntia
    n 1: large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears [syn: Opuntia, genus Opuntia]
  • redox
    n 1: a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction [syn: oxidation- reduction, oxidoreduction, redox]
  • sox
  • cea
  • coxe
  • foxe
  • pepperbox
  • vasa
  • wigtownshire
  • haybox
  • saucebox
  • strontia
  • wilcox
  • dreadlocks

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