Words that rhyme with amos
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anonymous
adj 1: having no known name or identity or known source; "anonymous authors"; "anonymous donors"; "an anonymous gift" [syn: anonymous, anon.] [ant: onymous] 2: not known or lacking marked individuality; "brown anonymous houses"; "anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service" -
antonymous
adj 1: of words: having opposite meanings [ant: synonymous] -
autonomous
adj 1: (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn: autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign] 2: existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies" 3: (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment [syn: autonomous, self-directed, self-reliant] -
bigamous
adj 1: of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first -
blasphemous
adj 1: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on" [syn: blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious] 2: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" [syn: blasphemous, blue, profane] -
dangerous
adj 1: involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions" [syn: dangerous, unsafe] [ant: safe] 2: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" [syn: dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening] -
dichotomous
adj 1: divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications -
famous
adj 1: widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" [syn: celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned] -
ignoramus
n 1: an ignorant person [syn: ignoramus, know nothing, uneducated person] -
mandamus
n 1: an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion; used only when all other judicial remedies fail [syn: mandamus, writ of mandamus] -
pusillanimous
adj 1: lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful [syn: pusillanimous, poor- spirited, unmanly] -
shamus
n 1: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information [syn: private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock] -
christmas
n 1: period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 [syn: Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel] 2: a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland [syn: Christmas, Christmas Day, Xmas, Dec 25] -
deimos
n 1: the outer of two small satellites of Mars -
ramus
n 1: the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical -
brumous
adj 1: filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning" [syn: brumous, foggy, hazy, misty] -
grumous
adj 1: transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood" [syn: coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous, grumose] -
momus
n 1: god of blame and mockery [syn: Momus, Momos] -
lammas
n 1: commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England [syn: Lammas, Lammas Day, August 1] -
biramous
adj 1: resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots" [syn: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy] -
nostradamus
n 1: French astrologer who wrote cryptic predictions whose interpretations are still being debated (1503-1566) [syn: Nostradamus, Michel de Notredame] -
cadmus
n 1: (Greek mythology) the brother of Europa and traditional founder of Thebes in Boeotia -
exophthalmos
n 1: protrusion of the eyeball from the socket -
anadromous
adj 1: migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn [ant: catadromous, diadromous] -
catadromous
adj 1: migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn [ant: anadromous, diadromous] -
vaginismus
n 1: muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination -
demos
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peatmoss
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samos
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brademas
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polyphemus
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ramos
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seamus
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lomas
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lamus
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squamous
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thamus
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paulhamus
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gaudeamus
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artemus
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dromos
See also amos definition
