Words that rhyme with analogous

  • bogus
    adj 1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard]
  • anthropophagous
    adj 1: of or relating to eaters of human flesh
  • anthropophagus
    n 1: a person who eats human flesh [syn: cannibal, man- eater, anthropophagus, anthropophagite]
  • asparagus
    n 1: plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable [syn: asparagus, edible asparagus, Asparagus officinales] 2: edible young shoots of the asparagus plant
  • cunnilingus
    n 1: oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris [syn: cunnilingus, cunnilinctus]
  • fungous
    adj 1: of or relating to fungi [syn: fungal, fungous]
  • fungus
    n 1: an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
  • heterozygous
    adj 1: having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci; "heterozygous for eye color" [ant: homozygous]
  • homologous
    adj 1: having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function; "the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous" [ant: analogous, heterologic, heterological, heterologous] 2: corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species; "a homologous tissue graft" [ant: autologous, heterologous]
  • magus
    n 1: a magician or sorcerer of ancient times 2: a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians
  • oesophagus
    n 1: the passage between the pharynx and the stomach [syn: esophagus, oesophagus, gorge, gullet]
  • sarcophagus
    n 1: a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
  • angus
    n 1: Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women [syn: Angus Og, Aengus, Oengus, Angus] 2: black hornless breed from Scotland [syn: Aberdeen Angus, Angus, black Angus]
  • tragus
    n 1: a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear
  • vagus
    n 1: a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera [syn: vagus, vagus nerve, nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve]
  • negus
    n 1: wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg
  • argus
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes 2: large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant [syn: argus, argus pheasant]
  • valgus
    n 1: a deformity in which there is an abnormal displacement of part of a limb away from the midline of the body [ant: varus]
  • homozygous
    adj 1: having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci; "these two fruit flies are homozygous for red eye color" [ant: heterozygous]
  • esophagus
    n 1: the passage between the pharynx and the stomach [syn: esophagus, oesophagus, gorge, gullet]
  • phytophagous
    adj 1: (of animals) feeding on plants [syn: plant-eating(a), phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous]
  • saprophagous
    adj 1: (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter [syn: saprophagous, saprozoic]
  • vargas
    n 1: Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954) [syn: Vargas, Getulio Dornelles Vargas]
  • galapagos
    n 1: a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life [syn: Galapagos Islands, Galapagos]
  • humongous
    adj 1: (used informally) very large; "a thumping loss" [syn: humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping]
  • heterologous
    adj 1: not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin [syn: heterologous, heterologic, heterological] [ant: analogous, homologous] 2: derived from organisms of a different but related species; "a heterologous graft" [ant: autologous, homologous]
  • dingus
  • burgas
  • fergus
  • lycurgus
  • brangus
  • coprophagous
  • monophagous
  • necrophagous
  • scatophagous
  • xylophagous
  • mingus
  • polyphagous

See also analogous definition and analogous synonyms