Words that rhyme with archenemy

n 1: blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred) 2: blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath" [syn: profanation, desecration, blasphemy, sacrilege]

n 1: an opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn" 2: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" [syn: enemy, foe, foeman, opposition] 3: any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy" 4: a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years" [syn: foe, enemy] [ant: ally, friend]

adv 1: with unflagging resolve; "dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste" [syn: endlessly, ceaselessly, incessantly, unceasingly, unendingly, continuously] 2: without interruption; "the world is constantly changing" [syn: constantly, always, forever, perpetually, incessantly]

n 1: surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer

n 1: surgical removal of all or part of the stomach

n 1: surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain)

n 1: surgical removal of a kidney

n 1: surgical removal of the spleen

n 1: surgical removal of one of both ovaries [syn: oophorectomy, ovariectomy]

n 1: the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings [syn: polysemy, lexical ambiguity] [ant: monosemy]

n 1: the nomenclature of regional anatomy [syn: toponymy, toponomy] 2: the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language [syn: toponymy, toponomy]

n 1: cross-fertilization in plants [ant: autogamy]

n 1: self-fertilization in plants [ant: allogamy]

n 1: the production of small nonopening self-pollinating flowers

n 1: (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size)

n 1: Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance [syn: Ptolemy, Claudius Ptolemaeus] 2: an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra [syn: Ptolemy, Ptolemaic dynasty]

n 1: surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine [syn: enterostomy, enterotomy]

n 1: surgical procedure that creates an opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall to function as an anus; performed in cases of cancer of the colon or ulcerative colitis

n 1: a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes [syn: tracheostomy, tracheotomy]