Words that rhyme with auriform

• chloroform 0
  n 1: a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic; "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic" [syn: chloroform, trichloromethane] v 1: anesthetize with chloroform; "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them"
• conform 0
  v 1: be similar, be in line with [ant: depart, deviate, diverge, vary] 2: adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" [syn: adjust, conform, adapt]
• deform 0
  v 1: make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture" 2: twist and press out of shape [syn: contort, deform, distort, wring] 3: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" [syn: flex, bend, deform, twist, turn] [ant: unbend] 4: become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake" 5: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" [syn: deform, distort, strain] 6: assume a different shape or form [syn: change shape, change form, deform]
• inform 0
  v 1: impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights" 2: give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching" 3: act as an informer; "She had informed on her own parents for years"
• perform 0
  v 1: carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" [syn: perform, execute, do] 2: perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?" 3: give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera" 4: get (something) done; "I did my job" [syn: do, perform]
• platform 0
  n 1: a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform" 2: a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program" [syn: platform, political platform, political program, program] 3: the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system 4: any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons [syn: platform, weapons platform] 5: a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole [syn: chopine, platform]
• reform 0
  n 1: a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts" 2: a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians" 3: self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform" v 1: make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; "reform a political system" 2: bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct" [syn: reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify] 3: produce by cracking; "reform gas" 4: break up the molecules of; "reform oil" 5: improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country" 6: change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light" [syn: reform, straighten out, see the light]
• transform 0
  v 1: subject to a mathematical transformation 2: change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another" [syn: transform, transmute, transubstantiate] 3: change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle" [syn: transform, transmute, metamorphose] 4: change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil" [syn: translate, transform] 5: convert (one form of energy) to another; "transform energy to light" 6: change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species 7: increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
• preform 0
  v 1: form into a shape resembling the final, desired one 2: form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand
• variform 0
  adj 1: varying in form or shape
• iodoform 0
  n 1: sweet smelling yellow solid haloform CHI3 [syn: iodoform, tri-iodomethane] 2: a yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor; sometimes used as an antiseptic dressing [syn: iodoform, triiodomethane]
• landform 0
• linguiform 0
• pediform 0
• retiform 0
• scutiform 0
• tauriform 0
• unciform 0
• villiform 0
• vitriform 0
• flagelliform 0
• lamelliform 0
• moniliform 0
• scalariform 0
• coniform 0
• curviform 0
• graniform 0
• sacciform 0
• scalpriform 0
• tubiform 0
• vaporiform 0

See also auriform definition and auriform synonyms