Words that rhyme with balaam

n 1: a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum [syn: alum, ammonia alum, ammonium alum] 2: a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum [syn: alum, potassium alum, potash alum] 3: a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) [syn: alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad] 4: a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things)

adj 1: belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War

n 1: a shelter from danger or hardship [syn: refuge, sanctuary, asylum] 2: a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person [syn: mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum]

n 1: a state of extreme confusion and disorder [syn: chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy- turvyness] 2: pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit]

n 1: a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans

n 1: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities [syn: buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick] 2: bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish 3: a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish [syn: chum salmon, chum, Oncorhynchus keta]

n 1: a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid [syn: clot, coagulum]

n 1: a line of units following one after another 2: a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands [syn: column, chromatography column] 3: a vertical array of numbers or other information; "he added a column of numbers" 4: anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite" [syn: column, tower, pillar] 5: an article giving opinions or perspectives [syn: column, editorial, newspaper column] 6: a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) [syn: column, pillar] 7: (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure [syn: column, pillar] 8: a page or text that is vertically divided; "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns" 9: any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body

n 1: an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university" [syn: course of study, program, programme, curriculum, syllabus]

n 1: special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. 2: a visible symbol representing an abstract idea [syn: emblem, allegory]

n 1: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) [syn: scourge, flagellum] 2: a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)

adj 1: moody and melancholic 2: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen]

n 1: (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means 2: a mechanism that can move automatically [syn: automaton, robot, golem]

n 1: a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing [syn: chewing gum, gum] 2: the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth [syn: gingiva, gum] 3: any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying 4: cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive [syn: glue, gum, mucilage] 5: wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum [syn: gumwood, gum] 6: any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum [syn: gum tree, gum] v 1: cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; "if you gum the tape it is stronger" 2: grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food" [syn: mumble, gum] 3: become sticky 4: exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"

n 1: an aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer]

n 1: the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity; "they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers"; "there is a constant hum of military preparation" [syn: busyness, hum] 2: an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan [syn: Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, HUM, Harkat ul-Ansar, HUA, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Al Faran, Movement of Holy Warriors] 3: a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic" [syn: hum, humming] v 1: sing with closed lips; "She hummed a melody" 2: be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity" [syn: hum, buzz, seethe] 3: sound with a monotonous hum [syn: hum, thrum] 4: make a low continuous sound; "The refrigerator is humming"

adj 1: failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent" [syn: mum, silent] n 1: of China [syn: florist's chrysanthemum, florists' chrysanthemum, mum, Dendranthema grandifloruom, Chrysanthemum morifolium] 2: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy] 3: secrecy; "mum's the word"

adj 1: lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" [syn: asleep(p), benumbed, numb] 2: (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy" [syn: dead(p), numb(p)] 3: so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified; "too numb with fear to move" v 1: make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" [syn: numb, benumb, blunt, dull]

n 1: a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted

n 1: any substance that can be used as food [syn: comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals] 2: insipid intellectual nourishment

n 1: an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity

n 1: a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse 2: a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist [syn: peplos, peplus, peplum]

n 1: (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related 2: (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes

adv 1: exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" [syn: plumb, plum] 2: completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn: clean, plumb, plum] n 1: any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone [syn: plum, plum tree] 2: any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit 3: a highly desirable position or assignment; "a political plum"

adv 1: completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn: clean, plumb, plum] 2: conforming to the direction of a plumb line 3: exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" [syn: plumb, plum] adj 1: exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb" n 1: the metal bob of a plumb line [syn: plumb bob, plumb, plummet] v 1: measure the depth of something 2: weight with lead 3: examine thoroughly and in great depth 4: adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical

n 1: a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; "she and her husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to contact him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog" [syn: problem, job] 2: a question raised for consideration or solution; "our homework consisted of ten problems to solve" 3: a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?" [syn: trouble, problem]

adj 1: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" [syn: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular] n 1: liquor distilled from fermented molasses 2: a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards [syn: rummy, rum]

n 1: worthless people [syn: trash, scum] 2: a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid v 1: remove the scum from

n 1: a downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles v 1: race on skis around obstacles

n 1: a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions [syn: slum, slum area] v 1: spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; "attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century"

adj 1: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" [syn: grave, sedate, sober, solemn] 2: characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message" [syn: earnest, sincere, solemn]

adv 1: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party" [syn: approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so] adj 1: quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity; "have some milk"; "some roses were still blooming"; "having some friends over"; "some apples"; "some paper" [ant: all(a), no(a)] 2: relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away" 3: relatively many but unspecified in number; "they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years" 4: remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier"

n 1: a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument 2: a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior

n 1: sound of strumming; "the strum of a guitar" v 1: sound the strings of (a string instrument); "strum a guitar" [syn: strum, thrum]

n 1: (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class

v 1: consent reluctantly [syn: yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under] 2: be fatally overwhelmed [syn: succumb, yield] [ant: come through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive]

n 1: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money] 2: a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers [syn: sum, amount, total] 3: the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered" [syn: sum, summation, sum total] 4: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty] 5: the whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality, aggregate] 6: a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" [syn: union, sum, join] v 1: be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" [syn: summarize, summarise, sum, sum up] 2: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up]

n 1: a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite [syn: tantalum, Ta, atomic number 73]

n 1: a heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment 2: fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb

n 1: a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms [syn: veil, velum] 2: a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking [syn: soft palate, velum]

n 1: the woody part of plants: the supporting and water- conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels

n 1: a district of Manhattan; now largely a Black ghetto

adj 1: of or relating to or supporting Islamism; "Islamic art" [syn: Muslim, Moslem, Islamic] n 1: a believer in or follower of Islam [syn: Muslim, Moslem]

adj 1: of or relating to or supporting Islamism; "Islamic art" [syn: Muslim, Moslem, Islamic] n 1: a believer in or follower of Islam [syn: Muslim, Moslem]

n 1: capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River [syn: Salem, capital of Oregon] 2: a city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692 3: a city in southern India

n 1: a bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle

n 1: (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney" [syn: hilus, hilum] 2: the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle

n 1: a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)

n 1: a Dravidian language (closely related to Tamil) that is spoken in southwestern India

n 1: (anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)

n 1: a dense cluster of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce" [syn: capitulum, head] 2: fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn [syn: ear, spike, capitulum] 3: an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree

n 1: a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease [syn: inoculant, inoculum]

n 1: capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom [syn: Jerusalem, capital of Israel]

n 1: a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus 2: any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels) 3: the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant [syn: reticulum, second stomach]

n 1: a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae [syn: Tropaeolum, genus Tropaeolum]

n 1: the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint [syn: acetabulum, cotyloid cavity]

n 1: a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity [syn: celom, coelom, celoma]

n 1: spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water 2: any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form [syn: spirillum, spirilla]