Words that rhyme with bethlehem

• ahem 0
  n 1: the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc. [syn: hem, ahem]
• bdellium 0
  n 1: aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh
• berkelium 0
  n 1: a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium [syn: berkelium, Bk, atomic number 97]
• beryllium 0
  n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element [syn: beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4]
• cilium 0
  n 1: a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms 2: any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids [syn: eyelash, lash, cilium]
• condemn 0
  v 1: express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [syn: condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate] 2: declare or judge unfit for use or habitation; "The building was condemned by the inspector" 3: compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence" 4: demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her" 5: pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" [syn: sentence, condemn, doom] 6: appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway"
• diadem 0
  n 1: an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty [syn: crown, diadem]
• endothelium 0
  n 1: an epithelium of mesoblastic origin; a thin layer of flattened cells that lines the inside of some body cavities
• epithelium 0
  n 1: membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body [syn: epithelium, epithelial tissue]
• folium 0
  n 1: a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock
• gallium 0
  n 1: a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores [syn: gallium, Ga, atomic number 31]
• gem 0
  n 1: art highly prized for its beauty or perfection [syn: gem, treasure] 2: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones" [syn: gem, gemstone, stone] 3: a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry [syn: jewel, gem] 4: a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan [syn: muffin, gem] 5: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry [syn: jewel, gem, precious stone]
• helium 0
  n 1: a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas) [syn: helium, He, atomic number 2]
• hem 0
  n 1: the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down; "the hem of her dress was stained"; "let down the hem"; "he stitched weights into the curtain's hem"; "it seeped along the hem of his jacket" 2: the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc. [syn: hem, ahem] v 1: fold over and sew together to provide with a hem; "hem my skirt" 2: utter `hem' or `ahem'
• ileum 0
  n 1: the part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum
• mayhem 0
  n 1: the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person 2: violent and needless disturbance [syn: havoc, mayhem]
• mycelium 0
  n 1: the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae
• nobelium 0
  n 1: a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known [syn: nobelium, No, atomic number 102]
• petroleum 0
  n 1: a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons [syn: petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil]
• phlegm 0
  n 1: apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions [syn: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality] 2: expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness [syn: phlegm, sputum] 3: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" [syn: languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness]
• stem 0
  n 1: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn: root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical] 2: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ [syn: stalk, stem] 3: cylinder forming a long narrow part of something [syn: shank, stem] 4: the tube of a tobacco pipe 5: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" [syn: bow, fore, prow, stem] 6: a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it [syn: stem turn, stem] v 1: grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war" 2: cause to point inward; "stem your skis" 3: stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide" [syn: stem, stanch, staunch, halt] 4: remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
• thallium 0
  n 1: a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores [syn: thallium, Tl, atomic number 81]
• thulium 0
  n 1: a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits X-rays and is used in small portable X-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime [syn: thulium, Tm, atomic number 69]
• trillium 0
  n 1: any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three- petaled flower [syn: trillium, wood lily, wake-robin]
• valium 0
  n 1: a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning [syn: diazepam, Valium]
• fm 0
  n 1: modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave [syn: frequency modulation, FM] 2: a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons [syn: fermium, Fm, atomic number 100]
• pm 0
  n 1: an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn: autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination] 2: a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium [syn: promethium, Pm, atomic number 61] 3: the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom [syn: Prime Minister, PM, premier] 4: modulation of the phase of the carrier wave [syn: phase modulation, PM]
• ilium 0
  n 1: an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War [syn: Troy, Ilion, Ilium] 2: the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone
• psyllium 0
  n 1: plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative [syn: fleawort, psyllium, Spanish psyllium, Plantago psyllium]
• allium 0
  n 1: large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus [syn: Allium, genus Allium]
• pallium 0
  n 1: the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum [syn: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortex] 2: (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell [syn: mantle, pallium] 3: (Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back 4: cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome
• scholium 0
  n 1: a marginal note written by a scholiast (a commentator on ancient or classical literature) [syn: scholium, scholia]
• mesothelium 0
  n 1: epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm; lines the primordial body cavity
• femme 0
• them 0
• menachem 0
• dentalium 0
• prothallium 0
• fitzwilliam 0
• subsellium 0

See also bethlehem definition