Words that rhyme with bioluminous

adj 1: pertaining to or containing aluminum or alum

adj 1: resembling or containing bitumen; "bituminous coal"

adj 1: broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair" [syn: farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous] 2: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous]

adj 1: softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" [syn: aglow(p), lambent, lucent, luminous]

adj 1: evincing the presence of a deity; "a numinous wood"; "the most numinous moment in the Mass" 2: of or relating to or characteristic of a numen

adj 1: having the qualities or effects of a poison [syn: poisonous, toxicant] 2: not safe to eat 3: marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip" [syn: poisonous, venomous, vicious]

adj 1: extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy" [syn: famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient] 2: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" [syn: edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish]

adj 1: having the characteristics of pitch or tar [syn: pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarry]

n 1: the state of being ripe [ant: greenness]

n 1: lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling [syn: superficiality, shallowness] [ant: profoundness, profundity] 2: the quality of lacking physical depth; "take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive" [ant: deepness, profoundness, profundity]

n 1: a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind" [syn: acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness] 2: the attribute of urgency in tone of voice; "his voice had an edge to it" [syn: edge, sharpness] 3: a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard"; "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange spices"; "the raciness of the wine" [syn: pungency, bite, sharpness, raciness] 4: the quality of being keenly and painfully felt; "the sharpness of her loss" 5: thinness of edge or fineness of point [syn: sharpness, keenness] [ant: bluntness, dullness] 6: the quality of being sharp and clear [syn: distinctness, sharpness] [ant: blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness] 7: harshness of manner [syn: asperity, sharpness] [ant: bluntness, dullness]

n 1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness] 2: a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry [syn: slowness, deliberation, deliberateness, unhurriedness] 3: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities [syn: retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality]

n 1: the property possessed by a slope that is very steep [syn: abruptness, precipitousness, steepness] [ant: gentleness, gradualness]

adj 1: occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations" [syn: synchronous, synchronal, synchronic] [ant: asynchronous] 2: (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions [ant: asynchronous]

n 1: a place where something ends or is complete [syn: end point, endpoint, termination, terminus] 2: the ultimate goal for which something is done [syn: destination, terminus] 3: (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome [syn: terminus, terminal figure, term] 4: either end of a railroad or bus route 5: station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods [syn: terminal, terminus, depot]

n 1: conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task

n 1: affectionate closeness; "togetherness is the new wonder ingredient in marriage"

n 1: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity" [syn: tonicity, tonus, tone] [ant: amyotonia, atonia, atonicity, atony]

adj 1: having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist" [syn: faithless, traitorous, unfaithful, treasonable, treasonous]

adj 1: marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" [syn: oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous]

adj 1: having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff" [syn: dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous]

adj 1: extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves" [syn: nefarious, villainous]

adj 1: large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt" 2: marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track" [syn: tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous] 3: large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation" [syn: copious, voluminous]

n 1: yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons [syn: yellow, yellowness]

n 1: convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations