Words that rhyme with biphenyl

adj 1: happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally ; "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting" [syn: accidental, inadvertent] n 1: a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature

adj 1: of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions 2: near the kidneys n 1: either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney [syn: adrenal gland, adrenal, suprarenal gland]

adj 1: of or like a feeble old woman

v 1: declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" [syn: invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify] [ant: formalise, formalize, validate] 2: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate]

adj 1: of or relating to antennae; "antennal senses of insects" [syn: antennal, antennary]

adj 1: relating to or containing the carbonyl group [syn: carbonyl, carbonylic] n 1: a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide

adj 1: of or pertaining to or typical of Europe; "a Continental breakfast" 2: of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War; "the Continental Army"; "the Continental Congress" 3: of or relating to or characteristic of a continent; "the continental divide"; "continental drift" 4: being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe; "the continental United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters" [ant: intercontinental]

n 1: one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) [syn: scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle] 2: a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement [syn: crenel, crenelle] v 1: supply with battlements [syn: crenel, crenelate, crenellate]

adj 1: of or relating to the teeth; "dental floss" 2: of or relating to dentistry; "dental student" n 1: a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge [syn: alveolar consonant, dental consonant, alveolar, dental]

adj 1: of or relating to a department; "departmental policy"

adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant" [syn: damaging, detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious]

adj 1: of or relating to or constituting development; "developmental psychology"

adj 1: in or relating to the duodenum; "duodenal ulcer"

n 1: any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems 2: aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads [syn: fennel, Florence fennel, finocchio] 3: leaves used for seasoning [syn: fennel, common fennel] 4: fennel seeds are ground and used as a spice or as an ingredient of a spice mixture

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people; "juvenile diabetes"; "juvenile fashions" 2: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" [syn: adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile] n 1: a young person, not fully developed [syn: juvenile, juvenile person] [ant: adult, grownup]

n 1: outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog [syn: kennel, doghouse, dog house] v 1: put up in a kennel; "kennel a dog"

adj 1: of or relating to punishment; "penal reform"; "penal code" 2: serving as or designed to impose punishment; "penal servitude" 3: subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense" [syn: penal, punishable]

adj 1: of or relating to the penis; "penile erection" [syn: penile, penial]

adj 1: of or relating to the kidneys [syn: nephritic, renal]

adj 1: mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail" [syn: doddering, doddery, gaga, senile]

adj 1: given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality 2: effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" [syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy]

adj 1: functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary] 2: added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes" [syn: supplementary, supplemental]

n 1: a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast [syn: treenail, trenail, trunnel]

adj 1: capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer" [syn: corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venal]

n 1: a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene [syn: vinyl, vinyl group, vinyl radical] 2: shiny and tough and flexible plastic; used especially for floor coverings