Words that rhyme with boreum

n 1: the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits

n 1: the deep vascular inner layer of the skin [syn: dermis, corium, derma]

n 1: a mortuary where corpses are cremated [syn: crematory, crematorium] 2: a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes [syn: crematory, crematorium, cremation chamber]

n 1: a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain [syn: department store, emporium]

n 1: a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged 2: suspension of an ongoing activity

n 1: a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts

n 1: a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun [syn: sun parlor, sun parlour, sun porch, sunporch, sunroom, sun lounge, solarium]

n 1: a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold [syn: tellurium, Te, atomic number 52]

n 1: a vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed

n 1: a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands [syn: thorium, Th, atomic number 90]

n 1: a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys [syn: yttrium, Y, atomic number 39]

n 1: an indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions

n 1: a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases [syn: sanatorium, sanatarium, sanitarium]

n 1: lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes [syn: eye-lotion, eyewash, collyrium]

n 1: the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised [syn: empire, imperium] 2: supreme authority; absolute dominion

n 1: the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant [syn: psalterium, omasum, third stomach]

n 1: a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella [syn: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria]

n 1: the basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches 2: a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water [syn: aspergill, aspersorium]

n 1: a bathhouse for hot air baths or steam baths [syn: sudatorium, sudatory]