Words that rhyme with buckram

• alarum 0
  n 1: an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger [syn: alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum]
• angstrom 0
  n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation [syn: angstrom, angstrom unit, A]
• antiserum 0
  n 1: blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease
• arum 0
  n 1: starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root 2: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe [syn: arum, aroid]
• ashram 0
  n 1: a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram 2: (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus
• candelabrum 0
  n 1: branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights [syn: candelabrum, candelabra]
• carom 0
  n 1: a glancing rebound [syn: ricochet, carom] 2: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other [syn: carom, cannon] v 1: rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts" 2: make a carom
• cerebrum 0
  n 1: anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans
• conundrum 0
  n 1: a difficult problem [syn: riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser]
• crumb 0
  n 1: a very small quantity of something; "he gave only a crumb of information about his plans"; "there were few crumbs of comfort in the report" 2: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git] 3: small piece of e.g. bread or cake v 1: coat with bread crumbs; "crumb a cutlet" 2: break into crumbs 3: remove crumbs from; "crumb the table"
• decorum 0
  n 1: propriety in manners and conduct [syn: decorum, decorousness] [ant: indecorousness, indecorum]
• dumb 0
  adj 1: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" [syn: dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow] 2: temporarily incapable of speaking; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock" [syn: speechless, dumb] 3: lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals" 4: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [syn: dumb, mute, silent]
• durum 0
  n 1: wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America [syn: durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, macaroni wheat]
• electrum 0
  n 1: an alloy of gold and silver
• forum 0
  n 1: a public meeting or assembly for open discussion 2: a public facility to meet for open discussion [syn: forum, assembly, meeting place]
• fulcrum 0
  n 1: the pivot about which a lever turns
• grogram 0
  n 1: a coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or mohair and often stiffened with gum
• gum 0
  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"
• harem 0
  n 1: living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household [syn: harem, hareem, seraglio, serail]
• hum 0
  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"
• indecorum 0
  n 1: a lack of decorum [syn: indecorum, indecorousness] [ant: decorousness, decorum] 2: an act of undue intimacy [syn: familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, liberty]
• jorum 0
  n 1: a large drinking bowl
• lustrum 0
  n 1: a period of five years 2: a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census
• maelstrom 0
  n 1: a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) [syn: whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom]
• marjoram 0
  n 1: aromatic Eurasian perennial [syn: oregano, marjoram, pot marjoram, wild marjoram, winter sweet, Origanum vulgare] 2: pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets [syn: marjoram, oregano]
• megrim 0
  n 1: a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men [syn: migraine, megrim, sick headache, hemicrania]
• mum 0
  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"
• nostrum 0
  n 1: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all] 2: patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
• numb 0
  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]
• old 0
  adj 1: (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?" [ant: immature, young] 2: of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" [ant: new] 3: (used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story" 4: skilled through long experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers" [syn: old, older] 5: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one- time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)] 6: (used informally especially for emphasis); "a real honest-to- god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel" [syn: honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(a), sure-enough(a)] 7: of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century" 8: just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger" [syn: previous(a), old] n 1: past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• panjandrum 0
  n 1: an important or influential (and often overbearing) person [syn: very important person, VIP, high-up, dignitary, panjandrum, high muckamuck]
• pilgrim 0
  n 1: someone who journeys in foreign lands 2: one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620 [syn: Pilgrim, Pilgrim Father] 3: someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
• plectrum 0
  n 1: a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument [syn: pick, plectrum, plectron]
• pogrom 0
  n 1: organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
• pyrethrum 0
  n 1: made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants 2: white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: pyrethrum, Dalmatian pyrethrum, Dalmatia pyrethrum, Tanacetum cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium] 3: spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: painted daisy, pyrethrum, Tanacetum coccineum, Chrysanthemum coccineum] 4: used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum [syn: Pyrethrum, genus Pyrethrum]
• quorum 0
  n 1: a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business
• rhumb 0
  n 1: a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction [syn: rhumb line, rhumb, loxodrome]
• rostrum 0
  n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox] 2: beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils [syn: snout, rostrum]
• sacrum 0
  n 1: wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx
• scrum 0
  n 1: (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession [syn: scrum, scrummage]
• scum 0
  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
• serum 0
  n 1: an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates [syn: serum, blood serum]
• simulacrum 0
  n 1: an insubstantial or vague semblance 2: a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone" [syn: effigy, image, simulacrum]
• slum 0
  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"
• some 0
  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"
• spectrum 0
  n 1: an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave 2: a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities
• strum 0
  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]
• subprogram 0
  n 1: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program [syn: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function]
• succumb 0
  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]
• sum 0
  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]
• tantrum 0
  n 1: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene, conniption]
• theorem 0
  n 1: a proposition deducible from basic postulates 2: an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
• thrum 0
  n 1: a thrumming sound; "he could hear the thrum of a banjo" v 1: sound with a monotonous hum [syn: hum, thrum] 2: sound the strings of (a string instrument); "strum a guitar" [syn: strum, thrum] 3: make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" [syn: drum, beat, thrum]
• thumb 0
  n 1: the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb [syn: thumb, pollex] 2: the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb 3: a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse [syn: ovolo, thumb, quarter round] v 1: travel by getting free rides from motorists [syn: hitchhike, hitch, thumb] 2: look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" [syn: flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff] 3: feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the book" [syn: finger, thumb]
• variorum 0
  n 1: an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors [syn: variorum, variorum edition]
• centrum 0
  n 1: the main body of a vertebra
• wolfram 0
  n 1: a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite [syn: tungsten, wolfram, W, atomic number 74]
• durham 0
  n 1: a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University 2: English breed of short-horned cattle [syn: Durham, shorthorn]
• dirham 0
  n 1: 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar [syn: Qatari dirham, dirham] 2: the basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 1,000 fils [syn: United Arab Emirate dirham, dirham] 3: the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes [syn: Moroccan dirham, dirham] 4: 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia [syn: Tunisian dirham, dirham] 5: 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Libya [syn: Libyan dirham, dirham] 6: worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils [syn: Kuwaiti dirham, dirham]
• antrum 0
  n 1: a natural cavity or hollow in a bone
• colostrum 0
  n 1: milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition [syn: colostrum, foremilk]
• karakoram 0
  n 1: a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak [syn: Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Mustagh, Mustagh Range]
• tristram 0
  n 1: (Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other [syn: Tristan, Tristram]
• lumm 5
• labarum 0
• swum 0
• abram 0
• labrum 0
• crum 0
• crumm 0
• krum 0
• krumm 0
• krumme 0
• lum 0
• maam 0
• stum 0
• um 0
• umm 0
• yum 0
• mccrum 0
• mccrumb 0
• shoreham 0
• coram 0
• sarum 0
• marram 0
• hiram 0
• meldrum 0
• bertram 0
• cockalorum 0
• karakorum 0
• pittosporum 0
• sistrum 0
• mottram 0

See also buckram definition and buckram synonyms