Words that rhyme with calliope

  • fluoroscopy
    n 1: examination of body structures using a fluoroscope
  • agree
    v 1: be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord] [ant: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue] 2: consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone" 3: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord] 4: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree] 5: show grammatical agreement; "Subjects and verbs must always agree in English" 6: be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me" 7: achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"
  • allotropy
    n 1: the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms [syn: allotropy, allotropism]
  • anisotropy
    n 1: the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions [ant: isotropy, symmetry]
  • banshee
    n 1: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death [syn: banshee, banshie]
  • be
    n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element [syn: beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4] v 1: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" 2: be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house" 3: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" 4: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn: exist, be] 5: happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen" 6: be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" [syn: equal, be] [ant: differ] 7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be] 8: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher" [syn: be, follow] 9: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" [syn: embody, be, personify] 10: spend or use time; "I may be an hour" 11: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: be, live] 12: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be" 13: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: cost, be]
  • bee
    n 1: any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species 2: a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
  • bootee
    n 1: a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) [syn: bootee, bootie]
  • canopy
    n 1: the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit 2: the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air 3: a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather v 1: cover with a canopy
  • chemotherapy
    n 1: the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)
  • curie
    n 1: a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second [syn: curie, Ci] 2: French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906) [syn: Curie, Pierre Curie] 3: French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934) [syn: Curie, Marie Curie, Madame Curie, Marya Sklodowska]
  • debris
    n 1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up [syn: debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus]
  • decree
    n 1: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" [syn: decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript] v 1: issue a decree; "The King only can decree" 2: decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed" [syn: rule, decree]
  • entropy
    n 1: (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information" [syn: information, selective information, entropy] 2: (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity" [syn: randomness, entropy, S]
  • gossipy
    adj 1: prone to friendly informal communication [syn: chatty, gossipy, newsy]
  • heliotherapy
    n 1: therapeutic exposure to sunlight [syn: heliotherapy, insolation]
  • hydrotherapy
    n 1: the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease [syn: hydropathy, hydrotherapy]
  • hypnotherapy
    n 1: the use of hypnosis in psychotherapy
  • isotropy
    n 1: (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions [syn: isotropy, symmetry] [ant: anisotropy]
  • microscopy
    n 1: research with the use of microscopes
  • misanthropy
    n 1: hatred of mankind 2: a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people
  • philanthropy
    n 1: voluntary promotion of human welfare [syn: philanthropy, philanthropic gift]
  • physiotherapy
    n 1: therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities [syn: physical therapy, physiotherapy, physiatrics]
  • psychotherapy
    n 1: the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods [syn: psychotherapy, psychotherapeutics, mental hygiene] 2: the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means
  • radioscopy
    n 1: (radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation [syn: radioscopy, radiology]
  • radiotherapy
    n 1: (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance [syn: radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation]
  • recipe
    n 1: directions for making something [syn: recipe, formula]
  • spectroscopy
    n 1: the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra [syn: spectroscopy, spectrometry, spectroscopic analysis, spectrum analysis, spectrographic analysis]
  • stereoscopy
    n 1: three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina [syn: stereoscopic vision, stereoscopy]
  • syncope
    n 1: a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain [syn: faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium] 2: (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') [syn: syncope, syncopation]
  • syrupy
    adj 1: overly sweet [syn: cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly] 2: having a relatively high resistance to flow [syn: syrupy, viscous] 3: with honey added [syn: honeyed, honied, syrupy]
  • therapy
    n 1: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.); "the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury"; "he tried every treatment the doctors suggested"; "heat therapy gave the best relief"
  • cree
    n 1: a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada 2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree
  • principe
    n 1: an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe
  • laparoscopy
    n 1: laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallopian tubes)
  • apocope
    n 1: abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope"
  • aromatherapy
    n 1: the therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage
  • endoscopy
    n 1: visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope
  • penelope
    n 1: (Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors until Odysseus returned and killed them 2: a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds) [syn: Penelope, genus Penelope]
  • metope
  • episcope
  • satrapy
  • pericope
  • aeolotropy
  • rhodope
  • isotopy
  • bronchoscopy
  • colposcopy
  • cystoscopy
  • uroscopy
  • laryngoscopy
  • ornithoscopy

See also calliope definition and calliope synonyms