Words that rhyme with calycle

  • cull
    n 1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject] v 1: remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd" 2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn: pick, pluck, cull]
  • metallurgical
    adj 1: of or relating to metallurgy; "metallurgical engineer" [syn: metallurgical, metallurgic]
  • metaphorical
    adj 1: expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language" [syn: metaphorical, metaphoric]
  • metrical
    adj 1: based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents" [syn: metric, metrical] 2: the rhythmic arrangement of syllables [syn: measured, metrical, metric]
  • miracle
    n 1: any amazing or wonderful occurrence 2: a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent
  • obstetrical
    adj 1: of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics; "obstetric hospital" [syn: obstetric, obstetrical]
  • oracle
    n 1: an authoritative person who divines the future [syn: prophet, prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator] 2: a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible 3: a shrine where an oracular god is consulted
  • oratorical
    adj 1: characteristic of an orator or oratory; "oratorical prose"; "harangued his men in an oratorical way"- Robert Graves
  • pellicle
    n 1: thin protective membrane in some protozoa
  • reciprocal
    adj 1: concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return; "reciprocal aid"; "reciprocal trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal privileges at other clubs" [syn: reciprocal, mutual] [ant: nonreciprocal] 2: of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function; "the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a" n 1: something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else; "risk is the reciprocal of safety" 2: (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7 [syn: multiplicative inverse, reciprocal] 3: hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype [syn: reciprocal cross, reciprocal]
  • rhetorical
    adj 1: of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford 2: given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" [ant: unrhetorical]
  • satirical
    adj 1: exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine" [syn: satirical, satiric]
  • spherical
    adj 1: of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere; "spherical geometry" [ant: nonspherical] 2: having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey [syn: ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical]
  • spiracle
    n 1: a breathing orifice
  • symbolical
    adj 1: relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols; "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic thinking" [syn: symbolic, symbolical] 2: serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; "a crown is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish" [syn: emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical]
  • unsymmetrical
    adj 1: lacking symmetry [syn: unsymmetric, unsymmetrical] 2: having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements [syn: anisometric, unsymmetrical]
  • utricle
    n 1: a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open [syn: utricle, utriculus]
  • ventricle
    n 1: one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid 2: a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries [syn: ventricle, heart ventricle]
  • cul
    n 1: a passage with access only at one end [syn: cul, cul de sac, dead end]
  • karakul
    n 1: hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur [syn: broadtail, caracul, karakul]
  • parabolical
    adj 1: resembling or expressed by parables [syn: parabolic, parabolical] 2: having the form of a parabola [syn: parabolic, parabolical]
  • calicle
  • microsurgical
  • psychosurgical
  • unbiblical
  • thoracal
  • trimetrical
  • unmetrical
  • lumbrical
  • unhistorical

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