Words that rhyme with caseous

  • caduceus
    n 1: an insignia used by the medical profession; modeled after the staff of Hermes
  • gaseous
    adj 1: existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is water is the gaseous state" [ant: liquid, solid]
  • nauseous
    adj 1: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile] 2: feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit [syn: nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sick, sickish]
  • athanasius
    n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373) [syn: Athanasius, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius, Athanasius the Great]
  • odysseus
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey
  • dionysius
    n 1: the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC) [syn: Dionysius, Dionysius the Elder]
  • alcaeus
    n 1: Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; reputed inventor of Alcaic verse (611-580 BC)
  • theseus
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds: killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and defeated the Amazons and united Attica
  • tiresias
    n 1: (Greek mythology) the blind prophet of Thebes who revealed to Oedipus that Oedipus had murdered his father and married his mother
  • celsius
    n 1: Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744) [syn: Celsius, Anders Celsius]
  • perseus
    n 1: (Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster 2: a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way
  • theodosius
    n 1: the last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395) [syn: Theodosius, Theodosius I, Theodosius the Great, Flavius Theodosius]
  • coeus
  • lucius
  • gypseous

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