Words that rhyme with chrysalis

  • acropolis
    n 1: the citadel in ancient Greek towns
  • alley
    n 1: a narrow street with walls on both sides [syn: alley, alleyway, back street] 2: a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins [syn: bowling alley, alley, skittle alley]
  • ally
    n 1: a friendly nation 2: an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a good ally in fight" [syn: ally, friend] [ant: enemy, foe] v 1: become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists"
  • challis
    n 1: a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
  • dally
    v 1: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" [syn: dally, toy, play, flirt] 2: waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" [syn: dally, dawdle] 3: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash] 4: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" [syn: dally, trifle, play]
  • digitalis
    n 1: a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove [syn: digitalis, digitalis glycoside, digitalin] 2: any of several plants of the genus Digitalis [syn: foxglove, digitalis]
  • finale
    n 1: the closing section of a musical composition [syn: finale, coda] 2: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 3: the concluding part of any performance [syn: finale, close, closing curtain, finis]
  • galley
    n 1: a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading 2: (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars 3: the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner 4: the area for food preparation on a ship [syn: galley, ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse]
  • megalopolis
    n 1: a very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns)
  • metropolis
    n 1: a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city" [syn: city, metropolis, urban center] 2: people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994" [syn: city, metropolis]
  • necropolis
    n 1: a tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery, graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park, necropolis]
  • oxalis
    n 1: any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis [syn: oxalis, sorrel, wood sorrel]
  • rally
    n 1: a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm [syn: rally, mass meeting] 2: the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort; "he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"; "he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack" [syn: rally, rallying] 3: a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness 4: an automobile race run over public roads 5: (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point" [syn: rally, exchange] v 1: gather; "drum up support" [syn: beat up, drum up, rally] 2: call to arms; of military personnel [syn: call up, mobilize, mobilise, rally] [ant: demobilise, demobilize, inactivate] 3: gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" [syn: muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up] 4: return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" [syn: rally, rebound] 5: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride]
  • syphilis
    n 1: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) [syn: syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues]
  • tally
    n 1: a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning" [syn: run, tally] 2: a bill for an amount due [syn: reckoning, tally] 3: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally] v 1: 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] 2: gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn: score, hit, tally, rack up] 3: keep score, as in games [syn: tally, chalk up] 4: 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]
  • trellis
    n 1: latticework used to support climbing plants [syn: trellis, treillage] v 1: train on a trellis, as of a vine
  • verbally
    adv 1: as a verb; "he had a habit of using nouns verbally" 2: by means of language; "verbally expressive"
  • halle
    n 1: a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries [syn: Halle, Halle-an-der-Saale]
  • pally
    adj 1: (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals [syn: chummy, matey, pally, palsy-walsy]
  • cali
    n 1: city in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area
  • torticollis
    n 1: an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted [syn: torticollis, wryneck]
  • amaryllis
    n 1: bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers
  • bally
    adj 1: informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" [syn: bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a)]
  • lally
    n 1: support column consisting of a steel cylinder filled with concrete [syn: lally, lally column]
  • allis
    n 1: European shad [syn: allice shad, allis shad, allice, allis, Alosa alosa]
  • annapolis
    n 1: state capital of Maryland; site of the United States Naval Academy [syn: Annapolis, capital of Maryland]
  • nicholas
    n 1: a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century) [syn: Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, St. Nicholas]
  • mallee
    n 1: any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts
  • physalis
    n 1: ground cherries [syn: Physalis, genus Physalis]
  • hemerocallis
    n 1: east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae [syn: Hemerocallis, genus Hemerocallis]
  • tallith
    n 1: (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer [syn: prayer shawl, tallith, tallis]
  • willis
    n 1: English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675) [syn: Willis, Thomas Willis]
  • indianapolis
    n 1: the capital and largest city of Indiana; a major commercial center in the country's heartland; site of an annual 500-mile automobile race [syn: Indianapolis, capital of Indiana]
  • minneapolis
    n 1: largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities
  • persepolis
    n 1: an ancient city that was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire; now in ruins
  • fantabulous
    adj 1: very good;of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first- class mind" [syn: excellent, first-class, fantabulous, splendid]
  • cilice
  • polis
  • alice
  • phyllis
  • heliopolis
  • sallis
  • borealis
  • braley
  • bralley
  • cavalli
  • mcnally
  • collis
  • hollis
  • perlis
  • calley
  • cally
  • sallee
  • talley
  • alyce
  • propolis
  • cosmopolis
  • mcanally
  • ellice
  • ellis
  • margolis
  • baylis
  • inglis

See also chrysalis definition