Words that rhyme with corymb

  • balm
    n 1: any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing 2: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation [syn: ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve]
  • bomb
    n 1: an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions 2: strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion [syn: bomb calorimeter, bomb] 3: an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned" [syn: turkey, bomb, dud] v 1: throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden" [syn: bombard, bomb] 2: fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?" [syn: fail, flunk, bomb, flush it] [ant: make it, pass]
  • dithyramb
    n 1: a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing 2: (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
  • embalm
    v 1: preserve a dead body
  • firebomb
    n 1: a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) [syn: incendiary bomb, incendiary, firebomb] v 1: attack with incendiary bombs; "The rioters fire-bombed the stores"
  • iamb
    n 1: a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables [syn: iamb, iambus]
  • interim
    adj 1: serving during an intermediate interval of time; "an interim agreement" n 1: the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government" [syn: interim, meantime, meanwhile, lag]
  • qualm
    n 1: uneasiness about the fitness of an action [syn: scruple, qualm, misgiving] 2: a mild state of nausea [syn: queasiness, squeamishness, qualm]
  • rhomb
    n 1: a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram [syn: rhombus, rhomb, diamond]
  • purim
    n 1: (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
  • bombe
  • choriamb
  • retrim
  • overbrim
  • bohm
  • bom
  • alm
  • imbalm
  • nussbaum
  • rambam
  • robomb
  • hydrobomb
  • kassebaum
  • rosenbalm
  • superbomb
  • choliamb
  • nusbaum

See also corymb definition