Words that rhyme with croesus

• amphioxus 0
  n 1: small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates [syn: lancelet, amphioxus]
• census 0
  n 1: a periodic count of the population [syn: census, nose count, nosecount] v 1: conduct a census; "They censused the deer in the forest"
• colossus 0
  n 1: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful [syn: giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus] 2: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan]
• consensus 0
  n 1: agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole; "the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions"; "those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus"
• excursus 0
  n 1: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis]
• metatarsus 0
  n 1: the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds
• narcissus 0
  n 1: bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters 2: (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection
• nexus 0
  n 1: the means of connection between things linked in series [syn: link, nexus] 2: a connected series or group
• plexus 0
  n 1: a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels [syn: plexus, rete]
• princess 0
  n 1: a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
• prosthesis 0
  n 1: corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body [syn: prosthesis, prosthetic device]
• rhesus 0
  n 1: of southern Asia; used in medical research [syn: rhesus, rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta]
• moses 0
  n 1: (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai 2: United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961) [syn: Moses, Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson Moses]
• texas 0
  n 1: the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico [syn: Texas, Lone-Star State, TX]
• byssus 0
  n 1: tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface [syn: byssus, beard]
• parnassus 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry; "Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus" [syn: Parnassus, Mount Parnassus, Liakoura]
• diuresis 0
  n 1: increased secretion of urine; if not due to increased liquid intake or to the action of a diuretic drug it can be a symptom of diabetes mellitus
• dionysus 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama; the Greek name of Bacchus
• pegasus 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination 2: a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces
• thyrsus 0
  n 1: a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose [syn: thyrse, thyrsus]
• versus 0
• frances 0
• hattusas 0
• molossus 0
• oxus 0
• tibiotarsus 0

See also croesus definition