Words that rhyme with cuss

• abacus 0
  n 1: a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave 2: a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
• airbus 0
  n 1: a subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances
• blunderbuss 0
  n 1: a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
• bronchus 0
  n 1: either of the two main branches of the trachea [syn: bronchus, bronchial tube]
• bus 0
  n 1: a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work" [syn: bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle] 2: the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar [syn: bus topology, bus] 3: an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits; "the busbar in this computer can transmit data either way between any two components of the system" [syn: busbar, bus] 4: a car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus" [syn: bus, jalopy, heap] v 1: send or move around by bus; "The children were bussed to school" 2: ride in a bus 3: remove used dishes from the table in restaurants
• buss 0
  n 1: the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) [syn: kiss, buss, osculation] v 1: touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room" [syn: snog, kiss, buss, osculate]
• carcase 0
  n 1: the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food [syn: carcase, carcass]
• carcass 0
  n 1: the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food [syn: carcase, carcass]
• caucus 0
  n 1: a closed political meeting v 1: meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
• circus 0
  n 1: a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals; "he ran away from home to join the circus" 2: a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals; "the children always love to go to the circus" 3: a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment; "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere" [syn: circus, carnival] 4: (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games 5: an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent; "they used the elephants to help put up the circus" 6: a genus of haws comprising the harriers [syn: Circus, genus Circus]
• concuss 0
  v 1: shake violently 2: injure the brain; sustain a concussion
• crocus 0
  n 1: any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
• discus 0
  n 1: an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible 2: a disk used in throwing competitions [syn: discus, saucer]
• discuss 0
  v 1: to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'" [syn: discourse, talk about, discuss] 2: speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget" [syn: hash out, discuss, talk over]
• focus 0
  n 1: the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" [syn: focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering] 2: maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; "in focus"; "out of focus" 3: maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea; "the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion" 4: a central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection" [syn: focus, focal point, nidus] 5: special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed" [syn: stress, focus] 6: a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges [syn: focus, focal point] 7: a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section v 1: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet] 2: cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image" [ant: blur] 3: bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions [syn: concenter, concentre, focalize, focalise, focus] 4: become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused" [syn: focus, focalize, focalise] [ant: blur, dim, slur] 5: put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie" [syn: focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen] [ant: blear, blur]
• fracas 0
  n 1: noisy quarrel [syn: affray, altercation, fracas]
• fuscous 0
  adj 1: of something having a dusky brownish grey color [syn: fuscous, taupe]
• fuss 0
  n 1: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap] 2: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: fuss, trouble, bother, hassle] 3: a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss] 4: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir] v 1: worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" [syn: fuss, niggle, fret] 2: care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband" [syn: mother, fuss, overprotect]
• gonococcus 0
  n 1: the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea [syn: gonococcus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae]
• hibiscus 0
  n 1: any plant of the genus Hibiscus
• locus 0
  n 1: the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) [syn: venue, locale, locus] 2: the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome 3: the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions; "the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle"
• meniscus 0
  n 1: (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint [syn: meniscus, semilunar cartilage] 2: (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other 3: (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube
• minibus 0
  n 1: a light bus (4 to 10 passengers)
• mucous 0
  adj 1: of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus; "mucous tissue"; "mucous glands of the intestine" [syn: mucous, mucose]
• mucus 0
  n 1: protective secretion of the mucus membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium [syn: mucus, mucous secretion]
• muss 0
  n 1: a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" [syn: mess, messiness, muss, mussiness] v 1: make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair" [syn: muss, tussle]
• nonplus 0
  v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me-- I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
• omnibus 0
  adj 1: providing for many things at once; "an omnibus law" n 1: an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author 2: a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work" [syn: bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle]
• plus 0
  adj 1: on the positive side or higher end of a scale; "a plus value"; "temperature of plus 5 degrees"; "a grade of C plus" [ant: minus] 2: involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor" [syn: plus, positive] n 1: a useful or valuable quality [syn: asset, plus] [ant: liability] 2: the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven" [syn: summation, addition, plus]
• pus 0
  n 1: the tenth month of the Hindu calendar [syn: Pus, Pansa] 2: a fluid product of inflammation [syn: pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering]
• puss 0
  n 1: obscene terms for female genitals [syn: cunt, puss, pussy, slit, snatch, twat] 2: informal terms referring to a domestic cat [syn: kitty, kitty-cat, puss, pussy, pussycat]
• raucous 0
  adj 1: unpleasantly loud and harsh [syn: raucous, strident] 2: disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers" [syn: raucous, rowdy]
• refocus 0
  v 1: focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam" 2: focus anew; "The group needs to refocus its goals" 3: put again into focus or focus more sharply; "refocus the image until it is very sharp"
• ruckus 0
  n 1: the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult]
• thus 0
  adv 1: (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted" [syn: therefore, hence, thence, thus, so] 2: in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant) [syn: thus, thusly, so] n 1: an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation [syn: frankincense, olibanum, gum olibanum, thus]
• trolleybus 0
  n 1: a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires [syn: trolleybus, trolley coach, trackless trolley]
• truss 0
  n 1: (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure 2: a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure 3: (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent) [syn: corbel, truss] v 1: tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it 2: secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed" [syn: tie down, tie up, bind, truss] 3: support structurally; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"
• umbilicus 0
  n 1: a scar where the umbilical cord was attached; "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton" [syn: navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, belly button, omphalos, omphalus]
• us 0
  n 1: North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 [syn: United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.]
• viscous 0
  adj 1: having a relatively high resistance to flow [syn: syrupy, viscous] 2: having the sticky properties of an adhesive [syn: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous]
• walrus 0
  n 1: either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber [syn: walrus, seahorse, sea horse]
• percuss 0
  v 1: strike or tap firmly; "the doctor percussed his chest and back"
• sulcus 0
  n 1: (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain
• viscus 0
  n 1: a main organ that is situated inside the body [syn: internal organ, viscus]
• bacchus 0
  n 1: (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus
• sukkoth 0
  n 1: a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness [syn: Succoth, Sukkoth, Succos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles, Tabernacles]
• brusk 0
  adj 1: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" [syn: brusque, brusk, curt, short(p)]
• huss 0
  n 1: Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415) [syn: Huss, John Huss, Hus, Jan Hus]
• rus 0
  n 1: the medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev
• schuss 0
  v 1: ski downhill
• sus 0
  n 1: type genus of the Suidae [syn: Sus, genus Sus]
• wuss 0
  n 1: a person who is physically weak and ineffectual [syn: weakling, doormat, wuss]
• pecos 0
  n 1: a tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western Texas [syn: Pecos, Pecos River]
• succoth 0
  n 1: a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness [syn: Succoth, Sukkoth, Succos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles, Tabernacles]
• glaucous 0
  adj 1: having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants; "glaucous stems"; "glaucous plums"; "glaucous grapes"
• caracas 0
  n 1: the capital and largest city of Venezuela [syn: Caracas, capital of Venezuela]
• succuss 0
  v 1: shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body) [syn: succuss, shake up]
• overplus 0
  n 1: extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" [syn: overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment]
• arcus 0
  n 1: a whitish deposit in the shape of an arc that is sometimes seen in the cornea [syn: arcus, arcus senilis]
• dryopithecus 0
  n 1: genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene [syn: Dryopithecus, genus Dryopithecus]
• atticus 0
  n 1: atlas moth [syn: Atticus, genus Atticus]
• coccus 0
  n 1: any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria [syn: coccus, cocci]
• diplococcus 0
  n 1: Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs
• micrococcus 0
  n 1: type genus of the family Micrococcaceae [syn: Micrococcus, genus Micrococcus]
• pneumococcus 0
  n 1: bacterium causing pneumonia in mice and humans [syn: pneumococcus, Diplococcus pneumoniae]
• ascus 0
  n 1: saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
• damascus 0
  n 1: an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus [syn: Dimash, Damascus, capital of Syria]
• orcus 0
  n 1: god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto [syn: Dis, Orcus]
• autofocus 0
  n 1: an optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically
• lemniscus 0
  n 1: a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus [syn: lemniscus, fillet]
• picus 0
  n 1: type genus of Picidae [syn: Picus, genus Picus]
• granicus 0
  n 1: the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC) [syn: Granicus, Battle of Granicus River]
• ankus 0
  n 1: an elephant goad with a sharp spike and a hook
• incus 0
  n 1: the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes [syn: incus, anvil]
• pincus 0
  n 1: United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967) [syn: Pincus, Gregory Pincus, Gregory Goodwin Pincus]
• copernicus 0
  n 1: Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543) [syn: Copernicus, Nicolaus Copernicus, Mikolaj Kopernik] 2: a conspicuous crater on the Moon
• hipparchus 0
  n 1: Greek astronomer and mathematician who discovered the precession of the equinoxes and made the first known star chart and is said to have invented trigonometry (second century BC)
• aristarchus 0
  n 1: an ancient Greek grammarian remembered for his commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey (circa 217-145 BC) 2: a bright crater on the Moon
• fucus 0
  n 1: any member of the genus Fucus
• lucas 0
  n 1: United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944) [syn: Lucas, George Lucas]
• caducous 0
  adj 1: shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy" [syn: caducous, shed] [ant: lasting, persistent]
• rhonchus 0
  n 1: a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels
• archilochus 0
  n 1: a genus of Trochilidae [syn: Archilochus, genus Archilochus]
• catholicos 0
  n 1: the ecclesiastical title of the leaders of the Nestorian and Armenian churches
• autoicous 0
  adj 1: having male and female reproductive organs in separate clusters on the same plant
• monoicous 0
  adj 1: having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal [syn: monoecious, monecious, monoicous] [ant: dioecian, dioecious]
• paroicous 0
  adj 1: having male and female reproductive organs separate in a single gametoecium
• synoicous 0
  adj 1: having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium [syn: synoicous, synoecious]
• diplodocus 0
  n 1: a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America
• leviticus 0
  n 1: the third book of the Old Testament; contains Levitical law and ritual precedents [syn: Leviticus, Book of Leviticus]
• lysimachus 0
  n 1: Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; with Seleucus he defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at the battle of Ipsus (circa 355-281 BC)
• adjusts 0
• amicus 0
• debus 0
• defocus 0
• disgusts 0
• distrusts 0
• dusts 0
• elenchus 0
• floccus 0

See also cuss definition and cuss synonyms