Words that rhyme with cyd

adj 1: under a curse [syn: accursed, accurst, maledict]

adj 1: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" [syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic] 2: being sour to the taste [syn: acidic, acid, acidulent, acidulous] 3: having the characteristics of an acid; "an acid reaction" n 1: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt 2: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen]

adj 1: acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach) n 1: an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) [syn: antacid, gastric antacid, alkalizer, alkaliser, antiacid]

n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something [syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation] 2: an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention" [syn: bid, play] 3: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price [syn: bid, tender] 4: (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make [syn: bid, bidding] v 1: propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting" [syn: offer, bid, tender] 2: invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" [syn: wish, bid] 3: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure] 4: make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump" [syn: bid, call] 5: make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population" 6: ask someone in a friendly way to do something [syn: invite, bid]

adj 1: highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income" [syn: blessed, blest] [ant: cursed, curst] 2: worthy of worship; "the Blessed Trinity" 3: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal] 4: Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration [syn: beatified, blessed] 5: enjoying the bliss of heaven 6: characterized by happiness and good fortune; "a blessed time"

n 1: moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk [syn: bombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm moth]

adj 1: deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning" [syn: cursed, curst] [ant: blessed, blest] 2: in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls" [syn: cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved]

adj 1: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing [syn: cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant]

adj 1: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal]

adj 1: drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness; "a flaccid penis" 2: out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance; "he was too soft for the army"; "flabby around the middle"; "flaccid cheeks" [syn: soft, flabby, flaccid]

v 1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow, countenance, let, permit] 2: keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" [syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid]

n 1: a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines 2: a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region [syn: power system, power grid, grid] 3: a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material [syn: grid, storage-battery grid] 4: an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube [syn: grid, control grid] 5: a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat [syn: grid, gridiron]

n 1: a state in the Rocky Mountains [syn: Idaho, Gem State, ID] 2: a card or badge used to identify the bearer; "you had to show your ID in order to get in" [syn: ID, I.D.] 3: (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity

n 1: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling] 2: soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; "kid gloves" [syn: kid, kidskin] 3: English dramatist (1558-1594) [syn: Kyd, Kid, Thomas Kyd, Thomas Kid] 4: a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college" [syn: child, kid] [ant: parent] 5: young goat v 1: tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?" [syn: pull the leg of, kid] 2: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter]

n 1: either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer" [syn: eyelid, lid, palpebra] 2: a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.; "he raised the piano lid" 3: headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim [syn: hat, chapeau, lid]

adj 1: (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument" [syn: limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, crystal clear, perspicuous] 2: having a clear mind; "a lucid moment in his madness" 3: capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner; "a lucid thinker"; "she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident" [syn: coherent, logical, lucid] 4: transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal" [syn: crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent]

adj 1: used in combination to denote the middle; "midmorning"; "midsummer"; "in mid-1958"; "a mid-June wedding"

adj 1: suggesting an unhealthy mental state; "morbid interest in death"; "morbid curiosity" 2: suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details" [syn: ghoulish, morbid] 3: caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes" [syn: diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathological]

v 1: bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled 2: bid higher than others [ant: underbid]

n 1: a bid that is higher than preceding bids 2: (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) [syn: overbid, overcall] v 1: to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win, 2: bid more than the object is worth [ant: underbid]

adj 1: transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal" [syn: crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent] 2: (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument" [syn: limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, crystal clear, perspicuous]

adj 1: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water" [syn: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled] 2: not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays" [syn: equable, even-tempered, good- tempered, placid]

n 1: the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence [syn: British pound, pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid] 2: something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises [syn: quid pro quo, quid] 3: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad]

adj 1: (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition; "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon" 2: smelling of fermentation or staleness [syn: sour, rancid]

v 1: relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" [syn: rid, free, disembarrass]

n 1: one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects 2: a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation [syn: brake shoe, shoe, skid] 3: an unexpected slide [syn: skid, slip, sideslip] v 1: slide without control; "the car skidded in the curve on the wet road" 2: elevate onto skids 3: apply a brake or skid to 4: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: skid, slip, slue, slew, slide]

n 1: (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food [syn: squid, calamari, calamary] 2: widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins

adj 1: (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbid]

v 1: bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants 2: bid lower than a competing bidder [ant: outbid] 3: bid too low [ant: overbid]

adj 1: having the sticky properties of an adhesive [syn: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous]

adj 1: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched] 2: characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor" [syn: miserable, wretched] 3: very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" [syn: miserable, suffering, wretched] 4: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" [syn: despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched] 5: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" [syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched]

n 1: a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism [syn: Hasid, Hassid, Chasid, Chassid]

n 1: the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world [syn: Criminal Investigation Command, CID]

n 1: Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701) [syn: Kidd, William Kidd, Captain Kidd]

n 1: English dramatist (1558-1594) [syn: Kyd, Kid, Thomas Kyd, Thomas Kid]

n 1: the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum [syn: Madrid, capital of Spain, Spanish capital]

adj 1: slightly sour to the taste

n 1: any acid that contains oxygen [syn: oxyacid, oxygen acid]

n 1: a histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux [syn: famotidine, Pepcid]

n 1: reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye [syn: diapsid, diapsid reptile] [ant: anapsid, anapsid reptile]

n 1: a variety of leaf bug [syn: mirid bug, mirid, capsid] 2: the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus

n 1: small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter

n 1: a uricosuric drug that reduces the level of uric acid in the blood; used to treat gout

n 1: a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism [syn: Hasid, Hassid, Chasid, Chassid]

n 1: tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head [syn: soft tick, argasid]

n 1: any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls [syn: tortricid, tortricid moth]