Words that rhyme with derris

• ancestress 0
  n 1: a woman ancestor
• avarice 0
  n 1: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia] 2: extreme greed for material wealth [syn: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity]
• brontosaurus 0
  n 1: huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic [syn: apatosaur, apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard, Apatosaurus excelsus]
• buttress 0
  n 1: a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building [syn: buttress, buttressing] v 1: reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church" 2: make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
• cadaverous 0
  adj 1: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration" [syn: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted] 2: of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end" [syn: cadaverous, cadaveric]
• cancerous 0
  adj 1: relating to or affected with cancer; "a cancerous growth" 2: like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads; "remorse was cancerous within him"; "pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children"
• cantankerous 0
  adj 1: stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator [syn: bloody-minded, cantankerous] 2: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers [syn: cantankerous, crotchety, ornery]
• carnivorous 0
  adj 1: relating to or characteristic of carnivores; "the lion and other carnivorous animals" 2: (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects" [ant: herbivorous, insectivorous, omnivorous]
• chivalrous 0
  adj 1: being attentive to women like an ideal knight [syn: chivalrous, gallant, knightly]
• chorus 0
  n 1: any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; "a chorus of boos" 2: a group of people assembled to sing together 3: the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers [syn: refrain, chorus] 4: a body of dancers or singers who perform together [syn: chorus, chorus line] 5: a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play [syn: chorus, Greek chorus] v 1: utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused" 2: sing in a choir [syn: choir, chorus]
• cirrus 0
  n 1: usually coiled [syn: cirrus, cirrhus] 2: a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles) [syn: cirrus, cirrus cloud] 3: a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile
• citrus 0
  n 1: any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions [syn: citrus, citrus fruit, citrous fruit] 2: any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds [syn: citrus, citrus tree]
• clamorous 0
  adj 1: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous]
• clitoris 0
  n 1: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn: clitoris, clit, button]
• congress 0
  n 1: the legislature of the United States government [syn: Congress, United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US Congress] 2: a meeting of elected or appointed representatives 3: a national legislative assembly 4: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge]
• coniferous 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves [syn: coniferous, cone- bearing]
• cumbrous 0
  adj 1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome, cumbrous]
• cypress 0
  n 1: wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus 2: any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones [syn: cypress, cypress tree]
• dangerous 0
  adj 1: involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions" [syn: dangerous, unsafe] [ant: safe] 2: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" [syn: dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening]
• decorous 0
  adj 1: characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme" [ant: indecorous, indelicate] 2: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" [syn: becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly]
• dentifrice 0
  n 1: a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush
• desirous 0
  adj 1: having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem" [syn: desirous, wishful] [ant: undesiring, undesirous]
• dexterous 0
  adj 1: skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" [syn: deft, dexterous, dextrous]
• disastrous 0
  adj 1: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" [syn: black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful]
• embarrass 0
  v 1: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious [syn: embarrass, abash] 2: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" [syn: obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass]
• ephemeris 0
  n 1: an annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year; "today computers calculate the ephemerides"
• ex 0
  adj 1: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee] n 1: a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband [syn: ex- husband, ex] 2: a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife; "all his exes live in Texas" [syn: ex-wife, ex] 3: the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: X, x, ex]
• ferrous 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or containing iron [syn: ferric, ferrous]
• heiress 0
  n 1: a female heir [syn: heiress, inheritress, inheritrix]
• hubris 0
  n 1: overbearing pride or presumption
• iris 0
  n 1: plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals [syn: iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily] 2: muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye 3: diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening [syn: iris, iris diaphragm]
• liquorice 0
  n 1: deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots [syn: licorice, liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra] 2: a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant [syn: licorice, liquorice]
• terrace 0
  n 1: usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence [syn: patio, terrace] 2: a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) [syn: terrace, bench] 3: a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); "Grosvenor Terrace" v 1: provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house" [syn: terrace, terrasse] 2: make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land"
• eros 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid 2: a desire for sexual intimacy [syn: sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction]
• morris 0
  n 1: United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902) [syn: Morris, Esther Morris, Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris] 2: English poet and craftsman (1834-1896) [syn: Morris, William Morris] 3: leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806) [syn: Morris, Robert Morris] 4: United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816) [syn: Morris, Gouverneur Morris]
• naris 0
  n 1: any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx
• norris 0
  n 1: United States writer (1870-1902) [syn: Norris, Frank Norris, Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr.]
• orris 0
  n 1: German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome [syn: Florentine iris, orris, Iris germanica florentina, Iris florentina] 2: fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines [syn: orrisroot, orris]
• paris 0
  n 1: the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce [syn: Paris, City of Light, French capital, capital of France] 2: sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae [syn: Paris, genus Paris] 3: (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War 4: a town in northeastern Texas
• polaris 0
  n 1: the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it [syn: Polaris, North Star, pole star, polar star, polestar]
• harris 0
  n 1: United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908) [syn: Harris, Joel Harris, Joel Chandler Harris] 2: United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992) [syn: Harris, Zellig Harris, Zellig Sabbatai Harris] 3: United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878) [syn: Harris, Townsend Harris] 4: Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931) [syn: Harris, Frank Harris, James Thomas Harris] 5: British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984) [syn: Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris] 6: publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713) [syn: Harris, Benjamin Harris]
• eris 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares
• osiris 0
  n 1: Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and brother of Isis; father of Horus
• nonferrous 0
• boris 0
• ferris 0
• loris 0
• sclerous 0
• harries 0
• clarice 0
• maurice 0
• torrez 0
• cerus 0
• calveras 0
• flores 0
• torres 0
• ahasuerus 0
• arris 0
• apollinaris 0
• farris 0
• coheiress 0
• cantoris 0

See also derris definition