Words that rhyme with diatom

• accustom 0
  v 1: make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music" [syn: habituate, accustom]
• angstrom 0
  n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation [syn: angstrom, angstrom unit, A]
• aplomb 0
  n 1: great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool" [syn: aplomb, assuredness, cool, poise, sang- froid]
• arboretum 0
  n 1: a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition [syn: arboretum, botanical garden]
• atom 0
  n 1: (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element 2: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck]
• autumn 0
  n 1: the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973" [syn: fall, autumn]
• balm 0
  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]
• bantam 0
  adj 1: very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [syn: bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck] n 1: any of various small breeds of fowl
• becalm 0
  v 1: make steady; "steady yourself" [syn: steady, calm, becalm]
• bomb 0
  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]
• bottom 0
  adj 1: situated at the bottom or lowest position; "the bottom drawer" [ant: side(a), top(a)] 2: the lowest rank; "bottom member of the class" n 1: the lower side of anything [syn: bottom, underside, undersurface] 2: the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill" 3: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] 4: the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat [syn: bottom, bottom of the inning] [ant: top, top of the inning] 5: a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed" [syn: bed, bottom] 6: low-lying alluvial land near a river [syn: bottomland, bottom] 7: a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" [syn: bottom, freighter, merchantman, merchant ship] v 1: provide with a bottom or a seat; "bottom the chairs" 2: strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom 3: come to understand [syn: penetrate, fathom, bottom]
• calm 0
  adj 1: not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country" [syn: calm, unagitated, serene, tranquil] 2: (of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas" [ant: stormy] n 1: steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" [syn: composure, calm, calmness, equanimity] [ant: discomposure] 2: wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale [syn: calm air, calm] v 1: make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" [syn: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still] [ant: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on] 2: make steady; "steady yourself" [syn: steady, calm, becalm] 3: become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again." [syn: calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it] 4: cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" [syn: sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise] [ant: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate]
• condom 0
  n 1: contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse [syn: condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic]
• coulomb 0
  n 1: a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second [syn: coulomb, C, ampere-second] 2: French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806) [syn: Coulomb, Charles Augustin de Coulomb]
• custom 0
  adj 1: made according to the specifications of an individual [syn: custom-made, custom] [ant: ready-made] n 1: accepted or habitual practice [syn: custom, usage, usance] 2: a specific practice of long standing [syn: custom, tradition] 3: money collected under a tariff [syn: customs, customs duty, custom, impost] 4: habitual patronage; "I have given this tailor my custom for many years"
• datum 0
  n 1: an item of factual information derived from measurement or research [syn: datum, data point]
• desideratum 0
  n 1: something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money"
• dictum 0
  n 1: an authoritative declaration [syn: pronouncement, dictum, say-so] 2: an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding [syn: obiter dictum, dictum]
• ecosystem 0
  n 1: a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
• embalm 0
  v 1: preserve a dead body
• erratum 0
  n 1: a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind [syn: misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal]
• factotum 0
  n 1: a servant employed to do a variety of jobs
• firebomb 0
  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"
• frustum 0
  n 1: a truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed
• glom 0
  v 1: take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" [syn: hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom] 2: seize upon or latch onto something; "The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater"
• item 0
  adv 1: (used when listing or enumerating items) also; "a length of chain, item a hook"-Philip Guedalla n 1: a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first" [syn: item, point] 2: a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details" [syn: detail, particular, item] 3: a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items" 4: an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" [syn: detail, item, point] 5: an individual instance of a type of symbol; "the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'" [syn: token, item]
• maelstrom 0
  n 1: a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) [syn: whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom]
• mom 0
  n 1: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]
• momentum 0
  n 1: an impelling force or strength; "the car's momentum carried it off the road" [syn: momentum, impulse] 2: the product of a body's mass and its velocity; "the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities"
• palm 0
  n 1: the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers [syn: palm, thenar] 2: a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand 3: any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves [syn: palm, palm tree] 4: an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event [syn: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon] v 1: touch, lift, or hold with the hands; "Don't handle the merchandise" [syn: handle, palm]
• petrolatum 0
  n 1: a semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for lubrication [syn: petrolatum, petroleum jelly, mineral jelly]
• phantom 0
  adj 1: something apparently sensed but having no physical reality; "seemed to hear faint phantom bells"; "the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb" n 1: a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre] 2: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow]
• pogrom 0
  n 1: organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
• prom 0
  n 1: a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year [syn: promenade, prom]
• psalm 0
  n 1: one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David 2: any sacred song used to praise the deity v 1: sing or celebrate in psalms; "He psalms the works of God"
• quantum 0
  n 1: a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory 2: (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
• rectum 0
  n 1: the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus
• rhomb 0
  n 1: a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram [syn: rhombus, rhomb, diamond]
• salaam 0
  n 1: a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation v 1: greet with a salaam
• sanctum 0
  n 1: a place of inviolable privacy; "he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go" [syn: sanctum, sanctum sanctorum] 2: a sacred place of pilgrimage [syn: holy place, sanctum, holy]
• scrotum 0
  n 1: the external pouch that contains the testes
• septum 0
  n 1: (anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities 2: a partition or wall especially in an ovary
• sitcom 0
  n 1: a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life [syn: situation comedy, sitcom] 2: a humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life [syn: situation comedy, sitcom]
• sputum 0
  n 1: expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness [syn: phlegm, sputum]
• stratum 0
  n 1: one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) 2: people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" [syn: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class] 3: an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously" [syn: level, layer, stratum]
• substratum 0
  n 1: a surface on which an organism grows or is attached; "the gardener talked about the proper substrate for acid-loving plants" [syn: substrate, substratum] 2: any stratum or layer lying underneath another [syn: substrate, substratum] 3: an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population; "the Celtic languages of Britain are a substrate for English" [syn: substrate, substratum]
• subsystem 0
  n 1: a system that is part of some larger system
• symptom 0
  n 1: (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease 2: anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence
• system 0
  n 1: instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer" 2: a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going" [syn: system, scheme] 3: (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium; "in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface"; "a system generating hydrogen peroxide" 4: a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender" [syn: system, system of rules] 5: an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" [syn: arrangement, organization, organisation, system] 6: a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion" 7: a procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation" 8: the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole; "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system" 9: an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here" [syn: organization, organisation, system]
• tom 0
  n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites [syn: Tom, Uncle Tom] 2: male cat [syn: tom, tomcat] 3: male turkey [syn: turkey cock, gobbler, tom, tom turkey]
• torn 0
  adj 1: having edges that are jagged from injury [syn: lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn] 2: disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions"
• totem 0
  n 1: a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object 2: emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians)
• ultimatum 0
  n 1: a final peremptory demand
• adiantum 0
  n 1: cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae [syn: Adiantum, genus Adiantum]
• mam 0
  n 1: a member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala 2: a Mayan language spoken by the Mam
• guam 0
  n 1: the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898 [syn: Guam, GU]
• halm 0
  n 1: stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding [syn: haulm, halm]
• rom 0
  n 1: (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed [syn: read-only memory, ROM, read-only storage, fixed storage]
• som 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in Uzbekistan 2: the basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan
• islam 0
  n 1: the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion; "Islam is predominant in northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, and Indonesia" [syn: Islam, Muslimism] 2: the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran; "Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion"; "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion" [syn: Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism]
• vietnam 0
  n 1: a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945 [syn: Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Annam] 2: a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States [syn: Vietnam War, Vietnam]
• postmortem 0
  adj 1: occurring or done after death; "postmortem changes"; "a postmortem examination to determine cause of death"; "postmortal wounds" [syn: postmortem, postmortal] [ant: antemortem] 2: after death or after an event; "a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death"; "the postmortem discussion of the President's TV address" n 1: discussion of an event after it has occurred [syn: postmortem, post-mortem] 2: an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn: autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination]
• cementum 0
  n 1: a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth [syn: cementum, cement]
• omentum 0
  n 1: a fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera
• tomentum 0
  n 1: filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" [syn: hair, fuzz, tomentum] 2: a network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex [syn: tomentum, tomentum cerebri]
• indumentum 0
  n 1: a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect [syn: indumentum, indument]
• ageratum 0
  n 1: rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium [syn: mistflower, mist-flower, ageratum, Conoclinium coelestinum, Eupatorium coelestinum] 2: any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers
• tatum 0
  n 1: United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975) [syn: Tatum, Edward Lawrie Tatum] 2: United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956) [syn: Tatum, Art Tatum, Arthur Tatum]
• pomatum 0
  n 1: hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment [syn: pomade, pomatum]
• somme 0
  n 1: battle of World War II (1944) [syn: Somme, Somme River, Battle of the Somme] 2: battle in World War I (1916) [syn: Somme, Somme River, Battle of the Somme]
• therefrom 0
  adv 1: from that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W.V.Quine; "a natural conclusion follows thence"; "public interest and a policy deriving therefrom"; "typhus fever results therefrom" [syn: thence, therefrom, thereof] 2: from that place or from there; "proceeded thence directly to college"; "flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow"; "roads that lead therefrom" [syn: thence, therefrom]
• eprom 0
  n 1: (computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data [syn: erasable programmable read-only memory, EPROM]
• teetotum 0
  n 1: a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; "he got a bright red top and string for his birthday" [syn: top, whirligig, teetotum, spinning top]
• superstratum 0
  n 1: any stratum or layer superimposed on another [syn: superstrate, superstratum] 2: the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language [syn: superstrate, superstratum]
• adytum 0
• centum 0
• com 0
• disaccustom 0
• from 0
• shalom 0
• wherefrom 0
• factum 0
• bom 0
• brom 0
• dom 0
• malm 0
• nom 0
• phnom 0
• salm 0
• strom 0
• yom 0
• cocom 0
• panmunjom 0
• alm 0
• caricom 0
• higginbottom 0
• reaccustom 0
• antietam 0
• tapetum 0
• chatham 0

See also diatom definition