Words that rhyme with dirham

• alarum 0
  n 1: an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger [syn: alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum]
• am 0
  n 1: a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms [syn: americium, Am, atomic number 95] 2: a master's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Master of Arts, MA, Artium Magister, AM] 3: modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave [syn: amplitude modulation, AM]
• anagram 0
  n 1: a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase v 1: read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning [syn: anagram, anagrammatize, anagrammatise]
• 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]
• antiserum 0
  n 1: blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease
• arteriogram 0
  n 1: an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium
• arum 0
  n 1: starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root 2: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe [syn: arum, aroid]
• ashram 0
  n 1: a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram 2: (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus
• buckram 0
  adj 1: rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" [syn: starchy, stiff, buckram] n 1: a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing v 1: stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"
• candelabrum 0
  n 1: branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights [syn: candelabrum, candelabra]
• cardiogram 0
  n 1: a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph [syn: electrocardiogram, cardiogram, EKG, ECG]
• carom 0
  n 1: a glancing rebound [syn: ricochet, carom] 2: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other [syn: carom, cannon] v 1: rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts" 2: make a carom
• cerebrum 0
  n 1: anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans
• chromatogram 0
  n 1: the recording (column or paper strip) on which the constituents of a mixture are adsorbed in chromatography
• conundrum 0
  n 1: a difficult problem [syn: riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser]
• cryptogram 0
  n 1: a piece of writing in code or cipher [syn: cryptogram, cryptograph, secret writing]
• decorum 0
  n 1: propriety in manners and conduct [syn: decorum, decorousness] [ant: indecorousness, indecorum]
• diagram 0
  n 1: a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts v 1: make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed [syn: diagram, plot]
• dithyramb 0
  n 1: a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing 2: (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
• dram 0
  n 1: a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains [syn: dram, drachm, drachma] 2: 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams 3: the basic unit of money in Armenia
• durum 0
  n 1: wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America [syn: durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, macaroni wheat]
• electrocardiogram 0
  n 1: a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph [syn: electrocardiogram, cardiogram, EKG, ECG]
• electroencephalogram 0
  n 1: a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph [syn: electroencephalogram, encephalogram, EEG]
• electrum 0
  n 1: an alloy of gold and silver
• encephalogram 0
  n 1: a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph [syn: electroencephalogram, encephalogram, EEG] 2: an X ray of the brain made by replacing spinal fluid with a gas (usually oxygen) to improve contrast [syn: encephalogram, pneumoencephalogram]
• epigram 0
  n 1: a witty saying [syn: epigram, quip]
• forum 0
  n 1: a public meeting or assembly for open discussion 2: a public facility to meet for open discussion [syn: forum, assembly, meeting place]
• fulcrum 0
  n 1: the pivot about which a lever turns
• grogram 0
  n 1: a coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or mohair and often stiffened with gum
• harem 0
  n 1: living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household [syn: harem, hareem, seraglio, serail]
• heliogram 0
  n 1: a message transmitted by means of the sun's rays
• hexagram 0
  n 1: a regular polygon formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon to form two equilateral triangles
• histogram 0
  n 1: a bar chart representing a frequency distribution; heights of the bars represent observed frequencies
• hologram 0
  n 1: the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography [syn: hologram, holograph]
• ideogram 0
  n 1: a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it; "Chinese characters are ideograms" [syn: ideogram, ideograph]
• indecorum 0
  n 1: a lack of decorum [syn: indecorum, indecorousness] [ant: decorousness, decorum] 2: an act of undue intimacy [syn: familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, liberty]
• jorum 0
  n 1: a large drinking bowl
• kilogram 0
  n 1: one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds" [syn: kilogram, kg, kilo]
• logogram 0
  n 1: a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation; "7 is a logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and `nanatsu' in Japanese" [syn: logogram, logograph]
• lustrum 0
  n 1: a period of five years 2: a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census
• maelstrom 0
  n 1: a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) [syn: whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom]
• marjoram 0
  n 1: aromatic Eurasian perennial [syn: oregano, marjoram, pot marjoram, wild marjoram, winter sweet, Origanum vulgare] 2: pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets [syn: marjoram, oregano]
• megrim 0
  n 1: a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men [syn: migraine, megrim, sick headache, hemicrania]
• monogram 0
  n 1: a graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials); printed on stationery or embroidered on clothing
• nostrum 0
  n 1: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all] 2: patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
• old 0
  adj 1: (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?" [ant: immature, young] 2: of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" [ant: new] 3: (used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story" 4: skilled through long experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers" [syn: old, older] 5: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one- time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)] 6: (used informally especially for emphasis); "a real honest-to- god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel" [syn: honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(a), sure-enough(a)] 7: of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century" 8: just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger" [syn: previous(a), old] n 1: past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
• panjandrum 0
  n 1: an important or influential (and often overbearing) person [syn: very important person, VIP, high-up, dignitary, panjandrum, high muckamuck]
• parallelogram 0
  n 1: a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length [ant: trapezium]
• pentagram 0
  n 1: a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon [syn: pentacle, pentagram, pentangle]
• phonogram 0
  n 1: any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word
• pilgrim 0
  n 1: someone who journeys in foreign lands 2: one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620 [syn: Pilgrim, Pilgrim Father] 3: someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
• plectrum 0
  n 1: a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument [syn: pick, plectrum, plectron]
• pogrom 0
  n 1: organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
• program 0
  n 1: a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue" [syn: plan, program, programme] 2: a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need; "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care program" [syn: program, programme] 3: a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?" [syn: broadcast, program, programme] 4: a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program" [syn: platform, political platform, political program, program] 5: an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event; "you can't tell the players without a program" [syn: program, programme] 6: an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university" [syn: course of study, program, programme, curriculum, syllabus] 7: (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code" [syn: program, programme, computer program, computer programme] 8: a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation; "the program lasted more than two hours" [syn: program, programme] v 1: arrange a program of or for; "program the 80th birthday party" [syn: program, programme] 2: write a computer program [syn: program, programme]
• programme 0
  n 1: an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event; "you can't tell the players without a program" [syn: program, programme] 2: an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university" [syn: course of study, program, programme, curriculum, syllabus] 3: a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?" [syn: broadcast, program, programme] 4: (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code" [syn: program, programme, computer program, computer programme] 5: a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need; "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care program" [syn: program, programme] 6: a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue" [syn: plan, program, programme] 7: a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation; "the program lasted more than two hours" [syn: program, programme] v 1: write a computer program [syn: program, programme] 2: arrange a program of or for; "program the 80th birthday party" [syn: program, programme]
• pyrethrum 0
  n 1: made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants 2: white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: pyrethrum, Dalmatian pyrethrum, Dalmatia pyrethrum, Tanacetum cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium] 3: spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: painted daisy, pyrethrum, Tanacetum coccineum, Chrysanthemum coccineum] 4: used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum [syn: Pyrethrum, genus Pyrethrum]
• quorum 0
  n 1: a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business
• radiogram 0
  n 1: a message transmitted by wireless telegraphy 2: a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) [syn: radiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagraph, skiagram]
• rostrum 0
  n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox] 2: beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils [syn: snout, rostrum]
• sacrum 0
  n 1: wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx
• seismogram 0
  n 1: the graphical record of an earth tremor made by using a seismograph
• serum 0
  n 1: an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates [syn: serum, blood serum]
• simulacrum 0
  n 1: an insubstantial or vague semblance 2: a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone" [syn: effigy, image, simulacrum]
• sonogram 0
  n 1: an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs [syn: sonogram, echogram]
• spectrogram 0
  n 1: a photographic record of a spectrum [syn: spectrogram, spectrograph]
• spectrum 0
  n 1: an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave 2: a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities
• subprogram 0
  n 1: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program [syn: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function]
• tantrum 0
  n 1: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene, conniption]
• telegram 0
  n 1: a message transmitted by telegraph [syn: telegram, wire]
• theorem 0
  n 1: a proposition deducible from basic postulates 2: an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
• thermogram 0
  n 1: a graphical record produced by a thermograph
• variorum 0
  n 1: an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors [syn: variorum, variorum edition]
• centrum 0
  n 1: the main body of a vertebra
• wolfram 0
  n 1: a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite [syn: tungsten, wolfram, W, atomic number 74]
• durham 0
  n 1: a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University 2: English breed of short-horned cattle [syn: Durham, shorthorn]
• aerogramme 0
  n 1: a letter sent by air mail [syn: airmail letter, air letter, aerogram, aerogramme]
• decigram 0
  n 1: 1/10 gram [syn: decigram, dg]
• echogram 0
  n 1: an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs [syn: sonogram, echogram]
• hectogram 0
  n 1: 100 grams [syn: hectogram, hg]
• mammogram 0
  n 1: X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast
• microgram 0
  n 1: one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram [syn: microgram, mcg]
• nomogram 0
  n 1: a graphic representation of numerical relations [syn: nomogram, nomograph]
• tetragram 0
  n 1: a word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system
• oscillogram 0
  n 1: the recording produced by an oscillograph
• angiogram 0
  n 1: an X-ray representation of blood vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance; "angiograms are produced by angiography"
• nanogram 0
  n 1: one billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram [syn: nanogram, ng]
• antrum 0
  n 1: a natural cavity or hollow in a bone
• colostrum 0
  n 1: milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition [syn: colostrum, foremilk]
• karakoram 0
  n 1: a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak [syn: Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Mustagh, Mustagh Range]
• tristram 0
  n 1: (Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other [syn: Tristan, Tristram]
• chronogram 0
• hierogram 0
• ihram 0
• labarum 0
• pictogram 0
• tomogram 0
• abram 0
• labrum 0
• shoreham 0
• coram 0

See also dirham definition and dirham synonyms