Words that rhyme with doris
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aurous
adj 1: of or relating to or containing or derived from gold [syn: aurous, auric] -
avarice
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
n 1: huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic [syn: apatosaur, apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard, Apatosaurus excelsus] -
chorus
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] -
clitoris
n 1: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn: clitoris, clit, button] -
dentifrice
n 1: a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush -
ephemeris
n 1: an annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year; "today computers calculate the ephemerides" -
porous
adj 1: able to absorb fluids; "the partly porous walls of our digestive system"; "compacting the soil to make it less porous" 2: full of pores or vessels or holes [syn: porous, poriferous] [ant: nonporous] 3: allowing passage in and out; "our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous" [syn: holey, porous] -
spirits
n 1: an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented [syn: liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink] -
stegosaurus
n 1: herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon [syn: stegosaur, stegosaurus, Stegosaur stenops] -
thesaurus
n 1: a book containing a classified list of synonyms [syn: thesaurus, synonym finder] -
torus
n 1: a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle [syn: torus, toroid] 2: commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column [syn: torus, tore] -
tyrannosaurus
n 1: large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America [syn: tyrannosaur, tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex] -
derris
n 1: any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone; several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons -
horace
n 1: Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC) -
morris
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] -
norris
n 1: United States writer (1870-1902) [syn: Norris, Frank Norris, Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr.] -
orris
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] -
taurus
n 1: Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949) [syn: Sanchez, Ilich Sanchez, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, Carlos, Carlos the Jackal, Salim, Andres Martinez, Taurus, Glen Gebhard, Hector Hevodidbon, Michael Assat] 2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus [syn: Taurus, Bull] 3: a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini 4: the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20 [syn: Taurus, Taurus the Bull, Bull] -
chloris
n 1: tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass [syn: Chloris, genus Chloris] -
polaris
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] -
belarus
n 1: a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet [syn: Belarus, Republic of Belarus, Byelarus, Byelorussia, Belorussia, White Russia] -
harris
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
n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares -
osiris
n 1: Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and brother of Isis; father of Horus -
boris
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loris
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oris
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darice
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maurice
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floris
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morriss
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delores
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dolores
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fitzmaurice
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fitzmorris
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montgoris
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flores
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torres
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borris
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arris
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apollinaris
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alarice
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damaris
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farris
See also doris definition
