Words that rhyme with durum

• slam 2
  n 1: winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge [syn: slam, sweep] 2: the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects 3: a forceful impact that makes a loud noise 4: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe] v 1: close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: slam, bang] 2: strike violently; "slam the ball" [syn: slam, bang] 3: dance the slam dance [syn: slam dance, slam, mosh, thrash] 4: throw violently; "He slammed the book on the table" [syn: slam, flap down]
• 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]
• 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
• 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
• bam 0
  n 1: an ancient city in southeastern Iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003 2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam]
• 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"
• cam 0
  n 1: a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River [syn: Cam, River Cam, Cam River] 2: a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion
• candelabrum 0
  n 1: branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights [syn: candelabrum, candelabra]
• 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
• clam 0
  n 1: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness 2: a piece of paper money worth one dollar [syn: dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam] 3: flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams v 1: gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
• conundrum 0
  n 1: a difficult problem [syn: riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser]
• cram 0
  v 1: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" [syn: jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad] 2: put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase" 3: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone] 4: prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
• dam 0
  n 1: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea [syn: dam, dike, dyke] 2: a metric unit of length equal to ten meters [syn: decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dam, dkm] 3: female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock v 1: obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River" [syn: dam, dam up]
• damn 0
  adv 1: extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all- fired aggressive?" [syn: bloody, damn, all-fired] adj 1: used as expletives; "oh, damn (or goddamn)!" [syn: damn, goddamn] 2: 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] n 1: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" [syn: damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam] v 1: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" [syn: curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict] [ant: bless]
• decorum 0
  n 1: propriety in manners and conduct [syn: decorum, decorousness] [ant: indecorousness, indecorum]
• 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
• electrum 0
  n 1: an alloy of gold and silver
• 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
• graham 0
  n 1: United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918) [syn: Graham, Billy Graham, William Franklin Graham] 2: United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991) [syn: Graham, Martha Graham] 3: flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage) [syn: whole wheat flour, graham flour, graham, whole meal flour]
• 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]
• 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
• lamb 0
  n 1: young sheep 2: English essayist (1775-1834) [syn: Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia] 3: a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters) 4: a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child) [syn: lamb, dear] 5: the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food v 1: give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed"
• 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]
• 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]
• 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)
• 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
• 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
• scam 0
  n 1: a fraudulent business scheme [syn: scam, cozenage] v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]
• serum 0
  n 1: an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates [syn: serum, blood serum]
• sham 0
  adj 1: adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" [syn: assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham] n 1: something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be [syn: fake, sham, postiche] 2: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player] v 1: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: simulate, assume, sham, feign] 2: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble]
• 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]
• 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]
• theorem 0
  n 1: a proposition deducible from basic postulates 2: an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
• tram 0
  n 1: a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers [syn: tramway, tram, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway] 2: a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine" [syn: tramcar, tram] 3: a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity [syn: streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car] v 1: travel by tram
• 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]
• gram 0
  n 1: a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram [syn: gram, gramme, gm, g] 2: Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938) [syn: Gram, Hans C. J. Gram]
• sam 0
  n 1: a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target [syn: surface-to-air missile, SAM]
• 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]
• dirham 0
  n 1: 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar [syn: Qatari dirham, dirham] 2: the basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 1,000 fils [syn: United Arab Emirate dirham, dirham] 3: the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes [syn: Moroccan dirham, dirham] 4: 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia [syn: Tunisian dirham, dirham] 5: 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Libya [syn: Libyan dirham, dirham] 6: worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils [syn: Kuwaiti dirham, dirham]
• 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]
• labarum 0
• ma'am 0
• damme 0
• abram 0
• labrum 0
• bahm 0
• bram 0
• camm 0
• cham 0
• dahm 0
• damm 0
• alam 0
• burcham 0
• dirlam 0
• beacham 0
• shoreham 0
• coram 0
• sarum 0
• marram 0
• hiram 0
• meldrum 0
• bertram 0
• cockalorum 0
• karakorum 0
• pittosporum 0
• sistrum 0
• mottram 0

See also durum definition and durum synonyms