Words that rhyme with elements

• arrogance 0
  n 1: overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors [syn: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness]
• beneficence 0
  n 1: doing good; feeling beneficent [ant: maleficence] 2: the quality of being kind or helpful or generous [ant: balefulness, maleficence, mischief]
• benevolence 0
  n 1: disposition to do good [ant: malevolence, malignity] 2: an inclination to do kind or charitable acts 3: an act intending or showing kindness and good will [syn: benevolence, benefaction]
• benevolent 0
  adj 1: intending or showing kindness; "a benevolent society" 2: showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor" [syn: charitable, benevolent, kindly, sympathetic, good-hearted, openhearted, large-hearted] 3: generous in providing aid to others [syn: benevolent, freehearted] 4: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic]
• blessedness 0
  n 1: a state of supreme happiness [syn: blessedness, beatitude, beatification]
• compliments 0
  n 1: (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare; "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes" [syn: regard, wish, compliments]
• credulous 0
  adj 1: disposed to believe on little evidence; "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous" [ant: incredulous] 2: showing a lack of judgment or experience; "so credulous he believes everything he reads"
• detritus 0
  n 1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up [syn: debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus] 2: loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks
• development 0
  n 1: act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development" 2: a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer" [syn: development, evolution] [ant: degeneration, devolution] 3: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" [syn: growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis] [ant: nondevelopment] 4: a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!" 5: the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits" [syn: exploitation, development] 6: a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; "such land is practical for small park developments" 7: a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess); "after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter"; "in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen" 8: processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours" [syn: development, developing] 9: (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
• edifice 0
  n 1: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" [syn: building, edifice]
• elegance 0
  n 1: a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" [ant: inelegance] 2: a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics); "the simplicity and elegance of his invention"
• elegant 0
  adj 1: refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid" [ant: inelegant] 2: suggesting taste, ease, and wealth [syn: elegant, graceful, refined] 3: displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution; "an elegant dancer"; "an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise"
• elephant 0
  n 1: five-toed pachyderm 2: the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
• eloquence 0
  n 1: powerful and effective language; "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police" [syn: eloquence, fluency, smoothness]
• eminence 0
  n 1: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence" [syn: eminence, distinction, preeminence, note] 2: a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament [syn: tuberosity, tubercle, eminence]
• emphasis 0
  n 1: special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents" [syn: emphasis, accent] 2: intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights" [syn: vehemence, emphasis] 3: special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. 4: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: stress, emphasis, accent]
• evidence 0
  n 1: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling" [syn: evidence, grounds] 2: an indication that makes something evident; "his trembling was evidence of his fear" 3: (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved v 1: provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence] 2: provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" [syn: testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show] 3: give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague" [syn: tell, evidence]
• evident 0
  adj 1: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" [syn: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable] 2: capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript"; "an observable change in behavior" [syn: discernible, evident, observable]
• excellence 0
  n 1: the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree 2: an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels; "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine" [syn: excellence, excellency]
• exodus 0
  n 1: a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment [syn: exodus, hegira, hejira] 2: the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus [syn: Exodus, Book of Exodus]
• genesis 0
  n 1: a coming into being [syn: genesis, generation] 2: the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers [syn: Genesis, Book of Genesis]
• gentleness 0
  n 1: the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual [syn: gradualness, gentleness] [ant: abruptness, precipitousness, steepness] 2: acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered; "his fingers have learned gentleness"; "suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby"; "even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough" [syn: gentleness, softness, mildness]
• helplessness 0
  n 1: powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of their weakness the group remains active" [syn: helplessness, weakness, impuissance] 2: the state of needing help from something 3: a feeling of being unable to manage
• hesitant 0
  adj 1: lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly [syn: hesitant, hesitating]
• incredulous 0
  adj 1: not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving [ant: credulous]
• innocent 0
  adj 1: free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty" [syn: innocent, guiltless, clean-handed] [ant: guilty] 2: lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank" [syn: innocent, innocuous] 3: free from sin [syn: impeccant, innocent, sinless] 4: lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it" [syn: innocent, ingenuous] 5: not knowledgeable about something specified; "American tourists wholly innocent of French"; "a person unacquainted with our customs" [syn: innocent(p), unacquainted(p)] 6: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn: barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent] 7: (used of things) lacking sense or awareness; "fine innocent weather" n 1: a person who lacks knowledge of evil [syn: innocent, inexperienced person]
• intelligence 0
  n 1: the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience [ant: stupidity] 2: a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy [syn: intelligence, intelligence service, intelligence agency] 3: secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy); "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage" [syn: intelligence, intelligence information] 4: information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome" [syn: news, intelligence, tidings, word] 5: the operation of gathering information about an enemy [syn: intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation]
• intelligent 0
  adj 1: having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question" [ant: stupid, unintelligent] 2: possessing sound knowledge; "well-informed readers" [syn: intelligent, well-informed] 3: exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision" [syn: healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound] 4: endowed with the capacity to reason [syn: intelligent, reasoning(a), thinking(a)]
• irrelevance 0
  n 1: the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand [syn: irrelevance, irrelevancy] [ant: relevance, relevancy]
• irrelevant 0
  adj 1: having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "an irrelevant comment"; "irrelevant allegations" [ant: relevant]
• membranous 0
  adj 1: relating to or made of or similar to a membrane; "membranous lining" 2: characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane); "membranous gastritis" [syn: membranous, membrane-forming]
• nebulous 0
  adj 1: lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit" [syn: cloudy, nebulose, nebulous] 2: of or relating to or resembling a nebula; "the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system" [syn: nebular, nebulous] 3: lacking definition or definite content; "nebulous reasons"; "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austen [syn: nebulous, unfixed]
• negligence 0
  n 1: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances [syn: negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance] 2: the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern [syn: negligence, neglect, neglectfulness]
• pendulous 0
  adj 1: having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers" [syn: cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping]
• pestilence 0
  n 1: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal [syn: plague, pestilence, pest, pestis] 2: any epidemic disease with a high death rate [syn: plague, pestilence, pest] 3: a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst" [syn: pestilence, canker]
• petulance 0
  n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler]
• precedence 0
  n 1: status established in order of importance or urgency; "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes priority over class struggle" [syn: precedence, precedency, priority] 2: preceding in time [syn: priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency] [ant: posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness] 3: the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) [syn: precession, precedence, precedency]
• precipice 0
  n 1: a very steep cliff
• president 0
  n 1: an executive officer of a firm or corporation 2: the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government; "the President likes to jog every morning" [syn: President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive] 3: the chief executive of a republic 4: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson] 5: the head administrative officer of a college or university [syn: president, prexy] 6: the office of the United States head of state; "a President is elected every four years" [syn: President of the United States, President, Chief Executive]
• prevalence 0
  n 1: the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread; "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future" 2: (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population 3: a superiority in numbers or amount; "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant" [syn: preponderance, prevalence]
• prevalent 0
  adj 1: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife]
• recklessness 0
  n 1: the trait of giving little thought to danger [syn: recklessness, foolhardiness, rashness]
• relevance 0
  n 1: the relation of something to the matter at hand [syn: relevance, relevancy] [ant: irrelevance, irrelevancy]
• relevant 0
  adj 1: having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research" [ant: irrelevant]
• residence 0
  n 1: any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" [syn: residence, abode] 2: the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the governor's residence" 3: the act of dwelling in a place [syn: residency, residence, abidance] 4: a large and imposing house [syn: mansion, mansion house, manse, hall, residence]
• resident 0
  adj 1: living in a particular place; "resident aliens" [ant: nonresident] 2: used of animals that do not migrate [syn: nonmigratory, resident] [ant: migratory] n 1: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there [syn: resident, occupant, occupier] [ant: nonresident] 2: a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital; "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital" [syn: house physician, resident, resident physician]
• resonance 0
  n 1: an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation 2: a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system 3: having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant [syn: plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy] 4: a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people [syn: rapport, resonance] 5: the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
• restlessness 0
  n 1: the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active; "the restlessness of the wind" 2: a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay [syn: restlessness, impatience] 3: a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness" [syn: fidget, fidgetiness, restlessness] 4: inability to rest or relax or be still [syn: restlessness, uneasiness, queasiness]
• rudiments 0
  n 1: a statement of fundamental facts or principles [syn: basics, rudiments]
• sentiment 0
  n 1: tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion 2: a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" [syn: opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought]
• settlement 0
  n 1: a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; "the American colony in Paris" [syn: colony, settlement] 2: a community of people smaller than a town [syn: village, small town, settlement] 3: a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it 4: the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America" [syn: colonization, colonisation, settlement] 5: something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" [syn: settlement, resolution, closure] 6: an area where a group of families live together 7: termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities [syn: liquidation, settlement]
• skeleton 0
  n 1: something reduced to its minimal form; "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel" 2: a scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet" [syn: skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard] 3: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal [syn: skeletal system, skeleton, frame, systema skeletale] 4: the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton" [syn: skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe]
• tenebrous 0
  adj 1: dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave" [syn: tenebrous, tenebrific, tenebrious]
• tenuous 0
  adj 1: having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid" 2: very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread" 3: lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" [syn: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin]
• testament 0
  n 1: a profession of belief; "he stated his political testament" 2: a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die [syn: will, testament] 3: strong evidence for something; "his easy victory was a testament to his skill" 4: either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible
• tetanus 0
  n 1: an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages [syn: tetanus, lockjaw] 2: a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses
• tremulous 0
  adj 1: (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous voice" [syn: quavering, tremulous]
• venomous 0
  adj 1: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn: deadly, venomous, virulent] 2: marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip" [syn: poisonous, venomous, vicious]
• daedalus 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus [syn: Daedalus, Daedal]
• benelux 0
  n 1: a customs union comprising Belgium and Netherlands and Luxembourg
• preeminence 0
  n 1: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence" [syn: eminence, distinction, preeminence, note]
• pegasus 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination 2: a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces
• persepolis 0
  n 1: an ancient city that was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire; now in ruins
• arguments 0
• armaments 0
• commandments 0
• complements 0
• condiments 0
• detriments 0
• developments 0
• documents 0
• excrements 0
• experiments 0
• filaments 0
• impediments 0
• implements 0
• increments 0
• instruments 0
• ligaments 0
• liniments 0
• monuments 0
• ornaments 0
• parents 0
• parliaments 0
• presents 0
• presidents 0
• regiments 0
• residents 0
• sacraments 0
• sediments 0
• sentiments 0
• settlements 0
• supplements 0
• temperaments 0
• tenements 0
• testaments 0
• tournaments 0
• predicaments 0

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