Words that rhyme with endocranium

  • cranium
    n 1: the part of the skull that encloses the brain [syn: cranium, braincase, brainpan]
  • geranium
    n 1: any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae
  • germanium
    n 1: a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite [syn: germanium, Ge, atomic number 32]
  • millennium
    n 1: a span of 1000 years [syn: millennium, millenary] 2: (New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness 3: the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: millennium, millenary]
  • plutonium
    n 1: a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239 [syn: plutonium, Pu, atomic number 94]
  • selenium
    n 1: a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite) [syn: selenium, Se, atomic number 34]
  • stadium
    n 1: a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments [syn: stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium]
  • succedaneum
    n 1: (medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another)
  • titanium
    n 1: a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite [syn: titanium, Ti, atomic number 22]
  • uranium
    n 1: a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons [syn: uranium, U, atomic number 92]
  • zirconium
    n 1: a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon [syn: zirconium, Zr, atomic number 40]
  • herculaneum
    n 1: ancient city; now destroyed
  • minium
    n 1: a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics [syn: red lead, minium]
  • meconium
    n 1: thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child
  • syconium
    n 1: the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets
  • archegonium
    n 1: a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms
  • pelargonium
    n 1: geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated [syn: Pelargonium, genus Pelargonium]
  • asplenium
    n 1: in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae [syn: Asplenium, genus Asplenium]
  • helenium
    n 1: genus of American herbs with flowers having yellow rays: sneezeweeds [syn: Helenium, genus Helenium]
  • hymenium
    n 1: spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia
  • quadrennium
    n 1: a period of four years
  • quinquennium
    n 1: a period of five years
  • diem
  • calcaneum
  • pericranium
  • iconium
  • stramonium
  • cuprammonium
  • positronium
  • spermogonium

See also endocranium definition