Words that rhyme with febrile

  • cathedral
    adj 1: relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne; "a cathedral church" n 1: any large and important church 2: the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese [syn: cathedral, duomo]
  • cerebral
    adj 1: involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct; "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama" [syn: cerebral, intellectual] [ant: emotional] 2: of or relating to the cerebrum or brain; "cerebral hemisphere"; "cerebral activity"
  • cloistral
    adj 1: of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical]
  • fibril
    n 1: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber [syn: fibril, filament, strand]
  • gambrel
    n 1: a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper [syn: gambrel, gambrel roof]
  • mongrel
    n 1: derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic" [syn: bastard, mongrel] 2: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur, mongrel, mutt]
  • neutral
    adj 1: having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer" [syn: impersonal, neutral] 2: having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction" [syn: inert, indifferent, neutral] 3: not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest 4: possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics [ant: negative, positive] 5: having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white" [syn: achromatic, neutral] [ant: chromatic] 6: lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics; "a neutral personality that made no impression whatever" 7: having no net electric charge [syn: neutral, electroneutral] n 1: one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
  • nitrite
    n 1: the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)
  • nostril
    n 1: either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose [syn: nostril, anterior naris]
  • petrel
    n 1: relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land
  • petrol
    n 1: a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines [syn: gasoline, gasolene, gas, petrol]
  • puerile
    adj 1: of or characteristic of a child; "puerile breathing" 2: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" [syn: adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile]
  • sacral
    adj 1: of or relating to or near the sacrum 2: of or relating to sacred rites; "sacral laws"
  • scoundrel
    n 1: a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately [syn: villain, scoundrel]
  • spectral
    adj 1: of or relating to a spectrum; "spectral colors"; "spectral analysis" 2: resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance" [syn: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual]
  • sterile
    adj 1: incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple" [syn: sterile, unfertile, infertile] [ant: fertile] 2: free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques" [syn: aseptic, sterile] 3: deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing" [syn: sterile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive]
  • tendril
    n 1: slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support
  • ventral
    adj 1: toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal); "the ventral aspect of the human body"; "the liver is somewhat ventral in position"; "ventral (or pelvic) fins correspond to the hind limbs of a quadruped" [ant: dorsal] 2: nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism; "the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface" [syn: adaxial, ventral] [ant: abaxial, dorsal]
  • virile
    adj 1: characterized by energy and vigor; "a virile and ever stronger free society"; "a new and virile leadership" 2: characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports" [syn: male, manful, manlike, manly, virile] 3: (of a male) capable of copulation [syn: potent, virile] [ant: impotent]
  • wastrel
    n 1: someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently [syn: wastrel, waster]
  • april
    n 1: the month following March and preceding May [syn: April, Apr]
  • mandril
    n 1: any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts [syn: spindle, mandrel, mandril, arbor]
  • mitral
    adj 1: of or relating to or located in or near the mitral valve; "mitral insufficiency" 2: relating to or resembling the miter worn by some clerics
  • retral
    adj 1: moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction [syn: retral, retrograde] 2: at or near or toward the posterior
  • dihedral
  • octahedral
  • tetrahedral
  • trihedral
  • umbral
  • bruhl
  • antifebrile
  • anhedral
  • decahedral
  • hemihedral
  • holohedral

See also febrile definition and febrile synonyms