Words that rhyme with fermenta

n 1: an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals [syn: antenna, aerial, transmitting aerial] 2: sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations" [syn: antenna, feeler] 3: one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste [syn: antenna, feeler]

n 1: a reddish brown dye used especially on hair v 1: apply henna to one's hair; "She hennas her hair every month"

adj 1: of deep purplish red n 1: a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta 2: a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I [syn: Magenta, Battle of Magenta]

n 1: that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form 2: the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus

n 1: an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment

n 1: any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally

n 1: a battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512 [syn: Ravenna, Battle of Ravenna]

n 1: the capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss [syn: Vienna, Austrian capital, capital of Austria]

n 1: (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant 2: (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal

n 1: Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037) [syn: Avicenna, ibn-Sina, Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina]