Words that rhyme with furness

adj 1: pertaining to or containing aluminum or alum

adj 1: relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance 2: having both male and female characteristics [ant: female, male]

adj 1: (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself [ant: synchronous] 2: not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase [ant: synchronal, synchronic, synchronous]

adj 1: of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed [ant: allochthonous] 2: originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan" [syn: autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous]

n 1: a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron

n 1: anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added fillip" [syn: bonus, fillip] 2: an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output [syn: bonus, incentive]

adj 1: having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten [syn: cacophonous, cacophonic] [ant: euphonious, euphonous]

n 1: lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life [syn: callowness, jejuneness, juvenility]

adj 1: of or relating to cartilage 2: difficult to chew [syn: cartilaginous, gristly, rubbery]

adj 1: being or suggesting a cavern; "vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone" 2: filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood; "erectile tissue"; "the penis is an erectile organ" [syn: erectile, cavernous]

n 1: a price below the standard price [syn: bargain rate, cheapness, cut rate, cut price] 2: tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar [syn: cheapness, tackiness, tat, sleaze]

n 1: the power of creative imagination [syn: inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness] 2: intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty [syn: brightness, cleverness, smartness] 3: the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design" [syn: ingenuity, ingeniousness, cleverness]

adj 1: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" [syn: conterminous, contiguous] 2: having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)] 3: being of equal extent or scope or duration [syn: coextensive, coterminous, conterminous]

adj 1: being of equal extent or scope or duration [syn: coextensive, coterminous, conterminous]

n 1: a slight wetness [syn: damp, dampness, moistness]

n 1: a woman deacon

n 1: the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas [syn: astuteness, profundity, profoundness, depth, deepness] 2: the quality of being physically deep; "the profundity of the mine was almost a mile" [syn: deepness, profundity, profoundness] [ant: shallowness] 3: the extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet" [syn: depth, deepness] 4: a low pitch that is loud and voluminous

adj 1: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby]

n 1: having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance [syn: dowdiness, drabness, homeliness]

adj 1: of or resembling an endogen 2: derived or originating internally [syn: endogenous, endogenic] [ant: exogenic, exogenous]

adj 1: sensitive to sexual stimulation

v 1: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn: evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass]

adj 1: derived or originating externally [syn: exogenous, exogenic] [ant: endogenic, endogenous]

n 1: subtly skillful handling of a situation [syn: delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse]

adj 1: suffering from tissue death [syn: gangrenous, mortified]

adj 1: of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth)

n 1: a kind of fluent easy superficiality; "the glibness of a high-pressure salesman" [syn: glibness, slickness]

n 1: a woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home)

n 1: the state of being hollow: having an empty space within [ant: solidity] 2: the property of having a sunken area 3: the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical [syn: insincerity, falseness, hollowness] [ant: sincerity]

adj 1: all of the same or similar kind or nature; "a close-knit homogeneous group" [syn: homogeneous, homogenous] [ant: heterogeneous, heterogenous]

adj 1: characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way; "'horse' and 'hoarse' are homophonous words"

adj 1: originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan" [syn: autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous]

adj 1: equal in duration or interval; "the oscillations were isochronal" [syn: isochronal, isochronous]

n 1: having a disposition to steal [syn: thievishness, larcenous]

adj 1: relating to or consisting of legumes

n 1: a flabby softness [syn: flabbiness, limpness, flaccidity]

n 1: a female lion

adj 1: softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" [syn: aglow(p), lambent, lucent, luminous]

n 1: the wife or widow of a marquis 2: a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess [syn: marchioness, marquise]

n 1: kindheartedness through maturity or old age 2: a taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor 3: the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing; "the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall"; "the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness"; "he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance" [syn: fullness, mellowness, richness] 4: a soft shade of a color; "a mellowness of light and shade not attainable in marble" 5: geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana

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]

adj 1: having the sticky properties of an adhesive [syn: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous]

n 1: the property of being narrow; having little width; "the narrowness of the road" [ant: broadness, wideness] 2: an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior [syn: narrow-mindedness, narrowness] [ant: broad-mindedness] 3: a restriction of range or scope; "the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students"; "the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus"; "frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons" 4: a small margin; "the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory"; "the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote" [syn: narrow margin, narrowness, slimness]

adj 1: of or relating to or containing nitrogen [syn: nitrogenous, nitrogen-bearing]

adj 1: evincing the presence of a deity; "a numinous wood"; "the most numinous moment in the Mass" 2: of or relating to or characteristic of a numen

adj 1: unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments" [syn: buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous] 2: containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds" [syn: greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous]

adj 1: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening] 2: presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by- election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government" [syn: ill, inauspicious, ominous]

n 1: an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" [syn: burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus]

n 1: the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known [syn: otherness, distinctness, separateness]

n 1: a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron [syn: patroness, patronne]

n 1: the bodily property of being well rounded [syn: plumpness, embonpoint, roundness]

adj 1: having the qualities or effects of a poison [syn: poisonous, toxicant] 2: not safe to eat 3: marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip" [syn: poisonous, venomous, vicious]

adj 1: extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy" [syn: famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient] 2: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" [syn: edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish]

adj 1: having the characteristics of pitch or tar [syn: pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarry]

n 1: the state of being ripe [ant: greenness]

n 1: lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling [syn: superficiality, shallowness] [ant: profoundness, profundity] 2: the quality of lacking physical depth; "take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive" [ant: deepness, profoundness, profundity]

n 1: a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind" [syn: acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness] 2: the attribute of urgency in tone of voice; "his voice had an edge to it" [syn: edge, sharpness] 3: a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard"; "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange spices"; "the raciness of the wine" [syn: pungency, bite, sharpness, raciness] 4: the quality of being keenly and painfully felt; "the sharpness of her loss" 5: thinness of edge or fineness of point [syn: sharpness, keenness] [ant: bluntness, dullness] 6: the quality of being sharp and clear [syn: distinctness, sharpness] [ant: blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness] 7: harshness of manner [syn: asperity, sharpness] [ant: bluntness, dullness]

n 1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness] 2: a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry [syn: slowness, deliberation, deliberateness, unhurriedness] 3: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities [syn: retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality]

n 1: the property possessed by a slope that is very steep [syn: abruptness, precipitousness, steepness] [ant: gentleness, gradualness]

adj 1: occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; "recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.; "a synchronous set of clocks"; "the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight"; "synchronous oscillations" [syn: synchronous, synchronal, synchronic] [ant: asynchronous] 2: (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions [ant: asynchronous]

n 1: a place where something ends or is complete [syn: end point, endpoint, termination, terminus] 2: the ultimate goal for which something is done [syn: destination, terminus] 3: (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome [syn: terminus, terminal figure, term] 4: either end of a railroad or bus route 5: station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods [syn: terminal, terminus, depot]

n 1: conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task

n 1: affectionate closeness; "togetherness is the new wonder ingredient in marriage"

n 1: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity" [syn: tonicity, tonus, tone] [ant: amyotonia, atonia, atonicity, atony]

adj 1: having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist" [syn: faithless, traitorous, unfaithful, treasonable, treasonous]

adj 1: marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" [syn: oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous]

adj 1: having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff" [syn: dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous]

adj 1: extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves" [syn: nefarious, villainous]

adj 1: large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt" 2: marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track" [syn: tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous] 3: large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation" [syn: copious, voluminous]

n 1: yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons [syn: yellow, yellowness]

n 1: convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations

v 1: grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day --what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce" [syn: senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate]

v 1: be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence

adj 1: relating to or containing or resembling albumin

adj 1: pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem [syn: acrogenic, acrogenous]

adj 1: originating within the body [syn: autogenous, autogenic] [ant: heterogeneous, heterogenous]

adj 1: produced by or producing fever [syn: pyrogenic, pyrogenous, pyrogenetic] 2: produced under conditions involving intense heat; "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata" [syn: igneous, pyrogenic, pyrogenous]

adj 1: producing spores or reproducing by means of spores

adj 1: having more than one wife at a time

adj 1: having a large belly [syn: abdominous, paunchy, potbellied]

adj 1: hating women in particular [syn: misogynous, misogynistic]

n 1: one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry 2: one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland