Words that rhyme with furore

  • bedstraw
    n 1: any of several plants of the genus Galium
  • centaury
    n 1: any of various plants of the genus Centaurium 2: any plant of the genus Centaurea
  • clearstory
    n 1: part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light [syn: clerestory, clearstory]
  • clerestory
    n 1: part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light [syn: clerestory, clearstory]
  • curie
    n 1: a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second [syn: curie, Ci] 2: French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906) [syn: Curie, Pierre Curie] 3: French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934) [syn: Curie, Marie Curie, Madame Curie, Marya Sklodowska]
  • dory
    n 1: a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled [syn: dinghy, dory, rowboat] 2: pike-like freshwater perches [syn: walleye, walleyed pike, jack salmon, dory, Stizostedion vitreum] 3: marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
  • fury
    n 1: a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" [syn: fury, rage, madness] 2: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria] 3: the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence" [syn: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness] 4: (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals [syn: Fury, Eumenides, Erinyes]
  • glory
    n 1: a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself" [syn: glory, glorification] 2: brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise" [syn: glory, resplendence, resplendency] 3: an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint [syn: aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole] v 1: rejoice proudly
  • gory
    adj 1: covered with blood; "a bloodstained shirt"; "a gory dagger" [syn: bloodstained, gory] 2: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" [syn: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly]
  • hoary
    adj 1: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" [syn: grey, gray, grey- haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired] 2: ancient; "hoary jokes" [syn: hoary, rusty] 3: covered with fine whitish hairs or down [syn: canescent, hoary]
  • inventory
    n 1: a detailed list of all the items in stock [syn: inventory, stock list] 2: the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory" [syn: stock, inventory] 3: (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods 4: a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer" [syn: armory, armoury, inventory] 5: making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand; "an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is missing"; "they held an inventory every month" [syn: inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking] v 1: make or include in an itemized record or report; "Inventory all books before the end of the year" [syn: inventory, take stock, stock-take]
  • outlawry
    n 1: illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law [syn: lawlessness, outlawry]
  • overdraw
    v 1: draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account" 2: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant: downplay, minimise, minimize, understate]
  • storey
    n 1: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" [syn: floor, level, storey, story]
  • story
    n 1: a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children" [syn: narrative, narration, story, tale] 2: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines" 3: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" [syn: floor, level, storey, story] 4: a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" [syn: history, account, chronicle, story] 5: a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" [syn: report, news report, story, account, write up] 6: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" [syn: fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle]
  • uproar
    n 1: a state of commotion and noise and confusion [syn: tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil] 2: loud confused noise from many sources [syn: hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer]
  • vainglory
    n 1: outspoken conceit [syn: boastfulness, vainglory]
  • withdraw
    v 1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back] [ant: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress] 2: withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" [syn: retire, withdraw] 3: release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" [syn: disengage, withdraw] [ant: engage, lock, mesh, operate] 4: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn: recall, call in, call back, withdraw] 5: take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [syn: swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw] 6: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw] 7: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, withdraw, retire] 8: retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" [syn: bow out, withdraw] 9: remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank" [syn: withdraw, draw, take out, draw off] [ant: bank, deposit] 10: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died" [syn: retire, withdraw] 11: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns" [syn: retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw] 12: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" [syn: remove, take, take away, withdraw]
  • jackstraw
    n 1: a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws [syn: jackstraw, spillikin]
  • corrie
    n 1: a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake [syn: cirque, corrie, cwm]
  • tory
    n 1: an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution 2: a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs 3: a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative
  • mcgraw
    n 1: United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934) [syn: McGraw, John McGraw, John Joseph McGraw]
  • saury
    n 1: slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters [syn: saury, billfish, Scomberesox saurus]
  • florey
    n 1: British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968) [syn: Florey, Howard Florey, Sir Howard Walter Florey]
  • flory
    n 1: United States chemist who developed methods for studying long-chain molecules (1910-1985) [syn: Flory, Paul John Flory]
  • lory
    n 1: small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush- tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits
  • montessori
    n 1: Italian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child- centered approach (1870-1952) [syn: Montessori, Maria Montesorri]
  • zori
    n 1: a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes [syn: pusher, zori]
  • satori
    n 1: (Zen Buddhism) a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment
  • hunky-dory
    adj 1: being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all- right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine" [syn: all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory]
  • cacciatore
  • pylori
  • redraw
  • wiredraw
  • aurae
  • montefiore
  • corey
  • cory
  • kaori
  • korey
  • maury
  • rory
  • liquori
  • mccorry
  • pecore
  • recore
  • fujimori
  • vanacore
  • windlestraw
  • pori
  • maggiore
  • ruwenzori
  • understorey

See also furore definition and furore synonyms