Words that rhyme with gabbroic

adj 1: very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture" [syn: epic, heroic, larger-than-life] 2: relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity; "heroic legends"; "the heroic age" 3: having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers" [syn: heroic, heroical] 4: of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings" [syn: expansive, grand, heroic] 5: showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life" [syn: desperate, heroic] n 1: a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter [syn: heroic verse, heroic meter, heroic]

adj 1: seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer" [syn: stoic, stoical] 2: pertaining to Stoicism or its followers n 1: a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny" 2: someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions [syn: stoic, unemotional person] [ant: emotional person]

adj 1: of or relating to or denoting the Cenozoic era n 1: approximately the last 63 million years [syn: Cenozoic, Cenozoic era, Age of Mammals]

adj 1: of or relating to or denoting the Mesozoic era n 1: from 230 million to 63 million years ago [syn: Mesozoic, Mesozoic era, Age of Reptiles]

adj 1: of or relating to or denoting the Paleozoic era n 1: from 544 million to about 230 million years ago [syn: Paleozoic, Paleozoic era]