Words that rhyme with gallus

  • balas
    n 1: a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel [syn: balas, balas ruby]
  • callous
    adj 1: emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion" [syn: callous, indurate, pachydermatous] 2: having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands" [syn: calloused, callous, thickened] v 1: make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals [syn: callous, cauterize, cauterise]
  • callus
    n 1: an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) [syn: callosity, callus] 2: bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone 3: (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid v 1: cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his feet" 2: form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused"
  • chalice
    n 1: a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup [syn: chalice, goblet]
  • challis
    n 1: a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
  • digitalis
    n 1: a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove [syn: digitalis, digitalis glycoside, digitalin] 2: any of several plants of the genus Digitalis [syn: foxglove, digitalis]
  • malice
    n 1: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom] 2: the quality of threatening evil [syn: malevolence, malevolency, malice]
  • palace
    n 1: a large and stately mansion [syn: palace, castle] 2: the governing group of a kingdom; "the palace issued an order binding on all subjects" 3: a large ornate exhibition hall 4: official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
  • phallus
    n 1: genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem [syn: Phallus, genus Phallus] 2: the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) [syn: penis, phallus, member]
  • syphilis
    n 1: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) [syn: syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues]
  • trellis
    n 1: latticework used to support climbing plants [syn: trellis, treillage] v 1: train on a trellis, as of a vine
  • dallas
    n 1: a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields
  • thallus
    n 1: a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes
  • daedalus
    n 1: (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus [syn: Daedalus, Daedal]
  • pallas
    n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva [syn: Athena, Athene, Pallas, Pallas Athena, Pallas Athene] 2: a large asteroid; the second asteroid to be discovered
  • annapolis
    n 1: state capital of Maryland; site of the United States Naval Academy [syn: Annapolis, capital of Maryland]
  • minneapolis
    n 1: largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities
  • persepolis
    n 1: an ancient city that was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire; now in ruins
  • ballasts
  • alice
  • phyllis
  • prothallus
  • borealis
  • callace
  • perlis
  • propolis
  • cosmopolis
  • ellice
  • ellis
  • margolis
  • inglis

See also gallus definition and gallus synonyms