Words that rhyme with geserum

n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation [syn: angstrom, angstrom unit, A]

n 1: starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root 2: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe [syn: arum, aroid]

n 1: a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram 2: (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus

n 1: branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights [syn: candelabrum, candelabra]

n 1: anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans

n 1: a difficult problem [syn: riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser]

n 1: propriety in manners and conduct [syn: decorum, decorousness] [ant: indecorousness, indecorum]

n 1: living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household [syn: harem, hareem, seraglio, serail]

n 1: an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave 2: a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities

n 1: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program [syn: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function]

adj 1: final or last in your life or progress; "the supreme sacrifice"; "the supreme judgment" 2: greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal" [syn: sovereign, supreme] 3: highest in excellence or achievement; "supreme among musicians"; "a supreme endxxeavor"; "supreme courage" 4: greatest or maximal in degree; extreme; "supreme folly"

n 1: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene, conniption]

n 1: a proposition deducible from basic postulates 2: an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth

n 1: ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side

adv 1: toward the source or against the current [syn: upriver, upstream] [ant: downriver, downstream] adj 1: in the direction against a stream's current [ant: downstream]

n 1: an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors [syn: variorum, variorum edition]

n 1: the main body of a vertebra

n 1: (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman

n 1: a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite [syn: tungsten, wolfram, W, atomic number 74]

n 1: a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University 2: English breed of short-horned cattle [syn: Durham, shorthorn]

n 1: milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition [syn: colostrum, foremilk]

n 1: (Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other [syn: Tristan, Tristram]