Words that rhyme with glycine

• adenosine 0
  n 1: (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP
• an 0
  n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN]
• arsine 0
  n 1: a poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare
• arson 0
  n 1: malicious burning to destroy property; "the British term for arson is fire-raising" [syn: arson, incendiarism, fire-raising]
• australopithecine 0
  adj 1: of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus n 1: any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago
• basin 0
  n 1: a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin" 2: the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water" [syn: basin, basinful] 3: a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake" 4: the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri basin" [syn: river basin, basin, watershed, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area] 5: a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face" [syn: washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory]
• biomedicine 0
  n 1: the branch of medical science that applies biological and physiological principles to clinical practice 2: the branch of medical science that studies the ability of organisms to withstand environmental stress (as in space travel)
• bison 0
  n 1: any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
• boatswain 0
  n 1: a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen [syn: boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun]
• caisson 0
  n 1: an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome [syn: coffer, caisson, lacuna] 2: a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition 3: a chest to hold ammunition [syn: caisson, ammunition chest] 4: large watertight chamber used for construction under water [syn: caisson, pneumatic caisson, cofferdam]
• casein 0
  n 1: a milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives 2: a water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk [syn: casein paint, casein]
• chairperson 0
  n 1: the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" [syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson]
• cytosine 0
  n 1: a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine [syn: cytosine, C]
• ensign 0
  n 1: a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade 2: an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality [syn: national flag, ensign] 3: colors flown by a ship to show its nationality
• epicene 0
  adj 1: having an ambiguous sexual identity [syn: bisexual, epicene] 2: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy] n 1: one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made [syn: hermaphrodite, intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene person]
• flaxen 0
  adj 1: of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown; "flaxen locks" [syn: flaxen, sandy]
• hoatzin 0
  n 1: crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings [syn: hoatzin, hoactzin, stinkbird, Opisthocomus hoazin]
• kerosene 0
  n 1: a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters [syn: kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, coal oil]
• lysine 0
  n 1: an essential amino acid found in proteins; occurs especially in gelatin and casein
• mason 0
  n 1: American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792) [syn: Mason, George Mason] 2: English film actor (1909-1984) [syn: Mason, James Mason, James Neville Mason] 3: English writer (1865-1948) [syn: Mason, A. E. W. Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason] 4: a craftsman who works with stone or brick [syn: mason, stonemason] 5: a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love [syn: Freemason, Mason]
• obscene 0
  adj 1: designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead 2: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive] 3: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn: lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious]
• oxen 0
  n 1: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" [syn: cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus]
• person 0
  n 1: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" [syn: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul] 2: a human body (usually including the clothing); "a weapon was hidden on his person" 3: a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party; "stop talking about yourself in the third person"
• piscine 0
  adj 1: of or relating to fish
• pyridoxine 0
  n 1: a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch [syn: vitamin B6, pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, adermin]
• pyroxene 0
  n 1: any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks
• tyrosine 0
  n 1: an amino acid found in most proteins; a precursor of several hormones
• unforeseen 0
  adj 1: not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue" [syn: unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue(p)]
• unseen 0
  adj 1: not observed [syn: unobserved, unseen] n 1: a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit [syn: spiritual world, spiritual domain, unseen]
• vaccine 0
  n 1: immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies [syn: vaccine, vaccinum]
• vixen 0
  n 1: a malicious woman with a fierce temper [syn: vixen, harpy, hellcat] 2: a female fox
• waxen 0
  adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy" [syn: waxen, waxy] 2: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness" [syn: waxen, waxlike, waxy]
• bunsen 0
  n 1: German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the Bunsen burner (1811-1899) [syn: Bunsen, Robert Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm Bunsen] 2: a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air [syn: bunsen burner, bunsen, etna]
• carson 0
  n 1: United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964) [syn: Carson, Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise Carson] 2: United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868) [syn: Carson, Kit Carson, Christopher Carson]
• hudson 0
  n 1: a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century [syn: Hudson, Hudson River] 2: English naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922) [syn: Hudson, W. H. Hudson, William Henry Hudson] 3: English navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in 1610 he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611) [syn: Hudson, Henry Hudson]
• jason 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece
• johnson 0
  n 1: English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784) [syn: Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Dr. Johnson] 2: 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973) [syn: Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Lyndon Baines Johnson, LBJ, President Johnson, President Lyndon Johnson] 3: 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875) [syn: Johnson, Andrew Johnson, President Johnson, President Andrew Johnson]
• texan 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Texas or its residents n 1: a native or resident of Texas
• thompson 0
  n 1: United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000) [syn: Thompson, Homer Thompson, Homer A. Thompson, Homer Armstrong Thompson] 2: English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814) [syn: Thompson, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford]
• nicene 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor [syn: Nicaean, Nicene]
• racine 0
  n 1: French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699) [syn: Racine, Jean Racine, Jean Baptiste Racine] 2: a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan to the south of Milwaukee
• colchicine 0
  n 1: an analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to treat gout
• damascene 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people; "damascene city gates" 2: (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; "a damascened sword" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Damascus 2: a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel v 1: inlay metal with gold and silver
• eocene 0
  n 1: from 58 million to 40 million years ago; presence of modern mammals [syn: Eocene, Eocene epoch]
• holocene 0
  n 1: approximately the last 10,000 years [syn: Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent, Recent epoch]
• hyoscine 0
  n 1: an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures; "transdermal scopolamine is used to treat motion sickness"; "someone sedated with scopolamine has difficulty lying" [syn: scopolamine, hyoscine]
• miocene 0
  n 1: from 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals [syn: Miocene, Miocene epoch]
• pliocene 0
  n 1: from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals [syn: Pliocene, Pliocene epoch]
• oligocene 0
  n 1: from 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats [syn: Oligocene, Oligocene epoch]
• anderson 0
  n 1: United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941) [syn: Anderson, Sherwood Anderson] 2: United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-) [syn: Anderson, Philip Anderson, Philip Warren Anderson, Phil Anderson] 3: United States dramatist (1888-1959) [syn: Anderson, Maxwell Anderson] 4: United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993) [syn: Anderson, Marian Anderson] 5: United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991) [syn: Anderson, Carl Anderson, Carl David Anderson]
• grison 0
  n 1: carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a greyish-white back and dark underparts [syn: grison, Grison vittatus, Galictis vittatus]
• thylacine 0
  n 1: rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct [syn: thylacine, Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus]
• hyson 0
  n 1: a Chinese green tea with twisted leaves
• tyson 0
  n 1: United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966) [syn: Tyson, Mike Tyson, Michael Gerald Tyson]
• thyroxine 0
  n 1: hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; "thyroxine is 65% iodine" [syn: thyroxine, thyroxin, tetraiodothyronine, T]
• fascine 0
• foreseen 0
• glassine 0
• overseen 0
• jimpson 0
• francine 0
• maxine 0
• anthracene 0
• neocene 0
• palaeocene 0
• thyssen 0
• felleisen 0
• bryson 0
• dyson 0
• geisen 0
• meissen 0

See also glycine definition and glycine synonyms