Words that rhyme with gossamer

  • anathema
    n 1: a detested person; "he is an anathema to me" [syn: anathema, bete noire] 2: a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  • anima
    n 1: (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious
  • astronomer
    n 1: a physicist who studies astronomy [syn: astronomer, uranologist, stargazer]
  • cinema
    n 1: a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events" [syn: film, cinema, celluloid] 2: a theater where films are shown [syn: cinema, movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace]
  • copolymer
    n 1: a polymer consisting of two or more different monomers
  • customer
    n 1: someone who pays for goods or services [syn: customer, client]
  • dulcimer
    n 1: a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings 2: a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers
  • eczema
    n 1: generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages
  • enema
    n 1: an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes [syn: enema, clyster]
  • exanthema
    n 1: eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease [syn: exanthem, exanthema, skin eruption]
  • isomer
    n 1: a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight
  • monomer
    n 1: a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers
  • officer
    n 1: any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men" [syn: military officer, officer] 2: someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year" [syn: officeholder, officer] 3: a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer" [syn: policeman, police officer, officer] 4: a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines" [syn: officer, ship's officer] v 1: direct or command as an officer
  • parenchyma
    n 1: animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels 2: the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems
  • philosopher
    n 1: a specialist in philosophy 2: a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity
  • polymer
    n 1: a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers
  • ulema
    n 1: the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community [syn: ulema, ulama]
  • hiroshima
    n 1: a port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan; on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
  • bessemer
    n 1: British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898) [syn: Bessemer, Sir Henry Bessemer]
  • agama
    n 1: small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World
  • yakima
    n 1: a town in south central Washington
  • elastomer
    n 1: any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed)
  • mortimer
    n 1: English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330) [syn: Mortimer, Roger de Mortimer]
  • ultima
    n 1: the last syllable in a word
  • quadragesima
    n 1: the first Sunday in Lent [syn: Quadragesima, Quadrigesima Sunday]
  • septuagesima
    n 1: the 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter) [syn: Septuagesima, Septuagesima Sunday]
  • minima
  • optima
  • tadema
  • sclerenchyma
  • latimer
  • lorimer
  • maxima
  • sexagesima

See also gossamer definition and gossamer synonyms